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Life goes to Jasper Park in the Canadian Rockies : farthest north resort is tops in scenery

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1940

Publisher: Life

Call Number: 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.

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Publisher: Life

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 84 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Travel; Tourism; Labour; Edith Cavell, Mount; Hotels; Mountain guides; Hot springs; Skiing; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Postal services

Abstract: Pertains to the summer labour in Japser National Park during 1940 and the types of activities and amenities available for staff and tourists.

Notes: In Life, Vol. 9, No. 9, August 26, 1940, pp. 76 - 79

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books

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Membership Pin

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Date: 1940

Material: metal; paper

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1225 a,b

Description: (a) A dark gold-coloured pin contained in its original paper jeweller’s box (b). The round pin has with an outer rim with lettering and an inner circle which is divided into four segments by a pair of crossed skis and an ice axe with a trailing cord. The top section, clockwise, features the embosse…

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Title: Membership Pin

Date: 1940

Material: metal; paper

Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.8 cm

Description: (a) A dark gold-coloured pin contained in its original paper jeweller’s box (b). The round pin has with an outer rim with lettering and an inner circle which is divided into four segments by a pair of crossed skis and an ice axe with a trailing cord. The top section, clockwise, features the embossed head of a moose whose horns extend to the rim of the pin face; a maple leaf, a blue and red enamelled Union Jack; and a bear’s head. The outer rim has a dot on the middle bottom followed by: clockwise, “THE SKI CLUB OF THE”, 3 dots between moose’s horns, “CANADIAN ROCKIES”. A scrolled rim extending from the bottom of the circular pin face about one-third of the circumference has these words in Latin: “PER ARDUA AD MONTES”, roughly translated ‘through difficulties to the mountains’. The back of the pin has a pin set soldered on one-third from the top; one horizontal long-hinged pin rivetted at one end and fastened at the other by a swivel-locking safety clasp. (b) A square (3.8x3.8) red paper box filled with cotton batting. The top of the box has, in gold-coloured engraved script, “Cartier Ltd.” and printed underneath “LONDON”.

Subject: sports; skiing; organization; Canadian Rockies Ski Club

Credit: Gift of Peggy Leighton, London, 2007

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1225 a,b

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Letters to Mother [May - December 1940]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: 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: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed. 109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Simpson, Margaret; Rungius, Carl; Rungius, Louise; Brewster, Fern; Pocette, Mark; Paris, Cyril; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Gest, Lillian; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys; Greenham, Margaret; Harris, Lawren

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Highlanders; Cave and Basin; Children; Christmas; Cinema; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Icefields Parkway; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Minniwanka; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Miette Hot Springs; Mountain; Mountain School; Mount Edith Cavel; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Jasper; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Victoria; Vancouver; Windermere; Radium; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Montana; 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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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.2 cm

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; card; Christmas; river

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

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Letters to Mother [July - December 1941]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 63 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 27 to December 31, 1941. Topics include details of things immediately following Edith and Mildred Owen's visit to Banff, day to day life, weather, visits from friends, Pete and Catharine sorting ou…

Date Range: 1941

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 111

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: 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: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 111

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1941

Physical Description: 1.4 cm of textual records (78 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 63 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 27 to December 31, 1941. Topics include details of things immediately following Edith and Mildred Owen's visit to Banff, day to day life, weather, visits from friends, Pete and Catharine sorting out their plot in the cemetery, trips to Bow Lake [Num-Ti-Jah Lodge] and Lake O'Hara for sketching/painting and hiking throughout August, events and people in Concord [including Russell's activities in the US Army], updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], books Catharine and Edith are reading, wildlife, painting/sketching, photography, errand trips to Calgary and Lake Louise [the latter mostly to help Jack with matters pertaining to the Mount Temple Lodge], radio programs [mostly operas and the news], matters pertaining to the the store and apartments on Banff Ave [mostly consisting of settling the affairs and estate following Dave's death], the sudden death of Margaret Simpson in September, installing a partition screen/wall in the front room to make it smaller and easier to heat, cleaning and household chores, Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, various holidays [both Canadian and American], news pertaining to the war, installing a stoker for the furnace, construction of the new dam at Lake Minnewanka, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7 and America's subsequent entry into the war [also included Canadian reserve forces being placed on 2-hour call to mobilize], putting together slides, and Christmas activities and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and 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. 111 - 25 contains a sketch of the new partion in the front room.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Owen, Mildred; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Simpson, Margaret; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Strom, Erling; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Greenham, Margaret; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Rungius, Carl; Vaux, Mary

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Aid; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Minniwanka; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mountain School; Mount Temple Chalet; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skating; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; 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: Processed

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.