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Bill Peyto fonds

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Part Of: Bill Peyto fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. S…

Date Range: 1900-1941

Reference Code: M41 / V497

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Framed print; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Bill Peyto fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 41; V 497

Sous-Fonds: M 41; V 497

Accession Number: 6, 266, 7747 (docs)

Reference Code: M41 / V497

GMD: Photograph; Album; Framed print; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1900-1941

Physical Description: 264 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 2 photograph albums (ca.35 prints). -- 3 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Ebenezer William (Bill) Peyto, 1868-1943, was a guide, outfitter, prospector and national park warden at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peyto was prominent among the early trail guides of the Rockies, beginning a colourful career ca.1893. He led a number of mountaineers into climbing regions until ca.1910. Peyto served in both the Boer and First World Wars, worked a talc mine on the edge of Banff National Park and was a national park warden for over twenty years, retiring in 1937. Peyto Lake, Peyto Glacier, Peyto Peak and Trapper Peak were named in his honour.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. Stone was stranded after the accidental death of Dr. W. E. Stone on July 17, 1921. Photographs pertain to Bill Peyto, clients and trips in the Rocky Mountains; also Banff townsite views and events, wildlife and scenic views, ca.1900-ca.1940. Includes large framed portrait of Bill Peyto.

Name Access: Peyto, Bill

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply); Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Peyto, Bill

Category: Family and personal life

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

Processing Status: Processed

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"Mr. English's house"

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts small wooden and stone buildings surrounded by snow; mountains visible in the background.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 28

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1 / 28

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 album page with one photograph

Scope & Content: Image depicts small wooden and stone buildings surrounded by snow; mountains visible in the background.

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Language: N/A

Creator: [Molly Wright Adams created the album]

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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General Commercial Work negatives [4/15]

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to approx. 176 black and white negatives and includes individual, group, family and baby portraits, school portraits, classes, sports, graduation, events, yearkbook, weddings, businesses and facilities, buildings and dwellings, construction projects and government projects, cour…

