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Letters to Mother [February - May 1934]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the s…
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 94
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- 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 / 94
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 2.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 22.1 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the ship and other passengers, weather, books Pete and Catharine are reading, arriving in Tokyo, extensive details of most everything Catharine comes into contact with [this was her first visit to Japan and drew a lot from her grandfather's experiences - it was not Pete's first visit], meeting their guide Mr Miyaoka, going to art shows and museums, local cuisine, architecture, music and entertainment, sightseeing, visiting temples and gardens, shopping, sketching, taking Japanese painting lessons, photography and cameras, going for walks [both during the day and at night], going to the movies [also includes comparisons to Hollywood movies], visiting Nikko for a few days in mid-April before returning to Tokyo [while in Nikko Pete and Catharine watched a local festival, although she does not say what the festival was for], dinner parties, leaving Tokyo for Kyoto in late April, descriptions of the trip and countryside from the train, comments on Japanese naval and military activities, their time spent in Kozu on the way to Kyoto, the trains they travelled in and other travellers, farms, the various towns and villages passed [mostly comments on the train stations], Pete's day trip to Kobe to meet with a friend he'd met in Banff, planning the next leg of their trip, touring around the Kyoto area, visiting local landmarks [including gardens, temples/shrines, and factories/specialty shops], making day trips to nearby landmarks and towns [most notably Nara to see the tame deer and to the Imperial Palace], Pete developing films [photographs] in hotel room bathrooms, events and people in Concord and in Banff, going to Kobe for a few days before returning to Kyoto in early May, leaving Japan for China on the M.S. Choko Maru in mid-May, and arriving in Tientsin China.
- Notes
- Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 94 - 13 page 16 contains a sketch of the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita Japan. 94 - 18 is not dated and has had "May 8?" written in pencil at the top - it has been scanned as its own letter, but it may be part of 94 - 17.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- Subject Access
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- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Locate missing 94 - 21 page[s].
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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... at the (railway) Y.M.C.A.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11116
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Physical Description
- p.34-38 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Beaver, vol.79:1 (February / March 1999)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Advertisement for Banff Hot Springs and C.P.R.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15104
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.176, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.89, (March 1890)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Aloha Tower, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.047
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.047
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…
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- Title
- Aloha Tower, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.047
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The architect & the lady
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11113
- Author
- Jensen, Philip
- Physical Description
- p.21-27 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Beaver, vol. 79:3 (June / July 1999)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff Springs Hotel advertisement
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15064
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- p.368
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.23 (December 1888)
- Call Number
- P
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- Archives Library
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Banyan Tree, Bali
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.023
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.023
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
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- Title
- Banyan Tree, Bali
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- figure
- group
- Pacific
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.023
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Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.042
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.042
- Description
- Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.
1 image
- Title
- Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.042
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Beautiful Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13877
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Author
- Ken McGoogan
- Call Number
- P - filed under the previous name The Beaver
- Author
- Ken McGoogan
- Physical Description
- p.40-45 : ill., port
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Canada's history, Vol. 90: 5 (October/November 2010). Article pertains to Banff history. Images used are of lantern slides and brochures from the CPR Archives and McCord Museum
- Call Number
- P - filed under the previous name The Beaver
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- Archives Library
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Beginnings of Calgary : the Isaac S. Freeze letters 1883-84
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11808
- Author
- Freeze, Isaac S
- Responsibility
- edited by Hugh Dempsey
- Physical Description
- p.17-18 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In "Trip to the Rockies" Alberta History, vol.51, no.1 (Winter 2003)
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- P
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- Archives Library
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