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Letters to Mother [January - June 1941]

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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 January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for th…

Date Range: 1941

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 110

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 / 110

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1941

Physical Description: 1.4 cm of textual records (84 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 January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the construction of a new Spitfire plane], books Catharine and Edith are reading, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], kitchen appliances and descriptions of meals, news pertaining to the war, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, ski trips to Mount Temple Lodge throughout February and March [includes helping improve ski runs and getting a sleigh for the tractor, guests at the lodge, evening conversations, clothing, and food], the Winter Carnival [including swim races by Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Air Force members at the Cave and Basin], errand trips to Calgary, events and people in Concord, Edith's involvement with the Red Cross, wildlife, going on a road trip to Victoria in April [staying in Calgary, Creston, Grand Forks, and Vancouver on the way there and Lytton and Revelstoke on the way back], cleaning and household chores, and preparing for Edith and Mildred Owen to arrive for a visit at the end of June.

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. 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. 110 - 39 contains sketches of the 2-storey privy at a hotel in Cowley [?] and a corner decoration in their hotel room in Grand Forks.

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); White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Boyce, Jim; Noble, George; Strom, Erling; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Cave and Basin; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Minniwanka; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mountain School; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skoki Lodge; 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; Calgary; Alberta; Vancouver; Victoria; Revelstoke; 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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Letters to Mother [January - March 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to March 20, 1942. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, the wedding of Edmee More and Charles Reid in January [also includes details on…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 112

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 112

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 0.8 cm of textual records (34 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to March 20, 1942. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, the wedding of Edmee More and Charles Reid in January [also includes details on various showers and parties], visits from friends, matters pertaining to the the store and apartments on Banff Ave, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], watching hockey games, books Catharine and Edith are reading, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war [including black-out drills in Banff], the Banff Winter Carnival [including helping with the set-up, the parade and Carnival Queen, and events like races, ski jumping at Norquay, curling, and skijoring on the river], going to the movies, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, various holidays [both Canadian and American], and various other Banff community 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 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. 112 - 16 contains sketches of a quilt pattern made by the Red Cross.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Campbell, Gray; Watson, Sir Norman; Greenham, Margaret; Caird, Jean; Noble, George; Paris, George; Paris, Cyril; Reid, Charles

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Aid; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Trains; Transportation; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; 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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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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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113

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 / 113

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community 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 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Greenham, Margaret; Baker-Carr, Kay; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Caird, Jean; Noble, George; Phillips, Walter J.

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Bicycles; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Railway; Cave and Basin; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Aid; First Nations; Hiking; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; King Edward Hotel; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Sightseeing; Ski areas; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sunshine Lodge; Sunshine Village; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; 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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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; 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 / 114

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.

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 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Whyte, Dorothy; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Bow Lake; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Columbia Icefield; Columbia Icefield Chalet; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; 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; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Icefield Parkway; Banff National Park; 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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Peter Whyte papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…

Date Range: 1905-1964

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Date Range: 1905-1964

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).

History / Biographical: Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.; Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.; During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.; Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.; Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Films and film making M; Photography M; Royal Canadian Air Force M; Skiing; Whyte, Catharine Robb M; World War II, 1939-1945 M

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.

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