Date Range: 1960

Reference Code: V180 / III / A / iv / NA - 001 to 0184

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Negative

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M175 / V180

Series: II.A. Banff School of Fine Arts ; Banff School of Fine Arts

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772

Reference Code: V180 / III / A / iv / NA - 001 to 0184

GMD: Negative

Date Range: 1960

Physical Description: ca. 176 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.1 x 9.9 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to approx. 176 black and white negatives and includes individual, group, family and baby portraits, school portraits, classes, sports, graduation, events, yearkbook, weddings, businesses and facilities, buildings and dwellings, construction projects and government projects, courses, conventions, conferences, meetings, presentations, displays and exhibits, clubs and organizations, Banff events including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff School of Fine Arts 1963-1971, Banff and area views, copy work. Includes: 001 - Bill Wilson portrait 002 - Labour Council, BSFA 003 - Tony Zembiak, BSFA 004 - Medical Convention Banquet, Cascade Hotel 006 - J.C.C. Ice-capade Groups 008 - Alberta Insurance Assoc., BSFA 009 - Anne Kozak portrait 011 - Henderson and Wonnocoh boys 012 - Civil Service Group, BSFA 013 - Junior Ski Team 014 - Mr. Gammon Main St. [construction on Banff Avenue] 015 - Fuller Brush Co. Group 016 - John Leenhouts portrait 018 - BSFA Business Management, Class room shots 019 - Upper Hot Springs – Winter 021 - BSFA Lecture and Banquet 022 - Tom Sykes portrait 023 - Dempster Banquet, Timberline Hotel 024 - Western Canada Farm Leaders Conference 025 - Banff Curling Club Committee 026 - Peter Weber wedding 027 - Aaron Drenler, Canmore, Alta. 028 - Perozni, Boy Scout portrait 029 - Executive Development Group – BSFA 030 - Gaines Baby Pics 031 - Owchar[?] Brown wedding 032 - Moffat Convention, Timberline Hotel 033 - Kiwanis Variety Show 034 - Masonic Lodge Group 035 - McLeod-Ashley wedding 036 - Junior Chamber of Commerce 037 - Kinsman Club Group 038 - Education Administration Group, G.L. Mowat, BSFA 039 - Badgley Baby 040 - Inge wedding 041 - Foreman’s Club, BSFA 042 - Miss Fuch portrait 043 - N. Levaseur 044 - Automotive Management Group, BSFA 045 - Alumni Assoc. BSFA 046 - Canadian Council of Churches, BSFA 047 - Traffic Control Conference 048 - Norquay Motors, Tilden U’ Drive 049 - Tony Spierings portrait 050 - Postmasters Association Ladies Aux. 051 - C. Biel [Beil] 052 - Norquay Lodge 053 - (1 – 162) – AARN 054 - Gov. General Vanier, Train Station 055 - PE Classes 056 - Legion Presentation to Hospital 057 - Mr. K.B. Gray, Calgary, wedding 058 - Canmore High School Graduation 059 - Wylie-Anderson wedding 060 - Canadian Educational Association 061 - Roy McFadyen, Acadia Valley, Alberta 062 - Mental Health Association, BSFA 063 - School Children 064 - Conference on Business Policies, BSFA 065 - Banff High School Graduation 066 - Doctors Alumni Group, Timberline 067 - Jenny Foulds 068 - Lillian Stasierk[?] 069 - Gayle Louhela portrait 070 - Dr. Fleming baby 071 - Sharon Panduv[?] portrait 072 - Dianne Baskin portrait 073 - Mrs. L. Goldman Baby portrait 074 - St. Regis Paper Group, BSH Golf Course 075 - United Church Cub Pack – Hillside 076 - Square Dancing Group, BSFA 078 - Mr. Baldeiston Tomb Stone 079 - Bealeau family group 080 - Evelynn Wheatley portrait 081 - Hockey Tour 082 - Gabriel 083 - Dominick Alfano, Golden, B.C., wedding 084 - Mr. Wm. Scott, Canmore, wedding 085 - Mrs. Ted Stafford and children – portrait 086 - Mr. Wardle House pic. 087 - Sulphur Mt. Gondola Lift Signs 088 - Happiness Tour 089 - Rundle Photo Staff 090 - Adolf Lehmann portrait 091 - Mrs. Blaseckie Baby portrait 092 - J. Simon, Banff, portrait 093 - Mr. and Mrs. Joe Busetto, Canmore, wedding 094 - Banff Camer [Camera] Staff 095 - Mr. H. Blakley, Radium Hot Springs 096 - Alberta Teachers Asc., BSFA – group 097 - Payne portrait 098 - A.T.A. group 099 - YWCA 0100 - Caroline Peters portrait 0101 - Forest-Hamilton wedding 0102 - Bahai Group, BSFA 0103 - Dr. Jellison group, BSFA 0104 - Hr. Red Cross, BSFA 0105 - Jr. Red Cross, Saskatchewan Groups etc. 0106 - 7th Annual Western Citizenship Seminar 0107 - Jr. Red Cross, Play and Group 0108 - Fall Art Short Course, BSFA 0109 - Delta Upsilon Convention, BSFA 0110 - Gary Marks wedding 0111 - Taylor portrait 0112 - Delta Upsilon Convention, BSFA 0113 - Happiness Tour 0114 - 4 H Club, BSFA 0115 - George Shaw portrait 0116 - Masonic Lodge officers 0117 - Miss Borisanko, Canmore 0118 - Jewish Women’s Council, BSFA 0119 - Mr. and Mrs. James Dunham, Toronto, wedding 0121 - Vale Volk wedding 0122 - Becker-Munck wedding 0123 - BSFA 0125 - Catholic Family Conference, BSFA 0125A - Mrs. Duggan – retake on baby portrait 0126 - Gunther’s Bldg. Supplies Ltd., Calgary, shots of Chateau L.L. [Chateau Lake Louise] rooms 0127 - Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Corbett (Marlene Podetz) 0128 - Mrs. Duggan baby pics. 0129 - Alcoholism Foundations Progress, BSFA 0130 - Block – Mikusa wedding 0131 - John Paul Stutz 0132 - Hruby[?]-Brown wedding 0133 - Henry-Yurasek wedding 0134 - P. Degenstein, Calgary 0135 - Stained Glass Window, Father McGuiness [McGuinness] 0136 - Presbyterian Group, BSFA 0137 - Alberta Motel and Resort Assoc. 0140 - St. Regis Paper, Exshaw 0141 - Richard-Gaetz wedding, Golden, B.C. 0142 - Lounge – BSFA 0143 - Durling baby pics. 0144 - Eugene Elm, Hardisty 0145 - Joe Picker 0146 - Rural Leadership, BSFA 0147 - Mr. and Mrs. Sandquist, Red Deer, wedding 0148 - Mrs. Timmons baby pic. 0149 - Timberline Hotel Convention Room 0150 - Mahoney Children portrait 0151 - Ruddock children portrait, Baby Pics. 0152 - Rom Scott baby pic. 0153 - Casper McCoullough 0154 - Masonic Lodge 0155 - St. Mary’s Holy Water Font [?] 0156 - Frank Gormley wedding 0157 - Lou Crosby 0158 - Van Christou Baby Pics 0159 - Georgian Day portrait 0160 - Jean Callow 0161 - Signs, Gondola Lift 0162 - Dr. Kennedy 0163 - Dr. Atkins 0164 - Dr. Fleming and family 0165 - Mrs. Unwin, Salvation Army Group 0166 - Norosad Baby Pics. 0167 - Mrs. Annette Brewster Baby Pics. 0168 - Mrs. Martin Gehmann, Motel #5, Baby Pics. 0169 - J.C. McLean, Canmore 0170 - Mrs. W. Rande, Field, B.C. 0171 - Nancy Church 0172 - Johnson family portrait 0173 - Barker, Upper Hot Springs, Baby Pics. 0174 - Greg Child portrait and Passport 0175 - Dave Spence family group 0176 - John Erickson Baby Pictures 0177 - Dorian Children 0178 - McNulty portrait 0179 - Wishart portrait 0180 - Arlene Hamblin portrait 0181 - Gilfile portrait 0182 - International Ski Group, U of A 0183 - Peyto Group at Timberline 0184 - McLeod-Muehle wedding Mr. S. Hansen

Notes: Some files may have more than one negative.

Subject Access: Academics; Activities; Advertising; Architecture; Art; Artists; Banff Centre; Banff Community High School; Banff High School; Banff School of Fine Arts; Boy Scouts of Canada; Buildings and facilities; Buses; Cameras; Chateau Lake Louise; Children; Churches; Community life; Family and personal life; First Nations; Girl Guides of Canada; Gondola; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Marriage; Mountain School; Mountains; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Public events; School; School athletics; Skiing; Sports; Sulphur Mountain; Sulphur Mountain Gondola; Theatre; Weddings; Winter Carnival; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Canmore; Exshaw; Calgary; Alberta

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Duke, Ron

Title Source: Title based on sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence: Business

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Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Scope & Content: One of two files pertaining to correspondence regarding “Bugaboos: Land Acquisition and Leasing”.

