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Letters to Mother [February - May 1932]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detail…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 87
- 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 / 87
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (151 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detailed description of interior], the first ski party, the ski visit of Russel Robb Jr. and group, the death of Edwin Noble, daily life in Banff, people in Concord, and meeting and working with various locals and Skoki guests [including Tex Woods and his daughter Ruth Woods, Vic Kutschera, Norman Knight, Cyril Paris, Ike Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Rupe Edwards, Bill Niche, Waddy [Wattie?] Potts, Kingman ski party, Ulysses LaCasse, Bill Oliver, Russel Robb Jr., Charlie Pierson, and Faith Donaldson] and going to see Noel Odell speak about Everest.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. It appears that one letter is unfinished or has missing pages. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Spencer, Earl
- Kutschera, Vic
- Knight, Norman
- Mills, Ike
- Paris, Cyril
- Edwards, Rupe
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Strom, Erling
- Subject Access
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Cave and Basin
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Activities
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Buildings
- Community life
- Cross-country skiing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Personal and Family Life
- Roads
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing - History
- Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
- Skoki Lodge
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Concord
- Skoki
- Deception Pass
- Assiniboine
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Photographs and Christmas Cards Album]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpi…
- Date Range
- 1938-1948
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
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 - 11
- Date Range
- 1938-1948
- Physical Description
- 1 album (306 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpine Club camp, Columbia Icefields; Maligne Lake and canyon, Caroline Hinman trip; Banff; Lake Louise; Christian Hasler]. 1939: [Ptarmigan Lake; Crosby Lake; Mount Vaux, Mount Ennis and Hanbury Peak; Ice River Valley; Goodsirs; Kate Gardiner; Phyllis Munday; Eric Brooks; Charles Hunter ranch, Pincher Creek; postcards of Washington and Oregon]. 1940: [Mount Athabasca; Lyell Glacier; Wapta River; Christian Hasler; Mount Waddington, Phyllis and Don Munday]. 1941: [Banff Indian Days; climbing Mount Odaray]. 1942: [Three Sisters; White Man's Pass area; Grassi Lakes; Bow River; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise area; Mounts Temple, Fay and Pinnacle; Mount Quadra; Mount Neptuak from Tower of Babel]. 1943: [Lake O'Hara, Alpine Club camp; Browne home, Banff; Mount Edith]. 1946: [Bow Lake; Jimmy and Billie Simpson; St. Nicholas Peak]. 1948?: [Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Mount Chephren; Peyto Glacier; Mount Rhonda; Dolomite Peak; Mummery Group; Freshfields; Mount Baker; Sherbrooke Lake; Mount Daly; Mount Balfour]. Inserts pertain to two typed text letters from Caroline Hinman to Lillian Gest and discuss various Off the Beaten Track information.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Inserts are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Activities
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Buildings
- Camps
- Christmas
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- 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. Locate original copies of inserts and return them to PD - 11 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…
- Date Range
- 1949-1958
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
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 - 12
- Date Range
- 1949-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Activities
- Buildings
- Camps
- Christmas
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Rehoused with acid-free paper and flat string - flat string tied around book to hold pages together.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte leaning on ski poles with a tall building and ski slope visible in the background - "Peter Whyte Obergurgl 1936" written in pencil on the back by Catharine Whyte
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 173
- 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 - 173
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte leaning on ski poles with a tall building and ski slope visible in the background - "Peter Whyte Obergurgl 1936" written in pencil on the back by Catharine Whyte
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Family and personal life
- Portrait
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Obergurgl
- Austria
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte on skis with a hotel and ski hill visible in the background - "Peter Whyte Obergurgl 1936] written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 174
- 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 - 174
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte on skis with a hotel and ski hill visible in the background - "Peter Whyte Obergurgl 1936] written on the back in pencil by Catharine Whyte
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Family and personal life
- Portrait
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Obergurgl
- Austria
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Peter and Catharine Whyte outside their house
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter and Catharine Whyte standing outside their house
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1964]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 176a
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- 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 - 176a
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1964]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter and Catharine Whyte standing outside their house
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Family and personal life
- Home
- Portrait
- Whyte Home
- Whyte House
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified man and Peter Whyte wearing Banff Ski Club sweaters on skis outside the Mt. Norquay Ski Club building
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 829
- 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 - 829
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified man and Peter Whyte wearing Banff Ski Club sweaters on skis outside the Mt. Norquay Ski Club building
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Banff Ski Club
- Buildings
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Peter and Catharine Whyte, Betty (Painter) Walker
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter and Catharine Whyte and Better (Painter) Walker on the porch of the Mt. Norquay Ski Club building
- Date Range
- 1931
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 832
- 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 - 832
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1931
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter and Catharine Whyte and Better (Painter) Walker on the porch of the Mt. Norquay Ski Club building
- Name Access
- Painter, Betty
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Family and personal life
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Portrait
- Ski areas
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Group at Skoki Lodge
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of (left to right) Allan Mather, Fern Brewster, Peter Whyte, Bernie Hansen, Norman Knight, Jackie White, Cyril Paris, Victor Kutschera, Cameron Stockand, Catharine Whyte standing in front of Skoki Lodge
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 261
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 261
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of (left to right) Allan Mather, Fern Brewster, Peter Whyte, Bernie Hansen, Norman Knight, Jackie White, Cyril Paris, Victor Kutschera, Cameron Stockand, Catharine Whyte standing in front of Skoki Lodge
- Name Access
- Brewster, Fern
- Hansen, Bernie
- Knight, Norman
- Kutschera, Victor
- Mather, Allan
- Paris, Cyril
- Stockard, Cameron
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Banff Ski Club
- Buildings
- Family and personal life
- Portrait
- Skoki Lodge
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Group outside Skoki
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of people and Ike Mills' dog sled team outside Skoki Lodge in the winter - Peter Whyte at far right, Ike Mills beside him, Catharine Whyte at far left petting a dog
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1935]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 387
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 8 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Skiing
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 387
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1935]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of people and Ike Mills' dog sled team outside Skoki Lodge in the winter - Peter Whyte at far right, Ike Mills beside him, Catharine Whyte at far left petting a dog
- Name Access
- Mills, Ike
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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