Narrow Results By
Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7466
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
. and as ldarion was working
last night we asked Mavis down to supper . she was still here when
Mr and Mrs Wheeler
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 / 120
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Kaquitts, Tom
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Bagley, Frederick A.
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Mather, Allan
- Sanson, Norman
- Ward, Sam
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Ski Club
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 405 b&w negatives.
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1962]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / C / NA- 2817 to NA-3222
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / C : Peter and Catharine Whyte Negatives Sub-series
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / C / NA- 2817 to NA-3222
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1962]
- Physical Description
- 405 photographs: negatives, b&w.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 405 b&w negatives.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- V683 / III / C / : NA-2817 [Mt. Athabasca, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2818 [Mt. Athabasca, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2819 [Mt. Athabasca, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2820 [Athabasca Glacier, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2821 [Athabasca Glacier, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2822 [Athabasca Glacier, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2823 [Athabasca Glacier, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2824 [Athabasca Glacier, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2825 [Mt Robson, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2826 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2827 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2828 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2829 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2830 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2831 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2832 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2833 [Portrait of Catharine Whyte, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2834 [Portrait of unidentified man, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2835 [Worker removing snow from shed roof, ca. 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2836 [Interior of Peter and Catharine’s house, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2837 [Peter and Catharine’s house, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2838 [Renovations to Whyte house, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2839 [Renovations to Whyte house, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2840 [Wood Lawn house, Dave White property, 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2841 [Wood Lawn house, Dave White property, 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2842 [Trees in Whyte yard, ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2843 [Wood Lawn house, Dave White property, 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2844 [Wood Lawn house, Dave White property, 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2845 [12 negatives. Whyte family home, ‘Wood Lawn,’ ca. 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2846 [Garage storage shed, Peter and Catharine Whyte property, 1955? Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2847 [Mule Deer, Whyte property, ca.1955] NA-2848 [Mule Deer, Whyte property, ca.1955] NA-2849 [2 negatives, Mule Deer, Whyte property, ca.1955] NA-2850 [Rear of White Block, 1955] NA-2851 [Whyte property, ca.1955] NA-2852 [Bow River Bridge and Banff avenue, ca.1955] NA-2853 [Banff CPR station, ca.1955] NA-2854 [Banff CPR station, ca.1955] NA-2855 [Banff CPR station, ca.1955] NA-2856 [Banff CPR station, ca.1955] NA-2857 [Banff, ca. 1955] NA-2858 [Construction of Banff Elementary School, ca. 1955] NA-2859 [Construction of Banff Elementary School, ca. 1955] NA-2860 [Construction of Banff Elementary School, ca. 1955] NA-2861 [Construction of Banff Elementary School, ca. 1955] NA-2862 [Construction of Banff Elementary School, ca. 1955] NA-2863 [Banff school on corner of Squirrel and Elk street, ca. 1955] NA-2864 [Banff school on corner of Squirrel and Elk street, ca. 1955] NA-2865 [Banff school on corner of Squirrel and Elk street, ca. 1955] NA-2866 [Cave and Basin, ca. 1955] NA-2867 [Banff from Tunnel Mountain, ca.1955] NA-2868 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2869 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2870 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2871 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2872 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2873 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2874 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2875 [Banff Indian Days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2876 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2877 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2878 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2879 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2880 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2881 [George McLean (Walking Buffalo) at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2882 [Two small totem poles, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2883 [Portrait at Banff Indian days, ca.1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2884 [Portrait of Charlie Beil, ca.1955] NA-2885 [Portrait of an unidentified woman, ca.1955] NA-2886 [Portrait of an unidentified woman, ca.1955] NA-2887 [Portrait of an unidentified woman, ca.1955] NA-2888 [Catharine Whyte with Gray Campbell family at Campbell’s 7-C Ranch, Cowley Alberta, July 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2889 [Catharine Whyte with Gray Campbell family at Campbell’s 7-C Ranch, Cowley Alberta, July 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2890 [Gray Campbell on tractor at 7-C Ranch, Cowley Alberta, July 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2891 [Gray Campbell on tractor at 7-C Ranch, Cowley Alberta, July 1955. