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Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory

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Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 44
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Series
Inventory listing only
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 44
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Physical Description
1 Box
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Subject Access
Family
commercial
Education
sports & leisure
tourism
Mountaineering
Travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Content Details
Inventory listing: Box 44 Crosby House, Office Closet Newspaper, The Standard, missing cover page, article on skiing on Mt. Athabasca Rolled Photo: 13th Annual Session, Grand Chapter of Banff, AB – June 4-5th, 1924 (Mt. Rundle in behind) Cardboard tube: Rolled Certificates for completion at West Kent Street School for Louis Crosby, 3rd-5th year, 1897-1899 Photo (large, rolled) of group for people, fancy dress, Cascade Mtn. behind Certificate to Mr. Crosby 1971 taking part in Royal Nepal Airliner Corporation Daily Mtn. Flight to Mt. Everest Envelope addressed to Mr. Crosby: 5 large negatives (speed skating), also some newspaper clippings in envelope – envelope and negatives removed, labeled ‘Box 44, Mr. Crosby’. Souvenir folder of the Canadian Rockies, 10 photo cards double sided Booklet: Waterton Lakes Park by Department of Interior, undated Booklet: The National Parks of Canada, A brief description of their scenic and recreational abilities, Department of the Interior, c. 1935 Rolled photo: group shot, American Society of Travel Agents, Gala Banquet ad Reception, New York, Nov 7, 1958 Empty Bank of Nova Scotia folder (pocket sized) Small Cardboard roll: panoramic view (1907) of Seattle Washington seafront Cardboard pieces with hand drawn advertisement image between Large Cardboard roll – 2 large panoramic photos - hand colored (possibly copies), Deer Lodge. Caution: mouse excrement Shoebox: 1939-40 list of officers and committees of Rotary Club of Banff ‘Ideals of an Idol Breaker’, A poem of the new philosophy, 1921. Photo negative of horse and wagon inside 1939 letter pertaining to banking 1957 letter pertaining to general election Map – Canada Air Mail Routes Blank paper and envelopes Handwritten pages of prose Personal letters to Louis Crosby Pamphlet for Alfred’s Ice Skates, c. 1937 Banff Springs Golf Club Constitution and By-Laws Booklet: Grand Lodge of Alberta – Ceremony of Laying a Corner Stone, 1919 Travel Documents for L.H. Fenerty and L. Crosby Typewritten copies ‘God Bless Canada’ Photos – Deer Lodge Construction Booklet – Golf Penalties and Etiquette Envelope of 59 blank postcards, including many of Banff, Canadian Rockies, also some Mackenzie River 3 Photos: L. Crosby, Al Azhar Horse and Carriage, Banff Windermere Road, Castle Mountain Family photos – ice skating, trophies Red box: full of written of 100+ postcards 2 film canisters (metal) labeled ‘Grayhound’ 1 & 2 Cream Box: Opera Miniature Series full of postcards, written on, 200+ Framed photo: 3 men in hats, Louise Crosby likely one of them Booklet: St. John’s Anglican Church, St. Elenor’s P.E.I. Photo 1957 in Kilarny – Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley 1941 record listings from Victor Records, listings of Columbia Classics 2 booklets: Official Registrar of Princeton University, 1939. General Information for Graduate School, Courses of instruction The Observer’s Handbook for 1940 – Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Publication (Booklet): Veteran’s of the Present War, 1941 Instructions for using Nixe Cameras 2 Publications: Canada at War, A Summary of Canada’s part in the war, April 1942; Canada at War, Supplement to Booklet, No. 9, Feb 1942 Publication: Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs, Who Hitler is, 1939. Map: Northwest United Stated and neighboring provinces Booklet: What to do at Lake Louise Map: Europe and the Near East, 1929 Booklet: Notes by the way through the Canadian Rockies, 1941 Stapled pages: Agricultural Reconstruction, 1944 – Postwar planning information Publication: MacKenzie King, Canada and the War: Canada’s Contribution to Freedom, 1941 Publication (booklet); Canadians All: A Primer of Canadian