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Letters to Mother [January - March 1934]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55317
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints …
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 93
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 93
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 17 x 26.2 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
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- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints and different kinds of paper], people and events in Concord and in Banff, descriptions of Honolulu and the local people [including dress, food, and boats], weather, watching US Navy ships and planes come in and out of Pearl Harbor, listening to the radio [mostly news and operas], sketching people on the beach, the other guests at their hotel, going out for meals, celebrating Pete's birthday, descriptions of meals, planning their trip to Japan, painting portraits of locals, making canvases and easels, developing films [photographs], the Moores and the Rungiuses arriving in early February, shopping, watching various military Reviews and parades [usually as part of ceremonies for visiting dignitaries], descriptions of various ships in port, flowers and trees, birds, showing some of their work at the Art Academy at the invitation of the Honolulu Art Association in early March, going to cocktail parties and dances with the Moores and Rungiuses, booking their passage to Japan with Canadian Pacific, and leaving Hawaii in mid-March.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Few letters written on hotel/ship letterhead. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details. Most letters are numbered in red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first page as part of an unknown project. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 93 - 05 page 5 contains a sketch of the Moana Hotel's placement and general laylout in relation to the beach.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Whyte, Barbara
- Caird, Jean
- Davenport, Guy
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beach
- Birds
- Boats
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Steam Line
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Cruise ships
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Flowers
- Garden
- Holidays
- Leisure
- Military
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Roads
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- Trains
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Honolulu
- Pearl Harbor
- Hawaii
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Miscellaneous - not Banff area.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions40107
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1640 - 1656
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1640 - 1656
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Commerce
- Environment and Nature
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- Canada
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Miscellaneous - not Banff area.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41824
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Spode china sign
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1640
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1640
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- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Spode china sign
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- Commerce
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- Canada
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41825
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- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- China ornaments
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1641
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1641
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- China ornaments
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- Family and personal life
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- Canada
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41826
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1642
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
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1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1642
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- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41827
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1643
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- 6 / Item
- GMD
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- George Noble fonds
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1643
- GMD
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Environment and Nature
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- Canada
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41828
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified mountain town - commercial street includes store titled "Jabour Bros Boots and Shoes" and Old Chum tobacco advertisement
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1644
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1644
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified mountain town - commercial street includes store titled "Jabour Bros Boots and Shoes" and Old Chum tobacco advertisement
- Subject Access
- Commerce
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States of America
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41829
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- George Noble fonds
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1645
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- 6 / Item
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1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1645
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- Negative
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- Environment and Nature
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- George Noble fonds
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- V469 / 1646
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1646
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- Gull
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1647
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1 image
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- George Noble fonds
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41833
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- Unidentified garden
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1649
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- 6 / Item
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1 image
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1649
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified garden
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41834
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1650
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- 6 / Item
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1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1650
- GMD
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
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- Canada
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41835
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1651
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- 6 / Item
- GMD
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1 image
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1651
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Canada
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- George Noble fonds
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- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1652
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- 6 / Item
- GMD
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1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1652
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Environment and Nature
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- Canada
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- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1653
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- 6 / Item
- GMD
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1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- Reference Code
- V469 / 1653
- GMD
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Canada
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Sicamous paddlewheeler build at Okanagan Landing in 1914
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41838
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1654
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- v469
- Series
- I. Scenic and documentary views
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1654
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Miscellaneous - not Banff area.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Geographic Access
- Canada
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41839
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- Unidentified harbour with ships
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1655
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- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1655
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- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1940]
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- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
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- Unidentified harbour with ships
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- Environment and Nature
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions41840
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- George Noble fonds
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- Unidentified commercial building in city
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V469 / 1656
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
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- George Noble fonds
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- 6 / Item
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- V469 / 1656
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : 10 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified commercial building in city
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- Environment and Nature
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- Canada
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Letters to Mother [February - July 1935]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7444
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, wa…
- Date Range
- 1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (89 pages ; 21.5 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, watching hockey games and curling matches, weather, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, going to Skoki to ski, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first child Gale in late February [Edith's first grandchild], watching ski races at Norquay, converting an outbuilding from a garage/one bedroom into a garage/darkroom, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], sketching/painting, discussions of operas Edith has seen, Pete going to Vancouver for a few days in mid-April to help his parents [Dave was advised to go to sea level by doctors to help with ailments he'd been having], wildlife, developing photos and print-making, various holidays [both Canadian and American], descriptions of meals and various recipes, yardwork and redoing the driveway, Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-May to mid-June], construction of a new road to Norquay ski camp, Pete constructing a cover for the back of their truck to be used for camping, going to Calgary for the Stampede, Banff Indian Days, and camping trips around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed - typed letters often have hand-written post scripts. A few letters written on lodge/hotel letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil or red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project. 97 - 16 contains a sketch of the garage outbuilding and the plans to convert half of it into a darkroom.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Paris, Cyril
- Mather, Allan
- Strom, Erling
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Carson, Bill
- Adaskin, Frances
- Adaskin, Murray
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, George, X
- Vaux, Henry, Jr.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Ski Club
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bears
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Guides
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
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- Skoki Lodge
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
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- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
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- Assiniboine
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- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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- Title based on contents of file
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