Date Range: 1967-1980

Reference Code: M224 / 52

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.C. Textual records

Accession Number: 8111

Reference Code: M224 / 52

Date Range: 1967-1980

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: One of two files pertaining to correspondence regarding “Bugaboos: Land Acquisition and Leasing”.

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Sports and Recreation

Title Source: Supplied title.

Content Details: Letter from Robert Brodie to John Robertson forwarded to Gmoser regarding continued issues with leasing. March 19, 1971. Letter from Russell and DuMoulin regarding Dillingham Corporation of America Placer Mining Leases 270-277 inclusive. “In connection with your efforst to extend your holdings in the vicinity of Lot 16427, Kootenay District, informing that “you must obtain the consent of Dillingham Corporation of America.” March 31, 1971. Letter to The Mining Recorder, Golden Mining Division inquiring over the land status leases. Letter to Robert G. Brodie regarding embarrassment over problems and discussion over lawyer and leasing land in the Bugaboos. Four copies of “Residence for Mr. and Mrs. H. Gmoser Bugaboo Creek Proposed Location” Dated April 21, 1971. Form No. 15 (Section 81) Land Act- Notice of Intention to Apply to Lease Land- purpose “expanding present winter resort facilities for summer use. March 30, 1971. Superintendent of Lands, Victoria May 11, 1967 to Land Commissioner, Golden BC advising the unsurveyed Crown land, Kootenay District “has been reserved from alienation on Departmental records in connection with a proposed ski development.” Map attached with area marked. Letter from W. R. Redel, Director of Lands Re: Unsurveyed vacant Crown land in vicinity of Lot 16427, Kootenay District. Acknowledgment of application which forbids occupation of the area. June 8, 1970. 3 copies of Form No. 15 (Section 82) Land Act- Notice of Intention to Apply to Lease Land- as well as 2 copies of No. 14. 1 photocopy of form 14 Letter to Lawrence Page, Shulman, Tupper, Worrall, Jonsson and Laxton regarding an application for lease of land including Placer Mining Leases 273 and 274, a copy of the recipient’s letter was sent onto the Lands Branch and a request for a letter of relinquishment to the Gold Commissioner in Golden. Dec 21, 1970. Letter from W. C. Fry, Director of Lands regarding Mining Leases and specifying that the holders can supply a relinquishment to the Gold Commissioner in Golden. Nov 27, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to G. Kilvington, Director of Lands explaining Estey Agencies Ltd’s lack of interest in the land. Nov 9, 1980.’ Letter from Lawrence Page declaring that the land lease lapsed on Dec 2, 1969 and it is no longer required for Estey Agencies Ltd. to grant permission. March 9, 1970. Letter from W. C. Fry, for the Director of Lands explaining that the land is still under the name of Estey Agencies Ltd. and “a reserve in favour of the B.C. Forest Service, Protection Division for administration location purposes” additionally, “any subsequent occupation by you of the area in question will constitute a trespass.” Oct 14, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to Scipio Merler asking him to attend or advise on a meeting with a law firm over the land claim. Feb 10, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to Scipio Merler in thanks for the advice. March 31, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to Carl R. Jonsson regarding a meeting. Written in pencil above are instructions to take if the letter was not answered. Feb 10, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to Carl R. Jonsson regarding the owner’s decision on the claims. May 24, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Carl R. Jonsson from J. Prins initially asking about the land claims. March 12, 1969. Letter from Shulman, Tupper and Co informing that the law firm owns the shares of Esty Agencies which is used to hold shares in trust for clients, and asks for more specific information on the location of the land in question. March 4, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Estey Agencies Ltd. regarding the use of the higher lands in the mining claims. Feb 8, 1969. Map of land claim area in the Bugaboos, delineated in red. Letter for W. R. Redel, Director of Lands regarding an extension of land and giving the address of Estey Agencies. Jan 24, 1969. Letter for W. R. Redel, Director of Lands giving information on application of consent for the land areas. Pink receipt for the $5 fee for advertisement in the BC Gazette for the application to lease land. April 2, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon regarding a development plan for the area. Sept 16, 1970. 2 copies of photocopy of “Statutory Declaration Proving Publication of a Notice,” declaring that a notice was published in four consecutive issues of the British Columbia Gazette, and the Golden Star from Golden, BC. May 23, 1970. Photocopy of “Application to Lease Unsurveyed Land” for 50 acres in Golden Land District. May 25, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to the British Columbia Gazette attaching an advertisement to be published for four weeks. March 23, 1970. Letter on yellow carbon to the Golden Star attaching an advertisement to be published for four weeks. March 23, 1970. Form No. 18 (Section 82) Notice of Intention to Apply to Lease Land. March 22, 1970. Form No. 17 (Section 82) Land Act describing the process of placing a post on the land. March 22, 1970. Newspaper clipping “Land Act” describing the land in question and the proposed use. The Golden Star, March 25, 1970. Newspaper clipping “Land Act” describing the land in question and the proposed use. The Golden Star, April 1, 1970. Document not filled out- Dominion of Canada Province of British Columbia To Wit In the Matter of: 3 copies of Document partially filled out “Statutory Declaration Proving Publication of a Notice.” Lands Branch Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources Victoria, BC, Procedure Required to Lease Unsurveyed Land, four pages. Lands Branch Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources Victoria, BC, Procedure Required to Lease Unsurveyed Land, five pages. Three blank copies of “Application to Lease Unsurveyed Land.” Letter regarding Philip D. Graham’s application of land lease. Sept 29, 1969. Letter from R. H. Ahrens Director Of Department of Recreation and Conservation Parks Branch acknowledging proposal. Sept 26, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Alfred Miller, Director of Planning Regional District of East Kootenay regarding phone call “objecting to piecemeal disposition of land in the Bugaboo Creek area,” specifically against Philip D. Graham’s application for 5 acres. Sept 11, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to H. K. Kidd regarding the rejection of the application of Philip D. Graham against personal development of the area. Sept 11, 1969. Letter to R. Ahrens on yellow carbon following meeting regarding the area. Sept 11, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to H. K. Kidd arranging an interview. Aug 23, 1969. Letter from W. R. Redel requesting an interview over Philip D. Graham’s land application. Aug 18, 1969. Letter from W. R. Redel regarding further interview arrangements. Aug 27, 1969. Attached note to file documents after return. Letter on yellow carbon to W. R. Redel regarding Philip D. Graham’s application for land. July 16, 1969. Letter from W. R. Redel giving specifics on the process of land claim. July 2, 1969. Letter to R. J. Hooper on yellow carbon regarding private cabins near Bugaboo Creek. June 23, 1969. Letter from W. R. Redel, Director of Lands, in reference to specific land areas. June 17, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to W. R. Redell [sic] inquiring over the building of private cabins. June 10, 1969. Page of notes “reasons not” on yellow paper. Clipping from newspaper with Philip D. Graham’s land request circled. The Golden Star June 25, 1969. Photocopy of letter from W. R. Redel giving specifics on the process of land claim. July 2, 1969. Photocopy of letter to R. J. Hooper regarding private cabins near Bugaboo Creek. June 23, 1969. Photocopy of letter from W. R. Redel, Director of Lands, in reference to specific land areas. June 17, 1969. Photocopy of letter to W. R. Redell [sic] inquiring over the building of private cabins. June 10, 1969. Handwritten letter from Dieter Kindl regarding a competing business, helicopter experience and obeying of boundaries July 16, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Dieter Kindl specifying boundaries. July 14, 1969. Handwritten letter from Dieter Kindl in German, with map of area. Letter from W. R. Redel forwarding clearing of ski runs to the BC Forest Service. March 19, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon from J. Prins to Stone and Gillis Sawmill Ltd. in payment of $258.65 and requesting a bill of sale for the lumber camp at Bugaboo Creek. Feb 13, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to K. Wheatrcroft regarding permission of clearing the ski runs. Feb 8, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to K. Wheatcroft regarding a request for the address of Estey Agencies. Jan 17, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Ray Williston, Minister of the Department of Lands regarding prospecting activities in the Bugaboo and Vowell creeks areas. Nov 15, 1968. Letter to Tiny Sutter on yellow carbon regarding road work near and on the reserve of land. Oct 15, 1968. Letter from H. K. Boas Land Inspector arranging a date to visit the area. Aug 19, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to George H. Wilson of the Lands Branch enclosing a sketch of the area, discussing investment and space limitations. July 15, 1968. Postcard from the Nelson BC Registry office regarding application. May 24, 1968. Letter from John Hopwood regarding the Certificate of Indefeasible Title in the name of Bugaboo Helicopter Skiing Ltd.” With handwritten notes. Nov 5, 1968.