National Unity, 1941. Itinerary for trip of Fenerty and Crosby, includes Japan, Delhi, and others White envelope, handwritten ‘Packard Clipper Books’, contains the same Brown envelope, Banff – Lake Louise Jasper Highway: contains View Book, Souvenir Views Brown envelope: contains view book – Scenic Gems from the Canadian Rockies, Banff and Yoho 2 hand colored photos – title of back: ‘A family of Stoneys, The End of A Race’ Hand drawn sketch – Texada Island, B.C., 1897. G.B. Seaton Large envelope: contains 2 copies ‘The Royal Family’ – George VI, Queen, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret Rose Menus, May 29 1939, Banff Springs Hotel Large envelope, photo of Deer Lodge on front: Multiple copies of Western Hotel and Coffee Shop Journal. May 1942, A publication for Hotel and Restaurant Executives. Envelope Stiffened with cardboard – contains 4 photos, L. Crosby, also of a wedding Booklet: A Catalogue of Stereoscopic pictures Green Envelope, contains 3 magazines – Cine Kodak News: Jan-Feb 1940, Dec 1940, Sept-Oct 1941
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Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory

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Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 47
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Series
Inventory listing only
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 47
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Physical Description
1 Box
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Subject Access
Family
commercial
Education
sports & leisure
tourism
Mountaineering
Travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Content Details
Inventory listing: Box 47 Crosby House, Office Closet Note: There are various loose stamps running wild in this box 1971 Income Tax return and Canada pension plan return for Fred L. Crosby, Client File Copy prepared by H&R Block Mrs. L.S. Crosby address labels Small black book, handwritten inside “Marjorie Crosby”, blank pages Program: Great-West Canadian Folkdance, Folksong Handicrafts Festival. Calgary, March 19-22, 1930 Book, frayed ribbon used to keep it closed, blank pages inside, 1955 calendar on the back Book, ribbon used to keep it closed, artwork featuring a castle on the front, blank but used as a blotter, 1942 calendar in front cover Publication, Program (Book): The Charlottetown Centennial (1955) Vol. 45, No. 7, March 1955 “The Maritime Advocate and Busy East” Souvenir View Book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 Newspaper Page: Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 23, 1948 (page 17) Paper clipped article: Hawaiian Postal Stationary by Bruce Condé (?), July 21, 1941 Brown Paged books with a stamp collection, lots of ‘small queens’. Inside: Article “Know Your Stamps: Canadian Varieties”, Handwritten letters from Louis Crosby in 1943 re: Stamps, Further loose papers with stamps on them. Folder: P.E.I. Stamps by Leslie G. Tomlinson Typed: Postal History of P.E.I. Correspondence with Leslie Tomlinson, 1956, 1958 2 Deer Lodge Envelopes, 1 labeled “Towns”, 1 labeled “Rail”, both containing stamps Envelope from Netherlands, including booklets on the Holland Postal/ Stamp Catalogue for P.A. Wilde Exhibition Private Treaty, 1959. Stamp List. 2 Reports from the Expert Committee of the Royal Philatelic Society, London Publication (periodical): Maple Leaves: Journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain. Vol. 7, No. 8 (Feb 1959) Envelope from Western Canada Insurance Underwriters Association, containing pages on “Builder’s Risk” Receipts from buy and sale of stamps Multiple pages: handwritten notes on stamp display Stanley Gibbons Instanta Transparent Perforation Gauge Various Empty Envelopes addressed to Louis Crosby Loose stamps: mostly ripped off of envelopes, various countries Envelope of “Foldless” double sided hinges for stamp collecting Brown envelope containing loose stamps; writing piece from Anita Irene Crosby; Envelopes of Stamps; letters to L.S. Crosby; Envelope from International Press Ltd – Who’s Who in Canada, L.S. Crosby – picture and description, 1995; Envelope of stamped/ addressed envelopes; Letter from Boone and Crockett Club, official scoring instructions for Big Game, 1953; letters to Louis from (brother) Percy; Letters pertaining to