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Lawrence Grassi fonds
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- Part Of
- Lawrence Grassi fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi. Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine C…
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1979
- Reference Code
- M45 / V240
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lawrence Grassi fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 45
- V 240
- Sous-Fonds
- M 45
- V 240
- Accession Number
- 249, 282, 830, 1626, 1943, 2262, 2826, 3159, 3446, 3985
- Reference Code
- M45 / V240
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1979
- Physical Description
- ca.25 cm of textual records. -- ca.2300 photographs : prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (180 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Lawrence Grassi, 1890-1980, was a miner and mountaineer at Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Grassi was born in Falmenta, Italy and emigrated to Canada in 1912, working first as a section man for the Canadian Pacific Railway and from 1916 to 1945 as a miner for Canmore Mines. Grassi distinguished himself in solo mountain climbing and as an unofficial guide to many other mountaineers. Grassi is best remembered for trail building activities. J. S. Woodsworth led support for legislation to change the name of Twin Lakes in White Man Pass to Grassi Lakes in recognition of this work. As assistant warden at Lake O'Hara, British Columbia, Grassi upgraded and built numerous trails for which he received many honours in later life.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi.
- Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine Club of Canada, Canadian Youth Hostels Association, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; newsclippings, articles and other material pertaining to Grassi and mountaineering.
- Photographs pertain mainly to mountain scenery of Alberta and British Columbia, particularly Banff National Park, Lake O'Hara and region, Jasper National Park, Mount Assiniboine and region, Grotto Mountain and Grassi Lakes, ca.1930-ca.1970. Also includes views of Lawrence Grassi, family and friends, ca.1880-ca.1970, and group of unidentified portraits, ca.1880- ca.1900. Transparencies are mainly unidentified colour mountain scenics. Most views are by Grassi; some are by Richard Rushworth and F. V. Longstaff.
- Name Access
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Mountaineering
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is primarily English. Some correspondence is in Italian
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description and index for photographs
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - March 1934]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints …
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 93
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- 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 / 93
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 17 x 26.2 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints and different kinds of paper], people and events in Concord and in Banff, descriptions of Honolulu and the local people [including dress, food, and boats], weather, watching US Navy ships and planes come in and out of Pearl Harbor, listening to the radio [mostly news and operas], sketching people on the beach, the other guests at their hotel, going out for meals, celebrating Pete's birthday, descriptions of meals, planning their trip to Japan, painting portraits of locals, making canvases and easels, developing films [photographs], the Moores and the Rungiuses arriving in early February, shopping, watching various military Reviews and parades [usually as part of ceremonies for visiting dignitaries], descriptions of various ships in port, flowers and trees, birds, showing some of their work at the Art Academy at the invitation of the Honolulu Art Association in early March, going to cocktail parties and dances with the Moores and Rungiuses, booking their passage to Japan with Canadian Pacific, and leaving Hawaii in mid-March.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Few letters written on hotel/ship letterhead. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details. Most letters are numbered in red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first page as part of 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. 93 - 05 page 5 contains a sketch of the Moana Hotel's placement and general laylout in relation to the beach.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Whyte, Barbara
- Caird, Jean
- Davenport, Guy
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beach
- Birds
- Boats
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Steam Line
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Cruise ships
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Flowers
- Garden
- Holidays
- Leisure
- Military
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Roads
- Scenery
- Trains
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Honolulu
- Pearl Harbor
- Hawaii
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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