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Correspondence: Business

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Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Scope & Content: One of two files pertaining to correspondence regarding “Bugaboos: Land Acquisition and Leasing”.

Date Range: 1964-1973

Reference Code: M224 / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Hans Gmoser fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: IV.C. Textual records

Accession Number: 8111

Reference Code: M224 / 53

Date Range: 1964-1973

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: One of two files pertaining to correspondence regarding “Bugaboos: Land Acquisition and Leasing”.

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Sports and Recreation

Title Source: Supplied title.

Content Details: Letter from John Hopwood regarding completed documents in land transfer and incorporation number. Oct 11, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon from J. Prins to Land Registry Office requesting application forms for registration. April 20, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to Land Commissioner regarding proposed purchase of land, and an enclosed cheque. Jan 2, 1968. Letter from D. Borthwick, Director of Lands enclosing a lease and instructions. Aug 9, 1967. Letter from D. Borthwick asking if the purchase would like to go forward. Dec 28, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to Lands Branch, Mr. Benwell requesting a meeting to discuss future plans. Sept 29, 1967. Letter of referral from W. G. Mundell, Land Commissioner. Nov 3, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to J. J. Jones requesting the purchase of the lot. Oct 20, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to W. R. Benwell, Lands Branch enclosing lease. Aug 18, 1967. Accounting Division Land and Water Resources Memorandum acknowledging letter and cheque. July 12, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to D. Borthwick, Superintendent of Lands in response to issue of lease and enclosing cheque. July 8, 1967. Letter from D. Borthwick informing of issue of lease. July 5, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to J. J. Jones Land Commissioner asking if a building permit will be required. May 26, 1967. Letter from D. Borthwick, Superintendent of Lands declaring reserve of land, with map attached. May 11, 1967. Letter to Ray G. Johnson on yellow carbon regarding maps and survey of land. May 26, 1967. Letter from Ray G. Johnson enclosing tour maps and costs, with handwritten post script. May 18, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon from G. Hartefeld to Ray Johnson enclosing a cheque. May 11, 1967. Letter from Ray G. Johnson regarding specific details of survey map and the water line. May 9, 1967 Account fees from Ray G. Johnson. March 10, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to Ray Johnson regarding timing of land survey. March 7, 1967. Letter from Ray G. Johnson in regards to cost and land survey. March 3, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to Ray Johnson BC Land Surveyor requesting his services in land surveying. Feb 23, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to D. Borthwick in response to a letter discussing a lift in the Bugaboo Creek area, which would not be built due to the increased use of helicopters. March 7, 1967. Letter from D. Borthwick regarding proposed ski development and a T-lift bar. Feb 15, 1967. Letter from D. Borthwick discussing application and adjudication. Hand written notes. Jan 5, 1967. Letter on yellow carbon to D. Borthwick requesting expedience on the leases and development. Dec 24, 1966. Letter on yellow carbon to D. Borthwick regarding leases, Ski development at Bugaboo Creek requesting further information. Oct 10, 1966. With letter on back to Rocky Mountain Guides Ltd. regarding bookings and ski resort applications. Oct 10, 1966. Letter on yellow carbon to D. Borthwick sending size and location of the development area. May 16, 1966. Letter from D. Borthwick regarding plans for development, lease issues and plans to purchase. May 4, 1966. Letter on yellow carbon to Norm Hansen, Chief Forester Kicking Horse Lumber requesting a release of lands. April 13, 1966. Letter for D. Borthwick, Superintendent of Lands in receipt of application and request of release. With notes handwritten on back. March 31, 1966. Letter from D. Borthwick recognizing the application. Feb 25, 1966. “Addendum to Land Series Bulletin No. 11 “Acquisition of Crown Lands in British Columbia.” Letter on yellow carbon to Don and Jean asking for a suggestion of a land surveyor. Dec 25, 1965. Letter on yellow carbon declaring publication of “Notices of Intention to Apply to Lease Land.” Dec 27, 1965. Letter on yellow carbon to W. R. Redel regarding staked land area and application for lease. Nov 29, 1965. Letter from D. Borthwick regarding interest in crown lands and a possibly conflicting interest by the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies Limited, Lake Louise, Alberta. Nov 17, 1965. Letter on yellow carbon to the publisher of the Golden Star applying for advertisement. Oct 25, 1965. Letter on yellow carbon to the Queen’s Printer applying for advertisement. Oct 25. Letter to Don and Jean on yellow carbon regarding advertisements and enclosed form to Corner post. Oct 25, 1965. Letter to the Land Commissioner stating intentions to lease. Oct 25, 1965. Form No. 28 (Section 82) Land Act Notice of Intention to Apply to Lease Land. Oct 25, 1965. Form No. 17 (Section 82) Land Act. Oct 25, 1965. Letter on white carbon to Norm Hansen Kicking Horse Lumber regarding formal application for lease and use of the lumber camp in the spring. Sept 24, 1965. Letter on white carbon to D. Borthwick in thanks for the letter and booklet and informing of contact with leaseholder Stone and Gillis Sawmill Ltd. Aug 2, 1965. Letter from D. Borthwick in reference to letters and current leases on the area. With notes handwritten on back. July 19, 1965. Letter on white carbon to Norm Hanson regarding phone call and concentration of ski tours