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Through the Canadian Rockies : Banff, Lake Louise, Alaska

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1934

Call Number: 02.6 T41 Pam

Responsibility: a Canadian Pacific publication

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: 16p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 18500

Call Number: 02.6 T41 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Rockies : Banff, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1934

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1934 Pam

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: 16p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1934 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Rockies : Banff, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake, Alaska

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1935

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1935 Pam

Responsibility: A Canadian Pacific publication

Published Date: 1935

Physical Description: 16p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hotels

Notes: Fragile

Accession Number: 20000

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1935 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Rockies : Banff, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1936 Pam

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: 16p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1936 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Through the Canadian Rockies : Banff, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1938

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1938 Pam

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1938

Physical Description: 20p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hotels

Accession Number: 20500

Call Number: 02.6 T41c 1938 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The James L. Clark Studios, Inc [New York]

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1931

Call Number: 04.2 C54j Pam

Published Date: 1931

Physical Description: 35p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hunting; Museums

Accession Number: 1063

Call Number: 04.2 C54j Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountains of the morning

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1938

Publisher: Scotland : Moray Press

Call Number: 02.4 St8m

Responsibility: by "Stravaiger"

Publisher: Scotland : Moray Press

Published Date: 1938

Physical Description: 268 p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Ethnic groups; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Notes: Partial contents include biography of worker on railway survey line to Tete Jaune

Accession Number: 34000 06-09-2001

Call Number: 02.4 St8m

Collection: Archives Library

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Scenic and commerical photographs series. -- 1907-1975

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives t…

Date Range: 1907 - 1942

Reference Code: V263 / PA / unnumbered; V263 / PS; V263 / NA / 1 - 6409; V263 / NG / 1 - 78; V263 / NA / unnumbered; V263 / sample products

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic and commercial photographs

Sous-Fonds: V263

Reference Code: V263 / PA / unnumbered; V263 / PS; V263 / NA / 1 - 6409; V263 / NG / 1 - 78; V263 / NA / unnumbered; V263 / sample products

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1907 - 1942

Physical Description: ca.10,000 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : negatives, prints, postcards, transparencies, sample products

Scope & Content: Series consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors. Primary component is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indigenous peoples, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon

Access Restrictions: Commercial use restrictions and restrictions on use of individual and family portraits, wedding photographs and similar works commissioned for personal use in effect. Access to original negatives restricted.

