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Lake Minnewanka scenic framed photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two framed photograph prints pertaining to views of Lake Minnewanka and an unidentified building with mountains in the background [possibly a closer view of the same location]. Frames both include a label on the back attributing the photographs to Boorne & May Photographers of Calg…

Date Range: [ca.1886-1893]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PC - 1 & 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PC - 1 & 2

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Boorne & May Photographers [Calgary, N.W.T.]

Date Range: [ca.1886-1893]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w framed prints ; 20 x 13.5 cm

History / Biographical: The company Boorne & May Photographers operated in Calgary and later Edmonton [then part of the Northwest Territories] between 1886 and 1893. Boorne & May specialized in print photographs depicting views of Western Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Boorne and May sold their business to Jas. E. Miers in 1893.

Scope & Content: File consists of two framed photograph prints pertaining to views of Lake Minnewanka and an unidentified building with mountains in the background [possibly a closer view of the same location]. Frames both include a label on the back attributing the photographs to Boorne & May Photographers of Calgary.

Material Details: Photographs in identical oval frames [brass or gold-painted aluminum?]; Frame has glass front covering photograph print; Black backing of frame [material unknown] with spackled texture

Subject Access: Mountain; Landscapes; Land use; Settlement; Boats; Seascapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka

Language: English

Conservation: Items interleaved with acid-free paper to protect frames, photograph prints do not appear to be at risk in current storage conditions [as of 2020-03-17, KS]

Category: Land, settlement and immigration

Biographical Source Notes: https://albertaonrecord.ca/boorne-and-may-fonds-2

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lake Minnewanka panoramas

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 panoramic photographs depicting an unidentified man docking a boat on the shore of Lake Minnewanka.

Date Range: [ca.1920-1946]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 88 to 90

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

3 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 88 to 90

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1920-1946]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 29.5 x 8 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 panoramic photographs depicting an unidentified man docking a boat on the shore of Lake Minnewanka.

Subject Access: Photography; Boats; Recreation; Leisure; Seascapes; Environment

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake Minnewanka

Language: N/A

Related Material: Corresponding negative photographs processed under reference codes LUX/I/D6c/PA-74 to 76

Category: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Buildings and businesses, Banff area

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme R…

Date Range: 1901; [1910-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1901; [1910-1950]

Physical Description: 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme Ranch; and other related views.

Notes: Some photographs are annotated

Subject Access: Businesses; Hotels; Animals; Banff National Park; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Bow River Boat House; Boats; Buildings; Cave and Basin; Chateau Lake Louise; Fairholme Ranch; Mount Royal Hotel; Postcards; Ranches; Teahouses; Tourism; Travel; Upper Hot Springs

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Lake Louise

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Docks and cattle

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph print of a boat docking with cattle and people stood on shore.

Date Range: 1924-1966

Reference Code: V422 / PA - 61

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

1 image

Part Of: George McLean fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M42; V422

Series: II. Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V422

Reference Code: V422 / PA - 61

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: 1924-1966

Physical Description: 1 photograph: print

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph print of a boat docking with cattle and people stood on shore.

Subject Access: Boats

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 472

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]

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Part Of: 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

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 / 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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Friends personal photographs - military, travel, portraits, recreation

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photograph and postcard prints pertaining to friends of Norman Luxton and the Luxton family which were sent to Norman Luxton. Most photographs are annotated on the back with contextual information [dates, locations, names, etc] for photographs, some items include personal messag…

Date Range: 1897; [ca.1900-1910]; 1905; 1909; 1912; 1916; 1923; 1927; 1941-1943; 1948-1951; 1955; 1957; 1960

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 435 to 468

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 435 to 468

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1897; [ca.1900-1910]; 1905; 1909; 1912; 1916; 1923; 1927; 1941-1943; 1948-1951; 1955; 1957; 1960

Physical Description: 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 12.5 x 15 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 34 photograph and postcard prints pertaining to friends of Norman Luxton and the Luxton family which were sent to Norman Luxton. Most photographs are annotated on the back with contextual information [dates, locations, names, etc] for photographs, some items include personal messages written to Norman Luxton. Photograph images pertain to a fishing trip in Grande Prairie; men in military uniforms during World War II, including some taken during active duty in England; personal and group portraits; a war monument in Verdun, France; historic ships and boats; scenic views of Mistaya Canyon and Minnewanka; wildlife, including birds and a marten; and family pets.