in the Bugaboo area. July 2, 1965. Letter on white carbon to Bill Baton requesting a meeting to discuss the claim release. June 24, 1965. Letter on white carbon to W. R. Redel describing the steps taken, including determining the area and enclosing a map. June 23, 1965. Letter on white carbon to Vera Norman in thanks for letter and a cheque for a front bumper, also discussing rebuilding the trail to Boulder Camp, interactions with Don and Jean Stewart. June 22, 1965. Letter on white carbon declaring meeting time. June 5, 1965. Letter from D. Borthwick with confirmation of interview. June 2, 1965. Letter on white carbon to Director of Lands and Forests requesting an interview. May 29, 1965. Map drawn freehand on white carbon of “Snowpatch Park” and two sold areas. Map- British Columbia Land Recording Dists. Amended to Nov. 1, 1960. Redirect to Category "F" OS. Enclosed within map blank duplicate land forms including: Form No. 1 “Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land,” 2 Land Act forms, 3 copies of Procedure For Staking and Applying for a Disposition of Crown Land, lease form. Handwritten letter on voyager inn stationary from Florence Edwards regarding potential property in the Bugaboos: “wanted to give you first opportunity.”. April 2, 1969. Letter to Florence Edwards declaring that they are not interested in buying the Hidden Valley Ranch. May 17, 1969. Letter from Evelyn Hinds Realtor regarding Hidden Valley Ranch asking if they would like to make an offer. May 13, 1969. Letter on yellow carbon to Jack from John R. MacKenzie regarding possible interest in the Hidden Valley Ranch land. April 19, 1969. Letter from Noel Sevensma asking if they would be interested in purchasing land in the East Kootenays. Sept 3, 1970. “Description of Property Kimberly, BC,” two pages. Map of area with lots and acreage noted. Highway 95 runs across top. Map with acreage in Kimberly marked in red. First Status Edition, complied and produced by Geographic Division, Surveys and Mapping Branch Department of Lands, Forest and Water Resources, 1964. Letter from Stan J. Carr informing of land and buildings for sale in Tete Jaune Cache, BC with handwritten postscript regarding rejection of another offer of $30,000. Three attached photographs of land and buildings, redirect V68. March 3, 1971. Proposed Ski Lodge for the Litle [sic] Yoho Valley- Cohos.Delesalle architects and engineers. May 14, 1965. Four pages illustrated with building diagrams of lower floor, main floor, upper floor, and section through building. With blue spine. Bugaboo Creek Lodge Cohos Delesalle and Evamy Architects Engineers Project 6907. April 1969. Four illustrations of floor plan, cross section, south west elevation and north west elevation. Single sheet. Proposed Bugaboo Chalet ’79 Conceptual- TheDelesalle Leblond Koch Partnership. Diagrams with square footage for ground floor, upper floor, and section. Includes material notes. Bound in brown cover with a spine. Three pages. Signed contract- Cana Construction Co. Ltd. Standard Sub-Contract Form between Cana Construction, R. A. Beeson Contracting and Bugaboo Helicopter Skiing. May 3, 1973. Letter from John Hopwood, Barristers and Solicitors regarding receipt of Certificate of Title. July 2, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to W. Lush enclosing information on ski tours and informing of impossibility to purchase or lease land in the Bugaboos area. June 24, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to John Hopwood regarding title to land. June 18, 1968. Letter from John Hopwood confirming application for title. June 14, 1968. Memorandum from the Land Registry Office in Nelson, BC asking for delivery address of Gmoser. June 13, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to Mr. Sutherland directing the certificate of title to John Hopwood. June 18, 1968. Memorandum from the Land Registry Office, Nelson, BC regarding refund cheque. May 22, 1968. Letter on yellow carbon to W. G. Mundel, Land Commissioner Golden, BC. Request for permission to construct emergency landing near Bugaboo Lodge. Sept 7, 1972. Letter on yellow carbon to H. L. Wenschlag, Land Inspector regarding a meeting. March 23, 1972. Letter to H. L. Wenschlag, Land Inspector regarding meeting arrangement. March 14, 1972. Letter on yellow carbon to H. L. Wenschlag regarding meeting arrangement. March 9, 1972. Letter from H. L. Wenschlag regarding trip to Windermere Lake Area. Feb 28, 1972. Letter on yellow carbon to K. H. Boas Land Inspector Nelson, BC regarding application. Feb 23, 1972. Letter on yellow carbon to Philip D. Graham requesting the sale of his lease, if purchased successfully. May 30, 1971. Letter from L.M. Heywood to British Columbia Gazette regarding advertisement. May 29, 1971. Letter from L.M. Heywood to Golden Star regarding advertisement. May 29, 1971. Letter to John B. L. Robertson regarding a cheque and the application. April 29, 1971. Letter from W. C. Fry for Director of Lands regarding a telephone call over the lands leased originally by Estay [sic] Agencies which were forfeited, and application reconsidered and reinstated. April 20, 1971. Letter from Russell and DuMoulin Barristers and Solicitors regarding Land Act in relation to Crown Lands and staked mining leases. April 22, 1971. Letter from Russell and DuMoulin Barristers and Solicitors to Director of Lands, requesting a timeline of activity based on the length of previous proceedings. April 22, 1971. Letter from Russell and DuMoulin regarding resubmitting application and closing account. April 14, 1971. Photocopy of Lands Branch letter regarding forfeiture of lands by the mining company. April 7, 1971. Letter from Russell and DuMoulin Barristers and Solicitors regarding forfeiture of leases and investigation into relinquishment documentation. April 2, 1971. Photocopy of letter regarding mining leases and possibility of error in the records of the Vancouver Mining Recorder’s office. April 2, 1971. Master Site Plan of Bugaboo Creek Lodge designed by Cohos Delesalle and Evamy Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers. June 18, 1973. Redirect Category "F" OS.