buying and selling stamps (receipts, inquiries); letters from Grimmer, Mayor in Quebec Bundle of letters (tied with string) Application for Visa to Embassy of Jordan (1962) for Louis and Gertrude Crosby Correspondence (personal, greetings, family (P.E.I.), friends) – 1962, 1963, 1960, late 1950s Last Will and Testament (Copy) of James Irvine Brewster Speech: Banff High School Grad, May 21, 1954 – L.S. Crosby, Reply to Toast to the School Board Notebook: ‘Amusement Series’, containing stamp collection by country Envelope: contains Christmas greetings from Crosby family, photos of family, mountain climbing group on top of mountain Brown Envelope: handwritten title ‘precancelled US’ – contains numerous stamps Large envelope: handwritten label “G.E.C. Estate” – Copy of Will of Gertrude Crosby, Application for Probate Newspaper clipping on ‘historic” Twin Falls Lodge 10 Letters from W. MacKenzie King to James Brewster (1920s/30s) Certificate to James I. Brewster: Life Membership in the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies Publication (Book): Andrew Suknaski, Wood Mountain Poems, 1973. Leather Folder, Inscribed “The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Louis S. Crosby” – life insurance and other valuable papers, blank Prince Edward Island Study Group – list of post offices known before Confederation, 1873 2 CIBC Deposit Books, 1 handwritten L.S. Crosby Etate 1969; 1 handwritten L.S. Crosby Estate Banff, 1964-1967 Pamphlets on financing Statutory Declaration of Transfer of Title and Shares (for Gertrude C. Estate); letter (1971) re Estate of Gertrude Crosby from Doug Crosby to Department of National Revenue Folder: L.S. Crosby Estate, Items to go to Mr. Hugh Fraser – contains papers pertaining to Kinbasket property in B.C., sale to B.C. Hydro and River Authority Large Manila Envelope addressed to Mr. Robert Crosby, Executer: Contains 3 copies of financial statements of estate of Louis Crosby for year ended Feb 28, 1969 Large Manila Envelope addressed to F.L. Crosby: x2 copies of Financial Statements for estate LSC for year ended Feb 28, 1970 Large Manila Envelope addressed to Mr. Robert Crosby Executor: x3 copies of Financial Statements for estate of LSC for year ended Feb 29, 1968 2 CIBC Checkbooks for LS Crosby Estate Accounting tape (from adding machine), multiple sets, handwritten notes of dates, over/short Folder: details for Group Insurance through Zurich Insurance Company for LS Crosby, 1962 (as part of Brewster Co) Brewster Co Trip Pass, yearly transportation passes for Gertrude Crosby Approx. 1 dozen blank postcards Few personal letters, primarily between family members, early 1950s Vehicle permit for Mrs LS Crosby, 1954 Numerous empty envelopes, addressed Folder, Stamps: letters pertaining to buy/ sell, sectioned into communication with individuals Envelope: contains list of Canadian postal cards and letter cards, 1944 Newspaper clippings: LS Crosby wins Banff Springs Golf Club Championship Magazine pages pertaining to stamp collecting Price List for the Alfred H. Caspery collection sales, Oct 9-10, 1956 Catalogue: Canadiana, 1958, Bernard Amtmann, Montreal Canada Article: The Post Offices, Way Offices of P.E.I. by Leslie G. Tomlinson, July 1962 The Royal Philatelic Society, London: Council for Year 1958-59 Financial statements/ receipts, December 31, 1963 Continental Postage Stamp Album, includes some stamps inside Map: The City of Charlottetown P.E.I, 1949 Correspondence to LS Crosby, some personal, primarily stamp collecting Untitled Folder: contents pertain to Motor Carriers Association of B.C., General Order 1942 Stiff Folder (Green): Letters and documents from 1962, Crosby Company Policies through Miller and Beazby Ltd. Insurance Ltd. Brown envelope: Various Crosby Co. Insurance Policies Stapled pages: Accounting sheets for construction, 1963 Workmen’s Permit: Insurance policy 1963 Brown Envelope addressed to Mr L.S. Crosby: plan of cemetery at Banff, handwritten labels for some plots Publication (book): A Catalogue of the Catalogues Issued by Bernard Amtmann since 1948, 1964 Manila envelope: addressed to the Crosby Co. Ltd Insurance papers, mostly for the Crosby Co. from Miller and Beazley Ltd., including certificate and summaries for the Crosby Co. Ltd, Nov 7, 1977 Subscription Policy for the estate of George Brewster Paper clipped