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- Chic Scott fonds 30
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- Walter S. Painter fonds
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- Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds 9
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Ron Duke fonds
- Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection 7
- Archives General File Collection 6
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Items are reports made by the U.S. Steel Corp. Research Laboratory on various aspects of the Painter System of Prefabricated Housing
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- M282 / 7
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 7
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 6 textual records
- Scope & Content
- Items are reports made by the U.S. Steel Corp. Research Laboratory on various aspects of the Painter System of Prefabricated Housing
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Colour transparencies. -- [ca.1960-ca.1975]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of three sub-series: A. 70 mm. format, pertaining to Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1960-ca.1975, ca.375 items (stage productions, classes, ceremonies, buildings, exhibitions, activities); and other subjects, ca.1960-ca.1975, ca.160 items (skating, wildife and nature, buildings, stre…
- Date Range
- 1960 - 1975
- Reference Code
- V180 / IV
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- V180
- Series
- IV. Colour transparencies
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Reference Code
- V180 / IV
- Date Range
- 1960 - 1975
- Physical Description
- ca.825 transparencies
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of three sub-series: A. 70 mm. format, pertaining to Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1960-ca.1975, ca.375 items (stage productions, classes, ceremonies, buildings, exhibitions, activities); and other subjects, ca.1960-ca.1975, ca.160 items (skating, wildife and nature, buildings, streets, winter scenes, Banff Indian Days, Rocky Mountain and Mount Assiniboine areas, activities and nudes). B. 35 mm. format, pertaining to Banff School of Fine Arts, 1960s, ca.70 items (building construction, stage production and paintings); travel, 1963, 36 items; and other subjects, 1960s, ca.130 items (Rocky Mountain and Banff scenes, church windows, Scout Jamboree, Mount Royal Hotel interiors, copies of paintings, Banff Indian Days, Indigenous people, store window, miscellaneous views). C. 10x12.5 cm. format, pertaining to buildings and grounds, ca.1970, 26 items (exterior views of Banff hotels, commercial buildings, Banff School of Fine Arts); interior views, ca.1970, 17 items (interior views of hotels, restaurants, lounges, banquet room, church, Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Legion etc.); other, ca.1970, 12 items (includes scenics, weddings, cement plant, Banff Springs Hotel golf course, miscellaneous). -- Title based on contents of series. -- Subject arrangement has been imposed -- Constitutes Series IV of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Later material. -- [ca.1965-ca.1975]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Job groups, not numbered, ca.1970-ca.1975, ca.2200 negatives, some prints. Includes portraits, weddings, people, passports; groups, banquets, parties; sports and local events, including Banff Indian Days; school groups and local organizations; construction;…
- Date Range
- 1970-1975
- Reference Code
- V180 / V
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- V180
- Series
- V. Later material
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Reference Code
- V180 / V
- Date Range
- 1970-1975
- Physical Description
- ca.3600 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Job groups, not numbered, ca.1970-ca.1975, ca.2200 negatives, some prints. Includes portraits, weddings, people, passports; groups, banquets, parties; sports and local events, including Banff Indian Days; school groups and local organizations; construction; Banff buildings and facilities, interior and exterior views; Rundle Memorial United Church; Archives [Whyte Museum] buildings and events; Banff School of Fine Arts and Banff School of Advanced Management 1970; Canada Cement, Exshaw; miscellaneous copy negatives and proofs. B. Prints, ca.1965-ca.1975, ca.1400 items. Includes Banff High School students, graduation and class portraits, staff, ca.1970; Banff Elementary School classes and staff, ca.1968-ca.1970; Banff businesses; individual and family portraits; Banff School of Fine Arts students, staff, classes, functions, seminars, buildings, ca.1970; wedding photographs; clubs and organizations, sports teams, functions, trophy winners; scenic views, Banff area, Banff National Park, Mount Assiniboine area and Yoho National Park; fire fighting, winter camping, Banff Indian Days, miscellaneous views). -- Title based on contents of series. -- Subject arrangement has been imposed. -- Consititutes series V of the Ron Duke fonds
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Other material series
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains: to Banff School of Fine Arts (ballet, dramatic productions, other artisitic activities, campus and buildings); colour work (weddings, individual and group portraits, activities, commercial interior and exterior views, Banff views, artifacts); portraits (individual, family, school, …
- Date Range
- [before 1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / VI
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- VI. Other
- Reference Code
- V180 / VI
