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White and Curren families papers and photographs
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of pers…
- Date Range
- 1869 - 1958
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / III
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III. White and Curren families
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / III
- Date Range
- 1869 - 1958
- Physical Description
- ca. 2 m of textual records (and 36 oversize items). -- ca.3100 photographs (ca.1800 negatives, ca.1300 prints, 5 albums of ca.400 prints).
- History / Biographical
- The White and Curren families of Banff, Alberta were the maternal and fraternal relatives of Peter Whyte. Dave McIntosh White, 1864- 1940, Peter Whyte's father, came to the Canadian Rockies in 1885 with the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1894 he opened a general merchandise business, the Park Store, in Banff. The success of this business resulted in expansions in 1908-1909 and in 1912-1913. For a short time, Whyte operated a similiar business in Bankhead. White was a long-time friend of the Stoney Nakoda, Annie (Curren) White, 1879-1955, emigrated to Canada from Scotland with her father, John Donaldson Curren, and a brother in 1886. They settled in Anthracite, east of Banff, where J. D. Curren operated a small coal mining business. Annie Curren married Dave White in 1901. Their children, all born in Banff, were Clifford, 1902-1964, Lila, 1903-1961, Peter, 1905-1966, and Dave Jr. (Jackie), 1908-1961. Clifford and Jack worked for the family business, Dave White and Sons.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of personal, legal and financial papers; and records of Dave White, General Merchant, Dave White and Sons and White and Bayne Store. Pertains to Stoney Nakoda First Nations, Banff Indian Days, Highland gatherings, buildings, churches, skiing, coal and coal mines and Lake Minnewanka. Photographs consist largely of negatives and prints produced by various members of the White family, including Dave, Annie, Clifford and Jack White, pertaining to the White family members, travels, activities; the Banff-Lake Louise area; Banff events, places and people; winter sports; social events and friends, 1910- 1953, and glass negatives by J. D. Curren pertaining to Curren and White families and activities, Mount Assiniboine pack trip and Bow Valley scenes; ca.1885-1905. Also includes collected prints of family and friends, family businesses and buildings and winter sports, and albums pertaining to White and Curren families, 1885-1919 and Clifford White photographs, 1917-1921.
- Subject Access
- Banff V
- Banff - Events V
- Banff National Park
- CURREN FAMILY
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- White, Annie M
- White, Clifford Sr.
- WHITE, DAVE SR.
- White, Jack (Dave White Jr.)
- WHITE FAMILY
- Access Restrictions
- Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
- Finding Aid
- Series-level outline available. Electronic database available. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only (printed inventory provides more detail than the computer inventory).
- Related Material
- Consitutes Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Forms part of Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Photographs in this section begin with the early family portraits of David McIntosh White taken in New Brunswick and those of Annie Curren White taken in Scotland. The earliest negatives attributable to David and Annie White date ca.1908, or approximately the time they moved to their new home between Lynx Street and Bow Avenue. Most of the negatives from the first two decades of family photography are sized 8.3 x 11 cms., with the exception of what appears to be occasional experimentation with other formats, such as vest pocket and 4 x 5 Graflex, and images generated by other family members, such as J.D. Curren and the White children. This body of photography was undoubtedly initiated through the acquisition of a roll film camera on or about 1908. Judging from subject arrangement and other evidence, including shadow images of the photographer, most White family photography is attributable to Annie Curren White. There are several photographs from the collection showing her holding a camera or photographing family members, while no such photographs exist of Dave White. There can be little doubt, however, that Dave White participated in the photographic process, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1917, when there are numerous photographs of Annie and the children. On family motor trips, which began around 1917 and lasted until ca.1923, Dave and Annie's son Clifford appears to have shared photographic responsibilities. From this period on, Clifford and Annie, either one or the other, are the only family members who do not appear in group photographs. From this it is assumed that Dave White played a very minor roll as family photographer after 1918. Photographs attributable to Peter Whyte begin to appear around 1920, but most of his photography appears to be more personal than of a family record variety. None of the photographs in the early part of the collection have been attributed to Lila or Jack (Dave Jr.) White. After 1923, the point when the White children were grown and beginning to move away from home, Annie White becomes the primary family photographer. In the late 1920s she appears to have experimented with a Graflex camera for a time, but by 1930 had returned to a smaller format roll film camera. She continued to take numerous family photographs, usually group poses of her children and grandchildren, after Dave White's death in 1940 until shortly before her own passing in 1955. Also included in this section of the collection are a number of personal photographs generated by Clifford and Jackie (Dave Jr.) White. Around 1918, Clifford appears to have acquired his own camera which produced a 3 x 5 inch negative, and from that period until ca.1923, he produced many images of activities shared with friends and brothers, including a number of photographs of early ski tours and ski jumping in the Banff area. One album bears Clifford's initials on nearly all photographs, and these images match with many of the 3 x 5 inch negatives found elsewhere in the collection. Photographs attributed to Jackie (Dave Jr.) date from the late 1940s and early 1950s and may have entered the collection prior to the death of Annie White. Much of the dating of this collection from 1908 to 1920 was done by estimating the ages of various White children. Beyond that, the usual techniques were utilized, i.e. identification and dates noted on prints by family members, the depiction of specific historical events, changes in physical and cultural features, model dating of automobiles, reading of license plates, etc.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Postcard album]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Postcards sent to J.D. Curren from Scotland and throughout Canada.