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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]

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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

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. and as ldarion was working last night we asked Mavis down to supper . she was still here when Mr and Mrs Wheeler

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Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

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Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120

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Date Range: 1945

Physical Description: 1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

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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

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Letters to Mother [January - August 1959]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 144

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on in college. �5 Do you know Mrs Terry at Middlesex well? When at Jut Dempseys party I happened to sit with her

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Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 144

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Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (145 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. 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 50th anniversary of the first flight in the Brittish Commonwealth in February, the 1959 Winter Carnival, construction on the back of the house, a trip to Concord in June for a friend's wedding, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visit in June, trips to Bow Lake during the summer, and the widening of the Icefield Parkway as far as the Saskatchewan River Crossing. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 144 - 02 is a letter to Rusty 144 - 07 is a carbon copy of 144 - 06 144 - 31 is a carbon copy of 144 - 30 144 - 56 is a carbon copy of 144 - 55 144 - 62 mostly consists of a story titled "The Story of Penny Warren" 144 - 86 is a carbon copy of the first page of 144 - 85

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Moore, Pearl; Castella, Verne; Whyte, Clifford; Kaquitts, Frank; Dempster, Harry; Paris, Cyril; Paris, Mary; Phillips, Walter J.; Harvie, Eric; Tasker, Peter; Kaquitts, George; Kaquitts, Tom; Whyte, Jon; Ward, Sam; Beil, Charlie; Rummel, Elizabeth; Luxton, Norman; McLean, George; Campbell, Gray