- Date Range
- [before 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1135 photographs (1125 negatives, 10 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains: to Banff School of Fine Arts (ballet, dramatic productions, other artisitic activities, campus and buildings); colour work (weddings, individual and group portraits, activities, commercial interior and exterior views, Banff views, artifacts); portraits (individual, family, school, formal and informal groups); copy work (photographs, documents, artifacts); activities (outdoor, civic, musical, other); commercial interior and exterior views (hospital, hotels and motels etc., banks, businesses, dwellings, other); scenic views; industrial views (power development, other); other (Banff townsite, travel, other). -- Title based on contents of series. -- Subject arrangement has been imposed. -- Constitutes series VI of the Ron Duke fonds
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
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Canadians as we see 'em
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Compilation of drawings pertaining to Canadian political and business figures, including Walter Painter, by cartoonsists of the Daily Press
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Reference Code
- M282 / 13
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.B. Walter Painter : Personal papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 13
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]
- Physical Description
- 1 publication : ca.100 pages
- Scope & Content
- Compilation of drawings pertaining to Canadian political and business figures, including Walter Painter, by cartoonsists of the Daily Press
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
- Date Range
- 1904-1912
- Reference Code
- M282 / 2
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 2
- Date Range
- 1904-1912
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (2.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
- Title Source
- Title based on item
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Notebook contains notes on economics, philosophy, religion, Rotary, housing, other
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]-1946
- Reference Code
- M282 / 12
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.B. Walter Painter : Personal papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 12
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record
- Scope & Content
- Notebook contains notes on economics, philosophy, religion, Rotary, housing, other
- Title Source
- Title based on item
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Prefab concrete construction information
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebook and architectural drawings pertaining to pre-fab concrete building. Notebook is titled "W. S. Painter prefab conc. housing, personal data, photos" and containing notes, drawings, plans, photographs, estimates and other material. Drawings are elevation renderings [of scho…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- M282 / 6 / O.S. / "G"
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 6 / O.S. / "G"
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (3.5 cm). -- 3 architectural drawings : copies
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebook and architectural drawings pertaining to pre-fab concrete building. Notebook is titled "W. S. Painter prefab conc. housing, personal data, photos" and containing notes, drawings, plans, photographs, estimates and other material. Drawings are elevation renderings [of school buildings? in Chile?] by R. Davila, ca.1929
- Creator
- Some items are dated 1922, 1933
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Items are:
- Date Range
- [between 1912 and 1947]
- Reference Code
- M282 / 3, 4, 5
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 3, 4, 5
- Date Range
- [between 1912 and 1947]
- Physical Description
- 3 textual records
- Scope & Content
- Items are:
- Title Source
- Title based on items
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS: Painter notebook containing addresses of buildings and drawings and specifications for the Painter home in Banff and other building projects, includes index (M282/3)
- W. S. Painter, prefabricated housing, 8 1/2 x 11 drawings, preliminary : [notebook mainly containing drawings of Painter house in Banff] (M282/4)
- Notebook pertains to building costs of U.S. projects (M282/5)
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Architectural drawings
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
- Date Range
- 1906-1912
- Reference Code
- M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"
- Date Range
- 1906-1912
- Physical Description
- 26 architectural drawings (20 originals, 6 copies) : 134.5 x 79.5 cm and smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Tower rendering. -- 1895. -- 1 drawing : 34 x 19cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * Steeple rendering. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 73 x 20 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * Laughing face decorative detail. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 36.5 x 29 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * W. S. Painter residence, Banff, Alberta : [drawings]. -- 1912. -- 17 drawings (13 originals, 4 blueprint copies). -- Includes drawings of original house and site (10 originals, 1 copy) and undated drawings of alterations to residence (3 originals, 3 copies)
- * Banff Springs Hotel : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. --1906 Nov. 22. -- 1 drawing : 126.5 x 75.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