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2892 [Prairie scene, Alberta, ca.1955] NA-2893 [Prairie scene, Alberta, ca.1955] NA-2894 [Air Show, ca.1955. Calgary, Alberta?] NA-2895 [Air Show, ca.1955. Calgary, Alberta?] NA-2896 [Air Show, ca.1955. Calgary, Alberta?] NA-2897 [Air Show, ca.1955. Calgary, Alberta?] NA-2898 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2899 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2900 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2901 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2902 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2903 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2904 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2905 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2906 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2907 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2908 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2909 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2910 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2911 [Ski jump, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2912 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2913 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2914 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2915 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2916 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2917 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2918 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2919 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2920 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2921 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2922 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2923 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2924 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2925 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2926 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2927 [Ski jumping, Mt. Norquay ca 1958. Attributed to Peter Whyte] NA-2928 [Construction of Mt. Norquay Rd. Trans-Canada highway overpass, ca.1958] NA-2929 [Construction of Mt. Norquay Rd. Trans-Canada highway overpass, ca.1958] NA-2930 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations child, 1958] NA-2931 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations child, 1958] NA-2932 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations child, 1958] NA-2933 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2934 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2935 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2936 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2937 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2938 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2939 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2940 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2941 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2942 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2943 [Portrait of a Stoney First Nations, 1958] NA-2944 [Catharine Whyte, George McLean, Mary McLean and child, Autumn, 1959] NA-2945 [Catharine Whyte, George McLean, Mary McLean and child, Autumn, 1959] NA-2946 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2947 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2948 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2949 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2950 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2951 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2952 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2953 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2954 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2955 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2956 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2957 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2958 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2959 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2960 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2961 [Documentation photo of a Kreighoff painting] NA-2962 [Documentation photo of a Kreighoff painting] NA-2963 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-2964 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s cartoon] NA-2965 [Catharine Whyte, George McLean, Mary McLean and child, Autumn, 1959] NA-2966 [Catharine Whyte, George McLean, Mary McLean and child, Autumn, 1959] NA-2967 [Portrait of Bill Martin, Autumn, 1959] NA-2968 [Portrait of Bill Martin, Autumn, 1959] NA-2969 [Portrait of Bill Martin, Autumn, 1959] NA-2970 [Portrait of Bill Martin, Autumn, 1959] NA-2971 [Fishing along Bow River at Banff, ca.1958] NA-2972 [Fishing along Bow River at Banff, ca.1958] NA-2973 [Construction of Buffalo Block, ca.1958] NA-2974 [Vermilion Lakes from Trans-Canada Highway, ca.1958] NA-2975 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2976 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2977 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2978 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2979 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2980 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2981 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2982 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2983 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2984 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2985 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2986 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2987 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2988 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2989 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2990 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2991 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2992 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2993 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2994 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2995 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2996 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2997 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2998 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-2999 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-3000 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-3001 [Helicopter stringing cable west of Banff, ca.1962] NA-3002 [Lake Louise, ca.1962] NA-3003 [Old stone bridge near Glacier House, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3004 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3005 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3006 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3007 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3008 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3009 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3010 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3011 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3012 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3013 [Work camp construction of Trans-Canada Highway, Rogers Pass, B.C., ca.1962] NA-3014 [Peter Whyte cartoon] NA-3015 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3016 [Documentation photo of painting at Luxton Museum] NA-3017 [Documentation photo of painting at Luxton Museum] NA-3018 [Documentation photo of painting at Luxton Museum] NA-3019 [Documentation photo of painting at Luxton Museum] NA-3020 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3021 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3022 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3023 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3024 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3025 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3026 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3027 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3028 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3029 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3030 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3031 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3032 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3033 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3034 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3035 