topic:"Catharine Whyte" found 24 records - Research Collections

Catharine Robb

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Artist: Garry Williams (1956 – 2005, Canadian)

Date: 1980

Catalogue Number: WiG.06.01

Description: A very large and heavy clay construction; unfired; portrait of Catharine Robb Whyte in four pieces; the head is one large piece, the other three are her shoulders and back; the back of her head is a rendering of the living room, fireplace area, of the Whyte House; the sculpture is painted realistic…

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Artist: Garry Williams (1956 – 2005, Canadian)

Title: Catharine Robb

Date: 1980

Dimensions: 95.0 x 85.0 x 110.0 cm

Description: A very large and heavy clay construction; unfired; portrait of Catharine Robb Whyte in four pieces; the head is one large piece, the other three are her shoulders and back; the back of her head is a rendering of the living room, fireplace area, of the Whyte House; the sculpture is painted realistically.

Subject: portrait, female; Catharine Whyte

Credit: Gift of Garry Williams, Calgary, 1980

Catalogue Number: WiG.06.01

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Hiking Boots

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Date: 1979

Material: skin; fibre; metal; plastic

Catalogue Number: 103.03.1132 a,b

Description: A pair of brown leather, over the ankle, square-toed hiking boots with light brown cotton laces. Each boot has six lace hooks (lacing lugs) and one grommetted eyelet on each side. The sole is separate and stitiched to the boot.

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Title: Hiking Boots

Date: 1979

Material: skin; fibre; metal; plastic

Dimensions: 15.5 x 9.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: A pair of brown leather, over the ankle, square-toed hiking boots with light brown cotton laces. Each boot has six lace hooks (lacing lugs) and one grommetted eyelet on each side. The sole is separate and stitiched to the boot.

Subject: sports; hiking; climbing; Catharine Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: 103.03.1132 a,b

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David Conrad

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Re: Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre, Cold Lake, Alberta.

Date Range: 1975

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 4 / b / i / 1232

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.4. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 4 / b / i / 1232

Date Range: 1975

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Re: Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre, Cold Lake, Alberta.

Subject Access: Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Dimensions: 10.9 x 16.3 cm

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left corner text reads: “CATHARINE AND PETER”. BRC Peter’s signature and “‘47”See WyP.03.718 and WyP.03.960 for previous tester and versions.

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; peter whyte; whyte home; catharine whyte; holidays

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

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Waterfall

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

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.431

Description: Multi stage waterfall: mid-to-left hand side vegetation and rock in dark blue, brown and green creating a dark shadowed bank; mid-to-right are bright lively cascades of white water over dark rocks creating a multi stage waterfall; the right side is dark blue and green; bottom of painting cascading …

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

Title: Waterfall

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: Multi stage waterfall: mid-to-left hand side vegetation and rock in dark blue, brown and green creating a dark shadowed bank; mid-to-right are bright lively cascades of white water over dark rocks creating a multi stage waterfall; the right side is dark blue and green; bottom of painting cascading water.

Subject: landscape; waterfall; Catharine Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.431

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of two Christmas cards (not annotated) of Peter and Catharine Whyte. Cards are blank and came from Henry and Gale Beaumont, friends of the Grandmaison's and Neilson's in Banff.

Date Range: ca.1950

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 2015.8556

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Accession Number: 2015.8556

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 2015.8556

Date Range: ca.1950

Physical Description: 2 cards

Scope & Content: File consists of two Christmas cards (not annotated) of Peter and Catharine Whyte. Cards are blank and came from Henry and Gale Beaumont, friends of the Grandmaison's and Neilson's in Banff.

Subject Access: Peter Whyte; Catharine Whyte

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation fonds

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Textual records: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Administration; 3. Archives; 4. Gallery; 5. Heritage collections; 6. Photography. Photographs: A. Foundation b…

Date Range: [after 1958]

Reference Code: M124 / S38 / V692

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Map; Plan; Sound recording; Cassette; Recording disc; Textual record; Corporate record

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 124; S 38; V 692

Sous-Fonds: M 124; S 38; V 692

Accession Number: 429, 1010, 1415, 1464, 1488, 1558, 1567, 1609, 1856, 1879, 1919, 2043, 2471, 2803, 2810, 2968, 3068, 3112, 3123, 3149, 3228, 3291, 3372, 3438, 3499, 3702, 3840, 4062, 4089, 4092, 5102, 5161, 5180, 5344, 5422, 5489, 5685, 5806, 6162, 6495, 6694, 6915, 7263, 7317 (unproc), 7763 (unproc)

