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Reminiscences & stories, Pete, Banff, etc. : [notes]. -- 1949-1965, [n.d.]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Notes taken by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes poem by Peter Whyte.
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 24
Description Level
5 / File
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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 24
Date Range
[ca. 1950-1960]
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : handwritten and typescript
Scope & Content
Notes taken by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes poem by Peter Whyte.
Name Access
Brett, Robert George
Browne, Agnes
Subject Access
Whyte, Peter
Fay, Charles
Currie, Flossie
Chateau Lake Louise - Fire
Stoney Nakoda
WHITE, DAVE SR.
Banff Indian Days
Haugen, Lars
Skiing
Films and film making
Ski jumping
Noble, George
Title Source
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Historical Notes. -- 1963-1974, [n.d.]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Notes by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes notes on Catharine's genealogy.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 25
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 25
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : handwritten and typescript
Scope & Content
Notes by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes notes on Catharine's genealogy.
Name Access
Becker, Lynnie
Baker-Carr, John
Bax, Gwen
Ball, Vic
Becker, Ruth
Bennett, Russell
Barnett, John "Dad"
Batchelor, Dudley
Subject Access
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
Whyte, Peter
Films and film making
Two Youngman, Jacob
Stoney Nakoda
Banff Indian Days
Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skijumping
Skoki Lodge
Curling - Banff
Iceboats andIceboating
Banff Winter Carnival
Woodworth, Joe
Ward, Sam
Simpson, Jimmy (James Sr.)
Wilson, Tom
MacDonald, J.E.H.
Hunter, Elijah
Buildings - Banff
Oliver, Bill
Beattie, Frank
Kaquitts, George
McLean, George
Title Source
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[Notes]. -- 1960-1976, [n.d.]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Notes by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 27
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 27
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : handwritten and typescript
Scope & Content
Notes by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others.
Subject Access
Canadian Pacific Railway - Mountain guides
Buildings -Banff
Ski jumping
Skoki Lodge
McLean, Bill
Stoney Nakoda
Moore, Philip
Carr, Windy (Stan)
Ward, Sam
Jones, Ken
Birds
Kaquitts, Frank
Daniels, Archie
Painter, Walter
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[Notes]. -- 1963-1965

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Mainly typewritten copies of historical notes from previous files.
Date Range
1963 - 1965
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 28
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
N/A
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 28
Date Range
1963 - 1965
Physical Description
1 file of textual records : typewritten
Scope & Content
Mainly typewritten copies of historical notes from previous files.
Name Access
De Riviere, Henri
Hunter, Elijah
Two Youngman, Jacob
Whyte, Peter
Subject Access
Stoney Nakoda
Indigenous Peoples
Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Curling
Ski jumping
Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
Banff Winter Carnival
Skoki Lodge
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Lefroy : [correspondence]. -- 1958-1966

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Correspondence also involves Jimmy Simpson Jr. and Sydney Vallance regarding purchase of Lefroy property on Bow Avenue in Banff.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 344
Description Level
5 / File
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
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 344
Responsibility
Responsibility: Beatrice Lefroy
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Correspondence also involves Jimmy Simpson Jr. and Sydney Vallance regarding purchase of Lefroy property on Bow Avenue in Banff.
Subject Access
Lefroy, Beatrice
Real estate business - Banff
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Nobles : [correspondence]. -- 1957

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Letters concerning Banff Camera & new Buffalo Block -Eldon Walls, Willie Morant, Bill Jamieson and Pearl Moore.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 383
Description Level
5 / File
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
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 383
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Letters concerning Banff Camera & new Buffalo Block -Eldon Walls, Willie Morant, Bill Jamieson and Pearl Moore.
Subject Access
Buildings - Banff
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Look over ('36, '37)