Notes: Annotations on some photographs partly illegible or difficult to discern

Name Access: Addison, Billy; LaPorte, Eugene; Reynolds, Wiley R.; Deegan, Howard James; Ashton, Philip; Cathcart, John George (Red); Brooks, Matt (Sarsen); Barnes, Harry; Sutherland, George Bain; Blackley, Bonnie Lee; Brewster, Fred

Subject Access: Boats; Military; Ship; World War II; Memorial; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Children; Animals; Dogs; Birds; Sports; Recreation; Fishing; Landscapes; Portrait; Winter

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Grande Prairie; British Columbia; Victoria; Ontario; Ottawa; England; France; Verdun; Frobisher Bay; Northwest Territories; United States of America; Idaho; Toronto; Kenora; Manitoba; Winnipeg

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Kanada 1927 Photo Album

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…

Date Range: 1927

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession number : 2020.04

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2020.04

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1927

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins. The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec. The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance. In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.

Notes: The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page. Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian. Frequently used names in captions: Duma = Dimitri Kata = Catherine Kora = Albizzi Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")

Name Access: Albizzi, Marquis Nicholas degli; Albizzi, Nicholas delgi; Leuchtenberg, Dimitri

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff; Boats; Brewster Mountain Pack Trains; Cabins; Cross-country skiing; Family; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Guide; Horseback riding; Horses; Leisure; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Lodge; Mountaineering; Swimming; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Lake Magog; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English; Russian

Related Material: Translation of album captions located in Chic Scott fonds (M57/S47/V40), donated as part of accn. 2021.15

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.royalhistorian.com/how-a-romanov-duke-popularized-skiing-in-quebecs-laurentian-mountains/; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Georgevitch_de_Leuchtenberg; Lytton Gooch, Jane. Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2007. pg. 37-38.

Title Source: Original title in album

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Logan Expedition photographs - McCarthy Alaska base [1/7]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs - mostly prints, also negatives and one glass slide - of the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925. Photographs of the Mount Logan Expedition were mainly produced by H. F. Lambart; also some by A. H. MacCarthy. All images are housed in the original brown envelopes used by the …

Date Range: 1925

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 410 - 435

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Lantern slide; Negative; Photograph print; Print; Transparency

27 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.e.i. Administration: expeditions - Mount Logan Expedition

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 410 - 435

GMD: Film; Lantern slide; Negative; Photograph print; Print; Transparency

Date Range: 1925

Physical Description: 190 photographs (123 prints : b&w ; 12 x 7.5 cm - 66 negatives : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12 x 7.5 cm - 1 slides : b&w slides ; large format)

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs - mostly prints, also negatives and one glass slide - of the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925. Photographs of the Mount Logan Expedition were mainly produced by H. F. Lambart; also some by A. H. MacCarthy. All images are housed in the original brown envelopes used by the ACC and contain typed notes on the exteriors. Topics include: Groups of the Mt. Logan expedition taken while on voyage ; From the deck of the Alaska, the abandoned "Gastino Gold" mine ; Operating Alaska Gold, a mine reducing ore at less than a dollar a ton, the values not being much a dollar, output 10,000 to 15,000 tons per day ; Group on boat looking over sea Juneau Warf. H.F.L. & Read. do Hall and Read ; Harry Boyden's dog team entering the streets of McCarthy Alaska, Lt. Col. Foster & A.H. MacCarthy ; Part Panorama of McCarthy Alaska from the high ground to the south ; Panorama of the town McCarthy Alaska ; Panorama of the town of McCarthy showing the Kinnicott Glacier and mountains beyond in which the Kennecott Copper mine is situated ; Of the foreground in front of the town, Hubricks Cabin and morains of the Kennecott Gl. beyond. Mules and in one store room of J.B. O'Neill's ; Taken of the group in front of the terminal morains of the Kennecott glacier. The complete picture of the expedition taken with my Ross camera by Hubrick ; The bridge, just finished, crossing the Nazina River from the south side. Left McCarthy 9.45 A.M. [at] Nazina Crossing, 9 8/10 miles, at 1.30 ; Launching on the open bars of the Chitina River on our walk from McCarthy to Hubricks Camp, 88 Mi. Read Sitting on the bars, about opposite the mouth of the Kiagma R. ; Crossing Canon creek above the point on the Chitina bars where it enters that river ; Poor one of group sitting resting on Chitina Bars.

