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Letters to Mother [July - December 1955]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
- 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 / 137
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, Catharine's nephew Rusty arriving [he worked at Bow Lake helping with hunting parties in July], trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days, a climbing tragedy on Mt. Temple in July wherein several young boys died, visits to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, attending a Sun Dance ceremony near Fort Macleod, camping and sketching trips around Banff National Park, the Alberta Jubilee celebrations, a trip to Concord in October [they took the train down and drove back in a newly purchased Jeep], construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway through Banff, working on the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas parties. Also includes postcards and notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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. Some letters written on Num-Ti-Jaw Lodge letterhead, one written on Banff Shell Station letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Gmoser, Hans
- Tasker, Peter
- Amos, Amos
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Shell Station
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Ranching
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefields Parkway
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Cowley
- Fort MacLeod
- 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
Electronic Resources
Images
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 65 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images of friends and acquaintances include Erasmus Pat Bird, teachers and Inuit chlidren and famili…
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 1 to 65
- Description Level
- 5 / File
62 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 1 to 65
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 65 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 65 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images of friends and acquaintances include Erasmus Pat Bird, teachers and Inuit chlidren and families.
- Notes
- Any images with duplicates or very similar contents not scanned.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 59 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include camping and hiking shots, helicopters and an airplane, as well as motorboat even…
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 117 to 176
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
54 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 117 to 176
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 59 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 59 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include camping and hiking shots, helicopters and an airplane, as well as motorboat events.
- Notes
- Any images with duplicates or very similar contents not scanned. PA-154, 155, & 156 have been misnumbered and appear twice in the order. The prints are not duplicates, but the three that follow the initial appearance are suffixed _01 in the scans.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 53 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include camping and hiking shots, helicopters and aerial views, as well as settlements a…
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 177 to 230
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
31 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 177 to 230
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 53 prints; col.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 53 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include camping and hiking shots, helicopters and aerial views, as well as settlements and locals.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 56 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include a trip up a fjord, the Hudson's Bay Manager's new house, and Inuit from various …
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 231 to 287
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
47 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 231 to 287
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 56 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Images also include a trip up a fjord, the Hudson's Bay Manager's new house, and Inuit from various settlements.
- Notes
- Any images with duplicates or very similar contents not scanned. Some prints have been misnumbered and appear twice in the order. The prints are not duplicates.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 61 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Other photographs include Inuit children, Resolute, and the return flight. Also includes images from…
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 288 to 349
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
50 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 288 to 349
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 61 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 61 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Other photographs include Inuit children, Resolute, and the return flight. Also includes images from a Baffin Island party.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 61 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Groups of Inuit and non-Inuit outside around airplane and on rocks, in boats and canoes. Interior sh…
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 350 to 418
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
56 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 350 to 418
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Physical Description
- 61 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 61 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Groups of Inuit and non-Inuit outside around airplane and on rocks, in boats and canoes. Interior shots are of Frobisher Church.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Churches
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 55 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Activities include boating, camping and hiking. Other images include children sleeping and Old Rock …
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 419 to 474
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
41 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- v683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 419 to 474
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Physical Description
- 55 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 55 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Activities include boating, camping and hiking. Other images include children sleeping and Old Rock meat cache.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Churches
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 46 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Activities include camping and hiking. Other images include aerial views of fjords, mountains and la…
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 475 to 521
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
42 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 475 to 521
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Physical Description
- 46 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 46 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Activities include camping and hiking. Other images include aerial views of fjords, mountains and landscapes.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Churches
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Other areas include Frobisher Bay, and activities pertain to parachuting onto ice cap and views of g…
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 522 to 574
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
51 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 3 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 3 / PA - 522 to 574
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1974-1975
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col. chromogenic prints ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document trip to Baffin Island and include landscapes in and around Pangnirtung. Other areas include Frobisher Bay, and activities pertain to parachuting onto ice cap and views of glacial moraine, mountains, and fjords from airplane.
- Subject Access
- Aerial photography
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Buildings
- Camping
- Camps
- Children
- Churches
- Communities
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- Mountains
- scenic
- Schools
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.