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Letters to Mother [June - December 1944]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7464
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertai…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 118
- 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 / 118
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (106 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertaining to the war [D-Day, the liberation of Rome, the death of Mussolini], Pete's work and movements as part of the RCAF, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, painting, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, gardening and yardwork, wildlife, Banff events, events and people in Concord, the Calgary Stampede, going to the movies, train travel between Banff and Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the filming of a Lassie movie in Banff National Park in September, going to Ottawa when Pete is reassigned to Air Force Headquarters in October [Catharine goes with him], Catharine going to Concord for November and then returning to Ottawa, Pete and Catharine returning to Banff/Calgary to begin Pete's discharge, and Christmas/New Years Eve parties and activities. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel, Canadian Pacific Railway, and RCAF 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Stockand, Cameron
- Brewster, Fern
- Strom, Erling
- Harmon, Lloyd
- Harmon, Eileen
- Jackson, A. Y.
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Kerr, Jasper
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Lord Elgin Hotel
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Paliser Hotel Calgary
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- War
- War Artists
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- McLeod
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Locate the rest of 118-53.
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7460
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114
- 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 / 114
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Bow Lake
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Columbia Icefield
- Columbia Icefield Chalet
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefield Parkway
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- 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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Harold S. Blight fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions133
- Part Of
- Harold S. Blight fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs by Blight pertaining to Banff and Great Divide on May 31, 1942. Also includes two postcards collected by Blight.
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- V70
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Harold S. Blight fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 70
- Sous-Fonds
- V 70
- Accession Number
- 3981
- Reference Code
- V70
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : prints, postcards
- History / Biographical
- Harold S. Blight was in the Canadian Army and travelled through the Canadian Rockies on a troop train in 1942.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs by Blight pertaining to Banff and Great Divide on May 31, 1942. Also includes two postcards collected by Blight.
- Name Access
- Blight, Harold S.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Blight, Harold S.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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B.C. Mushroom
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16559
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- 1941
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- [Byron Harmon?]
- Call Number
- V548-PG-12
1 image
- Variant Title
- Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Responsibility
- Byron Harmon
- Place
- Banff, Canada Made in Canada
- Publisher
- [Byron Harmon?]
- Published Date
- 1941
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 3643
- Call Number
- V548-PG-12
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Canadian Rockies, Banff and Lake Louise
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16062
- Medium
- Library - Postcard Series
- Published Date
- ca. 1940
- Author
- [Harmon, Byron?]
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Call Number
- V129/PG-1
1 image
- Variant Title
- Beautiful Bow lake, Source of the Bow River, Banff National Park The Great Divide, waters flow west to the Pacific and east to the Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean The Spiral Tunnels, Yoho National Park, B.C. Emerald Lake and Mt. Burgess [Mount Burgess], Yoho National Park, B.C. The Kicking Horse Canyon, Yoho National Park Cathedral Peak, Altitude 10,454 ft., Yoho National Park Mt. Stephen [Mount Stephen] Train entering Lower Spiral Tunnel Buffalo or Bison, Banff National Park Black Bear and Cubs, Banff National Park Mt. Field [Mount Field] and Kicking Horse River, Yoho National Park The Bow Valley, showing golf course, Banff National Park Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park Cascade Mountain, Altitude 9825 ft., from Administration Bldg. [Administration Building], Banff Mt. Rundle [Mount Rundle], Altitude 9665 ft., Banff National Park The Three Sisters, Banff National Park The Lakes in the Clouds, Banff National Park Lake Louise, and Victoria Glacier, Banff National Park Chateau Lake Louise, Swimming Pool in Foreground, Banff National Park Mountain Sheep or Big Horn, Banff National Park Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park
- Author
- [Harmon, Byron?]
- Responsibility
- Distributed by Byron Harmon
- Place
- Banff, Canada
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon
- Published Date
- ca. 1940
- Medium
- Library - Postcard Series
- Abstract
- Contains multiple postcards
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 3907
- Call Number
- V129/PG-1
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Ski Tracks, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16149
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1946
- Author
- Engler, Bruno
- Publisher
- The Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd.
- Call Number
- V5/PG-52
1 image
- Author
- Engler, Bruno
- Place
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- The Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1946
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 14500
- Call Number
- V5/PG-52
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Radium, Kootenay National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16302
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1948
- Author
- British Photo. Labs.
- Publisher
- British Photo. Labs.
- Call Number
- V229/PG-1
1 image
- Author
- British Photo. Labs.
- Place
- Banff
- Publisher
- British Photo. Labs.
- Published Date
- ca. 1948
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- On back of postcard: From Original Photograph
- Notes
- b&w
- Accession Number
- 1696
- Call Number
- V229/PG-1
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Banff and Goat Mountain, Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16577
- Variant Title
- Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Responsibility
- Distributed by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada
- Place
- Made in U.S.A.
- Published Date
- ca. 1944
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 1430
- Call Number
- V391/PG-78
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Cascades of Time Park, Banff, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16578
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1945
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- V391/PG-79
1 image
- Place
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- ca. 1945
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 1430
- Call Number
- V391/PG-79
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Mt. Rundle, Altitude 9665 Ft., Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue16579
- Variant Title
- Mount Rundle, Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Responsibility
- Byron Harmon
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Published Date
- ca. 1941
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Series
- "Canadian Art Deeptone" Series
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 1430
- Call Number
- V391/PG-80
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