Finding Aid: Selected reference prints available in Visual Reference File

Related Material: Constitutes Series I of the Byron Harmon fonds

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of series

Content Details: V263 / NA - 1 to 6362 -- Series I.A.i.a. -- 1907 - 1942. -- 6362 items : negatives; 5 x 7" and smaller. -- Pertains to : annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks,1907-1913 ; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks ; mountain scenic views, particularly for postcard purposes ; Banff events and development ; skiing ; birds and animals. Contains some views by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, also some by Lewis Freeman. Incomplete item-level inventory available. Selected reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6363 to 6407 -- Series I.A.i.b. -- ca. 1910. -- 45 items : negatives ; panoramas, 4 x 11". -- Scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other areas in the Canadian Rockies. Item-level inventory available. Reference prints available. V263 / NA - 6408, 6409 -- Series I.A.i.c. -- 192-?. -- 2 items : negatives ; circut, 20 x 96 cm., 20 x 50 cm.-- View of group on shore of Lake O'Hara ; view of Lake McArthur with man on shore. V263 / NG - 1 to 78 -- Series I.A.i.d. -- ca. 1905 - ca. 1915. -- 78 items : negatives ; glass. -- Pertains to mountain peaks and scenes ; Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities ; mountaineering ; Banff views and activities, including Banff Springs Hotel ; Stoney First Nation. V263 / NA -- Series I.A.ii. -- ca. 192-? to ca. 1955. -- ca. 1100 items : negatives and positives, originals and copies ; mainly 5 x 7", some 11 x 14". -- Postcard negatives and positives and production negatives pertaining to scenic views throughout the Canadian Rockies, some elsewhere ; groups and conventions, facilities, buildings and interiors. Some by Don Harmon, Lloyd Harmon and F. A. Jackman of Jasper. Includes negatives by Herbert O. Frind of glacier trip to Columbia Icefield area, 1917. V263 / PA -- Series I.B. -- ca. 189-? to ca. 1965. -- ca. 900 items : prints, originals. -- Mainly first-generation prints of scenic and commercial views, wildlife, skiing, First Nation portraits, Banff Indian Days, Harmony Drug Store. Some prints were made at a much later date than negatives from which they came. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.a. -- ca. 1907 - ca. 1955. -- ca. 450 titles : postcards, black/white, hand-coloured. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. Arranged by publisher's number. Preliminiary item-level inventory available. V263 / PG -- Series I.C.i.b. -- After 1956. -- ca. 200 titles : postcards, natural colour. -- Mainly scenic and wildlife views of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.a. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 800 items : prints, black/white. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / PA -- Series I.C.ii.b. -- ca. 191- to ca. 195-. -- ca. 120 items : prints ; hand-coloured. -- Mass-produced contact prints, enlargements and framing prints ; mainly scenic and wildlife views. V263 / Series I.C.iii.a. -- Before 1942. -- ca. 10 cm. : various. -- Includes miniature views, advertising cards, postcard packages, view books, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.b. -- After 1946. -- ca. 20 cm. : various. -- Includes 35 mm. slide packages, postcard packages, playing cards, greeting cards, calendars, viewbooks, etc. of the Canadian Rockies. V263 / Series I.C.iii.c. -- ca. 191- to ca. 196-. -- ca. 5 cm. : various. -- Sample products produced by other photographers for resale or comparison. Includes postcards, viewbooks, etc. V263 - PS -- Series I.D. -- ca. 1913 - ca. 192-. -- ca. 170 items : transparencies ; lantern slides, many hand-coloured. Lecture slides pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, 1924, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, First Nations, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway ; also Asian travel photographs.

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Summer camping 1931, 1932, 1932 walking, 1933. -- 1931-1933.

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to the following Hinman trips: 1931 trip - Brewster Creek, Mount Assiniboine, Red Earth Pass, Wolverine Pass, McArthur Pass, Ptarmigan Valley, Little Pipestone River, Scotch Camp on Red Deer River, Sawback Lake, Mystic Lake, to Banff (p. 1 to 31); 1932 trip - Spray River, Goat Pass, …

Date Range: 1931; 1932; 1933

Reference Code: V282 / PD - 9

Description Level: 5 / File

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V282

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V282

Accession Number: 1933

Reference Code: V282 / PD - 9

Date Range: 1931; 1932; 1933

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (337 prints) : 102 p.

Scope & Content: Album pertains to the following Hinman trips:; 1931 trip - Brewster Creek, Mount Assiniboine, Red Earth Pass, Wolverine Pass, McArthur Pass, Ptarmigan Valley, Little Pipestone River, Scotch Camp on Red Deer River, Sawback Lake, Mystic Lake, to Banff (p. 1 to 31);; 1932 trip - Spray River, Goat Pass, Bryant Creek, Mount Assiniboine, Citadel Pass, Monarch Mountain, Floe Lake, Wolverine Pass, AcArthur Pass, Pipestone River, Saskatchewan River, Castleguard Meadows, Freshfield Glacier, Molar Pass, to Lake Louise (p. 32 to 57);; 1932 - walking trip: Hartley's cabin in Selkirks, Glacier Circle Cabin, Field Y.M.C.A., Emerald Lake Chalet, Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp, Lake O'Hara bungalows, Moraine Lake bungalows, Triangle Inn at Lake Louise, Alpine clubhouse at Banff (p. 58 to 74);; 1933 trip - Brewster Creek, Sunburst Lake, Simpson Pass, Egypt Lake, Prospector Valley, Wolverine Pass, McArthur Creek/Pass, Paradise Valley, Siffleur/Clearwater Rivers, Ram Creek, Red Deer [Valley?], Cascade [?], Point Camp (p. 75 to 102).; Contains photograph captions and summary page for each camp.

Access Restrictions: Access to original restricted. Microfilm copy available for reference use.

Finding Aid: Summary pages available in inventory binder (copy).