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3036 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3037 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3038 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3039 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3040 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3041 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3042 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3043 [Documentation photo of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3044 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3045 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3046 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3047 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3048 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3049 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3050 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3051 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3052 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3053 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3054 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3055 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s Indigenous mural, 1956] NA-3056 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s painting] NA-3057 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s drawing] NA-3058 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s cartoon] NA-3059 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s cartoon] NA-3060 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3061 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3062 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3063 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3064 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3065 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s ski painting] NA-3066 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s painting for Christmas card] NA-3067 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s note with sample Christmas card] NA-3068 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s cartoon for Christmas card] NA-3069 [Documentation of Peter Whyte’s skiing painting] NA-3070 [Documentation of J. D. Curren painting, 1952] NA-3071 [Documentation of Dr. Robinson’s painting] NA-3072 [Documentation of Dr. Robinson’s painting] NA-3073 [Documentation of Dr. Robinson’s painting] NA-3074 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3075 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3076 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3077 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3078 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3079 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3080 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3081 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3082 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3083 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3084 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3085 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3086 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3087 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3088 [Documentation of W. Goddard Uncle’s painting] NA-3089 [Copy negative of camp scene, Fairholme range in background. (See letter to “Mr. Campbell from Guy Blanchet, Dec 4, 1961] NA-3090 [Copy negative of camp scene, Mt. Rundle in background. (See letter to “Mr. Campbell from Guy Blanchet, Dec 4, 1961] NA-3091 [The Sanitarium, Banff] NA-3092 [C.P.R. hotel, Banff National Park] NA-3093 [Birds eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain] NA-3094 [Portrait of a man sitting in an interior] NA-3095 [Anthracite] NA-3096 [Group portrait unidentified] NA-3097 [Group portrait unidentified] NA-3098 [Group portrait unidentified, train in background] NA-3099 [Documentation of Boorne and May Photographs] NA-3100 [Documentation of Boorne and May Photographs] NA-3101 [View from Sulphur Spring showing Banff Village] NA-3102 [Banff Hotel and Sulphur Mt. from top of Tunnel Mountain] NA-3103 [View up Bow River from Tunnel Mountain] NA-3104 [Vancouver] NA-3105 [Banff hotel and Peak Mt.] NA-3106 [Banff hotel and Peak Mt.] NA-3107 [View up Bow River from Tunnel Mountain] NA-3108 [two unidentified people, mountains in the background] NA-3109 [two unidentified people, mountains in the background] NA-3110 [Unidentified people walking next to a railroad] NA-3111 [Unidentified people walking next to a railroad] NA-3112 [Landscape scene] NA-3113 [Unidentified people walking next to a railroad] NA-3114 [Interior of a building or school?] NA-3115 [Skiing down a hill] NA-3116 [Skiing and landscape scenes] NA-3117 [Skiing and ski jumping] NA-3118 [House with trees] NA-3119 [House with trees] NA-3120 [Side of a house] NA-3121 [Side of a house] NA-3122 [Ski jumper] NA-3123 [Ski jumper] NA-3124 [Ski jumper] NA-3125 [Ski jumper] NA-3126 [Greeting card inscription] NA-3127 [Train station] NA-3128 [Train station] NA-3129 [Structure? in field, Banff Indian Days?] NA-3130 [Banff Indian Days?] NA-3131 [Structure? in field, Banff Indian Days?] NA-3132 [Structure? in field, Banff Indian Days?] NA-3133 [Tents in field] NA-3134 [Structure? in field, Banff Indian Days?] NA-3135 [Tents in field] NA-3136 [pot?] NA-3137 [Copy negative of Mrs. J. D. Curren, ca. 1880?] NA-3138 [Copy negative of Mrs. J. D. Curren, ca. 1880?] NA-3139 [Copy negative of. J. D. Curren, ca. 1880?] NA-3140 [Copy negative, family gathering, pre 1900?] NA-3141 [Copy negative, Brewster family, 1910] NA-3142 [View of Banff] NA-3143 [Deer in snow] NA-3144 [First Nations woman smoking] NA-3145 [2 negatives. Two climbers near Devil’s Thumb, Lake Louise] NA-3146 [Chateau Lake Louise in winter] NA-3147 [Lake Louise] NA-3148 [Lake Louise] NA-3149 [Lake Louise] NA-3150 [Lake Louise] NA-3151 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3152 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3153 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3154 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3155 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3156 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3157 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3158 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3159 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3160 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3161 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3162 [Regatta with Bubby Whyte and Yvonne Legace. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, May 24, 1947] NA-3163 [Mount Eisenhower lodge. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3164 [Landscape scene. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3165 [Landscape scene. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3166 [Landscape scene. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3167 [Whyte home and Jeep. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3168 [Bear in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3169 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3170 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3171 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3172 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3173 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3174 [Bears in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3175 [Peter Whyte feeding bird. