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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114
- 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 / 114
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Bow Lake
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Columbia Icefield
- Columbia Icefield Chalet
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefield Parkway
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- 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
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.376
- Description
- The lake within this image begins at the blc and continues over to the cr. The lake is partically blue and the other sections are not complete. In the foreground from the bl to the br and cr a sand area is light brown and extends into the bank on the right side that has trees and green grass. The p…
1 image
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- The lake within this image begins at the blc and continues over to the cr. The lake is partically blue and the other sections are not complete. In the foreground from the bl to the br and cr a sand area is light brown and extends into the bank on the right side that has trees and green grass. The painting is not completed.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.376
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Identification Sign
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.05.1024
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1024
- Description
- BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".
1 image
- Title
- Identification Sign
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 22.7 cm
- Description
- BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".
- Subject
- lodges
- Bow Lake
- tourism
- Jim Simpson
- Num-ti-jah Lodge
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1024
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Crowfoot Peak, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.075
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.075
- Description
- Sketch of Crowfoot Mountain and Bow Lake.
1 image
- Title
- Crowfoot Peak, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Sketch of Crowfoot Mountain and Bow Lake.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.075
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- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.076
- Description
- Unfinished sketch of Bow Lake.
1 image
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Unfinished sketch of Bow Lake.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.076
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Mount Thompson, Bow Lake, Autumn
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.080
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.080
- Description
- Mount Thompson with Bow Lake just visible in bottom left corner.
1 image
- Title
- Mount Thompson, Bow Lake, Autumn
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Mount Thompson with Bow Lake just visible in bottom left corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.080
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Willows at Bow Lake
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.086
- Description
- Willows and marsh in foreground, Bow Lake beyond.
1 image
- Title
- Willows at Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Willows and marsh in foreground, Bow Lake beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.086
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.087
- Description
- Bow Lake with Crowfoot Glacier beyond.
1 image
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Bow Lake with Crowfoot Glacier beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.087
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.095
- Description
- Reflection of mountains and sky in Bow Lake
1 image
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Reflection of mountains and sky in Bow Lake
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.095
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Bow Falls, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.107
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.107
- Description
- Bow Lake in distance, green area in foreground.
1 image
- Title
- Bow Falls, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Bow Lake in distance, green area in foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.107
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