- Date Range
- 1905-1915
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 4 / c / 2159
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.E. John D. Curren papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 4 / c / 2159
- Date Range
- 1905-1915
- Physical Description
- 1 vol of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Postcards sent to J.D. Curren from Scotland and throughout Canada.
- Subject Access
- CURREN, JOHN D.
- WHITE, ANNIE
- Curren, Bella
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[Account book]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Date Range
- 1910
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 4 / a / 2156
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.E. John D. Curren papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 4 / a / 2156
- Date Range
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 1 vol of textual records
- Subject Access
- CURREN, JOHN D.
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- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass pla…
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 24.0 x 42.3 cm
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass plate set into wooden frame slides into slot at back of camera. (b) a separate plateholder of the same size has hinged door on back of frame which opens to insert black metal film sheath (Eastman Kodak), and front of frame slides out by pulling on metal ring at top to expose film. Note: wood cracking and separated at joints, chipped at lower front corners with large chunk of wood out of lower right, plateholder cracked across door and on one side of top.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- photography
- J.D. Curren
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0062
- Description
- A round brass cylinder carbide fuel container with a screw cap surmounted by a short-necked cylinder at right angles to the base which seems to be a "gas chamber." The upper cylinder has at its front end a dish reflector out of the centre of which protrudes a jet, and out of which also protrudes a …
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- Title
- Carbide Lamp
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 7.2 x 8.3 cm
- Description
- A round brass cylinder carbide fuel container with a screw cap surmounted by a short-necked cylinder at right angles to the base which seems to be a "gas chamber." The upper cylinder has at its front end a dish reflector out of the centre of which protrudes a jet, and out of which also protrudes a flint wheel spark generator for lighting the jet. Atop the cylinder is a tightly flanged hinged cap which can snap into place over and into an opening 2.0 x 1.5 cm oval; in front of the cap opening is a swivel device, probably for varying the flow through the jet. At the back of the cylinder is a hook mounted vertically by rivets and a clasp horizontally, for mounting the lamp on a miner's helmet. Marks:"Justrite/Pat, May 7, 1912/ Pat. Oct 28, 1913/ Pat. Nov 23, 1915/ Others Pending."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0062
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[Certificates]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Master Mason - Grand Lodge of Scotland, 1886. Master Mason - Lodge 41, King Solomon Lodge - Grand Lodge of Alberta, 1915.
- Date Range
- 1886
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 1 / b / 2150
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.E. John D. Curren papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 1 / b / 2150
- Date Range
- 1886
- Physical Description
- 2 textual records : includes 1 oversize item
- Scope & Content
- Master Mason - Grand Lodge of Scotland, 1886. Master Mason - Lodge 41, King Solomon Lodge - Grand Lodge of Alberta, 1915.
- Subject Access
- CURREN, JOHN D.
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Colonel Anderson-Wilson interview
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- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- S1 / 86
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 86
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Bankhead
- Camps, P.O.W.
- Canmore Mines
- Coal and coal mines
- Copper and copper mines
- Curren, John
- Hillsdale
- Mills, Ike
- Peyto, Bill
- Silver City
- Smith, Joe
- White, Dave
- Wilson, Tom
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Commemorative Plate
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- Date
- 1905 – 1906
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0084 a,b
- Description
- Two ivory coloured ceramic luncheon size plates with gold trim on softly scalloped rim. Three plant motifs surround centre plate containing gold inscription "A Present to Mr & Mrs. Dave Whyte From Aunt Marion Kirkcaldy 8th Aug't 1906" (a) in good condition.
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- Title
- Commemorative Plate
- Date
- 1905 – 1906
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 22.7 cm
- Description
- Two ivory coloured ceramic luncheon size plates with gold trim on softly scalloped rim. Three plant motifs surround centre plate containing gold inscription "A Present to Mr & Mrs. Dave Whyte From Aunt Marion Kirkcaldy 8th Aug't 1906" (a) in good condition.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0084 a,b
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Curren estate.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to John D. Curren estate. Jack White was executor of the estate.
- Date Range
- 1930-1952
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / C / 3 / b / 2138
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.C. Dave (Jack) White papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / C / 3 / b / 2138
- Date Range
- 1930-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records : includes oversize items
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to John D. Curren estate. Jack White was executor of the estate.
- Subject Access
- White, Jack
- CURREN, JOHN D.
- Content Details
- Financial papers re estate of J.D. Curren, 1928-1940, 4 p. Held in oversize "D"
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[Financial papers]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Misc. receipts, cheque stubs , bank statements and letters.
- Date Range
- 1914-1940
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 3 / 2152
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.E. John D. Curren papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / E / 3 / 2152
- Date Range
- 1914-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Misc. receipts, cheque stubs , bank statements and letters.
- Subject Access
- CURREN, JOHN D.
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