- * Vancouver Hotel, Granville Street elevation : [elevation rendering] / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 1 drawing : 44 x 50 cm, photographic copy. -- Copy is of original colour painted rendering
- * Vancouver Hotel, Georgia Street elevation rendering / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 2 drawings (1 original, 1 copy) : 90 x 78.5 cm and smaller. Original is painted, colour rendering on board; copy is b/w photographic copy, 45 x 50 cm. -- Title based on item and related items
- * Canadian Pacific Railway, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. -- 1907 Sept. 24. -- 1 drawing : 112.5 x 81.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
- * C.P.R. Montreal : [Windsor Station] / W. S. Painter. -- 1909 Jan. -- 1 drawing : 134.5 x 79.5 cm, on board, brownline copy
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Painter family papers
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; bluepr…
- Date Range
- 1918-1945
- Reference Code
- M282 / 14
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- II. Painter family : Papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 14
- Date Range
- 1918-1945
- Physical Description
- 7 textual records. -- 2 drawings
- Scope & Content
- File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; blueprint of addition to servants' quarters property of E. R. Painter, Lot 10, Block B, Banff; letter from P. J. Jennings, Supt., Dept, of Mines and Resources, Lands, Parks and Forests Branch (Oct. 24, 1945), re: Lot 10, Block B, Banff and renewal of lease; pen and ink drawings of Painter home, 2 items; Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma, [ca.1920]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma. held in oversize storage "B"
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Articles and newslcippings
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
- Date Range
- 1902-1934
- Reference Code
- M282 / 9 to 11
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 9 to 11
- Date Range
- 1902-1934
- Physical Description
- 12 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * 25 years old and a great architect : [newsclipping re Walter Painter], 1902, laminated by E. Painter Walker (M282/9)
- * Drawings of perspective views of proposed $1,500,000 additions to the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City", Construction, Jan. 1908 (M282/9)
- * New addition to Chateau Frontenac, Construction, Feb. 1909, original and 2 reprints (M282/9 os-H)
- * The Mount Carmel Wing of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, The Engineering Record, July 24, 1909 (M282/9 os-H)
- * La dare du mile end est ouverte au public, La Patrie, Montreal, May 13, 1911. (M282/10)
- * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H)
- * Model construction camp at Canadian Pacific Railway Rogers Pass Tunnel Site, Canadian Railway and Marine World, November, 1913 (M282/10)
- * The construction of an open air concrete swimming pool in the Canadian Rockies, Concrete, Apr. 1916 (M282/10)
- * Atlanta terminal station character and convenience increased by improvements / W. S. Painter, The Atlanta Journal, Aug. 1, 1926 (M282/10)
- * Antiquated building methods block path to recovery / Walter Painter, Real Estate Magazine, February, 1933 (M282/10)
- * Excerpts from a paper by Walter Painter re: super highways, Aluminum News Letter, June 1934 (M282/10)
- * Extension to Place Viger Station, Montreal Witness, May 27, 19-- (M282/11)
- * Le plan definitif de la future Gare Windsor, unknown newspaper (M282/11)
- * Portion of article on construction of new Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11)
- * Swimming pool and bath house at C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11)
- * Noteworthy building work at Montreal: progress reports on the Windsor Street and Place Viger Stations, The Contract Record (M282 / 11)
- * The chief architect of the C.P.R. Contract Record, 2 copies (M282/11)
- Articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects. -- 1909, 1913. LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H) Held in oversize "H"
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Postcard albums. -- 1903-1924
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated, mainly United Kingdom and Europe, ca.1903-1913; miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated - Canada and United States, ca.1905-1916; miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated - Western Canada, J…
- Date Range
- 1903-1924
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 7 / 1860 - 1867
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.7. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 7 / 1860 - 1867
- Date Range
- 1903-1924
- Physical Description
- 8 vol of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated, mainly United Kingdom and Europe, ca.1903-1913; miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated - Canada and United States, ca.1905-1916; miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated - Western Canada, Japan and United States, ca.1906-1911; miscellaneous postcards collected by Catharine, some annotated - illustrated postcards; photographic postcards of Robb family property in Concord; postcards of Seal Harbour, Maine and Scotland, ca.1907-1913; illustrated children's postcards collected by Catharine, ca.1910; postcards of England collected by Catharine, possibly during 1924 trip; postcards of England and Scotland collected by Catharine, some possibly during 1924 trip, ca.1913, ca.1924; postcards of England, Scotland and Wales collected by Catharine, possibly during 1924 trip.
