name:"Painter, Betty" found 3 records - Research Collections

Scope & Content: Image of three people identified as (left to right) Betty Painter, Catharine Robb Whyte and Cyril Paris sitting around a campfire amongst trees and snow - names and "tea time on the trail" written on back of photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 22

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Print

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 22

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1945]

Physical Description: Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three people identified as (left to right) Betty Painter, Catharine Robb Whyte and Cyril Paris sitting around a campfire amongst trees and snow - names and "tea time on the trail" written on back of photograph

Name Access: Painter, Betty; Paris, Cyril; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Walter S. Painter fonds

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955. Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and …

Date Range: 1902-1956

Reference Code: M282 / V481

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Drawing; Map; Plan; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 282; V 481

Sous-Fonds: M 282; V 481

Accession Number: 1338, 1830, 2180, 3460

Reference Code: M282 / V481

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Drawing; Map; Plan; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1902-1956

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records. -- 23 cartographic records : 80 x 135 cm or smaller. -- 589 photographs (287 prints, 302 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (301 prints)

History / Biographical: Walter S. Painter, 1877-1957, was an architect in Canada and the United States. Painter rose to prominence early in life as a theatre architect and joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as chief architect while still in his twenties. Projects in the Banff, Alberta area included design of the tower and wings of the Banff Springs Hotel, the first concrete addition to the Lake Louise Chalet (Chateau Lake Louise), and the Cave and Basin. other Canadian projects were major CPR stations and hotels from Montreal to the west coast. For a period, Painter was in partnership with Frank Swales. In later years, Painter was involved in American projects, standardization of school buildings in Chile, and the Painter system of pre-fabrication, with particular interests in housing and concrete construction designs. Walter Painter built his home in Banff in 1912 and retired there in 1947. He was married to Estelle (Stella) Painter, 1880-1975. They had two children, Betty Painter (Walker) and Brook Painter.

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955.; Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and other buildings, n.d., 1906-1929; articles about Painter and his projects, n.d., 1902-1934. The papers primarily concern Painter's architectural career, theatres, CPR projects including stations and hotels from Montreal to Victoria, Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier, British Columbia projects and the Lake Louise Chalet. Personal papers, ca.1930-1956, record Painter's views on economics, philosophy, religion, housing, etc.; Family photographs, pertaining to Walter Painter, Stella Painter, Betty Painter and Brook Painter. Includes Painter home, activities, friends, trips. Also, photographs of Walter Painter projects, including construction of the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Cave and Basin.

Name Access: Painter, Betty; Painter, Brook; Painter, Stella; Painter, Walter S.

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Family and personal life

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; microfilm copy of album

Creator: Painter, Walter S.

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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