Reference Code: M124 / S38 / V692

GMD: Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Map; Plan; Sound recording; Cassette; Recording disc; Textual record; Corporate record

Date Range: [after 1958]

Physical Description: ca.6.0 m textual records. -- ca.12,500 photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 13 sound recordings: 6 audio cassettes, 7 audio compact disc (copy of 2 audio cassettes). -- 7 video tape recording: 1 VHS, 6 DVD. -- 1 cartographic record: survey site plan: 1:250

History / Biographical: The Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization that operates the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa Foundation, as the foundation was initially named, was founded and endowed by artists Peter and Catharine Whyte in 1958. It supported broad causes as well as acting as an agency for collecting and preserving cultural materials of the Canadian Rockies.; In 1968, a building designed by Philippe Delesalle and known as the Archives of the Canadian Rockies opened at 111 Bear Street in Banff, providing accommodation for a regional archives, gallery and the Banff Library. After a major renovation and addition in 1993, the foundation now supports three collection and exhibition departments under the name of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies: Archives and Library, Art Gallery and Heritage Collection.; Geographic collecting limits of the museum are the mountainous areas of Canada bounded by the 49th Parallel on the south, the Peace River on the north, the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Columbia Mountains on the west.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.; Textual records: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Administration; 3. Archives; 4. Gallery; 5. Heritage collections; 6. Photography.; Photographs: A. Foundation buildings; B. Gallery exhibition installation shots (negatives only); C. Events and guests (including Banff Day, gallery openings, special events and guests); D. Displays (inside and outside of the museum); E. Publicity and publication (includes views produced for this purpose); F. General (mainly people, places and events in Banff and area; includes photographs produced by Museum staff not included in other series). Photographs were made by staff of the Whyte Foundation, private photographers, and others.; Three sound recordings were made for research purposes during the course of Gallery operations; pertain to Ann Wheeler, David Settles and Peter Whyte art and exhibit. Other sound recording is of Grant MacEwan talk at the Whyte Museum, December 1993; recorded by Woody MacPhail. Video recording is of Banff Day 1997 by Eddie Hunter. 2 audio cassettes are a recording of the Clifford Jackson White memorial service held September 13, 2003 hosted by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.; Six sound and video recordings were made as part of the Fireside Chats at the Whyte program. These oral histories were conducted before a live audience at the historic Crosby home, Abegweit during the years 2012-2014. Interviews with Rob Crosby, Dorothy Carleton, Ralphine Locke, Don Mickle, Bridget Jones, Fran Drummond.; Cartographic materials include a site plan of lots 7-12, Block A, Plan 6719 B.C., November, 2000.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Arts; Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Related Material: A CD-R copy of the Clifford Jackson memorial service with program notes and a transcript of a speech by Bill Holmes is located in the Clifford Jackson White fonds.

Creator: Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation

Category: Arts; Cultural pluralism; Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Note: March 16, 2023: Foundation Records were processed up to 2008 by Ted Hart in 2010-2011. The unprocessed records are stored off-site and there is no inventory. Some Art Department exhibition records prior to 2008 were inadvertently missed and remain in unprocessed. The file level descriptions prepared by Ted Hart are not in the database, however the inventory is located in the ArchivalMaster file for textual and sound, and ArchivalMaster2 for visual. Some records, including oversize have been added to the database, but it isn't consistent. O:\m_textual\m124_foundation_records_archivalmaster ; R:\v_visual\v692_foundation_records_archivalmaster. Access is restricted unless authorized by Head of Archives and Special Collections, CEO or CFO, or Head of applicable department.

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Marie Sinclair fonds

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Part Of: Marie Sinclair fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre, Cold Lake, Alberta; Cold Lake, people and area; Catharine Whyte home, Banff; Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: 1973-1974

Reference Code: V578

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Part Of: Marie Sinclair fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 578

Sous-Fonds: V 578

Accession Number: 5217

Reference Code: V578

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print

Date Range: 1973-1974

Physical Description: 45 photographs : prints, negatives

History / Biographical: Marie Sinclair lived at Banff, Alberta, Canada, where she worked as assistant to Catharine Whyte, ca.1973

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to Catharine Whyte Multicultural Centre, Cold Lake, Alberta; Cold Lake, people and area; Catharine Whyte home, Banff; Banff Indian Days.