Processing Status: Processed

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Summer camping 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937. -- 1934-1937

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to the following Hinman trips and camps: 1934 trip - Point Camp, Harrison Lake, Sawback Lake, Panther River, Clearwater River, Merlin Valley, Ice River, Wolverine Pass, Floe Lake, Egypt Lake, to [Banff?] (p. 1 to 31); 1935 trip - Skoki Valley, Ptarmigan Lake, Melin Valley, Baker Vale…

Date Range: 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937

Reference Code: V282 / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V282

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V282

Accession Number: 1933

Reference Code: V282 / PD - 10

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (272 prints) : ??? p.

Scope & Content: Album pertains to the following Hinman trips and camps:; 1934 trip - Point Camp, Harrison Lake, Sawback Lake, Panther River, Clearwater River, Merlin Valley, Ice River, Wolverine Pass, Floe Lake, Egypt Lake, to [Banff?] (p. 1 to 31);; 1935 trip - Skoki Valley, Ptarmigan Lake, Melin Valley, Baker Valey, to Lake Louise (p. 32 to 51);; 1936 camp - location unknown (p. 55 to 65?);; 1937 camp - location unknown (p. 67 to 79?).; Contains photograph captions and summary pages for 1934 and 1935.

Access Restrictions: Access to original restricted. Microfilm copy available for reference use.

Finding Aid: Summary pages available in inventory binder (copy).

Processing Status: Processed

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Prints. -- 1915-1958.

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Pertain to Caroline Hinman and her camping, climbing,hiking, horse, canoe and motor trips in the Canadian Rockies. Includes camps, hunting, climbs, Skyline Hikes, pack trips, scenery etc. Some views pertain to trip personnel such as Jim Boyce and Curly Phillips, and clients such as Lillian Gest.

Date Range: 1915-1958

Reference Code: V282 / PA (1 - 566); V282 / PB (1 - 8)

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

13 images

Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V282

Series: III.A. Photographs: prints

Sous-Fonds: V282

Accession Number: 1256

Reference Code: V282 / PA (1 - 566); V282 / PB (1 - 8)

Date Range: 1915-1958

Physical Description: 574 photographs : prints; 8 oversize.

Scope & Content: Pertain to Caroline Hinman and her camping, climbing,hiking, horse, canoe and motor trips in the Canadian Rockies. Includes camps, hunting, climbs, Skyline Hikes, pack trips, scenery etc. Some views pertain to trip personnel such as Jim Boyce and Curly Phillips, and clients such as Lillian Gest.

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Processing Status: Processed

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Transparencies

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies, 35mm, 1946-1960, ca.900 items, travel views from around the world. Includes scenic views from Caroline Hinman trips in the Canadian Rockies; also Banff area views, such as Cascades of Time Gardens; Jasper views and wildlife views. International trips include Guatemala and Africa.

Date Range: 1913-1916

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / NS -

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M236 / V282

Series: V282 / III: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V282

Sub-Series: V282 / III / B: Transparencies

Accession Number: 1316, 1933

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / NS -

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1913-1916

Physical Description: ca.1000 photographs : transparencies.

Scope & Content: Transparencies, 35mm, 1946-1960, ca.900 items, travel views from around the world. Includes scenic views from Caroline Hinman trips in the Canadian Rockies; also Banff area views, such as Cascades of Time Gardens; Jasper views and wildlife views. International trips include Guatemala and Africa.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Photographs. -- [ca.1880]-1949

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Part Of: Norman Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of: A. Albums, 1880s-1949, 46 vol., pertaining to Norman Sanson's life and work; document Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain and Sulphur Mountain Observatory; natural history, including mountain flora, collecting trips, weather surveys and snow surveys; Banff events, including Banf…

Date Range: [1880]-1949

Reference Code: V246 / PD / 1 - 51; V246 / PG / 1

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Photograph

21 images

Part Of: Norman Sanson fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: V246

Series: II. Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V246

Reference Code: V246 / PD / 1 - 51; V246 / PG / 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [1880]-1949

Physical Description: 46 photograph albums (ca.7500 prints). -- 1 postcard set (37 prints)

Scope & Content: Series consists of: A. Albums, 1880s-1949, 46 vol., pertaining to Norman Sanson's life and work; document Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain and Sulphur Mountain Observatory; natural history, including mountain flora, collecting trips, weather surveys and snow surveys; Banff events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, Highland Gatherings and Banff Regatta; mountain travels and travels throughout Canada, United States, England and Europe; friends, associates and Banff personalities. Detailed identifications provided by Norman Sanson. B. Postcard set, ca.1930.

