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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.18
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. …
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #5
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
35.6 x 45.7 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/T”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
forest
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.18
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.19
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink …
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #4
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/S”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.19
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.20
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with ver…
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Artist
Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake Study #1
Date
2001 – 2001
Medium
oil on masonite board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with vertical lines on the right of the piece. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in red paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/P”.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
Catalogue Number
GrL.01.20
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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
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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 / 114
GMD
Postcard
Private record
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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