topic:"Guiding" found 11 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Ben Gadd fonds

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55758

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …

Date Range: 1956-2018

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M590; V810

Sous-Fonds: M590; V810

Accession Number: 2021.20; 2024.01

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Date Range: 1956-2018

Physical Description: ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows

History / Biographical: Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing

Notes: Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Education; Research; Publication; Environment; Geology; Tourism; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life; Academics; Guiding; Guides; Businesses; Finances; Conservation; Wildlife; Natural history; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Lethbridge; United States of America; Colorado; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Language: English; French; Dutch

Category: Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Rockies Trips Slide Show - Series I [1/2]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1822

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…

Date Range: [ca.1960-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 1

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981] V225 / NS 26

Date Range: [ca.1960-1981]

Physical Description: 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: R159-2 Administration Bldg, pool, Rundle R163-3 View from [Administration Bldg] R160-28 A pool & summer house R161-7 B.S.H. Terrace B50-29 Minnewanka docks B75-3 Mary & Can flga B30-19 Indigenous B30-18 [Indigenous] B9-19 [Indigenous] A11-16 Hoodoos A11-18 [Hoodoos] & youth 1966 A11-19 [Hoodoos] stones on top K11-10 Tree w. bear [illegible] A21-38 Camp in Alpine meadow 1969 K23-1 Games at Lake Louise K23-6 [Games at Lake Louise] Pitcher Race K23-5 [Game at Lake Louise] Hand race K23-9 Coupel with dog K23-12 Outlet stream & mt. Cathedral K23-13 Woodpile at O'Hara K23-17 Mt Cath. reflections K23-18 Polly & Eileen Tim W 2 View across lake to Lefroy (winter) [Tim W] 3 Skier on lake [Tim W] 4 [Skier] cabin & Odaray [Tim W] 5 [Skier] & tracks [Tim W] 6 View towards Odaray? [Tim W] 7 [blank] B66-29 Mt Assin. & 2 horsemen B27-12 [Mt. Assin.] & 4 hikers B26-31 Winstons & Assin. B67-16 Erling & porkie B67-17 [Erling & porkie] Chos H. A10-11 Mt. Eisenhower R159-14 Lake Louise - people on shore R169-14 Lake Louise & poppies B49-33 Chateau R178-22 Trail to Mirror Lake (?) R163 23 Lake Agnes fr. trail to Goat V. R168-22 At Tea House Lake Agnes R164-35 Squirrel & mits B74-37 Mt. Rundle B71-2 Boats at Minnewanka B22-9 Aileen in field of paint brush B22-10 Ten peaks from road B2-29 L. Coveney at Moraine Lake B22-16 Dot & Elsa R141-7 3 girls on trail to Sentinel Pass R198-30 Giant steps R144-7 [blank] R144-8 Same - people nearer B49-36 Bag Piper Band B27-17 Sedan left & Mt. Vic B27-19 Phyl admiring the view CH.'51 Fall colors CH fall colors Bow Valley CH [fall colors] Horse show at Mile 8 CH [fall colors] Near 8 Mile CH.49 Rundle & Banff fr. Norquay R178-6 Crowfoot glacier B2-6 Laurence at Bowl R176-4 Chephron & Murray Graty CH. Water [illegible] herb on shore of river B55-25 Mt Athabaska & flowers in Chalet R202-29 Deer - horns in velvet R146-6 Fawn lying down R207-15 Ed Feuz & H. Green on trail R164-11 Needles & Lake Agnes R207-17 Edw. & H.G. on Vic Ridge R207-21 Crack bet. Needles R207-16 Tea House thru crack R204-25 L.G. Sunbruned PR B68-19 1st Lake of [illegible] B54-9 Party on Lake shore R207-33 Abbot Pass Hut

Notes: Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Edward; Strom, Erling; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Calgary Stampede; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 - 7 ; See also notebooks (M67/51).

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

v225_ii_c_ii_a_ii_ns_i_1.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Rockies Trips Slide Show - Series I [2/2]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1823