Notes: Physical description and extent applicable for entire V14 / AC0P / 410 - 599 collection. Most prints also have their original negatives with them - those negatives were not scanned.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Administration; Advertising; Alpine Club of Canada; Boats; Camps; Club; Discovery and exploration; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Glaciers; Guide; Guides; Hiking; Horses; Huts; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Mount Logan Expedition; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Photography; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Summit; Rivers; River crossing

Geographic Access: Yukon; Alaska; Canada; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by appointment only

Language: English

Conservation: Avoid further handling of negatives and slide.

Finding Aid: A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.

Related Material: Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280). V14 / AC 0P / 436 - 463 V14 / AC 0P / 464 - 491 V14 / AC 0P / 492 - 515 V14 / AC 0P / 516 - 548 V14 / AC 0P / 549 - 581 V14 / AC 0P / 582 - 599

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Processing Status: Processed

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Summer of 1930, Switzerland and England, Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Baste, Grasmere, Keswick. Camping and Horseback Trip in the Canadian Rockies and Canadian Alpine Club Annual Camp in Prospectors' Valley, July and August 1931

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1930 Summer Trip to Switzerland and England (including Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Basle, Grasmere, and Keswick), a camping/horseback trip in July 1931, and the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in August 1931. The 1930 Summer T…

Date Range: 1930-1931

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 8

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1930-1931

Physical Description: 1 album (326 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1930 Summer Trip to Switzerland and England (including Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Basle, Grasmere, and Keswick), a camping/horseback trip in July 1931, and the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in August 1931. The 1930 Summer Trip started in Switzerland before moving over to England and was most likely a Gest family vacation. Includes photographs taken by Lillian Gest and her travel companions as well as purchased souvineer photographs. Also includes various greeting cards. The July 1931 trip consisted of travel mainly on horseback throught the Mt. Assiniboine area into Wolverine Pass, organized by Caroline Hinman and corresponds with the insert. Due to the limited number of pages dedicated to this trip, it is possibly Lillian Gest only attended part of it before connecting with the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp. The Annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp (called the Canadian Alpine Club by Gest), July 21 to August 2, 1931 took place throughout the Lake O'Hara and Prospector's Valley regions of British Columbia. Photographs include scenic views, camps, horses, wildlife, group portraits, Fay Hut, glaciers, and various club activities. Also includes greeting cards from various people who went on trips. Insert pertains to the overview/advertisement for the Summer 1931 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Boats; Buildings; Castles; Camps; Climbing; Dogs; Europe; Exploration; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Hunting; Horses; Horse packing; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Mount Assiniboine; Lake O'Hara; Prospector's Valley; East Kootenay; Yoho National Park; Switzerland; England; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [May - July 1934]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city …

Date Range: 1934

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 95

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: 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 / 95

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1934

Physical Description: 2.1 cm of textual records (150 pages ; 21.4 x 27.8 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city itself], comments on the presence of Japanese soldiers in China, descriptions of the countryside [specifically farms], conversations with other travellers, weather, local foods, comparisons between Japan and China, descriptions of the hotels they stay in, different modes of transportation [busses, rickshaws, carriages, and the like], children, local fashions, temples, photography, visiting the Forbidden City [unclear if they actually went into the City], sketching, shops and shopping, their local guides, politics and world affairs [as they apply to China], various holidays [mostly North American], meeting up with D'Arcy Baker-Carr, visiting the Great Wall of China, travelling to Shanghai by train in early June, going to Hong Kong by ship, Catharine's 29th birthday [celebrated aboard ship], other travellers and sights from the water, books and magazines [also occasionally newspapers] that Pete and Catharine are reading, exploring Hong Kong [the city itself as well as the island] during their 10-day stay, people and events in Concord, leaving Hong Kong for Bali at the end of June, observations about the ship and the passengers, travel conditions, descriptions of other boats, short visits on land when their ship docked along the route, arriving in Bali and exploring the area, local people and wildlife, walking along the beaches, meeting with friends from Canada, and preparing for the next leg of their trip.

Notes: Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 95 - 03 page 4 contains a sketch of a cross-bow. 95 - 07 appears to be missing the last page[s]. 95 - 14 page 2 contains sketches in pencil of a Chinese ship and a woman with a child on her back. 95 - 25 appears to be missing the last page[s].

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Art galleries; Artists; Automobiles; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Farming; Flowers; Food; Funeral; Gallery; Guides; Home; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Memorial; Military; Mountain; Movies; Museums; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Scenery; Soliders; Temples; Theatre; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Japan; Peking; Shanghai; Hong Kong; China; Bali; Java; Indonesia; Concord; Massachusetts; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: Locate missing 95 - 07 and 25 page[s].

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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