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Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca…
Date Range
[ca.1925]-1992
Reference Code
M7 / V46
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Map
Private record
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 7
V 46
Sous-Fonds
M7 / V46
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
M7 / V46
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Map
Private record
Date Range
[ca.1925]-1992
Physical Description
ca.5800 photographs (ca.1350 negatives, ca.1350 prints, ca.3100 transparencies). -- 15 motion pictures. -- 4 textual records (4 v). -- 2 cartographic records.
History / Biographical
Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Hind was born on a farm in northern Alberta was educated at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps, often with his family. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee.
In 1948, Bob Hind married Margaret (Peggy) Trotter, a fellow mountaineer and skier. Together they had two children. After Peggy Hind was killed in an avalanche in 1955, Hind married Marjory Bugler, and the couple had three more children. Marjory (Marj) Hind was a homemaker and mountaineer.
During his extensive mountaineering career, Bob Hind climbed most of the significant peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was active in the Calgary Tennis Club, the Boy Scout movement and was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Bob Hind worked on electrical projects in Canada and Europe.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca.1925 and ca.1955.
Series I consists of photographs, motion pictures and textual records pertaining to mountaineering, hiking, travel, Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities in western Canada by Bob Hind, Bob and Marj Hind, and the Hind family.
Name Access
Hind, Bob
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Science and technology
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No access restrictions
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic and on-line finding aids
Creator
Hind, Bob
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Science and technology
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
archivist's acquisition file notes
obits: CAJ 1955; CAJ 2001
ACC ballot, January 1969 - in case file
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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W.M. Ripley Acc Serv Corp letters 1933-1942

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: letters regarding financial matters.
Date Range
1933-1942
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 724
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.3. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 724
Date Range
1933-1942
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: letters regarding financial matters.
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C.R.W. Acc. Serv. Corp. Orr - Elwell and Edwards. 1942 & 43

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: correspondence regarding financial matters.
Date Range
1942-1943
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 725
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.3. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 725
Date Range
1942-1943
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: correspondence regarding financial matters.
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C.R.W. Acc. Serv. Corp. Miss Publicover & Edwards, 1944-1945. -- 1944-1945

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: correspondence regarding financial matters.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 726
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.3. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 3 / a / i / 726
Responsibility
Responsibility: Helen Publicover
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Accounting Service Corporation, Boston: correspondence regarding financial matters.
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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada climb, possibly in Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park
Date Range
[1957?]
Reference Code
V46 / 51 (NF)
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 51 (NF)
Date Range
[1957?]
Physical Description
1 motion picture (1 reel : ca.100 ft) : 16 mm, col, silent
Scope & Content
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada climb, possibly in Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park
Geographic Access
Alberta
Creator
Date based on postage stamp
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Skiing and climbing / R. Hind

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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
Date Range
1937-1938
Reference Code
V46 / 46 (NF)
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 46 (NF)
Date Range
1937-1938
Physical Description
1 motion picture (1 reel: ca.450 ft) : 16 mm, b/w, col, silent
Scope & Content
Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
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Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at …
Date Range
[ca.1935]
Reference Code
V46 / 77 (PA, NA)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. Personal photographs and records
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 77 (PA, NA)
Date Range
[ca.1935]
Physical Description
ca.115 photographs (ca.45 negatives, ca.70 prints)
Scope & Content
File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at the University of Alberta; Bob Hind and friends; river and landscape views
Includes a set of prints titled "Set of U of A" pertaining to University of Alberta campus, machinery, faculty and students, 26 items
Geographic Access
Alberta
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Mountain views, huts and activities

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Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding pho…
Date Range
[ca.1945-ca.1960]
Reference Code
V46 / 54 (PA, NA)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.B. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : general
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 54 (PA, NA)
Date Range
[ca.1945-ca.1960]
Physical Description
ca.175 photographs (ca.90 prints, ca.85 negatives)
Scope & Content
File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding photograph (Rose and Elture), and Bugaboo Valley ACC camp photograph by Major F.V Longstaff, 1946
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Creator
Some dated 1947 to 1951
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 42 b&w. prints. The prints pertain to a trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and other travel images. Images include the ACC hut, Bryant Creek Cabin, snowshoeing, and dogsledding. People include Peter Whyte, George Noble, Ike Mills, Cliff White, Chess Edwards, Bernie Hansen, Cyril Pa…
Date Range
ca.1928 to ca.1929
Reference Code
V683 / II / G / PA - 293 to 335
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / II / G : Peter Whyte: Travel
Reference Code
V683 / II / G / PA - 293 to 335
Date Range
ca.1928 to ca.1929
Physical Description
Photographs: 42 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
File consists of 42 b&w. prints. The prints pertain to a trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and other travel images. Images include the ACC hut, Bryant Creek Cabin, snowshoeing, and dogsledding. People include Peter Whyte, George Noble, Ike Mills, Cliff White, Chess Edwards, Bernie Hansen, Cyril Paris, Fulton Dunsmore, Ted Garrett, Edwin Noble, and Olaf Odegaarde. Other images include painting en plein air with Bob Brown, Guy Thomas, Carl Hickey, Gardener Cox (?), and Walter Payne.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file.
Processing Status
Processed
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Mountaineering Photographs