Finding Aid: Printed inventory available. Microfilm copy of albums available for reference use

Related Material: Constitutes Series II of the Norman B. Sanson fonds

Title Source: Title taken from contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal papers

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of personal writings, 1913-1956; trip diaries, 1930; note books, 1913-1935; notes, 1929, 1956, n.d.; and other material, 1905- 1960, in the form of certificates, memberships, cards, permits, passes, letters of introduction, and other.

Date Range: 1905-1956

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 1 / 1868 - 1874

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 1 / 1868 - 1874

Date Range: 1905-1956

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of personal writings, 1913-1956; trip diaries, 1930; note books, 1913-1935; notes, 1929, 1956, n.d.; and other material, 1905- 1960, in the form of certificates, memberships, cards, permits, passes, letters of introduction, and other.

Finding Aid: File description available in printed form and through this database.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 1 of I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of correspondence with Catharine Robb Whyte, 1927-1962; chronological correspondence files, 1909-1962; and other papers, [ca.1920- ca.1930], in the form of business cards, addresses, greeting cards, and other.

Date Range: 1909-1962

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 2 / 1875 - 1908

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 2 / 1875 - 1908

Date Range: 1909-1962

Physical Description: 40 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of correspondence with Catharine Robb Whyte, 1927-1962; chronological correspondence files, 1909-1962; and other papers, [ca.1920- ca.1930], in the form of business cards, addresses, greeting cards, and other.

Finding Aid: File description available in printed form and through this database.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 2 of I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Financial, legal and business records

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of personal records, 1914-1962, employment records, 1923-1930, and banking records, 1927-1964.

Date Range: 1914-1964

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 3 / 1909 - 1912

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 3 / 1909 - 1912

Date Range: 1914-1964

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of personal records, 1914-1962, employment records, 1923-1930, and banking records, 1927-1964.

Finding Aid: File description available in printed form and through this database.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 3 of I.B., Peter Whyte papers and photographs.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Professional activities and interests papers

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of skiing papers, 1920-1928; photography papers, 1932-1958; art papers, 1925-1961; army papers, 1940-1943; airforce papers, 1941-1956; and other papers, 1923-1930.

Date Range: 1920-1961

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 4 / 1913 - 1932

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Reference Code: M36 / I / B / 4 / 1913 - 1932

Date Range: 1920-1961

Physical Description: 22 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of skiing papers, 1920-1928; photography papers, 1932-1958; art papers, 1925-1961; army papers, 1940-1943; airforce papers, 1941-1956; and other papers, 1923-1930.

Finding Aid: File description available in printed form and through this database.

Related Material: Constitutes Sub-series 4 of I.B., Peter Whyte papers and photographs.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Catharine Robb Whyte papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1918- 1979; 2. Correspondence, 1862-1979; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1901-1979; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1906-1980; 5. Topical files, 1881- 1978; 6. Photographs, ca.1920-1979; 7. Postcard albums, 1903- 1…

Date Range: 1906 - 1980

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / A

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers and photographs series

Sous-Fonds: S37

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / A

Date Range: 1906 - 1980

Physical Description: 20.5 m of textual records (and ca.200 oversize items). -- ca.12,300 photographs (ca.5000 prints, ca.4000 negatives, ca.3300 transparencies, 3 albums of ca.1000 prints, 6 motion pictures).