pages with handwritten note “To Digest sometime” 1969 letter from Allen Sulatycky M.P. to Mr. Crosby Dec 1969 newsletter for Alberta region of Canada restaurant association I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly (newsletter), Jan 26 1970 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 5 Pamphlets from CCH (Topical Law Report – publishers) for books and booklets Publication (Periodical): Current Affairs Vol 2, No. 3 (Nov 1972); Vol. 2, No. 10 (June 1972) 1970 letter to Mr Crosby from E.J. Benson Minister of Finance, re: White Paper Pamphlet: A Statement on National Park Policy made in House of Commons, September 18, 1964 by Hon. Arthur Laing Copy of Resolution agreed between Calgary Chamber of Commerce and various conservation societies, Oct 29, 1969 Stapled Pages: pertain to historical post offices in Canada including map of Northwest Territories, Manitoba, copies of letters Letters to Mr. Crosby pertaining to stamp collecting BNA: Small Queen Study Group, 1951 Pages, Notes and Queries from Small Queen Study Group, Notes on Dots on 3 cent small queen Pages from Weekly Philatelic Gossip for Oct 11, 1952 (179-182); Dec 20, 1952 (505-506); Oct 4, 1952 (141-42); Sept 27, 1952 (103-104, 117-118); Jan 31, 1953 (567-568); Entire Magazine for Oct 1, 1949 Copy of Bill C-152, An Act to Amend the National Parks Act, First Reading Nov 10, 1969 x3 Banff Crag and Canyon, Vol. 70, No. 5 (Feb 4, 1970), article for last rites for Mrs. G. Crosby Banff Crag and Canyon, Vol. 70, No. 15 (Apr 15, 1970); Vol. 70, No. 16 (Apr 22, 1970)
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Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory

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Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 62
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Part Of
Crosby family fonds
Description Level
7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
Series
Inventory listing only
Reference Code
M486 / V152 / Box 62
Date Range
ca.1895-1975
Physical Description
1 Box
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
Subject Access
Family
commercial
Education
sports & leisure
tourism
Mountaineering
Travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Content Details
Inventory listing: Box 62 Crosby House Upper Office, LS Crosby Misc papers and stamp collecting Bronze colored box, contains medal from BNA Philatelic Society (1943) Brown box: contains small plaque “philatelie” on back L.S. Crosby Banff, ALTA 1956 Plastic bag: contains multiple stamps, Canadian primarily, some American – including 1 roll, 1 tin full, and loose Manila envelope with string, labeled stamps Stanley Gibbons’ Color Guide for stamp collectors London International Stamp Exhibition, July 6-16, 1960 – Catalogue, also booklet Announcement of Awards Stapled pages, Catalogue of Railroad Cancellation, TPG Show – Addenda June 1946 Brown envelope, contains Bulletin for “Canada Postmarks to 1875”, Addenda Jan 1960 ‘C’ White envelope: addressed to LS Crosby from Frank W Campbell Contains notes on past – Yukon map, Assorted notes Stapled pages: Canadian Philatelic Society of GB – Convention Auction Oct 5, 1963 Catalogue Cardboard piece with handwritten notes pertaining to PEI place names and “Belfast Show” Blue paper covering an essay “BC Law Stamps” by Judge Thos S. Futcher, Victoria BC Stapled essay: “Autobiography of a Postage Stamp”, Address delivered by T.P. Murphy, 1934 Clipped pages, anecdotes/ humorous clippings from magazines Pages (newspaper) form Weekend Magazine Vol. 19, No. 49, 1959: article pertaining to large stamp collection going on sale Blank sections for stamp album “Naribo Delux” in envelopes No 16 BUS; No 20-S, US; No. C-22 Canada; No. C-21 Canada; 1935 Supplement “E” Canada Empty large sized envelope registered to L.S. Crosby from Stamp dealers Oversized brown envelope addressed to Louis Crosby Booklet and File: London International Stamp exhibition 1960 (July 9-16) Catalogue: Public Auction Sale of Postage Stamps, BNA (Jan 30, 31, Feb 1, 1947) Periodical: BNA Topics, Vol. 3, No. 6 (July 1946) Numerous empty envelopes, stamped and addressed Players Cigarettes tin – contains stamps from North Borneo and Malaya Envelope: “A ‘Different Conference’ in a ‘Different Setting’” – contains 2 programs for Rotary International Conference, District 