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3176 [Peter Whyte feeding bird. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3177 [Window sill, Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3178 [Vermilion Lakes, Massive Range. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3179 [Barbara and Jon? Whyte at their home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3180 [Moose in Whyte yard. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3181 [Moose tracks. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3182 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3183 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3184 [Christmas tree in Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3185 [Interior of Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948] NA-3186 [landscape scene. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3187 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3188 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3189 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3190 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3191 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3192 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3193 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3194 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3195 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3196 [Storm Mountain camp. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3197 [Jonny Whyte? Billy McKenzie and Peter Whyte. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3198 [Jonny Whyte? Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3199 [Jonny Whyte? Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3200 [Billy McKenzie? Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3201 [Jonny Whyte? and Billy McKenzie. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3202 [Jonny Whyte? and Billy McKenzie. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3203 [Jonny Whyte? and Billy McKenzie. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3204 [Jonny Whyte? and Billy McKenzie. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3205 [Caboose. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3206 [Caboose. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3207 [Train wreck. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3208 [Train wreck. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3209 [Train wreck. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3210 [Train wreck. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3211 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3212 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3213 [Cabin on Whyte property. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3214 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3215 [Cabin and Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3216 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3217 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3218 [Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1947] NA-3219 [Deer, photo taken from inside Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948?] NA-3220 [Deer, photo taken from inside Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948?] NA-3221 [Deer, photo taken from inside Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948?] NA-3222 [Bird, photo taken from inside Whyte home. Attributed to Catharine Whyte, 1948?]
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - December 1948]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7469
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radi…
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 123
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
when Mr and Mrs Phillips caleed ~ he is the artist and they
are the ones who are going to build here
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 / 123
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (157 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radio and live], events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, the new Greyhound Station being built behind the Mount Royal Hotel, the Winter Carnival, errand trips to Calgary, the annual Ski Championships at Norquay [February], putting together sketches to send to Ontario for an exhibition [the pictures were later sent to Concord to be shown], concerts, the death and funeral of Mark Poucette, cleaning and household chores, business and issues pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, installing a new electric stove in the kitchen, flooding during the spring [mostly in BC], Elizabeth Rummel leaving Skoki Lodge, Banff Indian Days [which included a ceremony to induct Pearl and Phillip Moore as honourary Princess and Chief], the Calgary Stampede, concerns over Pete's health, a day trip to Lake O'Hara with George Noble in September [they were given permission to drive themselves up], the opening of the White Groceteria on October 1, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties. Also includes a pressed flower and the annual Christmas card, mounted on cardstock.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 123-09 has four small sketches of pictures made by Jon Whyte on the second page. 123-36 is a carbon copy of 123-35. 123-47 contains a sketch of the new electric stove.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Vallance, Sydney
- Whyte, Clifford
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Poucette, Mark
- Mather, Allan
- Greenham, Margaret
- Mills, Ike
- Luxton, Norman
- Comfort, Charles
- Harmon, Lloyd
- Rungius, Carl
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - December 1946]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7467
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1946
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
l:iatf1eld Ofriends of Francis Riams from
Vancouver) a ',Ir ~nt and Mrs MacKenzie also from the coast, Mr
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 / 121
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on lodge letterhead. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Whyte, Barbara
- Jaeggi, John
- Jaeggi, Edith Ashton
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Brewster, Fern
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sulphur Mountain Tea House
- Sunshine area
- Sunshine Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7459
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
, the first robin was seen last week in Banff,
by Mr Barnes who is Dan Uc6owaps brother in law, so Pete said
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 / 113
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Greenham, Margaret
- Baker-Carr, Kay
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Caird, Jean
- Noble, George
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Bicycles
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Aid
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- King Edward Hotel
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Sightseeing
- Ski areas
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sunshine Lodge
- Sunshine Village
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7468
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
to them.
