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Banff's first hockey rink
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53139
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff's first hockey rink - possibly on the Bow River or modern-day recreation grounds - with a church and Cascade Mountain visible in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 704
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 704
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff's first hockey rink - possibly on the Bow River or modern-day recreation grounds - with a church and Cascade Mountain visible in the distance
- Subject Access
- Bow River
- Cascade Mountain
- Hockey
- Hockey rink
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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Banff Hockey Team
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group portrait of the Banff Hockey Team - Jim Brewster visible second from left
- Date Range
- 1906-1907
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 706
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 706
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1906-1907
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group portrait of the Banff Hockey Team - Jim Brewster visible second from left
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Subject Access
- Banff Hockey Team
- Hockey
- Portrait
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
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Fulton Dunsmore Photograph Album
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- Part Of
- Fulton Dunsmore fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album about Fulton Dunsmore, friends and family; mainly activities, including skiing, fishing, climbing, hiking, camping, picnicing, ski jumping, skating, hockey. Includes: Mount Norquay Ski Camp, 1928?; Dunsmore and friends, including Peter Whyte and possibly Paris brothe…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1928-1935]
- Reference Code
- V184 / I / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Fulton Dunsmore fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V184
- Series
- I. Photograph albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V184
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V184 / I / PD - 3
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1928-1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (268 prints and 1 loose print).
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album about Fulton Dunsmore, friends and family; mainly activities, including skiing, fishing, climbing, hiking, camping, picnicing, ski jumping, skating, hockey. Includes: Mount Norquay Ski Camp, 1928?; Dunsmore and friends, including Peter Whyte and possibly Paris brothers, on Banff Ski Club trips to Whitmans' Lodge warden cabin #11 and Spray Lakes Lodge warden cabin #1; ski trip to Skoki? area; Dunsmore and friends growing beards; Dunsmore (in Calgary? with fellow students?), 1930; trip to Sherbrooke Lake.
- Name Access
- Dunsmore, Fulton
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Ski Club
- Boats
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hockey
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Norquay Ski Camp
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski jumping
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Mount Norquay
- Spray Lakes
- Skoki
- Sherbrooke Lake
- Calgary
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No photocopying
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brewster Family Photographs
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- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1898-1980]
- Reference Code
- V90 / IV / PA - 468 to 601
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Tintype
11 images
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436 / V90
- Series
- IV. Brewster family
- Sous-Fonds
- V90
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V90 / IV / PA - 468 to 601
- GMD
- Photograph
- Tintype
- Date Range
- [ca. 1898-1980]
- Physical Description
- ca.134 photographs : prints; some oversize.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Brewster, Bill
- Brewster, George
- Brewster, Jack Alexander
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Phil
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Brewster Transport Company Ltd.
- Children
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Hockey
- Home
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Photography
- Portrait
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Travel
- Weddings
- Geographic Access
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Bow Falls
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Ireland
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Personal Daytimers
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper en…
- Date Range
- 1926-1927
- Reference Code
- M546 / 33 to 34
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
2 images
2 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546
- Accession Number
- 2014.8312
- Reference Code
- M546 / 33 to 34
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1926-1927
- Physical Description
- 4.3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 7.5 x 12 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper entries regard camps. August 14-15 page marked with piece of paper entries regard Assiniboine camp and ascent. January 24 work on article for Logan report. March continued work on Logan report and C. N. P. A. report throughout May. Travels on Vancouver Island in May. Daily notations of weather, day to day activities, office work, correspondence, watching hockey games and other leisure. M546 / 34 : July 29-30 with piece of paper entries regarding travel around Banff, Jasper and Field. Daily notations of day to day activities, office work, correspondence, leisure. Continued work on C. N. P. A. Extensive documentation of chores. August travel around Freshfield River and House River. Hole in paper near spine on page August 11-12.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Anniversary
- Backpacking
- Birthday
- Camps
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Discovery and exploration
- Family and personal life
- Finances
- Hiking
- Hockey
- Holidays
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineering
- Mount Logan
- Photography
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports and recreation
- Record keeping
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Work
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Rocky Mountains
- Selkirks
- Assiniboine
- Athabasca Falls
- Sunwapta Falls
- Saskatchewan River Crossing
- Calgary
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Hector Slide
- Vancouver Island
- Sidney
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Spokane
- Washington
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Winter Activities
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to hockey games in Banff on the Bow River. Includes views of ice boating on what is possibly Lake Minnewanka.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906-1907]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 160 to 180
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
20 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 160 to 180
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1906-1907]
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to hockey games in Banff on the Bow River. Includes views of ice boating on what is possibly Lake Minnewanka.
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 160, 161 Mixed hockey on the Bow River at Banff
- 162, 163 Ladies hockey on the Bow River at Banff
- 164 Mixed hockey on the Bow River at Banff
- 165, 166 Ladies hockey on the Bow River at Banff
- 167 Mixed hockey of the Bow River
- 168 Ladies hockey on the Bow River
- 169 Boy's hockey on the Bow River
- 170 to 172 Ladies hockey on the Bow River
- 173, 174 Mixed hockey on the Bow River
- 175 to 180 Ice boating on Lake Minnewanka, [1906?]
