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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- 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 / 100
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Cliff Jr.
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- Campbell, Gray
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Mather, Allan
- Mather, Grace
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Emmeline
- Noble, George
- Poucette, Mark
- Adaskin, Murray
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Rungius, Carl
- Smith, Adelaide
- Castle, Alfred
- Castle, Donald
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Phillips, Gladys
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Beach
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Holidays
- Hospital
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Little Yoho Valley
- Yoho National Park
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Maui
- Hawaii
- 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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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 390 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Mount Chapman and Mount Custer; hunters checking slopes; hunters posed with a goat trophy; an unidentified man posed on slope of Belleview Hill; people on horses on Continental Divide North of Sage Pass; Cache Creek Falls; riders on a day…
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / H / NA (H1-1) to V26 / IX / J / NA (J5-9)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
6 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7102
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / H / NA (H1-1) to V26 / IX / J / NA (J5-9)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- 390 photographs :b&w negatives
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 390 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Mount Chapman and Mount Custer; hunters checking slopes; hunters posed with a goat trophy; an unidentified man posed on slope of Belleview Hill; people on horses on Continental Divide North of Sage Pass; Cache Creek Falls; riders on a day trip; a camp scene of bedding being aired out; Mount Blackiston and Ruby Creek; the Beehive from Panorama Peak; various hunters; a red squirrel; fisherman, horses and tent at Crandell Lake; a mule deer on prairie part of Waterton Lakes National Park; two mule deer on slopes above Cameron Lake; woman on shore of Wall Lake; camp at Oyster Creek; Canadian two cent stamp; horses on ranch; hunters on vertical cliff; Summit Lake early in summer Mount Chapman; people and horses across from Beehive; two hunters in camp with deer trophy; packtrain below Broken Castle; Anderson Peak; mule deer buck; big horn ram on grassy slope; rams on a cliff; people on shore of Upper Kintla Lake, Long Knife Peak; rider at Oyster Creek camp; snow-covered camp scene; beaver dams and ponds on Dungarvin Creek; fisherman with large trout; McIntyre ranch buildings from Milk River Ridge; various camp scenes; Hawk's Nest cottage yard with trip supplies; packtrain wading up a river; packtrain in a meadow in the Oldman area; chicadee; gray-crowned rosy finches; downy woodpecker; columbia ground squirell; osprey nest near Oldman River; fisherman on Oldman River; A.O. Wheeler's mapping survey expeditions rock cairn; group on Tornado Pass; two people on Limestone Peak; Andy Russell and Jim Bennett on Tornado Mountain; andy Russell on top of cliff; Castle River rodeo; Sumner Crosby with a ram; lunch time on trip; Andy Russell field dressing a bull elk; guests on Mount Chimney; hunter on avalanche track; tents in snow; Lake Wurderman, Lake Nooney, and Mount Chapman; children eating on porch of Hawk's Nest; moving camp at Oyster Creek; limestone outcrop on corner of Lakeview Ridge; guest eatng at table in front of tent; Bert's car near Red Rock Canyon; saddle horses above South Kootenay Pass, Starvation Peak and King Edward; Mount Farquhar, Holcroft Mountain, Mount Scrimger; Jim Bennett with his movie camera near Beehive; Andy Russell and packtrain Oldman River valley; Lundbreck, Alberta; Pincher Creek and Castle Mountain; Upper Waterton Lake from Crandell; Andy and Kay Russell Wedding, 1938; Andy Russell snowshoeing; F.H.R's tipi; fishing at Wall Lake; Riggall's second Cottonwood Canyon house; Twin Lakes Camp; Kintla Lookout; Harwood Wedding.
- Subject Access
- Portraits
- Landscapes
- Hunting
- Guiding
- Pack trips
- Sports
- Recreation
- Wildlife
- Environment
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Fishing
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Pincher Creek
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Waterton
- Castle Mountain
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Reference scans available: V26 / IX / H / PA (H1) to V26 / IX / J / PA (J5)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Paradise Valley ACC Camp
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
21 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 260 Group of people at Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 261 to 263 Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 264 Horses at Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 265 Participants cooking at campfire
- 266, 267 A. O. Wheeler addressing group of climbers
- 268 Swiss Guides, Edward Feuz Jr. and Gottfried Feuz
- 269 to 278 Group of climbers ascending Mount Aberdeen, July 10, 1907
- 279 Giant Steps
- 280 Elliott Barnes Jr. and Lois Barnes on summit
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Club
- Glaciers
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Geographic Access
- Paradise Valley
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mt. Assiniboine
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one copper negative printing plate depicting Mt. Assiniboine and Magog Lake from a distance mounted on a block of wood. Adhered to the back of the block is a peice of paper on which is written "A.O. Wheeler About 1920" in pencil.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1929]
- Reference Code
- V771 / NC - 01
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Negative
- Negative printing plate
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- V771
- Accession Number
- 2303
- Reference Code
- V771 / NC - 01
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1929]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w printing plate ; 18.5 x 9.3 x 2.4 cm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one copper negative printing plate depicting Mt. Assiniboine and Magog Lake from a distance mounted on a block of wood. Adhered to the back of the block is a peice of paper on which is written "A.O. Wheeler About 1920" in pencil.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Content Details
- Accession record indicates there is a second printing plate by A.O. Wheeler of a lunch at the Icefield, but at the time of processing it could not be located.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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