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981] V225 / NS 27

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Physical Description: 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. K14-15 Clouds from plane 2. K17-26 3 Sisters & clouds 3. K11-8 From Poet's Pool 4. K207-34 Oesa from Abbots Pass 5. B30-27 Babg sandpiper 6. CH 4 fish from Baker Cr. 7. CH. Wilson's Ranch 8. CH. Douglas Lake at sunrise 9. CH. '55 ACC Camp Robson 10. CH. '55 N.E. from Ptarmigan Pk. 11. CH. '55 Banff fr. shoulder Cascade 12. CH. '55 Scarab L. & Whistler Pass 13. CH. 55 Lake & Healy Ck. Plateau 14. CH. 55 Egypt, Scarab, & Mummy Lake 15. CH. 55 NE across Scarab & Egypt L. 16. CH. 55 Monarch Mt. unnamed Lake 17. CH. 55 Mummy Lake 18. CH. 55 Healy Cr. summit & Talc mine L. beyond 19. CH. 55 Ptarmigan, Baker, Redonlet Lakes 20. CH 55 Fr. Ptarmigan Peak 21. CH 55 North fr. Ptarmigan Pk 22. CH 55 Merlin Lake 23. CH 55 Fossil Mt & Baker Lake fr. Ptarm. Pk 24. CH 55 Egypt Lake 25. B50-5 Garden & fowers 26. B32-6 MacArthur Lake 27. Duplicate Cathedral Basin 28. B27-24 Phyl waiting for train 29. K22-21 Spiral Tunnel 30. K22-18 [Spiral Tunnel] 31. K111-18 Photographer Hiker 32. K17-13 Crystal Cave 33. K17-23 Big Rock on trail 34. K16-12 Main Camp & Mt Coleman 35. K16-2 Around stream & dogs 36. K16-13 Campers & Mt Coleman 37. K16. 22 Conne & my horse 38. K16-23 [Conne] & her horse 39. K16-6 Hay fr. the horses 40. K10-14 Canoe on Lake O'Hara 41. -- 10 Walyek & party on porch 42. K5-34 Party by cairn 43. R146-36 Fool hen 44. CH. Baby ptarmigan 45. 191-15 Ptarmigan 46. R144-27 [Ptarmigan] on rocks 47. Vallance 60 Hummingbird male 48. [Vallance] 60 [Hummingbird] female 49. B55-11 Fool hen (nearest) 50. B13-37 Close up of moose 51. B13-35 Moose on club porch 52. B67-4 Charlie feeding moose 53. B11-26 4 buffalo feeding 54. B11-24 Buffalo herd 55. B30-4 Pika 56. B1-24 Beaver in pond 57. R173-34 Bear & cub at one pot 58. R173-33 Bear & 2 cubs one standing 59. R173-35 Bear 60. R185-16B1 Mt goat (bouglet) 61. R177-28 Coyote 62. B27-34 2 Sheep & tourists 63. B8-21 Sheep on the road 64. B27-31 3 ewes 65. B71-36 SHeep & marg fo[?] 66. R173-9 Ewe 67. B65-22 Deer at Club house 68. K36-3 2 plaques at old [Club house] 69. K36-1 Club house plaque 70. K36-2 [Club house plaque] 71. R206-28 Camp at Robson 72. R189-6 Phyl's rope on glacier 73. R187-21 Crowd on decsent 74. B46-4 Above Sunshine Lodge 75. B68-5 Camp fire w- flame 76. R179-17 Al gates plane in meadow 77. R204-32 Mashed plane 78. K15-6 Cars cars cars 79. K15-5 Cars at the Chateau 80. K15-4 View from #658 window

Notes: Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Edward; Strom, Erling; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Calgary Stampede; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 - 8 ; See also notebooks (M67/51).

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

v225_ii_c_Ii_a_ii_ns_i_2.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Front Range Outfitters - correspondence, application forms

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55902

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence and participant application forms pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's company, Front Range Outfitters.

Date Range: 1976-1979

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 21

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 21

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Ben and Cia Gadd

Date Range: 1976-1979

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence and participant application forms pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's company, Front Range Outfitters.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Outfitters; Businesses; Communications; Travel; Guides; Guiding; Tourism; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Front Range Outfitters - notes, other records

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55905

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notes, handouts, information sheets and other materials pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's company, Front Range Outfitters.

Date Range: 1976-1979

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 22

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Ben and Cia Gadd

Date Range: 1976-1979

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of notes, handouts, information sheets and other materials pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's company, Front Range Outfitters.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Outfitters; Businesses; Travel; Guides; Guiding; Tourism; Recreation; Tourist information

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Front Range Outings

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55904

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of receipts and invoices pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings. Includes supply invoices, account statements and other related materials.

Date Range: 1976-1978

Reference Code: M590 / IV / B / 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / IV : Legal and financial records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / IV / B : Financial records

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / IV / B / 15

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1976-1978

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of receipts and invoices pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings. Includes supply invoices, account statements and other related materials.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Finances; Commerce; Guides; Guiding; Businesses

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Front Range Outings promotional images

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56336

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of five photographs used in posters and other promotional material pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings, in 1976. Images depict three unidentified climbers resting on a rock surface, and views of unidentified mountains obscured partly by clouds.

Date Range: 1976

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / PA - 86 to 90

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: V810 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: V810

Sub-Series: V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / PA - 86 to 90

GMD: Photograph; Print

Responsibility: Produced by Ben Gadd

Date Range: 1976

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of five photographs used in posters and other promotional material pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings, in 1976. Images depict three unidentified climbers resting on a rock surface, and views of unidentified mountains obscured partly by clouds.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Promo; Businesses; Guides; Guiding; Climbing; Recreation; Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: V810/II/D/NA-30 to 36

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Front Range Outings promotional images

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56337

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs used in posters and other promotional material pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings, in 1976.

Date Range: 1976

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 30 to 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: V810 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: V810

Sub-Series: V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: V810 / III / D / NA - 30 to 36

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Ben Gadd

Date Range: 1976

Physical Description: 20 photographs : 5 b&w negative film strips ; 35 mm -- 2 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs used in posters and other promotional material pertaining to Ben and Cia Gadd's guiding company, Front Range Outings, in 1976.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Promo; Businesses; Guides; Guiding; Climbing; Recreation; Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: V810/II/D/PA-86 to 90

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Letters to Mother [June - October 1937]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7449

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102

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 / 102

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters 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. 102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Robb, Russell III (Rusty); Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Shepler, Dwight; Ward, Sam; Kaquitts, Tom; Brewster, Pat; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Strom, Erling; Feuz, Edward; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Poucette, Mark

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Guiding; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Ski areas; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; 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

Electronic Resources

m36_i_a_2b_i_102.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Old Swiss Guides

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57409

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mount…

Date Range: 1901-1963

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

14 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, O : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Old Swiss Guides

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1901-1963

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mountain Guides' Ball pamphlet.