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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to Hind's mountaineering trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
Date Range
1931-1947
Reference Code
V46 / I / A / 28 / PA - 1 to 35
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M7 / V46
Series
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Sous-Fonds
V46
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / I / A / 28 / PA - 1 to 35
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1931-1947
Physical Description
ca.450 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to Hind's mountaineering trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
Name Access
Hind, Bob
Subject Access
Activities
Backpacking
Cabins and shelters
Environment
Guide
Guiding
Mountaineering
Mountains
Professional and Personal Life
Geographic Access
Rocky Mountains
Selkirks
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
NA
Title Source
Title based on contents of file.
Content Details
LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 28 - 1 to 11) :
1. Lake O'Hara area, 1931 to 1938, ca.35 prints. Prints are labeled: O'H31, O'H34, O'H36, O'H37, O'H38, or are undated. Content includes landscape, climbing views, ski touring, Elizabeth Parker hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 2, 7, 15, 22
2. Glacier BC area, 1932, 1936, 1946, ca.25 prints. Prints are labeled: G32, G36 (1 item), G48 (1 item), or are undated. Content includes Mount Macoun, Mount Tupper, Mount Selwyn, landscapes, climbing, ski touring and ACC? camp. Related to negatives in V46 / 1, 4
3. Jasper area, 1933 to 1946, ca.215 prints. Prints are labeled: J33 (folder 3A); J34, J35, J36, J38 (folder 3B); J45 or J46 (folder 3C); or are undated (folder 3D). Content pertains to landscape, climbing, ski touring, camps, individuals and groups. Includes photographs by E.L.W. (Woolf), A. Harmon and G. Norris Taylor. Related to negatives in V46 / 6, 9, 12, 19, 20, 21, 25, possibly 23
4. Paradise Valley area, 1934 to 1937, 22 prints. Prints are labeled P33, 1933, P34, or are undated. Content includes Mount Aberdeen, The Mitre and Hungabee Mountain, interior of Abbot Hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 5
5. Mount Assiniboine area, 1935, 11 prints. Prints are labeled A35. Content includes landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 8
6. Mount Clemenceau area, 1936, 1938, ca.30 prints. Prints are labeled C36 and C38 (1 item). Content includes Mount Clemenceau, Mount Chettan, Chaba Glacier, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca Glacier, Maligne Lake, landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 10
7. Mount Robson area, 1936, 18 prints. Primarily prints labeled J36 or R36. Content includes Berg Lake, Resplendent Mountain, Mount Kinney, landscapes, ski touring, climbing and cabin. Related to negatives in V46 / 13
8. Mount Fryatt and Mount Forbes, Jasper area, 1936, 1938, ca.40 prints. Prints are labeled F36 or F38. Content pertains to landscape and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 11, 18
9. Banff area, 1937, 6 prints. Prints are labeled B37. Content includes Paradise Valley, Mount Rhondda, Mount Hector, Bow Lake. Related to negatives in V46 / 14
10. Bugaboos, 1946-1947, 21 prints. Prints are labeled B46, 1947, or are undated. Content pertains to ACC? camp and Bugaboo Spire. Related to negatives in V46 / 24
11. 1947 trips, 1947, 37 prints. File pertains to trips to areas in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Related to negatives in V46 / 27
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Mountaineering and landscape views

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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to landscape, climbing, Alpine Club of Canada camp/s, hiking and groups in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains Items are identified with alphanumeric code for locale and year
Date Range
1932-1938
Reference Code
V46 / 53 (PS)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.B. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : general
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 53 (PS)
Date Range
1932-1938
Physical Description
97 photographs : transparencies, lantern slides
Scope & Content
File pertains to landscape, climbing, Alpine Club of Canada camp/s, hiking and groups in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
Items are identified with alphanumeric code for locale and year
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF GROUPS (V46 / 53 - 1 to 97) :
A35 : Mount Assiniboine area - landscape and glacier travel (V46 / 53 - 1 to 5)
B37 : Banff area - glacier travel, ice axes, climbers (V46 / 53 - 6, 7)
C36, C38 : Columbia Icefield area - glacier view, ice climbers, camp, landscape, hikers, skiing (V46 / 53 - 8 to 31)
E37 : waterfall (V46 / 53 - 32)
Edith 36 : climbers on cliff (V46 / 53 - 33)
G32, G36 : Glacier area - Uto Peak, Mount Sir Donald, Mt. Sir Donald camp, climbing, glaciers and glacier travel, hut (V46 / 53 - 34 to 49)
J33 : Jasper area - Jasper-Wates outpost, hut, climbing, glacier travel, landscapes in Jasper National Park, incl. Chrome Lake and Outpost Lake areas (V46 / 53 - 50 to 68)
J34, J35, J36, J38 : Jasper area - Chrome Lake ACC camp, Jasper National Park, skis in snow, landscape, stone hut, possibly Memorial Hut (Eremite Valley)? or Disaster Point Hut (Pocahontas)? (V46 / 53 - 69 to 78)
OH34, OH 35, OH 36, OH37, OH38 : Lake O'Hara area - landscape, campers, climber/s on glacier (V46 / 53 - 79 to 86)
P33, P34, P37 : Paradise Valley area - climbing, landscape and climbing, hiker on bridge (V46 / 53 - 87 to 95)
R36A : Mount Robson (V46 / 53 - 96)
Cal : Calgary area? - prairie and mountain landscapes (V46 / 53 - 97)
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1945]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Ca…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
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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
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, going to the movies, watching hockey games, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, digging a cellar beneath the kitchen and moving the furnace underneath it, cleaning and household chores, Cam and Lila moving to Vancouver, errand trips to Calgary, wildlife, Banff events, painting, extending the second floor to create a new master bedroom above the living room, events and people in Concord, news pertaining to the war, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], deaths and funerals [Hermann Gadnew, President Roosevelt], the end of the war in Europe [also includes special radio broadcasts and community celebrations], gardening and yardwork, and short drives [usually to Lake Louise and the Lake Minnewanka area].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Barbara
Ward, Sam
Stockand, Lila (White)
Stockand, Cameron
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Gadner, Hermann
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Mount Temple Chalet
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
VE Day
Weather
Weddings
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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