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Tex Vernon-Wood fonds
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- Part Of
- Tex Vernon-Wood fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of manuscripts and published articles on hunting and fishing, wildlife, life on the trail, etc. for various American outdoors magazines, 1929-1938; correspondence pertaining to guiding and publication of Vernon-Wood's articles, 1928-1940; other textual material, 1972; and photographs…
- Date Range
- 1874-1972
- Reference Code
- M77 / V656
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Tex Vernon-Wood fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 77
- V 656
- Sous-Fonds
- M 77
- V 656
- Accession Number
- 498, 1839
- Reference Code
- M77 / V656
- Date Range
- 1874-1972
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood, 1882-1978, was a guide and outfitter, national park warden and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada and area. He came to Canada, ca.1900, and lived at Medicine Hat, Alberta until 1905. After working a short time on a horse ranch, Vernon-Wood came to Banff to work as a guide for Jim Brewster, for whom he worked for eight summers. After working for the National Park warden service beginning in 1915, Vernon-Wood went into the guiding business for himself, working out of the Lake Louise area. One of his major clients was Charles Walcott, Director of the Smithsonian Institute. Vernon-Wood wrote numerous stories for American sporting magazines, the best-known being the "Pipestone Letters," published in Hunting and Fishing magazine beginning in 1935. Following his guiding career, Vernon-Wood established a boys camp in the Windermere Valley and worked for Kootenay National Park
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of manuscripts and published articles on hunting and fishing, wildlife, life on the trail, etc. for various American outdoors magazines, 1929-1938; correspondence pertaining to guiding and publication of Vernon-Wood's articles, 1928-1940; other textual material, 1972; and photographs of Vernon-Wood with RCMP and firefighters, ca.1915. Includes a letter dated June 20,1874 from Owen Morris, Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories, to Rev. John McDougall of Morleyville, Bow River, instructing McDougall to advise Indians of arrival and intentions of the North West Mounted Police, boundary commission and aims of the Queen
- Name Access
- Vernon-Wood, Tex
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Vernon-Wood, Tex
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Emmeline Savatard and Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood packing horse, upper Red Deer Valley?, Banff Park]
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Reference Code
- v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2190
- Reference Code
- v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.
- Notes
- From album of unidentified pack trip to Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan and Deception Pass with guides "Tex" Vernon Wood and Bert "Red" Johnson and possibily A.O. Wheeler and Emmaline Savatard
- Name Access
- Emmaline Savatard
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Subject Access
- Sports and Recreation
- Discovery and Exploration
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Location (Original)
- V8/accn 2190/pd-1
- Title Source
- From identification notes included in original photograph album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Issues of The Sportsman containing stories and articles by Tex Vernon- Wood]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4107
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930-1931
- Author
- Vernon-Wood, Tex
- Publisher
- Concord (N.H.) : Sportsman
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59 oversize
- Author
- Vernon-Wood, Tex
- Responsibility
- N. Vernon-Wood
- Publisher
- Concord (N.H.) : Sportsman
- Published Date
- 1930-1931
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Accession Number
- 498
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59 oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain masculinity : the life and writing of Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood in the Canadian Rockies 1906-1938
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13772
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Athabasca University Press
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59g
- Responsibility
- edited and introduced by Andrew Gow and Julie Rak ; in collaboration with Harry W. Gow and John R. Gow
- with foreword by Ted Bishop
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Athabasca University Press
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- ix, 226 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Notes
- Contents: essays by Tex Vernon-Wood which appeared in periodicals: The Sportsman (1930-1931), Canadian Alpine Journal (1932), Hunting and Fishing (1932-1937), National Sportsman (1933-1938); Recollections by grandsons John R. Gow and Harry W. Gow
- Accession Number
- 8035
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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["Tex" Vernon Wood]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions49440
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood holding a gun and laying on top of a horse - horse is wearing chaps and the horns of a Big Horn sheep - tipi in background right
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2190 / pd - 1 / 19 / na66 - 1913
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2091
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2190 / pd - 1 / 19 / na66 - 1913
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood holding a gun and laying on top of a horse - horse is wearing chaps and the horns of a Big Horn sheep - tipi in background right
- Notes
- From photo album of a pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan and Deception pass with guides "Tex" Vernon Wood and Bert "Red" Johnson and possibly A.O. Wheeler and Emmaline Savatard.
- Subject Access
- Sports and Recreation
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Location (Original)
- V8/accn 2190/pd-1
- Title Source
- From notes tucked in orginal photo album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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["Tex" Vernon Wood]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions49441
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood aiming a gun at the photographer, astride a horse - horse is wearing chaps and the horns of a Big Horn sheep and is sticking its tongue out - tipi in background right
- Date Range
- ca. 1913?
