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Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions673
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 546
- V 771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546 / V771
- Accession Number
- 2016.8598
- 2014.8312
- 8144
- 8160
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Physical Description
- 62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
- History / Biographical
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
- Name Access
- Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey
- Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous items from Peter and Catharine Whyte's home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53976
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of building plans of the White Block renovations 1965, posters, original and reproductions of art, aluminium press plates from printing cards and letters, blank Banff School District Diploma's, preliminary plans for renovation of Peter and Catharine Whyte's home March 3, 1969.
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1959
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / C / F / O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual, map, plan or blueprint
- Textual, print or ephemera
- Textual, private record
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I / C - Catharine and Peter Whyte Papers, items added in 2017 onward
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Sub-Series
- M36 / I / C / F - Miscellaneous items from Peter and Catharine Whyte's home
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / C / F / O.S.
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1959
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of building plans of the White Block renovations 1965, posters, original and reproductions of art, aluminium press plates from printing cards and letters, blank Banff School District Diploma's, preliminary plans for renovation of Peter and Catharine Whyte's home March 3, 1969.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous papers from Catharine Whyte's desk
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of blank cards and postcards; two doilies; printed copies of images from the Hispanic Society of America; newspaper clippings; Geographic Maps.
- Date Range
- 1923
- 1939
- 1959
- [ca.1950 - 1960]
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / C / B / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual, map, plan or blueprint
- Textual, print or ephemera
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- M36 / I / C: Catharine and Peter Whyte Papers, items accessioned in 2018 onward
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Sub-Series
- M36 / I / C / B: Miscellaneous papers from Catharine Whyte’s desk
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / C / B / 1
- Date Range
- 1923
- 1939
- 1959
- [ca.1950 - 1960]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of blank cards and postcards; two doilies; printed copies of images from the Hispanic Society of America; newspaper clippings; Geographic Maps.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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