116, Banff June 5-7, 1938 Booklet: Banff Canada Proposed site for 1968 Olympic Winter Games 2 Programs: Official Opening Ceremony Commemorating the Reconstruction of the Banff-Jasper Highway, Aug 3, 1961 Program: Highland Gathering and Scottish Music Festival – Banff Springs Hotel, Aug 31-Sep 3, 1928 Publication (Periodical): The Gazette, Alpine Club of Canada, Nov 1, 1963 Publication (Periodical): Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol XIII, No. 5, Sept 1936 (Contains article “Canadian Geography and Stamps”) Clipped letters to/ from Fred Crosby (1969) pertaining to steam cars Posters for Gillian Weir, Organ Recital in Calgary 1969 Clippings from magazine ‘Argosy’, “Aerospace expert claims flying saucers are Canada’s secret weapon” Magazine clippings, July 1958 Coronet, “The Triple-Threat Drug that fights high blood pressure” Clippings, Chinese Zodiac Calendar descriptions; Argosy “Plants are Only Human” June 1969; Guarding House Other clippings: diving for sunken treasure; modern steam cars; speaker systems/ loudspeakers; drinking and driving; nigh driving; memory pill; sun domes; electronic bongos File: Stone Reports - I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly, Vol. XVIII, No. 24 (Dec 28, 1970), about 50 other versions (back to 1968) Booklet: Catalogue of Canadian Railroad Cancellations, Their Classification, Identification, and Value. T.P.G. Shaw (1944) – loose envelopes/ stamps within Publication (Book): Annual Report of the Postmaster General, year ended March 31, 1855 –[weak binding, taped (scotch), printed in Toronto] Banff lot ownership, record of leases, transfers, etc for Block ‘A’, Lots W270’14, E100’14, W1/2 13, E1/2 13 – from 1st lease to mid/ late 1960s Ledger: dark cover, red binding – 1912-1914, description includes Bank House, personal new house Large envelope addressed to L.S. Crosby, contains records of stamp sale, no stamps themselves 7 empty envelopes addressed and stamped 1950-1951 Booklet: price and checklist of US stamps, 1st 1953 edition Magazine articles on stamp collecting, Canadian stamps, x rays and philately Envelope handwritten “Magazines”, other handwritten notes on both sides contains Official Handbook of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, 1949 Newspaper clippings pertaining to stamps, Mekeel’s Weekly 1959 School notebooks “Art” contains sketches, ink, paint, GMC “Horses” report by Fred Crosby “Art” sketches, painting, Doug Crosby “Art” sketches, GMC “Art” 1929, bound shut by ribbons, Marjorie Crosby, includes Grad Diploma from Banff school “Cattle” report by GMC Photo negatives, 1 of sheet music, 12 envelopes for F. Crosby (No. 2170), sheet music Envelope containing 1981 census (completed) for F. Crosby Publication: Alberta: Glorious Family Vacationland, undated Assorted correspondence/ business cards ½ photo of group, Mt. Rundle in background, rolled up Check book “Chase Manhattan” for G. Marion McGill, includes stubs, many unwritten 1977 Telephone index, names/ numbers Fred Crosby, 1967 International driving Permit Assorted Christmas Cards View Master Reel, 7 3D pictures in full color, Banff National Park, Lake Louise [reel opened from original envelope and placed in acid free] Clipped pages: letter draft to Mr. Fenenty re. James Brewster Estate Letter Envelope to Doug Crosby from Dr. H.E. Bulyea, 1938 contains letter pertaining to searching for “our dear boy’s body”, also 4 negative strips [undetermined quality but two of them don’t look good, places in acid free envelopes and marked] Examination Answer papers, envelope for Fred Crosby – contains 2 published essays by R.W. Hedley, “Picture Study” and “Architecture” Loose handwritten notes “Political Economy”, 1935, unknown author Drawing book, Marion Crosby, containing hand drawn maps with labeled resources US/ South America Art Notes 1931-32, notes and sketches, unknown author – Contains also exam for British History VII Booklet: “Do you know”, series of pictures and facts Wild flowers – painting book, paintings Drawing book: pages of pencil sketches Yellow envelope, 2 pictures of L. Crosby, Shriner Statement of General Interests/ Activities for application for Rhodes Scholarship, Robert Crosby 1948 proclamation for Al Azhar, newsletter to L. Crosby Receipts, letters, business cards, postcards, stamps, photos, L Crosby Wrapped – 1956 plaque to Louis Crosby from American Philatelic Society Sketch books – pencil 1 labeled Louis S. Crosby; 1 Percy Crosby; 1 Fred Crosby; ‘Birds we know’ Marjorie Crosby, publication; Sketchbook – Marion Crosby Grade VI, paintings/ sketches Plan of Africa; Booklet (wool) Marion Crosby; “Art” book, bound – Marion, contains 2 drawing books and 1 map book
