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Letters to Mother [April 1933 - September 1933]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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
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 / 91
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1.3 cm of textual records (173 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
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
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Letters to Mother [July 1930 - October 1930]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
Date Range
1930
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84
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 / 84
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1930
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 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
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
Brewster, Bill
Brewster, Fern
Brewster, Jim
Brewster, George
Davenport, Guy
Gibbon, John Murray
Harmon, Byron
Graves, Syd Brewster
Paris, Cyril
Mills, Ike
Rungius, Carl
Spencer, Earl
Link, Adeline
Link, George K.K.
MacDonald, J. E. H.
Browne, Belmore
Mather, Allan
Wildman, Dan, Sr.
Curren, John Donaldson
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
White, Clifford
Aemmer, Rudolf
Alpine Club of Canada
Armbrister, Fred
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Bow River
Camps
Castle Mountain
Climbing
Community events
Community life
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Hiking
Home
Indigenous Peoples
Japanese
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
Lake O'Hara region
Log structures
Moore House
Mountains
Pack trips
Painting
Paris Tea Room
Personal and Family Life
Property
Skoki Lodge
Stoney
Stoney Nakoda
Summit
Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
Geographic Access
Abbot Pass
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Concord
Lake Louise
Yoho National Park
Field
Lake O'Hara
Skoki
Morley
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Miscellaneous Records

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Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, Briti…
Date Range
1934-2002
Reference Code
M521 / I / B / 24-38
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Published record
Textual record
Photograph print
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M521 / V75
Series
M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
M521
Sub-Series
M521 / I / B : Personal Recordkeeping
Accession Number
7504
Reference Code
M521 / I / B / 24-38
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Published record
Textual record
Photograph print
Date Range
1934-2002
Physical Description
17 cm of textual records (34 x 44 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, British Columbia, mainly 1985-1986 and 1991-1995), property sales (Banff and Calgary, Alberta, 1972, and a photocopy of the original lease for the Wardle's property in Banff on Muskrat Street, 1921), Dorothy's work and membership with the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (1991-2001), art sales and appraisals (mainly Carl Rungius, 1977-2001), health and dental records detailing Dorothy's medical history (mainly 1994-2001, but goes back to 1934), a trip to Canmore (Banff Right to Reside (1984), subscriptions and miscellaneous records (including Dorothy's address book; poetry by her father, James Morey Wardle; Dorothy's passport from 1991-1996; various art collector catalogues such as Sotheby's; and commemorative coins), and Sheila Iris (S.I.) Ritchie's personal records (includes birth record from 1927 and death record from 1990).
Notes
Poetry by James Morey (J.M.) Wardle can be found in folder 34 under "miscellaneous."
Sheila Iris Ritchie was Dorothy's long-term housemate and close friend. Dorothy served as the executor of Sheila's will.
Dorothy's SIN card was originally included but has since been discarded for privacy concerns.
Photocopies of the original lease for the property on Muskrat Street were taken from Parks Canada microfiche records in 1993.
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James M.
Hart, E. J. (Ted)
Rungius, Carl
Oxborough, Dorothy
Whyte, Jon
Subject Access
Crag and Canyon newspaper
Calgary Herald
Art
Artist
Banff
Banff Crag and Canyon
Leases
Legal and Financial
Mineral Springs Hospital
Museums
Newspaper
Obituary
Park policy
Parks Canada
Personal and Family Life
Property
Records
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Women
Homestead Hotel
Travel
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Canada
Sidney
Victoria
British Columbia
Canmore
Calgary
Access Restrictions
Access may be restricted. Specifically for records pertaining to personal health information and other personal information.
Please speak to the Archivist for access to folders: M521 / I / B / 28-31 and M521 / I / B / 34-36.
Language
English
Conservation
Some records still have tape on them. May present conservation issues in the future.
Acid-free archival paper used sporadically interwoven between records and newspaper clippings.
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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