We happened to give Mrs Kennedy a lift down from the post office
when they came and she lent us
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 / 122
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Brewster, Jim
- Luxton, Norman
- Greenham, Margaret
- Greenham, Henry
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Strom, Erling
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Bearspaw, David
- Poucette, Mark
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Anthracite
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - May 1944]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7463
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to May 31, 1944. Topics include New Years Eve activities in Banff, travelling back to Tofino, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, painting/sk…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 117
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
Mr Guthrie asked us Sunda;y- morning if we
had! heard anything about there having been an alert
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 / 117
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to May 31, 1944. Topics include New Years Eve activities in Banff, travelling back to Tofino, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, painting/sketching, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, visiting the beach, wildlife, Tofino events and life in the apartment building, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], matters pertaining to the store/Banff Ave property, trips to Victoria for Pete's monthly 48 hours leave, preparations for an Airforce exhibiting in Ottawa in April [including Pete recieving an honourary mention], Pete being reassigned to Vancouver and them leaving Tofino [Catharine travelled from Tofino to Banff breifly before coming to Vancouver], Pete working on films for the Photo Section of the Air Force, moving into a room at the Hotel Devonshire in downtown Vancouver, going to plays/shows, military parades, shopping and fashion, Pete being promoted to Seargant and getting temporarily relocated to Ottawa where he is appointed War Artist and sent back to Calgary to paint, and Catharine returns to live in Banff.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel letterhead. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Sinclair, Christine
- Jessen, Chris
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beaches
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hotel Devonshire
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stanley Park
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- War Artists
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- Port Alberni
- Tofino
- British Columbia
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Locate missing pages.
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7481
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
, and, they thought it a great joke. "~rs Roll1ng-1n-
the- Mud,Mrs - Chiniki, .trs Paul Dixon, Mrs Joe Kootena11
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 / 135
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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. Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Harvie, Eric
- Rungius, Carl
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [May - December 1940]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7455
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- be such a nice
place, and ':>eing on a beach too . I was so interested in the refugee
children . We told Mrs
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 / 109
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed. 109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Brewster, Fern
- Pocette, Mark
- Paris, Cyril
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Gest, Lillian
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Phillips, Gladys
- Greenham, Margaret
- Harris, Lawren
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Highlanders
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Christmas
- Cinema
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Icefields Parkway
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Minniwanka
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Miette Hot Springs
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Edith Cavel
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Jasper
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- Windermere
- Radium
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - July 1943]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7461
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 82 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 30, 1943. Topics include New Years activities and parties, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, errand trips to Calgary, cameras and photography, slide making and presentations…
- Date Range
- 1943
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 115
- 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
- M26
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 115
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (121 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 82 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 30, 1943. Topics include New Years activities and parties, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, errand trips to Calgary, cameras and photography, slide making and presentations, winter sports, weather, wildlife, radio programs [including operas, news, sports, and a program called Quiz Kids], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, painting/sketching, books Catharine and Edith are reading, installing a new permanent staircase in the house [also installed was a door at the bottom of the stairs], painting/sketching, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, Pete being enlisted as a "skilled tradesman" in the Royal Canadian Air Force in March and then going to Edmonton for training [occasionally Catharine would join him there for weekends], relocating to Vancouver and then getting posted to Patricia Bay (Victoria) in May [Catharine goes at the same time], Catharine going to Concord for a month early June-early July, moving between Victoria and Vancouver as Pete's responsibilities change, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, and life/activities in both cities [including visiting parks/beaches, eating out with and without friends, shopping, sketching/painting, watching military training exercises, and going to shows/movies].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel letterhead. 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. 115 - 26 contains a sketch of the top of the new staircase as it is situated in the second-floor studio. 115 - 78 contains a sketch of their apartment at the Hotel Devonshire in Vancouver.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Brewster, Fern
- Harris, Lawren
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beaches
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian National Railway
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Coronal Hotel Edmonton
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hotel Devonshire Vancouver
- Hotel Georgia Vancouver
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Sussex Apartment Hotel Victoria
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- War Artists
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Letters to Mother [January - June 1945]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7465
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Ca…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
Chimney , e nao conridet"ed ~any
un["les . there w:,.s an i iea of tryin to cut up throud•,f the stone
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 / 119
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, going to the movies, watching hockey games, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, digging a cellar beneath the kitchen and moving the furnace underneath it, cleaning and household chores, Cam and Lila moving to Vancouver, errand trips to Calgary, wildlife, Banff events, painting, extending the second floor to create a new master bedroom above the living room, events and people in Concord, news pertaining to the war, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], deaths and funerals [Hermann Gadnew, President Roosevelt], the end of the war in Europe [also includes special radio broadcasts and community celebrations], gardening and yardwork, and short drives [usually to Lake Louise and the Lake Minnewanka area].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Ward, Sam
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Stockand, Cameron
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Gadner, Hermann
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- VE Day
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.