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
. and as ldarion was working last night we asked Mavis down to supper . she was still here when Mr and Mrs Wheeler
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Barbara
Kaquitts, Tom
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Watson, Sir Norman
Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
Bagley, Frederick A.
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Mather, Allan
Sanson, Norman
Ward, Sam
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Ski Club
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Mount Temple Chalet
Norquay Ski Hill
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Upper Hot Springs
Weather
Weddings
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Morley
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1948]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radi…
Date Range
1948
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 123
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
when Mr and Mrs Phillips caleed ~ he is the artist and they are the ones who are going to build here
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 123
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1948
Physical Description
2.5 cm of textual records (157 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radio and live], events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, the new Greyhound Station being built behind the Mount Royal Hotel, the Winter Carnival, errand trips to Calgary, the annual Ski Championships at Norquay [February], putting together sketches to send to Ontario for an exhibition [the pictures were later sent to Concord to be shown], concerts, the death and funeral of Mark Poucette, cleaning and household chores, business and issues pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, installing a new electric stove in the kitchen, flooding during the spring [mostly in BC], Elizabeth Rummel leaving Skoki Lodge, Banff Indian Days [which included a ceremony to induct Pearl and Phillip Moore as honourary Princess and Chief], the Calgary Stampede, concerns over Pete's health, a day trip to Lake O'Hara with George Noble in September [they were given permission to drive themselves up], the opening of the White Groceteria on October 1, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties. Also includes a pressed flower and the annual Christmas card, mounted on cardstock.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 123-09 has four small sketches of pictures made by Jon Whyte on the second page. 123-36 is a carbon copy of 123-35. 123-47 contains a sketch of the new electric stove.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Rummel, Elizabeth
Vallance, Sydney
Whyte, Clifford
Kaquitts, Tom
Poucette, Mark
Mather, Allan
Greenham, Margaret
Mills, Ike
Luxton, Norman
Comfort, Charles
Harmon, Lloyd
Rungius, Carl
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Noble, George
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Winter Carnival
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Mountain
Mount Royal Hotel
Norquay Ski Hill
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Royalty
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Ski racing
Skiers
Skiing
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Weather
Weddings
White Grocery, The
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Banff National Park
Morley
Calgary
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1946]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
Date Range
1946
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
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5 / File
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l:iatf1eld Ofriends of Francis Riams from Vancouver) a ',Ir ~nt and Mrs MacKenzie also from the coast, Mr
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1946
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Phillips, Walter J.
