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Letters to Mother [January 1961 - February 1962]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the C…
Date Range
1961-1962
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 148
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Private record
-- \ ��Dearest Mother, Banff,Alberta. Hon.Jan, 9, 1961 Such a lot of lettes s to be written, busimess
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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
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 148
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Date Range
1961-1962
Physical Description
2.6 cm of textual records (ca. 185 pages ; 21.9 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the Calgary Stampede, weather, and the 1962 space launch. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and notecards. M36 / 148 - 114 to 120 are not fully dated - unsure of order within other 1961 letters. All are postcards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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. M36 / 148 - 29 is missing its second half, indicated by Catharine to be a picture of Bow Lake.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Harvie, Eric
Brewster, Fred
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Twoyoungmen, Jacob
Beil, Charlie
Morant, Willie
Madsen, Ken
Currie, Flossie
Vallance, Doris
Fulmer, Alice
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Link, George K.K.
Vallance, Sydney
Whyte, Jon
Luxton, Norman
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Pearl
Ward, Sam
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Centre
Banff Indian Days
Banff Public Library
Banff School of Fine Arts
Bird watching
Birds
Birthday
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Camping
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
David Thompson Highway
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Flowers
Glenbow Foundation
Glenbow-Alberta Institute
Home
Hot Springs
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Library
Leisure
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Prince of Wales Hotel
Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch No.26
Scenery
Skating
Ski areas
Skiing
Stoney Nakoda
Weather
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Banff National Park
Columbia Icefield
Bow Lake
Jasper
Jasper National Park
Rocky Mountain House
Yoho National Park
Waterton National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Banff, Alberta, Canada

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929 – 1966
Medium
ink on lined note paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.464
Description
A doodle of a skier on notepad paper with the tile, in cursive: Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Date
1929 – 1966
Medium
ink on lined note paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 16.9 cm
Description
A doodle of a skier on notepad paper with the tile, in cursive: Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Subject
skier
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.464
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.750
Description
On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced way…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.2 x 16.2 cm
Description
On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced ways to write “Banff,” “Alberta,” and “Canada.” There is also scribbles of ink around some of the words too.
Subject
Alberta
Canada
Banff
tradesman
working
hammer
anvil
wood
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.750
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.756
Description
A very detailed drawing of Banff United Church in the foreground, with a simple sketch of Rundle Mountain in the background. The image is drawn on stationery paper with “BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA” printed on the right side of the page, near the edge. verso: random lines sketched throughout the page
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
A very detailed drawing of Banff United Church in the foreground, with a simple sketch of Rundle Mountain in the background. The image is drawn on stationery paper with “BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA” printed on the right side of the page, near the edge. verso: random lines sketched throughout the page
Subject
church
United Church
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Rundle mountain
trees
architecture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.756
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