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2190 / pd - 1 / 20 / na66 - 1914
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2190
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2190 / pd - 1 / 20 / na66 - 1914
- Date Range
- ca. 1913?
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood aiming a gun at the photographer, astride a horse - horse is wearing chaps and the horns of a Big Horn sheep and is sticking its tongue out - tipi in background right
- Notes
- From an album of a pack trip to Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan, Deception pass with guides "Tex" Vernon Wood and Bert "Red" Johnson and possibly A.O. Wheeler and Emmaline Savatard.
- Subject Access
- Sports and Recreation
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Location (Original)
- V8/accn 2190/pd-1
- Title Source
- From notes tucked into original photograph album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tex Vernon-Wood interview
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- Date Range
- 1969
- Reference Code
- S1 / 17
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 17
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Date Range
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Brewster Transportation Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway - Cabins
- Fay, Charles
- Hutchison, Jim
- Lake Louise Tramway
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Smith, Soapy
- Smithsonian Institute
- Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
- Sunshine area
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Wheeler Flats
- Windermere, B.C.
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Tex Vernon-Wood interview
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- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- S1 / 85
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 85
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Brewster Transportation Company
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Peyto, Bill
- Phillips, Curly
- Potts, Bill
- Rocky Mountain Outfitters Association
- Simson, Jimmy
- Smith, Soapy
- Smithsonian Institute
- Stevens, Fred
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Wilson, Tom
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Letters to Mother [February - May 1932]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detail…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 87
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 87
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (151 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detailed description of interior], the first ski party, the ski visit of Russel Robb Jr. and group, the death of Edwin Noble, daily life in Banff, people in Concord, and meeting and working with various locals and Skoki guests [including Tex Woods and his daughter Ruth Woods, Vic Kutschera, Norman Knight, Cyril Paris, Ike Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Rupe Edwards, Bill Niche, Waddy [Wattie?] Potts, Kingman ski party, Ulysses LaCasse, Bill Oliver, Russel Robb Jr., Charlie Pierson, and Faith Donaldson] and going to see Noel Odell speak about Everest.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. It appears that one letter is unfinished or has missing pages. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel 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, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Spencer, Earl
- Kutschera, Vic
- Knight, Norman
- Mills, Ike
- Paris, Cyril
- Edwards, Rupe
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Strom, Erling
- Subject Access
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Cave and Basin
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Activities
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Buildings
- Community life
- Cross-country skiing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Personal and Family Life
- Roads
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing - History
- Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
- Skoki Lodge
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Concord
- Skoki
- Deception Pass
- Assiniboine
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [May - July 1932]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [includin…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [including the death of Catharine's Aunt Helen and Edith Morse Robb's health], conversations with Earl Spencer, the death of Ruth Carpenter Mather [and subsequent reactions of family and locals], visiting and sketching in Yoho, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White to Vancouver, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White and Mary Schaffer Warren to Yoho, Catharine trading a painting for a grizzly hide, Peter getting a commission to paint a pair of portraits, Peter and Catharine's work hanging at the Banff Springs Hotel, painting trips to Larch Valley, Lake O'Hara and other locations, attending the Calgary Stampede [and corresponding art exhibition and an invitation to participate from Gwen[?] Hutton], and interactions and house visits from locals and others [including Norman Luxton, Jackie White, Fern Brewster, Tex Woods, the Moore family, the Brewster family, Earl Spencer, Barbara Carpenter White, Allan Mather, Fred Armbrister, Betty Painter, Belmore Browne, Mary Schaffer Warren, Frances James, Vic Kutschera, Carl Rungius, Frances and Murray Adaskin, Charlie Beil, Lila White Stockand, Norman Knight, Rupe and Chessy Edwards, Cyril Paris, Ted Paris, Dorothy White, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes [from Boston], Dan McCowan, Mr. Polenski, Mr. Kingsman, and Annie White].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel 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, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Mather, Allan
- Brewster, Fern
- Spencer, Earl
- Crosby, Lou
- Luxton, Norman
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Armbrister, Fred
- Painter, Betty
- Browne, Belmore
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Kutschera, Vic
- Rungius, Carl
- Adaskin, Murray
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Cinema
- Community life
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Marriage
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Painting
- Portrait
- Property
- Stoney Nakoda
- Whyte House
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Concord
- Calgary
- Vancouver
- Yoho National Park
- Shadow Lake
- Castle Mountain
- Larch Valley
- Moraine Lake
- Lake O'Hara
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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