Graves, Syd Brewster
Whyte, Barbara
Jaeggi, John
Jaeggi, Edith Ashton
Watson, Sir Norman
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
Robb, Gale (Guild)
Brewster, Fern
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Rungius, Carl
Noble, George
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff School of Fine Arts
Banff Winter Carnival
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Flowers
Funeral
Garden
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Hudson's Bay Company
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
Leisure
Mountain
Mountain School
Mount Royal Hotel
Mount Temple Chalet
Norquay Ski Hill
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Ski racing
Skiers
Skiing
Skoki Lodge
Stoney Nakoda
Sulphur Mountain Tea House
Sunshine area
Sunshine Lodge
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Upper Hot Springs
Weather
Weddings
White Grocery, The
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Morley
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
Date Range
1942
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
, the first robin was seen last week in Banff, by Mr Barnes who is Dan Uc6owaps brother in law, so Pete said
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Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1942
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
White, Annie
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Ward, Sam
Ward, Louise (Cis)
Brewster, Fern
Brewster, Jack Walker
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Link, Adeline
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Watson, Sir Norman
Rummel, Elizabeth
Rummel, Lizzie
Rungius, Carl
Greenham, Margaret
Baker-Carr, Kay
Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
Caird, Jean
Noble, George
Phillips, Walter J.
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Bicycles
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cave and Basin
Children
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
Films and film making
First Aid
First Nations
Hiking
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
King Edward Hotel
Leisure
Literature
Mountain
Mount Royal Hotel
Mount Temple Chalet
Norquay Ski Hill
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Sightseeing
Ski areas
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Sunshine Lodge
Sunshine Village
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Tunnel Mountain
War
Weather
Wildlife
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Bow Lake
Banff National Park
Canmore
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
Date Range
1947
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
to them. We happened to give Mrs Kennedy a lift down from the post office when they came and she lent us
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5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1947
Physical Description
2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Phillips, Walter J.
Brewster, Jim
Luxton, Norman
Greenham, Margaret
Greenham, Henry
Watson, Sir Norman
Rummel, Elizabeth
Rummel, Lizzie
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Strom, Erling
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Bearspaw, David
Poucette, Mark
Goon, Yuk Soy
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff School of Fine Arts
Banff Winter Carnival
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Flowers
Funeral
Garden
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Hudson's Bay Company
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Mountain
Mountain School
Mount Royal Hotel
Norquay Ski Hill
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royalty
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Ski racing
Skiers
Skiing
Skoki Lodge
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Weather
Weddings
White Grocery, The
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Anthracite
Banff National Park
Morley
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - May 1944]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to May 31, 1944. Topics include New Years Eve activities in Banff, travelling back to Tofino, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, painting/sk…
Date Range
1944
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 117
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Mr Guthrie asked us Sunda;y- morning if we had! heard anything about there having been an alert
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Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 117
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1944
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to May 31, 1944. Topics include New Years Eve activities in Banff, travelling back to Tofino, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, painting/sketching, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, visiting the beach, wildlife, Tofino events and life in the apartment building, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], matters pertaining to the store/Banff Ave property, trips to Victoria for Pete's monthly 48 hours leave, preparations for an Airforce exhibiting in Ottawa in April [including Pete recieving an honourary mention], Pete being reassigned to Vancouver and them leaving Tofino [Catharine travelled from Tofino to Banff breifly before coming to Vancouver], Pete working on films for the Photo Section of the Air Force, moving into a room at the Hotel Devonshire in downtown Vancouver, going to plays/shows, military parades, shopping and fashion, Pete being promoted to Seargant and getting temporarily relocated to Ottawa where he is appointed War Artist and sent back to Calgary to paint, and Catharine returns to live in Banff.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
White, Annie
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Dorothy
Ward, Sam
Ward, Louise (Cis)
Sinclair, Christine
Jessen, Chris
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Beaches
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Boats
Books
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Home
Hospital
Hotel Devonshire
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Literature
Mountain
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Stanley Park
Trains
Transportation
Travel
War
War Artists
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Victoria
Vancouver
Port Alberni
Tofino
British Columbia
Ottawa
Ontario
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Conservation
Locate missing pages.
Creator
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
Date Range
1954
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
, and, they thought it a great joke. "~rs Roll1ng-1n- the- Mud,Mrs - Chiniki, .trs Paul Dixon, Mrs Joe Kootena11
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Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Vallance, Sydney
Vallance, Doris
Phillips, Walter J.
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Harvie, Eric
Rungius, Carl
Beil, Charlie
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Winter Carnival
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Camping
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Home
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Luxton Museum
Moose
Mountain
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Ranches
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Trans-Canada Highway
Travel
Weather
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Morley
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [May - December 1940]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
Date Range
1940
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
- be such a nice place, and ':>eing on a beach too . I was so interested in the refugee children . We told Mrs
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Description Level
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Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1940
Physical Description
1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed. 109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
White, Annie
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
White, Clifford J., Sr.