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Oldtimers; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Columbia Icefield; Bow Lake; Saskatchewan River; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Letters to Mother [April 1933 - September 1933]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cab…

Date Range: 1933

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 91

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for you should see Mr Jacks ( the artist) hand tremble when he paints . Still it w ould be a good thing to have

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Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

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Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 91

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Date Range: 1933

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (173 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cabinets and cupboards to the Whyte Home, Catharine practicing typewriting and the beginning of some typewritten letters to her mother, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, moving a cabin on the property for their Stoney friends to stay in while they paint portraits, selling two sketches, various baking recipes from Edith, Peter painting Mark Poucette, a visit from children from the Mountain School, Peter and Catharine visiting the west coast [via Bonners Ferry and Spokane] and seeing Fern Brewster in Vancouver, writing Mrs. Paley, attending the Calgary Stampede, painting J.D. Curren, painting David Bearspaw, hiking at Lake O'Hara with Skyline Trail Hikers [with participant names], a visit with Mary Vaux in Banff, a Pacific Relations Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel and cleaning the house expecting visits from participants, Catharine discussing Adolf Hitler with a Swiss man visiting the house, a boat trip with the White Family and Allen Mather to Lake Minnewanka, meeting Mr. Anasaki from the Conference [an old friend of Edward Morse] and looking at Catharine's Japanese collection with Mr. Miyoaka and Mr. Takaki, Peter taking photographs at the Indigenous Camp during Banff Indian Days, Peter receiving a beaded coat from Mrs. Jonie, buying some items from the Indigenous Camp that belonged to Old Hector [Crawler?], Jackie heading east to meet Barbara before the birth of their child, and Peter and Catharine heading east via the United States to attend the World Fair and visit Edith Morse Robb and then family in Gorham, Maine.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are all handwritten and typewritten and include some hotel, business and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, Clifford; White, Mildred; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Stockand, Lila (White); Stockand, Cameron; Ward, Sam; Boyce, Jim; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil; Mills, Ike; Poucette, Mark; Paris, Cyril; Knight, Norman; Edwards, Chess; Edwards, Rupe; Hansen, Ed; Kutschera, Vic; Mather, Allan; Greenham, Margaret; Brewster, Fern; Standard, Paul; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Curren, John Donaldson; Bearspaw, David; Gibbon, John Murray; Rungius, Carl; Engelhard, Georgia; McCowan, Dan; Pollard, Harry; Feuz, Ernest; Aemmer, Rudolf; Walcott, Mary Vaux; Strom, Erling; McLean, George; Wildman, Dan, Sr.

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Art; Artists; Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Grounds; Banff Springs Hotel; Cabins; Calgary Stampede; Community life; Conferences and conventions; Family; Family and personal life; Fire; First Nations; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Japanese; Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp; Lake O'Hara region; Mountain School; Painting; Photography; Portrait; Property; Regalia; Sailing; Sanitarium Hotel; School; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Stoney Nakoda; Swiss Guides; Teepees; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff; Concord; Calgary; Lake O'Hara; Vancouver; Montana; Colorado

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [August - December 1957]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 81 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 3 to December 29, 1957. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …

Date Range: 1957

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 141

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

with raised letters etc. lben w e met a Mr and Mrs Sp...ng who have been coming here since Pete was a boy

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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 / 141

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1957

Physical Description: 2.4 cm of textual records (128 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 81 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 3 to December 29, 1957. 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], seeing off Carl Rungius to New York, going to Edmonton for a cataract operation on Peter's right eye [August 23] - Catharine's time in Edmonton mostly consisted of sitting with Peter in the hospital, running errands in the city, and answering letters [she stayed at the Corona Hotel], starting construction of eventual Buffalo Block [consisting of three stores along Buffalo St. and a restaurant on the second floor], concerns regarding Edith's health, a visit to Concord from mid-October to mid-November [travelled by train], a second visit to Edmonton in December for Peter's eye, putting together their annual Christmas card, and other Christmas activities. Some letters are typed and some hand-written. Also includes one postcard.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Kaquitts, Frank; Moore, Pearl; Beil, Charlie; Rungius, Carl; Phillips, Walter J.; Ward, Sam

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff School of Fine Arts; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Camping; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Trans-Canada Highway; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Edmonton; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

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Letters to Mother [January - December 1948]

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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

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when Mr and Mrs Phillips caleed ~ he is the artist and they are the ones who are going to build here

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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)

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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

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Letters to Mother [January - December 1946]

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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

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l:iatf1eld Ofriends of Francis Riams from Vancouver) a ',Ir ~nt and Mrs MacKenzie also from the coast, Mr

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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)

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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

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Letters to Mother [January - July 1958]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mo…

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 142

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

: to f1orida , they are the parents of !lev ,,l,ite , young Cliff ' s wife. Poor Mrs Pogue had eaten something

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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 / 142

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 2.7 cm of textual records (135 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. 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], errand trips to Calgary [mostly by car], new glasses for Peter, construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway, construction projects pertaining to Buffalo Block [including the installation of a restaurant on the second floor], the Seymour Narrows, B.C., controlled explosion (April 5, 1958), the opening of the new Morley Community Centre in April, a trip to Edmonton, mention of starting a Foundation in order to manage the block they live on [including ideas for an art gallery, library, and museum] and the proposed name Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa supplied by George McLean, and travel around Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia between visits to Concord for the purpose of painting. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 142 - 21 is a Valentine's Day card missing the front cover, not addressed to anyone and signed by Mildred. 142 - 44 is a copy of a letter written to Catharine and Peter from Rusty. 142 - 60 is a letter written from Edmonton on Corona Hotel Edmonton letterhead. 142 - 74 is the beginning of letters written on the road between Banff and Yarmouth, N.S., on the way to and after leaving Concord.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Kaquitts, Frank; Moore, Pearl; Beil, Charlie; Phillips, Gladys; Francis, Paul; Luxton, Norman; Harvie, Eric; Cathcart, John George (Red); McLean, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Elementary School; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camping; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Maine; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]