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Cards to Peter and Catharine. Includes Navy League Coast to Coast Tour, Banff Springs Hotel programme featuring Gracie Fields, Murray Adaskin, Frances James, 1940. Illustrated by Walter J. Phillips.
Date Range
1936-1944
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / e / ii / 600
Description Level
5 / File
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
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2 / e / ii / 600
Date Range
1936-1944
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Cards to Peter and Catharine. Includes Navy League Coast to Coast Tour, Banff Springs Hotel programme featuring Gracie Fields, Murray Adaskin, Frances James, 1940. Illustrated by Walter J. Phillips.
Name Access
Adaskin, Murray
Subject Access
Link, George K.K.
Rungius, Carl
Morant, Nick
Phillips, Walter J.
Fields, Gracie
Banff Springs Hotel
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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…
Date Range
1936
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Private record
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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 / 100
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Date Range
1936
Physical Description
2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
White, Annie
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Barbara
White, Cliff Jr.
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Owen, Mildred
Campbell, Gray
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Mather, Allan
Mather, Grace
Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
Wheeler, Emmeline
Noble, George
Poucette, Mark
Adaskin, Murray
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Link, Adeline
Rungius, Carl
Smith, Adelaide
Castle, Alfred
Castle, Donald
Phillips, Walter J.
Phillips, Gladys
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Springs Hotel
Beach
Birthday
Boats
Books
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Camps
Camping
Children
Community events
Community life
Construction
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
Films and film making
First Nations
Home
Hockey
Hiking
Holidays
Hospital
Hot Springs
Indigenous Peoples
Lake O'Hara Lodge
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Painting
Paris Tea Room
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Scenery
Skoki Lodge
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Upper Hot Springs
Weather
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Bow Lake
Banff National Park
Alberta
Little Yoho Valley
Yoho National Park
Victoria
Vancouver
British Columbia
Maui
Hawaii
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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Letters to Mother [December 1936 - June 1937]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, Ame…
Date Range
1936-1937
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 101
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
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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 / 101
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1936-1937
Physical Description
2.5 cm of textual records (98 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, American newspapers Catharine is interested in, radio programs [mostly news and operas], weather, cleaning and household chores, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [including the construction of a screened-in porch at the back of the house, remodelling the stairs, building a darkroom on the second floor, and building a new garage], events and people in Concord, the opening of the new Administration building on the south side of the river [the Post Office is relocated here], painting/sketching, watching hockey games, skiing, descriptions of meals, the Winter Carnival, going to the movies [and Edith going to various plays], the Dominion Ski Championship being held at Norquay in March, photography and cameras, responsibilities and activities pertaining to the Ski Club, Edith's trip to Florida in March, books Catharine and Edith are reading, various holidays [both Canadian and American], trips to Skoki Lodge to ski and paint [also includes details of people who were also there, meals, and conversations], the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary in May, the death of Catharine's Aunt Jane [Edith's sister?], day trips around the National Park to paint/sketch and have picnics with family, dinner and tea parties, print-making, frame making, and various other community events.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge 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. 101 - 31 contains a sketch of the newly remodelled stairs in the Whyte home. 101 - 43 insert may or may not belong to this specific letter - no identifying marks can be found on it. 101 - 59 is a brochure advertising Lake Minnewaska Mountain Houses, New York, and does not appear to be associated to a specific letter and so has been scanned as it's own entry.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Owen, Mildred
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
White, Clifford J., Sr.
Whyte, Barbara
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Knight, Norman
Beil, Charlie
Hammond, Agnes
Harmon, Lloyd
Paris, Ted
Paris, Cyril
Spencer, Earl
Ward, Sam
Rungius, Carl
Rungius, Louise
Subject Access
Activities
Administration Building
Animals
Art
Artists
Backcountry skiing
Banff
Banff Winter Carnival
Bears
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Camps
Camping
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Construction
Correspondence
Dominion Ski Championship
Family
Family and personal life
Films and film making
First Nations
Home
Holidays
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Norquay Ski Hill
Royalty
Painting
Parks Canada
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Scenery
Skiing
Ski areas
Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
Ski jumping
Ski racing
Skoki Lodge
Swiss Guides
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
5 letters dated June 1937 were found amongst letters dated in April and moved to the end of the folder.
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Letters to Mother [June - October 1937]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …
Date Range
1937
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102
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5 / File
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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 / 102
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1937
Physical Description
1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge 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. 102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
Caird, Jean
Owen, Mildred
White, Annie
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
White, Peter
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
White, Clifford J., Sr.
Whyte, Barbara
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Margaret
Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
Moore, Phil
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Shepler, Dwight
Ward, Sam
Kaquitts, Tom
Brewster, Pat
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Strom, Erling
Feuz, Edward
Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
Poucette, Mark
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Springs Hotel
Bears
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Camps
Camping
Children
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Guides
Guiding
Home
Horses
Horseback riding
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Lake O'Hara Lodge
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Scenery
Ski areas
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Swiss Guides
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Bow Lake
Banff National Park
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park
Assiniboine
Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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