- Content Details
- Postcard album containing postcards of England, Scotland and Wales collected by Catharine Robb Whyte, possibly on 1924 trip. held in oversize "C"
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse …
- Date Range
- 1856-1980
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Drawing
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Ambrotype
- Cased photograph
- Daguerreotype
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Plan
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Sous-Fonds
- TBD
- Accession Number
- 3069 and various
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683
- GMD
- Drawing
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Ambrotype
- Cased photograph
- Daguerreotype
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Plan
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Whyte family fonds
- Date Range
- 1856-1980
- Physical Description
- 25 m of textual records. -- ca.46,000 photographs : prints, albums, postcards, cased photographs, transparencies, negatives. -- 178 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 6 motion pictures (and film strips)
- History / Biographical
- Peter and Catharine Whyte were artists, photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, philanthropists and cultural workers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was born at Banff in 1905 to pioneer merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White. He was an accomplished skier and ski jumper and one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains and was an active photographer from ca.1920 until the 1950s. Peter Whyte studied art at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925, where he met Catharine Robb. Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was born in 1906 at Concord, Massachusetts and grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925-1929.
- Following their marriage in 1930, the Whytes pursued a life of painting, photography, hiking, skiing and travelling. Their log home and studio in Banff became a focal point for their artist friends, Stoney Indians and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations and together they managed Skoki Lodge from 1932-1934. In following years, the Whytes travelled extensively. During the Second World War, Peter served in the reserve army, with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer and, briefly, as an official war artist. Catharine continued to paint and maintain their home and, when possible, accompanied Pete to his military postings. In civilian life, Pete resumed his art career, explored new photographic techniques and sculpted.
- Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Whytes formulated plans for a foundation to preserve the art and history of the Canadian Rockies. Plans for a building to house an archives, public library and gallery were in preparation when Pete died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation was named in his honour. Catharine immersed herself in the development of what is now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney First Nations. She became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits. She served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations, was a patron to individuals studying art and music, and supported numerous causes relating to the Stoney First Nations. Catharine also supported causes related to multiculturalism, regional culture and recreation, and cancer research. Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada in 1978. She died in Banff in 1979.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse families, Series III: White and Curren families. Within Series I, there are four Sub-series: Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers; B. Peter Whyte papers; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte papers accessioned after 2017; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Communications
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- sous-fonds, series and file description for textual
- sub-series and group description for photographs
- item description, subject/proper name index, and summaries for sound recordings
- reference copies for sound recordings
- Creator
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Category
- Arts
- Communications
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ron Duke fonds
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 175
- V 180
- Sous-Fonds
- M 175
- V 180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- M175 / V180
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
- Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
- Name Access
- Duke, Ron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Walter S. Painter fonds
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955. Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and …
- Date Range
- 1902-1956
- Reference Code
- M282 / V481
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 282
- V 481
- Sous-Fonds
- M 282
- V 481
- Accession Number
- 1338, 1830, 2180, 3460
- Reference Code
- M282 / V481
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1902-1956
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records. -- 23 cartographic records : 80 x 135 cm or smaller. -- 589 photographs (287 prints, 302 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (301 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Walter S. Painter, 1877-1957, was an architect in Canada and the United States. Painter rose to prominence early in life as a theatre architect and joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as chief architect while still in his twenties. Projects in the Banff, Alberta area included design of the tower and wings of the Banff Springs Hotel, the first concrete addition to the Lake Louise Chalet (Chateau Lake Louise), and the Cave and Basin. other Canadian projects were major CPR stations and hotels from Montreal to the west coast. For a period, Painter was in partnership with Frank Swales. In later years, Painter was involved in American projects, standardization of school buildings in Chile, and the Painter system of pre-fabrication, with particular interests in housing and concrete construction designs. Walter Painter built his home in Banff in 1912 and retired there in 1947. He was married to Estelle (Stella) Painter, 1880-1975. They had two children, Betty Painter (Walker) and Brook Painter.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955.
- Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and other buildings, n.d., 1906-1929; articles about Painter and his projects, n.d., 1902-1934. The papers primarily concern Painter's architectural career, theatres, CPR projects including stations and hotels from Montreal to Victoria, Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier, British Columbia projects and the Lake Louise Chalet. Personal papers, ca.1930-1956, record Painter's views on economics, philosophy, religion, housing, etc.