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Boating
- Hockey
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow River
- Lake Minnewanka
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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George Paris photographs : [glass negatives]
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- Part Of
- George Paris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…
- Date Range
- 1893-1911
- Reference Code
- V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
106 images
- Part Of
- George Paris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V484
- Series
- V484 / I : Negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V484
- Sub-Series
- V484 / I / A : Glass
- Reference Code
- V484 / I / A / NG - 1 to NG - 106
- GMD
- Negative
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1893-1911
- Physical Description
- 106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.
- Notes
- Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear
- Name Access
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, George
- Paris, Ida
- Edwards, Ralph
- Brewster, Fern
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Roper, Raymond Montague
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
- Lang, Harry
- Paris, Herb
- Paris, Ted
- Ashton, Philip
- Paris, Georgina
- Galletly, David Drummond
- Subject Access
- Cave and Basin
- Hot Springs
- Banff
- Banff Spring Hotel
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow River Bridge
- Bow River
- Mountain
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Lake Minnewanka
- Sanitarium Hotel
- Sulphur Mountain
- Bow River Boat House
- Tunnel Mountain lookout
- Hoodoos
- Cascade Mountain
- Vermillion Lakes
- Curling
- Boats
- Canoes and canoeing
- Fishing
- Hospital
- Skating
- Bow Falls
- Hockey
- Horses
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Dogs
- Animal Paddock
- Buffalo
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Assiniboine
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Devil's Canyon
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Edith
- Mount Rundle
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series and sub-series
- Content Details
- LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NG - 1 to 106):
- 1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff
- 2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]
- 3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?
- 4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904
- 5 Group on snowshoes
- 6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?
- 7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903
- 8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898
- 9 Brett House, 1903?
- 10 Brett House, 1903
- 11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903
- 12 Bow River Boat House at sunset
- 13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905
- 14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902
- 15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?
- 16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908
- 17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904
- 18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store
- 19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff)
- 20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]
- 21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east
- 22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff
- 23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900
- 24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902
- 25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive
- 26 Mount Edith and the Bow River
- 27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek
- 28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898
- 29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter
- 30 Vermilion Lake in winter
- 31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head
- 32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather
- 33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893
- 34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902
- 35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901
- 36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]
- 37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900
- 38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899
- 39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899
- 40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899
- 41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904
- 43 George and Ida Paris, 1903
- 44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905
- 45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901
- 46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901
- 47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]
- 48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]
- 49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905
- 50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905
- 51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900
- 52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]
- 53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902
- 54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital
- 55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves)
- 56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]
- 57 Sid Baker on snowshoes
- 58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904
- 59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904
- 60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894
- 61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]
- 62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903
- 63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903
- 64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
- 65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904
- 66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904
- 67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903
- 68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911
- 69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy
- 70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?
- 71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel
- 72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]
- 73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901
- 74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905
- 75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904
- 76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
- 77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905
- 78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
- 79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905
- 80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902
- 81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
- 82 Echo Creek, 1899
- 83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900
- 84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff
- 85 Cerulean Lake
- 86 The Three Sisters
- 87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley
- 88 Devil's Canyon
- 89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly
- 90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906
- 91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898
- 92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898
- 93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899
- 94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898
- 95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River
- 96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897
- 97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898
- 98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]
- 99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]
- 100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905
- 101 Fred Ballard's bear
- 102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds
- 103 Goats in animal paddocks
- 104 Mountain sheep head
- 105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901
- 106 Buffalo herd, 1900
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Letters to Mother [June - December 1944]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertai…
- Date Range
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 118
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- 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 / 118
- Date Range
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (106 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertaining to the war [D-Day, the liberation of Rome, the death of Mussolini], Pete's work and movements as part of the RCAF, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, painting, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, gardening and yardwork, wildlife, Banff events, events and people in Concord, the Calgary Stampede, going to the movies, train travel between Banff and Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the filming of a Lassie movie in Banff National Park in September, going to Ottawa when Pete is reassigned to Air Force Headquarters in October [Catharine goes with him], Catharine going to Concord for November and then returning to Ottawa, Pete and Catharine returning to Banff/Calgary to begin Pete's discharge, and Christmas/New Years Eve parties and activities. Also includes postcards.
- 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 written on hotel, Canadian Pacific Railway, and RCAF 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Stockand, Cameron
- Brewster, Fern
- Strom, Erling
- Harmon, Lloyd
- Harmon, Eileen
- Jackson, A. Y.
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Kerr, Jasper
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Lord Elgin Hotel
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Paliser Hotel Calgary
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- War
- War Artists
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- McLeod
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Locate the rest of 118-53.
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1945]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Ca…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
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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 / 119
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, going to the movies, watching hockey games, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, digging a cellar beneath the kitchen and moving the furnace underneath it, cleaning and household chores, Cam and Lila moving to Vancouver, errand trips to Calgary, wildlife, Banff events, painting, extending the second floor to create a new master bedroom above the living room, events and people in Concord, news pertaining to the war, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], deaths and funerals [Hermann Gadnew, President Roosevelt], the end of the war in Europe [also includes special radio broadcasts and community celebrations], gardening and yardwork, and short drives [usually to Lake Louise and the Lake Minnewanka area].
- 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. 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
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Ward, Sam
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Stockand, Cameron
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Gadner, Hermann
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- 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
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- VE Day
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- 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 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
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 / 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
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.