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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.16

Description: Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.1 x 21.0 cm

Description: Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.

Subject: drawing; sketching; skiing; Indigenous Peoples; tepees; Morely; Stoney Nakoda; Peter Whyte; Catharine Robb Whyte;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.16

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Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board o…

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Physical Description: 109 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board of Canada portrait of James Wardle), and sports and leisure (e.g. canoeing, golf). File also includes photographs of Carl Rungius (on his birthday in 1954), Betty Ormond in Peru (with a message addressed to "Dorrie" written on the back of the print), graduation photograph of James Wardle from Queen's (c.1912), and travel photographs from the United States in 1948 (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1952). Notable places the photographs depict include Banff (including Banff Train Station), the Great Divide, St. Lawrence River (the Wardle family had a cottage here), Sunshine trail, Mt. Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, Lake O'Hara, Montreal, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Paris (France), Ghost River, Ottawa, Peru, Lake Minnewanka, Elk Island, and Maligne Lake.

Notes: Most (but not all) photographs are annotated on the back identifying who is in the photograph, when it was taken, and where.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Travel and Exploration; European travel; Skiing; Canoes and canoeing; Horseback riding; Picnics and picnicking; Weddings; Scenery; Mountain; Beach; Golfing

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Great Divide; Columbia Icefield; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Maligne Lake; Moraine Lake; Montreal; Quebec; Ontario; Ottawa; France; Ghost River; Peru; United States; New York; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City

Language: English

Related Material: V75 / I / NA-13

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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

Date: 1919 – 1920

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.289

Description: pink rose with green stem and leaves on brown grounding

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1919 – 1920

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.2 x 32.0 cm

Description: pink rose with green stem and leaves on brown grounding

Subject: flower

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.289

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

Date: 1918

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.288

Description: yellow, orange and brown flowers in a green long necked vase

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1918

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 23.5 cm

Description: yellow, orange and brown flowers in a green long necked vase

Subject: flower

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.288

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.287

Description: small purple flowers on green stems with large green leaves with a black background

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

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1920

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: small purple flowers on green stems with large green leaves with a black background

Subject: flower

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.287

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 q

Description: Ink drawing of obese dog.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1920

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm

Description: Ink drawing of obese dog.

Subject: dog

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 q

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 p

Description: Drawing of person with arms up in air

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.0 cm

Description: Drawing of person with arms up in air

Subject: person

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 p

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I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 n

Description: Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats

Date: c. 1920

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 20.0 cm

Description: Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”

Subject: eating; food; fence

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 n

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 m

Description: Two drawings: mountain range and cartoon of mouse with cheese, mice swimming and mouse on back of bald mans head labelled “SUMMER PASTIMES”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.8 x 22.4 cm

Description: Two drawings: mountain range and cartoon of mouse with cheese, mice swimming and mouse on back of bald mans head labelled “SUMMER PASTIMES”

Subject: mountain; mouse; cheese; swimming

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 m

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.721

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETIN…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.4 x 28.0 cm

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” and “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 1951” is written on the bottom edge.

Subject: Christmas card; car; reading; mountains; cooking; couple; moose; deer; bird; rabbit; wolf; bear; squirrel

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.721

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.720

Description: A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.7 x 27.9 cm

Description: A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.

Subject: Christmas card; cooking; car; reading; rabbit; bear; moose; bird; wolf; chimney

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.720

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 x

Description: drawing of decorated triangle and man smoking in BRC

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.2 x 29.7 cm

Description: drawing of decorated triangle and man smoking in BRC

Subject: smoking

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 x

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 r

Description: Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Lake Louise

Subject: Lake Louise; mountain; lake; tree

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 r

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 q

Description: Incomplete drawing of a mountain resembling Assiniboine in the middle with valley around.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.5 cm

Description: Incomplete drawing of a mountain resembling Assiniboine in the middle with valley around.

Subject: mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 q

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1954 – 1961

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.787

Description: Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1954 – 1961

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 16.9 x 24.0 cm

Description: Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be looking out a window. verso: in the BLC there are two postage stamps, one 2 cent Jefferson stamp and a 4 cent Lincoln stamp. On top of them there is a black ink stamped on top. In the BRC is says “The Junior League of Boston, Inc. 117 NEWBERRY STREET, BOSTON 16, MASSACHUSETTS”. Near the middle is says “MRS. Peter Whyte Box 370 Banff, Alberta Canada”

Subject: Christmas card; table; window; room; tasks; moose; bear; deer; squirrel; rabbit; lights

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.787

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My Public

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.855

Description: A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: My Public

Date: 1910 – 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.5 cm

Description: A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”

Subject: winter; sports; skating; ice; ice skates; hockey; hockey stick; puck; skater; people; man; children

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.855

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.854

Description: A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1910 – 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.