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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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Royal visit - arch gate
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a large arched gate covered in pine boughs with a mountain goat on top with Banff Avenue shops visible in the background and a horse-drawn carriage on left - written in pencil on the back is "First visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught in 1914. Archway of spruce boughs with stuffed Mounta…
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 84
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 84
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a large arched gate covered in pine boughs with a mountain goat on top with Banff Avenue shops visible in the background and a horse-drawn carriage on left - written in pencil on the back is "First visit of Duke and Duchess of Connaught in 1914. Archway of spruce boughs with stuffed Mountain goat on top was built by John Curren & was directly in front of Old Musuem [Banff Park Museum"
- Subject Access
- Archway
- Banff Avenue
- Carriage
- Horses
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Opening of the Banff-Windermere highway
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a temporary gate strung with various flags over a dirt road with people gathered around - written on the back in pencil is "Opening of Banff-Windermere Highway"
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 87
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 87
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a temporary gate strung with various flags over a dirt road with people gathered around - written on the back in pencil is "Opening of Banff-Windermere Highway"
- Subject Access
- Banff-Windermere Highway
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Opening of the Banff-Windermere highway
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of unidentifed people standing on a stage beside a band - taken from behind - written on the back in pencil is "Opening of Banff-Windermere Highway"
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 88
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 88
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of unidentifed people standing on a stage beside a band - taken from behind - written on the back in pencil is "Opening of Banff-Windermere Highway"
- Subject Access
- Banff-Windermere Highway
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Building on fire
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 697
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 697
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Brewster Trading Company Ltd.
- Fires
- Hotels
- King Edward Hotel
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction with Sulphur Mounain in the background - taken from the Surprise Corner lookout on Tunnel Mountain
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 755
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 755
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction with Sulphur Mounain in the background - taken from the Surprise Corner lookout on Tunnel Mountain
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Buildings
- Construction
- Sulphur Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of construction workers posed on top of the incomplete roof of the Banff Springs Hotel
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 756
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 756
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of construction workers posed on top of the incomplete roof of the Banff Springs Hotel
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Buildings
- Construction
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction - taken from below
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 757
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 757
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction - taken from below
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Buildings
- Construction
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Building on fire
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire - "Alpine Hotel - fire 1915" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1915
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 696
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 696
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1915
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire - "Alpine Hotel - fire 1915" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Alpine Hotel
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Fire
- Fires
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Young George, Cyril Paris, Peter Whyte
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of three boys on the peak of Sulphur Mountain with the town of Banff, Bow River, and Cascade Mountain in the background in winter - "912 Sulphyr Mtn Feby 19th 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt top movie Young George, Cyril Parish, Pete Whyte" written on the back
- Date Range
- 1918
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 769
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 769
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1918
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of three boys on the peak of Sulphur Mountain with the town of Banff, Bow River, and Cascade Mountain in the background in winter - "912 Sulphyr Mtn Feby 19th 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt top movie Young George, Cyril Parish, Pete Whyte" written on the back
- Name Access
- Paris, Cyril
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Bow Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Children
- Mountains
- Sulphur Mountain
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Peter Whyte papers and photographs
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…
- Date Range
- 1905-1964
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B
- Date Range
- 1905-1964
- Physical Description
- 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).
- History / Biographical
- Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.
- Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.
- During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.
- Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.
- Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Films and film making M
- Photography M
- Royal Canadian Air Force M
- Skiing
- Whyte, Catharine Robb M
- World War II, 1939-1945 M
- Access Restrictions
- Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
- Finding Aid
- Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.
- Related Material
- Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Content Details
- Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.
- Processing Status
- Processed.
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