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Letters to Mother [January - March 1936]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passen…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 99

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 99

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records (62 pages ; 22.4 x 28.9 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passengers], the death of the King George V while Pete and Catharine are in London, books Catharine and Edith are reading, travelling to the mainland and arriving in Innsbruck [Austria], travelling to Obergurgl by train, meeting new people, exploring the local towns and cities, skiing and ski lessons [mostly for Catharine], architecture, descriptions of local landscapes, people and events in Concord, photography and cameras, visiting local historic churches, going to museums and galleries, watching Olympic ski races and other skiing events in Garmisch Bavaria, meeting with friends, descriptions of different kinds of snow and skiing conditions, travelling to Zurich at the end of February, making a short trip to Murren and Gindlewald Switzerland before returning to Zurich, and then making preparations to return to Canada in early March. Also includes newspaper clippings and brochures for the Hotel Goldener Adler in Innsbruck and the area of Obergurgl.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/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. Some letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the first page for an unknown project. Inserts 1-5 have been seperated from their accompanying letters at an unknown point.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; King George V

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Art galleries; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Carnival; Children; Churches; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Gallery; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Mountain; Movies; Museums; Olympic Games (Winter); Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Royalty; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Swiss Guides; Theatre; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: London; England; United Kingdom; Innsbruk; Seefeld; Austria; Zurich; Switzerland; Concord; Massachusetts; New York City; New York; United States of America

Language: English; German

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [November 1931 - January 1932]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 14 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from November 1931 to January 1932 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to various locations in Jamaica. Other topics include the trip to New York before setting sail and meeting the Moores, Geo…

Date Range: 1931 - 1932

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 86

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 86

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1931 - 1932

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (141 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 14 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from November 1931 to January 1932 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to various locations in Jamaica. Other topics include the trip to New York before setting sail and meeting the Moores, Georgia Engelhard, and visiting Carl Rungius' studio, people in Concord, details about the ship to Nassau, the hotels, the landscape, and meeting and staying with various people in Jamaica [including Elaine Strong, Edward Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Soloman, Sydney Farington, Dr. Graham Bruce, Sybil Burnside, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ely, Olive Michener, and Fred Armbrister], and various Indigenous portraits of Peter's getting special notice [one from the American Foundation of the Arts].

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Included is one typewritten transcript of a handwritten letter with content that has been edited. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and steamship letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil; Engelhard, Georgia; Rungius, Carl; Armbrister, Fred

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Beach; Christmas; Cruise ships; Description and travel; Family; Family and personal life; Hotels; Painting; Portrait; Scenery; Ship; Stoney Nakoda; Travel

Geographic Access: New York; Jamaica; Concord

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [October 1933 - December 1933]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 29 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 1933 to December 1933 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to Hawaii. Other topics include Concord news, the birth of Barbara and Cliff White's baby, attending the Wo…

Date Range: 1933

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 92

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 92

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1933

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (236 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 29 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 1933 to December 1933 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to Hawaii. Other topics include Concord news, the birth of Barbara and Cliff White's baby, attending the World Fair in Chicago, Catharine's travels by train from New York to California [including the views and people she meets], sailing on the S.S. Lurline from San Francisco to Honolulu with Hollywood movie stars [Claudette Colbert, Mary Boland and director Cecil de Mille] on board heading to Hawaii to make a film [entitled Four Frightened People released in 1934?], arriving in Honolulu, Peter and Catharine painting at various locations, describing people, food, weather and locations in Honolulu and Honolai and Kauai, meeting various people, and having Christmas in Hawaii.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Included are 7 postcards and two magazine clippings. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and transportation letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed. Some letters also have dates written in pencil of when the were received by Edith Morse Robb [?]. Letter 21 looks disjointed due to repeated page numbers and some blank space but these were stapled together so these pages were kept in this order to respect the archival record.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Clifford; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Davenport, Guy

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Beach; Christmas; Community life; Family and personal life; Japanese; Leisure; Movie Stars; Scenery; Ship; Train; Transportation; Travel; Cruise ships

Geographic Access: Banff; Concord; New York; New Mexico; California; Hawaii

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a commercial foldout collection of paper printed images with descriptions, and two published booklets titled "Indian Notes and Monographs". Content pertains to the history and collections of the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation.

Date Range: [1916-1930]; 1956-1957

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Organization record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 36

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Organization record

Date Range: [1916-1930]; 1956-1957

Physical Description: 0.7 cm of textual records (3 volumes ; 11 x 16.5 cm and 15 x 10.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of a commercial foldout collection of paper printed images with descriptions, and two published booklets titled "Indian Notes and Monographs". Content pertains to the history and collections of the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation.

Notes: Commercial item has been processed and filed with textual items to maintain original order and keep similar content together.

Subject Access: Museums; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Publication

Geographic Access: United States of America; New York

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: First nations; Education; Cultural pluralism; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Commercial foldout collection has space to attach postage in upper right corner of front cover.

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal interest and educational publications

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of published books and pamphlets pertaining to various subjects, including New York Sun newspaper correspondent Bob Davis; a reference book of medical dosages, weights and nutritional values; information about the Church of England; information on the Alberta Election Act; statistical…

Date Range: [1907-1915]; [1924]; [1931]; 1937; 1952; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 50

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 50

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [1907-1915]; [1924]; [1931]; 1937; 1952; 1954

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 23 x 32 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of published books and pamphlets pertaining to various subjects, including New York Sun newspaper correspondent Bob Davis; a reference book of medical dosages, weights and nutritional values; information about the Church of England; information on the Alberta Election Act; statistical information on Japan's educational system; and Inuit art styles and design methods.

Notes: Book titled "Canadian Eskimo Art" stamped twice on front cover with workds "HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY" and has blank form and envelope for sign-out slips attached inside front cover and on first page.

Name Access: Davis, Bob

Subject Access: Art; Education; Travel; Tourism; Newspaper; Journalism; Health services; Medicine; Politics; Government; History; Churches; Religions; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: United States of America; New York; Canada; Quebec; Montreal; Ontario; Toronto; England; Japan

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Medical reference booklet has been placed in mylar due to attached pieces of unidentified material and risk of contact with other archival items

Category: Arts; First nations; Education; Government; Health services; Exploration, discovery and travel; Religions

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Souvenir photographs travel album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 2

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].