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
Simpson, Margaret
Rungius, Carl
Rungius, Louise
Brewster, Fern
Pocette, Mark
Paris, Cyril
Twoyoungmen, Jacob
Gest, Lillian
Phillips, Walter J.
Phillips, Gladys
Greenham, Margaret
Harris, Lawren
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Art
Artists
Automobiles
Backcountry skiing
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Birds
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Calgary Highlanders
Cave and Basin
Children
Christmas
Cinema
Community events
Community life
Construction
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Home
Hospital
Hiking
Icefields Parkway
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Minniwanka
Lake O'Hara Lodge
Leisure
Literature
Miette Hot Springs
Mountain
Mountain School
Mount Edith Cavel
Mount Royal Hotel
Mount Temple Chalet
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Skating
Skiing
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Skoki Lodge
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Tunnel Mountain
War
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Bow Lake
Jasper
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park
Jasper National Park
Banff National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Victoria
Vancouver
Windermere
Radium
British Columbia
Concord
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - July 1943]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 82 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 30, 1943. Topics include New Years activities and parties, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, errand trips to Calgary, cameras and photography, slide making and presentations…
Date Range
1943
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 115
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M26
Accession Number
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 115
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1943
Physical Description
1.7 cm of textual records (121 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 82 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 30, 1943. Topics include New Years activities and parties, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, errand trips to Calgary, cameras and photography, slide making and presentations, winter sports, weather, wildlife, radio programs [including operas, news, sports, and a program called Quiz Kids], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, painting/sketching, books Catharine and Edith are reading, installing a new permanent staircase in the house [also installed was a door at the bottom of the stairs], painting/sketching, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, Pete being enlisted as a "skilled tradesman" in the Royal Canadian Air Force in March and then going to Edmonton for training [occasionally Catharine would join him there for weekends], relocating to Vancouver and then getting posted to Patricia Bay (Victoria) in May [Catharine goes at the same time], Catharine going to Concord for a month early June-early July, moving between Victoria and Vancouver as Pete's responsibilities change, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, and life/activities in both cities [including visiting parks/beaches, eating out with and without friends, shopping, sketching/painting, watching military training exercises, and going to shows/movies].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 115 - 26 contains a sketch of the top of the new staircase as it is situated in the second-floor studio. 115 - 78 contains a sketch of their apartment at the Hotel Devonshire in Vancouver.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
White, Annie
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
Whyte, Dorothy
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Ward, Sam
Ward, Louise (Cis)
Watson, Sir Norman
Brewster, Fern
Harris, Lawren
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Beaches
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Boats
Books
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railway
Children
Community events
Community life
Coronal Hotel Edmonton
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Home
Hospital
Hotel Devonshire Vancouver
Hotel Georgia Vancouver
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Literature
Mountain
Mount Royal Hotel
Norquay Ski Hill
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Skating
Skiing
Ski areas
Sussex Apartment Hotel Victoria
Trains
Transportation
Travel
War
War Artists
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Victoria
Vancouver
British Columbia
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
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Processing Status
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1945]

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Scope & Content
File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Ca…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
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Fonds Number
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Series
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Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
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Date Range
1945
Physical Description
1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, going to the movies, watching hockey games, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, digging a cellar beneath the kitchen and moving the furnace underneath it, cleaning and household chores, Cam and Lila moving to Vancouver, errand trips to Calgary, wildlife, Banff events, painting, extending the second floor to create a new master bedroom above the living room, events and people in Concord, news pertaining to the war, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], deaths and funerals [Hermann Gadnew, President Roosevelt], the end of the war in Europe [also includes special radio broadcasts and community celebrations], gardening and yardwork, and short drives [usually to Lake Louise and the Lake Minnewanka area].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Barbara
Ward, Sam
Stockand, Lila (White)
Stockand, Cameron
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Gadner, Hermann
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Mount Temple Chalet
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
VE Day
Weather
Weddings
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
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