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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.
- Processing Status
- Processed.
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Fern Brewster album
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- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area,…
- Date Range
- [1922-1930]
- Reference Code
- V90 / PD - 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
13 images
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436 / V90
- Series
- II. Fern Brewster
- Sous-Fonds
- V90
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V90 / PD - 10
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Date Range
- [1922-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (217 photographs : b&w)
- Scope & Content
- Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on item.
- Name Access
- Crosby, Lou
- Brewster, Dell
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jim
- Kaldahl, Oliver
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Films and film making
- Travel
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Hawaii
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to filming of the movie "Silver Streak". Images include shots of cast members Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor and Jill Clayburgh (action shots from film and also staged cast photographs).
- Date Range
- [1976]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / C1 / 115
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
3 images
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.C. Photography : prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / C1 / 115
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [1976]
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : prints, b/w
- History / Biographical
- Comedy thriller "Silver Streak" (1976) was directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Colin Higgins. Parts of the filming took place in locations throughout Alberta, including Okotoks, Calgary, and Drumheller. The film largely takes place aboard a moving train, and the use of Canadian Pacific Railway for this purpose is likely how Nicholas Morant (Canadian Pacific's Special Photographer from 1930 - 1981) was able to take the photographs in this file.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to filming of the movie "Silver Streak". Images include shots of cast members Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor and Jill Clayburgh (action shots from film and also staged cast photographs).
- Storage Range
- In file box V500 /I / C1 / 109 PA - 1 to V500 / I / C1 / 121 / PA - 4
- Name Access
- Gene Wilder
- Richard Pryor
- Jill Clayburgh
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Films and film making
- Silver Streak
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Biographical Source Notes
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- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian and global news [ca. 1930 - 1945]
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is divided into sections with tabs labelled: Canadian, Britain, American, and Foreign. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Dionne Quints; political subjects; royalty and royal families in England, India, Denmark and Norway; celebrities and film stars; and sports: box…
- Date Range
- [1930 - 1940]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- [1940 - 1945]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 17
- Date Range
- [1930 - 1940]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- [1940 - 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is divided into sections with tabs labelled: Canadian, Britain, American, and Foreign. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Dionne Quints; political subjects; royalty and royal families in England, India, Denmark and Norway; celebrities and film stars; and sports: boxing, Joe Louis, football, billiards, tennis, baseball, horseracing, the Simpson sisters, and rodeo events.
- Name Access
- Dafoe, Allan Roy
- Dionne Quintuplets
- Meighen, Arthur
- Bennett, Robert B.
- Grenfell, Wilfred
- Davison, Andrew
- McBride, Robert
- Buchan, John
- MacDonald, Ramsay
- Mussolini, Benito
- Hitler, Adolf
- Dubail, Yvon
- Pasha, Enver
- Ivanov, Nicholas
- Von Emmich, Otto
- Matsui, Iwane
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Garson, Greer
- Parker, Cecil
- Lindo, Olga
- Howard, Trevor
- Hofmann, Josef
- Bogart, Humphrey
- Louis, Joe
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Politics
- Military
- Public events
- Royalty
- Royal tours
- Travel
- War
- Memorial
- World War I
- World War II
- Education
- Children
- Sports and recreation
- Skating
- Films and film making
- Music
- Performance
- Baseball
- Tennis
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- Callander
- England
- London
- China
- Shanghai
- Czechoslovakia
- Prague
- United States of America
- New York
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle scrapbook with caution due to loose contents
- Item has been interleaved with acid-free tissue paper
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Military
- Politics
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mt. Brewster Cornice Dynamiting Warden Service. -- 1956, April
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Blasting cornices on top of Mount Brewster for a National Film Board film.
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.D.iv. - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Old file: Government operations and projects
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.D.iv. - 1
- Physical Description
- ca.9 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Blasting cornices on top of Mount Brewster for a National Film Board film.
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Sinclair Prod. Ski Film Sunshine. -- 1969
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Ski school film at Sunshine Ski area. Douglas Sinclair producer. Some photographs taken by another photographer, Susan Biggs?. Skiers and production crew shown.
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.F. Old file: Films and film making
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 3
- Physical Description
- ca.31 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Ski school film at Sunshine Ski area. Douglas Sinclair producer. Some photographs taken by another photographer, Susan Biggs?. Skiers and production crew shown.
- Subject Access
- Films and film making
- Skiers
- Sunshine Ski Area
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Potterton Prod. . -- 1970
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Potterton Productions at Bow Lake shows cast and crew at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. An actor dressed as a Mountie skiing and snowmobiling.
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.F. Old file: Films and film making
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 4
- Physical Description
- ca.84 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Potterton Productions at Bow Lake shows cast and crew at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. An actor dressed as a Mountie skiing and snowmobiling.
- Subject Access
- Bow Lake
- Films and film making
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Chetwind Film. -- 1960
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Various film operations filming sport fishermen?
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.F. Old file: Films and film making
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 1
- Physical Description
- ca.30 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Various film operations filming sport fishermen?
- Subject Access
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Grizzly Bear Hunt ABC-TV. -- 1965, September
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Also titled "Bow Hunter, Fred Bear, Guides, Jack Lee, Bill Love". Location at Fred Bear campsite, Stevens Lake, B.C. with Bill Love and Jack Lee as the outfitters from Hazelton, B.C., and Dr. R.L. Hambrick from Mercer, Wisconsin. Bear trapping in Yoho National Park.
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.F. Old file: Films and film making
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.F. - 2
- Physical Description
- ca.70 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Also titled "Bow Hunter, Fred Bear, Guides, Jack Lee, Bill Love". Location at Fred Bear campsite, Stevens Lake, B.C. with Bill Love and Jack Lee as the outfitters from Hazelton, B.C., and Dr. R.L. Hambrick from Mercer, Wisconsin. Bear trapping in Yoho National Park.
- Subject Access
- Bears
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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CBC Productions. -- 1965-1971
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes the Diary of a Mountaineer, The Kane Story, Edward Feuz Story.
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.iii. - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.iii. - 4
- Physical Description
- ca.62 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Includes the Diary of a Mountaineer, The Kane Story, Edward Feuz Story.
- Subject Access
- Feuz, Edward
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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