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Black Bear and Woodsman

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolor on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.05.01

Description: A bear and a man in the woods is the subject matter in this image. To the left a black bear stands on his back two legs and roars at the man that is located on the right side. Between the man and the bear is a tree covered in snow and there are several other trees surrounding them as well. The man…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Black Bear and Woodsman

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolor on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 48.4 cm

Description: A bear and a man in the woods is the subject matter in this image. To the left a black bear stands on his back two legs and roars at the man that is located on the right side. Between the man and the bear is a tree covered in snow and there are several other trees surrounding them as well. The man looks frightened and has his arms half up in the air almost as if he is about to run away. In the foreground and around there feet is a lot of snow. The woodsman is wearing a hat and a heavy coat with a belt tied tight at the center.

Subject: figure; male; animal; black bear; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.05.01

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Dam Falls

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates…

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Dam Falls

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51.0 cm

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates with water rushing down are mid-centre to the right. The walkway on the top of the dam extends throughout top-half of the painting. An outline of a rider and two horses are off to centre right, top of a mauve mountain behind and cloudy blue sky.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountain; dam; water; figure, man; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

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On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

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Maligne Canyon

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Canyon

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

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Winter Scene

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Artist: Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NoG.05.01

Description: Catharine Whyte purchased this painting in Montreal, probably between 1945 and 1950.

Artist: Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)

Title: Winter Scene

Date: 1945

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.4;22.2 x 25; 30.5 cm

Description: Catharine Whyte purchased this painting in Montreal, probably between 1945 and 1950.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: NoG.05.01

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Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural; prairie

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

Description: Sketch only

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Dimensions: 35.6 x 46.0 cm

Description: Sketch only

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

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Tofino Sunrise

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.424

Description: Water inlet in foreground has forest covered islands and mountains in background. The mountains and trees are a dark blue colour. Light blue sky has long streaky orange and yellow clouds across the top which are reflected in the water.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Tofino Sunrise

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: Water inlet in foreground has forest covered islands and mountains in background. The mountains and trees are a dark blue colour. Light blue sky has long streaky orange and yellow clouds across the top which are reflected in the water.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.424

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Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.8 cm

Subject: mountain; World War II; transportation; airplane; automobile

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Ringrose Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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On the Way to Lake Oesa

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Lake Oesa

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; rocks; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Trail Ride of 1939

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

33 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 33 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).

Notes: Each slide is labelled.; Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Wardle, James M.; McCowan, Dan; Sanson, Norman; MacDonald, Jack; Cran, Anna; Savatard, Emmeline; Struthers, Betsy; Fisher, George; Wheeler, John Oliver

Subject Access: Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Trail guides; Tourism; Travel; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Louise; Skoki

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 18; The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.425

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.425

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Skiers

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skiers

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Portrait of Edmee Moore

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Artist: K Takana

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TaK.02.01

Description: A portrait of Edmee Moore as a young lady. She is wearing a colourful Japanese kimono.

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Artist: K Takana

Title: Portrait of Edmee Moore

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 46.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: A portrait of Edmee Moore as a young lady. She is wearing a colourful Japanese kimono.

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: TaK.02.01

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[Hanging Gardens of Babylon at West Opabin]

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.387

Description: A green plateau with rocks is in the foreground. Mountain to the left and right middle. The sky has large white clouds.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: [Hanging Gardens of Babylon at West Opabin]

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: A green plateau with rocks is in the foreground. Mountain to the left and right middle. The sky has large white clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountain; plateau; skyscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.387

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Snow Sketch, Norway

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.388

Description: A sketch of snow and what appears to be openings to water, a river or lake. Dots of paint in yellow and orange along bottom edge.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Snow Sketch, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 33.7 cm

Description: A sketch of snow and what appears to be openings to water, a river or lake. Dots of paint in yellow and orange along bottom edge.

Subject: landscape; snow; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.388

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Goodsir Plateau

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.11

Description: General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Goodsir Plateau

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.11

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Tinder Den

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.16

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Tinder Den

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Subject: landscape; rural; animal, horse; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.16

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Trail Ride of 1937

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

27 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 27 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.

Notes: Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.; Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."