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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

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, the first robin was seen last week in Banff, by Mr Barnes who is Dan Uc6owaps brother in law, so Pete said

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Sous-Fonds: M36

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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)

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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

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Letters to Mother [August - December 1958]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 143

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

of leaves, the scamper of little feet and ..: t "+ps Mr. Chipmunk into view. O / () . • J ,;'I hreetings

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Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

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Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 143

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 1.8 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. 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], a road trip from north-eastern United States through Canada back to Banff in early August [written mostly on postcards], a trip to Lethbridge in late August, various construction projects [the new Sulphur Mountain gondola, the chimney and basement furnace of their house, and the Trans-Canada Highway], a trip to Concord in late November, and preparation of Chirstmas cards. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards and a Christmas card.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 143 - 39 includes a sketch of a shelving unit Catharine hoped to have installed in their bedroom. 143 - 64 is the 1958 Christmas card made by Catharine and Peter

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Browne, Belmore; Browne, Tibby; Phillips, Walter J.; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, George K.K.; Kaquitts, Frank; Feuz, Walter; Moore, Pearl; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Beaver, Anna; Leighton, A. C.; Beil, Charlie

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camping; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Oldtimers; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Columbia Icefield; Bow Lake; Saskatchewan River; Great Lakes; Ontario; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [January - July 1939]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are read…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 106

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

the Suretts is at last fixed up . What is the book Mr Uhler bas been writing ·11ith someone else] I noticed

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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 / 106

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 2.3 cm of textual records (138 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are reading, day to day life, weather, slide-making, skiing at Norquay, visits from friends and visitors, descriptions of meals, wildlife [often in the yard], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, the Winter Carnival, construction of the Mount Temple Chalet finishing and subsequent trips to Temple to ski, cleaning and household chores, trips to Skoki to ski, painting/sketching, photography, updates on Dave White's health, errand trips to Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], planning a new additon to the back of the house, going to Victoria and back in April-May [they stayed in Lethbridge, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kamloops, and Vancouver before arriving in Victoria by car and then took the train back to Banff from Prince George through Revelstoke and Golden], preparing the house for renovations [includes deep cleaning and having the floors sanded], the King and Queen visiting in late May, the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, Russ' health concerns, short trips around the mountains to paint/sketch [mostly up to Bow Lake/Saskatchewan River Crossing and into Yoho National Park], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, progress on the construction of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake, and preparing for the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples 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. 106 - 47 contains details of the 1939 Royal Visit.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Mackenzie, Kate; Paris, Cyril; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Feuz, Edward; Mather, Allan; Castle, Donald; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Service, Robert; McGee, Sam; King George VI; Brewster, Jim; Bearspaw, David; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Rungius, Carl; Vaux, George, X

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Cave and Basin; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skoki Lodge; Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Kamloops; Nelson; Prince George; Vancouver; Victoria; Revelstoke; Golden; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [January - May 1953]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 31 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 16 to May 22, 1953. Topics include a road trip from Concord to Banff from January - March [the route taken was: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Califo…

Date Range: 1953

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 132

Description Level: 5 / File

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screen door so it won 't slam . Mrs Painter came to see us too, just for a short call but we bad quite

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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 / 132

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1953

Physical Description: 1.1 cm of textual records (58 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fond level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 31 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 16 to May 22, 1953. Topics include a road trip from Concord to Banff from January - March [the route taken was: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Montana, Alberta], day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, errand trips to Calgary, radio programs, enlarging the second-floor bathroom [removing the bathtub and replacing it with an encolsed shower], insulating the spare bedroom, the Crown Prince of Japan visiting Banff in April, and the Banff Music Festival. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples 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 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. 132 - 10 contains an account of Indigenous dress and dancing in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. 132 - 31 contains a summary of Grey Campbell's involvement in the shootout between RCMP officers and three Doukhobors in the 1930s.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Ward, Sam; Moore, Pearl; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Billie; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Music Festival; Birthday; Businesses; Camping; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Renovation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Trans-Canada Highway; Travel; Winter; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Calgary; Edmonton; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]

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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

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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)

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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

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Letters to Mother [August - December 1939]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107

Description Level: 5 / File

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the man in charge of Hotels and Camps west of Kenora, Mr Chester was at O$Hara and talking to them about

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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 / 107

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas 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. All 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. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.

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; Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Rungius, Carl; Noble, George; Pocette, Mark; Bagley, Frederick A.; Watson, Sir Norman; Vaux, Mary; Reid, Charles

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Children; Christmas; Cinema; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; North West Mounted Police; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; RCMP; Scenery; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; World War II; WWII; World's Fair

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Ptarmigan Valley; Yoho National Park; 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

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Letters to Mother [January - May 1944]

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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

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Mr Guthrie asked us Sunda;y- morning if we had! heard anything about there having been an alert

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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

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Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]

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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

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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

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