History / Biographical: Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was an artist, outdoor enthusiast, traveller, philanthropist and cultural worker at Banff, Alberta. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, Catharine Robb grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. Following schooling in Concord and Providence Rhode Island, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from 1925 until 1929. There she met Peter Whyte, a fellow art student from Banff, Alberta and they married 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 Nakoda First Nations and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations such as the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies and the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. From 1932 until 1934, she and Pete managed Skoki Lodge. During the Second World War, Catharine continued to paint, maintain her home and when possible, accompany Pete to his various military postings.; 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. Catharine immersed herself in the development of the Peter Whyte Foundation (now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies), in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Catharine became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits on transparency film and later on Kodacolor negative film. Catharine continued to use her old Leica rangefinder camera and, in 1974, acquired a Leica M5 with an integrated light meter.; Catharine Whyte served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations. Among her official duties, Catharine served as a Governor, Banff Centre Council; Member, Board of Governors, Glenbow-Alberta Institute; President, Peter Whyte Foundation; Member, Minister's Advisory Committee on Native Education; and Member, By-law Committee, Stoney Development Society. She was a patron to individuals studying art and music and supported the following causes: Stoney Nakoda First Nation Handicrafts, Stoney Administration Building, Banff Recreational Centre, Margaret Greenham Theatre, cancer research, and the Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre in Cold Lake, Alberta.; Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with the following awards and honours: Honorary Doctorate, University of Calgary, 1969; Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Banff Kiwanis Club, 1969; Honorary Chief, Stoney Nakoda First Nation, 1973; Alberta Achievement Award, Province of Alberta, 1975; Award of Merit, Historical Society of Alberta, 1978; and the Order of Canada, 1978.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1918- 1979; 2. Correspondence, 1862-1979; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1901-1979; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1906-1980; 5. Topical files, 1881- 1978; 6. Photographs, ca.1920-1979; 7. Postcard albums, 1903- 1924. Includes extensive diaries and correspondence between Catharine Robb Whyte and her mother, family and friends. Of particular interest are Whyte's outgoing letters. Other papers arise out of her business and philanthropic activities, interest and activity in art, winter sports, recreation, museums, cultural organizations, photography, environmental issues and Stoney Nakoda First Nation.; Photographic material was produced and collected by Catharine Robb Whyte prior to 1930 and after Peter Whyte's death in 1966. Included are prints, albums and negatives, ca.1924-1930, pertaining to family trips, school activities, travels, home, friends and family. The largest series consist of colour prints and negatives (ca.7200 items) and colour transparencies (3319 items) pertaining to family and friends, mountain trips, scenics and world travels, 1966-1979. Remaining material include prints, motion pictures and video recording collected by Catharine Whyte; mainly friends, family, personal and Banff events, ca.1920-1979.

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Sub-series-level outline is available. Inventory is available in printed form and through this database. Description of photographs is at sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more description than computer database for photographs.

Related Material: Consitutes Sous-fonds I, Series A of Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Catharine Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.

Title Source: Title based on material

Content Details: Catharine Robb Whyte Photographs - Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series A of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. The earliest photographs directly attributable to Catharine Robb were taken on the family trip to Europe in 1924. Russell Robb produced three meticulous albums from this trip, two utilizing his own photographs and one composed of Catharine's. (A photo taken at Versailles shows Catharine operating a folding camera which produced the 6 x 10.5 cm. images for her travel album). A number of photographs and albums from the mid 1920s are attributable to Catharine -- photographs depicting friends and events at Mary C. Wheeler School and sailing trips at Seal Harbor, Maine -- but she does not appear to have been a prolific photographer prior to her marriage to Peter Whyte in 1930. Following Peter Whyte's death in 1966, Catharine became a very active photographer. She took up downhill skiing again and began to travel extensively in Canada and abroad, recording most of these activities on transparency film. In the 1970s, she began exposing Kodacolor negative film. She found that prints were more easily displayed to friends and relatives than were slides, so she favoured colour prints for the remainder of her life. She utilized slide film on only a few extended trips after the mid 1970s. Though friends and relatives tried to convince her that a single lens reflex camera system would be more convenient and versatile than her old Rangefinder camera, Catharine remained devoted to her old Leica, and in 1974 she paired it with a Leica M5 -- the first Leica with an integrated light meter. She used this camera until her death.

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Peter Whyte papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…

Date Range: 1905-1964

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Date Range: 1905-1964

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).

History / Biographical: Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.; Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.; During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.; Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.; Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Films and film making M; Photography M; Royal Canadian Air Force M; Skiing; Whyte, Catharine Robb M; World War II, 1939-1945 M

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.

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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.

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