- Family photographs, pertaining to Walter Painter, Stella Painter, Betty Painter and Brook Painter. Includes Painter home, activities, friends, trips. Also, photographs of Walter Painter projects, including construction of the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Cave and Basin.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- microfilm copy of album
- Creator
- Painter, Walter S.
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Business records series. -- [ca.1950-ca.1970]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Textual records include job registers, 2 vol.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photograp…
- Reference Code
- M175
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- VII. Business records
- Reference Code
- M175
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- Textual records include job registers, 2 vol.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series VII of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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Early material series. -- [ca.1934-ca.1950]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series: A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle. B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly t…
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I. Early material
- Reference Code
- V180 / I
- Physical Description
- ca.4100 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of five sub-series:
- A. Aircraft prints, ca.1934, ca.160 prints; produced when Duke worked for the Boeing Company while studying aeronautical engineering in Seattle.
- B. Wartime work, ca.1940-ca.1945, ca.164 negatives; produced for the National Film Board of Canada. Pertains mainly to military and government operations, but also includes some personal and family material.
- C. Oil industry material, ca.1950, ca.360 items, mainly negatives; pertains to oil company operations in northern Alberta and northern Canada.
- D. Arranged groups, ca.1938-1951, ca.2360 negatives and prints. Consists of numerical groups, ca.1938-1948, ca.1200 negatives and ca.160 prints; and subject groups, 1949-1951, ca.800 negatives. Includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, other material.
- E. Other material, ca.1940-ca.1950, ca.1070 negatives and prints. Material pertains to construction at Norquay, 1946-1948, 50 prints and 36 negatives; animals, ca.1947, 14 prints; children's Christmas party, 1947, 22 prints and 13 negatives; and miscellaneous, ca.1940-ca.1950, 258 negatives and 30 prints
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and group-level inventory available for some sub-series
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Ron Duke fonds.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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Banff School of Fine Arts and Banff School of Advanced Management photographs series. -- 1951-[ca.1969]
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series includes: A. Banff School of Fine Arts, 1951-1956, 1958-1962, ca.2800 negatives and 46 prints. Includes classes in session, class and instructor group portraits, stage productions, buildings and grounds, exhibitions, events, art works. B. Banff School of Advanced Management, ca.1958-ca.196…
- Reference Code
- V180 / II
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- II. Banff School of Fine Arts and Banff School of Advanced Management
- Reference Code
- V180 / II
- Responsibility
- Photographs in sub-series II.A. made prior to 1958 are attributed to Bill Jamieson, in the employ of George Noble. --
- Physical Description
- ca.2800 photographs : negatives, prints
- Scope & Content
- Series includes: A. Banff School of Fine Arts, 1951-1956, 1958-1962, ca.2800 negatives and 46 prints. Includes classes in session, class and instructor group portraits, stage productions, buildings and grounds, exhibitions, events, art works. B. Banff School of Advanced Management, ca.1958-ca.1969, ca.60 negatives; consists mainly of group shots of participants
- Subject Access
- Banff Centre
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and job-level inventory available
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series II of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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Commercial negatives series. -- 1952-1971
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- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of two sub-series: A. General commercial work, ca.1950-1971, ca.30,000 negatives. Includes a wide variety of portrait, events, commercial, project and convention photographs. Notable are photographs of Banff Winter Carnival and the Banff School of Fine Arts. B. Passport and citiz…
- Reference Code
- V180 / III
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- III. Commercial negatives
- Reference Code
- V180 / III
- Responsibility
- A portion of the photographs in sub-series III.A. is attributed to Bill Jamieson, in the employ of George Noble (V180 / III.A.i. - 1 to 51). --
- Physical Description
- ca.32,000 photographs : negatives
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of two sub-series: A. General commercial work, ca.1950-1971, ca.30,000 negatives. Includes a wide variety of portrait, events, commercial, project and convention photographs. Notable are photographs of Banff Winter Carnival and the Banff School of Fine Arts. B. Passport and citizenship photographs, 1958-1959, 1966-1970, ca.2000 negatives
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Arrangement outline and job-level inventory available for sub-series A. List of names available for sub-series B
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series III of the Ron Duke fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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