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Erling Strom interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1969
Reference Code
S1 / 23
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I. Interviews
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
N/A
Reference Code
S1 / 23
Responsibility
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies
Date Range
1969
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Name Access
Albizzi, Nicholas degli
Bagley, Jim
Linley, Alfred
McKinley, Mount
Mills, Ike
Vernon-Wood, Ruth
Weiss, Joe
Wilson, Tom
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Banff Ski Club
Canadian Pacific Railway
Columbia Icefield
Mount Assiniboine Lodge
Skiing
Language
English
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
Title based on contents of recording
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - July 1939]

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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 January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are read…
Date Range
1939
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 106
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 / 106
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
2.3 cm of textual records (138 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 January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are reading, day to day life, weather, slide-making, skiing at Norquay, visits from friends and visitors, descriptions of meals, wildlife [often in the yard], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, the Winter Carnival, construction of the Mount Temple Chalet finishing and subsequent trips to Temple to ski, cleaning and household chores, trips to Skoki to ski, painting/sketching, photography, updates on Dave White's health, errand trips to Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], planning a new additon to the back of the house, going to Victoria and back in April-May [they stayed in Lethbridge, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kamloops, and Vancouver before arriving in Victoria by car and then took the train back to Banff from Prince George through Revelstoke and Golden], preparing the house for renovations [includes deep cleaning and having the floors sanded], the King and Queen visiting in late May, the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, Russ' health concerns, short trips around the mountains to paint/sketch [mostly up to Bow Lake/Saskatchewan River Crossing and into Yoho National Park], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, progress on the construction of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake, and preparing for the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples 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. 106 - 47 contains details of the 1939 Royal Visit.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
White, Annie
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
White, Peter
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
White, Clifford J., Sr.
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Ward, Sam
Ward, Louise (Cis)
Mackenzie, Kate
Paris, Cyril
Rummel, Elizabeth
Rummel, Lizzie
Feuz, Edward
Mather, Allan
Castle, Donald
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Service, Robert
McGee, Sam
King George VI
Brewster, Jim
Bearspaw, David
Moore, Phil
Moore, Pearl
Rungius, Carl
Vaux, George, X
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Art
Artists
Automobiles
Backcountry skiing
Banff
Banff Indian Days
Banff Winter Carnival
Birds
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Cave and Basin
Children
Community events
Community life
Construction
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Home
Hospital
Hiking
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
Royal tours
Royal Visit
Royalty
Scenery
Skating
Skiing
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Skoki Lodge
Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Swiss Guides
Trains
Transportation
Travel
War
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Lake Minnewanka
Bow Lake
Little Yoho Valley
Yoho National Park
Banff National Park
Calgary
Alberta
Kamloops
Nelson
Prince George
Vancouver
Victoria
Revelstoke
Golden
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
Electronic Resources

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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
back and even across the bridge by tbe uolf club. by that time he was interested 1n all big trees
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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 / 120
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
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 written on RCAF letterhead.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
White, Annie
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Whyte, Jon
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
Whyte, Barbara
Kaquitts, Tom
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Watson, Sir Norman
Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
Bagley, Frederick A.
Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
Mather, Allan
Sanson, Norman
Ward, Sam
Subject Access
Activities
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Ski Club
Birds
Bird watching
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Calgary Stampede
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Curling
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Gardening
Hockey
Home
Hospital
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Literature
Moose
Mountain
Mount Temple Chalet
Norquay Ski Hill
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Airforce
RCAF
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Upper Hot Springs
Weather
Weddings
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Banff
Bow Lake
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Morley
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
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Alex Calhoun interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1971
Reference Code
S1 / 8
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 8
Responsibility
Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Date Range
1971
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
Title based on contents of recording
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Cyril Paris interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1970
Reference Code
S1 / 50
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 50
Responsibility
Interviewer: Sue (Coreless) Davies
Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
Date Range
1970
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Name Access
Brett, Robert George
Browne, Agnes
Subject Access
Ashton, Bevan
Banff Ski Club
Bryant, Owen
Daem, Chris
Edwards, Chess
Kutschera, Victor
Mills, Ike
Mount Norquay Ski Area
Paley, Raymond Edward Alan Christopher (Kit)
Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies
Skiing - Accidents
Skiing - Banff
Skoki Lodge
Spencer, Earl
Upper Hot Springs Hotel
Watson, Sir Norman
White, Cliff
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
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James Monroe Thorington interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1970
Reference Code
S1 / 57
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 57
Responsibility
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Date Range
1970
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Cromwell, Eaton
Feuz, Edward
Kain, Conrad
Palmer, Howard
Phillips, Curly
Simpson, Jimmy
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
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Phyllis Munday interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1972
Reference Code
S1 / 65
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 65
Responsibility
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Date Range
1972
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Backpacking - early equipment
British Columbia Mountaineering Club
Lovat Scouts
Skiing - Mt. Waddington, B.C.
Waddington, Mount (B.C.)
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
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Jimmy Lamb interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1974
Reference Code
S1 / 82
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 82
Responsibility
Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
Interviewer: Roger Boulet
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
CURREN, JOHN D.
Guides and Packers Club
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
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Title Source
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Bill Harrison interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1976
Reference Code
S1 / 122
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 122
Responsibility
Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
Date Range
1976
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Name Access
Boyce, Jim
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Bears, Grizzly
Brigden, Fred
Cabins and shelters
Feuz, Walter
Gardiner, Katie
Gest, Lillian
Gibbon, John Murray
Harris, Ley
Hasler, Christian
Jones, Ken
Kain, Conrad
MacCarthy, Albert H.
Nixon, Walter
Outfitters, trail guides and packers
Phillips, Curly
Richter, Frank
Surveys
Thorington, James Monroe
Trapping
Vernon-Wood, Tex
Walcott, Charles Doolittle
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Finding Aid
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Fay Nowlin interview

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15293
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1976
Reference Code
S1 / 123
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 123
Responsibility
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Date Range
1976
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada - Huts
Brewster Transportation Company
Davies, Bert
Fires
Graves, Sidney
Harmon, Byron
Lake O'Hara Lodge
Lovat Scouts
National parks and reserves - Wardens
Peyto, Stan
Roberts, H. Armstrong
Wapta Bungalow Camp
Finding Aid
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Title Source
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