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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 38
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds 22
- Bruce Hatfield fonds 5
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds 5
- Allan E. Crawford fonds 4
- Dorothy Wardle fonds 2
- Elmer and Grace Charlton fonds 2
- John Murray Gibbon fonds 2
- Luxton family fonds 2
- Bruno Engler fonds 1
- John Williams fonds 1
- Lawrence Grassi fonds 1
- Michael Mitchell (1943 – , Canadian) 39
- Barbara Leighton (1911 – 1986, Canadian) 17
- Rungius, Carl 10
- Whyte, Catharine 8
- Gibbon, John Murray 7
- Hatfield, Bruce 5
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean 5
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 5
- Wotypka family (?) 5
- Crawford, Allan E. 4
- Sanson, Norman 4
- Whyte, Peter 4
Cathedral Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.04.02
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.04.02
- Description
- General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.04.02
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Mount Cathedral from Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.45
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.45
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain in purple tones, a row of spruce trees in blue run across length of picture, the foreground is mostly green. A lone, brownish dead tree runs vertically off center left. The top half is very light blue sky. This print is on page 102 of Boulet's book The Tranquility and the Turbule…
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- Title
- Mount Cathedral from Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain in purple tones, a row of spruce trees in blue run across length of picture, the foreground is mostly green. A lone, brownish dead tree runs vertically off center left. The top half is very light blue sky. This print is on page 102 of Boulet's book The Tranquility and the Turbulence.
- Credit
- Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.45
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Mount Schaeffer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.19
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- colour woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.19
1 image
- Title
- Mount Schaeffer
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- colour woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.1 x 25.5 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.19
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Trail ride photograph album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions14149
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some por…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 1
- Responsibility
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Nelson family (?)
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album : 50 prints; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some portraits and group shots of people from trip include George Vaux, John Murray Gibbon, Jeanne and George Hisler (?), also Carl Rungius (photo missing). Album also has 4 newspaper clippings attached inside pertaining to 1936 packing trip depicted in album, booklet on July 31-August 4, 1936 trip with annotated list of travellers and 2 tickets for the same trip signed by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.
- Subject Access
- Packing
- Travel
- Exploration
- Horses
- Mountains
- Scenery
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nelson family of Calgary (?)
- Title Source
- Titled based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Trail Ride of 1937
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54697
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Lantern slide
- Photograph
- Transparency
27 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.
- Notes
- Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.
- Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Rungius, Carl
- Fisher, George
- Subject Access
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Hiking
- Mount Assiniboine
- Travel
- Tourism
- Trail guides
- Trails
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Great Divide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Bulletin No. 48 (October 1937)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Group portrait
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53061
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Pearl Moore, Col. Phil Moore, Catharine Whyte, Carl Rungius, Peter Whyte, and John Murray Gibbon posed in a line in front of a hitching post with mountains in the background - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back …
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 624
- 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 - 624
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Pearl Moore, Col. Phil Moore, Catharine Whyte, Carl Rungius, Peter Whyte, and John Murray Gibbon posed in a line in front of a hitching post with mountains in the background - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back in pencil
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Phil
- Rungius, Carl
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Group around campfire
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53062
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, and Col. Phil Moore sitting and standing around a campire - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 625
- 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 - 625
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, and Col. Phil Moore sitting and standing around a campire - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back in pencil
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Moore, Phil
- Rungius, Carl
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Camps
- Campfires
- Family and personal life
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1939
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54698
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
33 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).
- Notes
- Each slide is labelled.
- Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Wardle, James M.
- McCowan, Dan
- Sanson, Norman
- MacDonald, Jack
- Cran, Anna
- Savatard, Emmeline
- Struthers, Betsy
- Fisher, George
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Subject Access
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Lake Louise
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mount Assiniboine Trail Ride Album (1943)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions14150
- Scope & Content
- One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second…
- Date Range
- 1943
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 2
- Responsibility
- Created by Jeanne Nelson of Calgary (?)
- Date Range
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (111 prints)
- Scope & Content
- One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second half of album pertains to Sky Line Hike Camp trip through Goat Creek and Spray River in August, 1943. Photographs depict group shots of riders on horseback and individuals hiking, swimming, scenic views of mountains, lakes, etc., portraits/individual shots of trip attendees, and views of teepees and campsites. Album also contains 3 newspaper clippings with articles related to trips, Trail Riders ticket for Miss Jeanne Nelson (July 30th - August 3rd, 1943) and 2 small booklets (one pertaining to each of two trips depicted in album). Pamphlet for Trail Riders packing trip is covered in signatures of trip attendees. Photos depict individuals including Carl Rungius, Jeanne Nelson, Wilf Bennett, Jean Stewart, and Peggy Robinson.
- Notes
- Possibly related to photographs in file V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178
- Name Access
- Nelson, Jeanne
- Subject Access
- Camping
- Hiking
- Travel
- Mountain
- Lake
- Horses
- Swimming
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Interleave pages with acid-free tissue paper to prevent further deterioration of photographs. Consider replacing metal spiral binding in the future if rusting becomes a risk to rest of album.
- Creator
- Jeanne Nelson (?)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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1944 packing contest and trail ride photos
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Hollow…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / PA - 117 to 143
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white prints. Content pertains to a 1944 packing contest and trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [includes promotional photographs, possibly by Canadian Pacific]. Photographs include trail guides Don Edge, Ken Teare, Edith Edge and Horace Holloway. Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific.
- Notes
- Many of photographs are annotated on reverse with date, description of photograph, etc. Some dated 1944.
- Name Access
- Edge, Don
- Edge, Edith
- Teare, Ken
- Holloway, Horace
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Travel
- Tourism
- Guide
- Pack trips
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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