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- Date
- 1908 – 1908
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0437
- Description
- A wide sterling silver band with shaped edges. The napkin ring has a raised design of flowers and leaves with a smooth area which is engraved “E.B.M. Xmas 1908”. The ring is marked “sterling B2598”.
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- Title
- Napkin Ring
- Date
- 1908 – 1908
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 3.0 cm
- Description
- A wide sterling silver band with shaped edges. The napkin ring has a raised design of flowers and leaves with a smooth area which is engraved “E.B.M. Xmas 1908”. The ring is marked “sterling B2598”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0437
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Letters to Mother [January - March 1934]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55317
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints …
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 93
- 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 / 93
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 17 x 26.2 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints and different kinds of paper], people and events in Concord and in Banff, descriptions of Honolulu and the local people [including dress, food, and boats], weather, watching US Navy ships and planes come in and out of Pearl Harbor, listening to the radio [mostly news and operas], sketching people on the beach, the other guests at their hotel, going out for meals, celebrating Pete's birthday, descriptions of meals, planning their trip to Japan, painting portraits of locals, making canvases and easels, developing films [photographs], the Moores and the Rungiuses arriving in early February, shopping, watching various military Reviews and parades [usually as part of ceremonies for visiting dignitaries], descriptions of various ships in port, flowers and trees, birds, showing some of their work at the Art Academy at the invitation of the Honolulu Art Association in early March, going to cocktail parties and dances with the Moores and Rungiuses, booking their passage to Japan with Canadian Pacific, and leaving Hawaii in mid-March.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Few letters written on hotel/ship letterhead. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details. Most letters are numbered in red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first page as part of an unknown project. 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. 93 - 05 page 5 contains a sketch of the Moana Hotel's placement and general laylout in relation to the beach.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Whyte, Barbara
- Caird, Jean
- Davenport, Guy
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beach
- Birds
- Boats
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Steam Line
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Cruise ships
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Flowers
- Garden
- Holidays
- Leisure
- Military
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Roads
- Scenery
- Trains
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Honolulu
- Pearl Harbor
- Hawaii
- 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 [April - October 1936]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7447
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100
- 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 / 100
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.
- 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Cliff Jr.
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- Campbell, Gray
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Mather, Allan
- Mather, Grace
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Emmeline
- Noble, George
- Poucette, Mark
- Adaskin, Murray
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Rungius, Carl
- Smith, Adelaide
- Castle, Alfred
- Castle, Donald
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Phillips, Gladys
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Beach
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Holidays
- Hospital
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Little Yoho Valley
- Yoho National Park
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Maui
- Hawaii
- 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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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.04.39
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.39
- Description
- Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left …
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card
- Dimensions
- 10.9 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left corner text reads: “CATHARINE AND PETER”. BRC Peter’s signature and “‘47”See WyP.03.718 and WyP.03.960 for previous tester and versions.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.39
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Nellie Adeline Gray Harris Travel Photographs [1/1]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54060
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 42 b&w prints, some captioned. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Adeline Gray Harris for the period June 27 - July 11, 1953. The prints pertain to Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Also includes views from around the Banff townsite, Norquay ski …
- Date Range
- 1953
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 01 to 42
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M29 / V57
- Sous-Fonds
- V57
- Accession Number
- 7835
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 01 to 42
- Date Range
- 1953
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 42 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level of description for biographical information.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 42 b&w prints, some captioned. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Adeline Gray Harris for the period June 27 - July 11, 1953. The prints pertain to Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Also includes views from around the Banff townsite, Norquay ski hill, wildlife, rivers, and campsites. File also contains a leather album cover purchased in Banff.
- Notes
- Some prints are housed in original "Album Prints" flipbooks
- Name Access
- Harris, Nellie
- Harris, Gray
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins and shelters
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Cave and Basin
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- Mount Norquay Chairlift
- Mount Norquay Ski Area
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Souvenir
- Tourism
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- M29
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Nellie Adeline Gray Harris Travel Photographs [2/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55584
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 9 b&w prints, some captioned. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Harris and her family that pertain to the Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Includes views from around the Banff townsite, Lake Louise, along the Icefields Parkway up to the Columbi…
- Date Range
- 1953
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 43 to 51
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M29 / V57
- Sous-Fonds
- V57
- Accession Number
- 7835
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 43 to 51
- Date Range
- 1953
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 9 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 9 b&w prints, some captioned. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Harris and her family that pertain to the Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Includes views from around the Banff townsite, Lake Louise, along the Icefields Parkway up to the Columbia Icefield, and campsites.
- Notes
- Prints were housed in brown envelope
- Name Access
- Harris, Nellie
- Harris, Gray
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins and shelters
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Cave and Basin
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- Mount Norquay Chairlift
- Mount Norquay Ski Area
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Souvenir
- Tourism
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Columbia Icefield
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- M29
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Nellie Adeline Gray Harris Travel Photographs [3/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55585
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 b&w prints, some captioned, in yellow paper "Album Prints" flipbooks. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Harris and her family that pertain to the Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Includes views from around the Banff townsite, Lake Louise, La…
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 52 to 71
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M29 / V57
- Sous-Fonds
- V57
- Accession Number
- 7835
- Reference Code
- V57 / PA - 52 to 71
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 19 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 b&w prints, some captioned, in yellow paper "Album Prints" flipbooks. The file contains the travel photographs of Nellie Harris and her family that pertain to the Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. Includes views from around the Banff townsite, Lake Louise, Lake Minnewanka, and the Cave & Basin.
- Notes
- Prints were housed in brown envelope
- Name Access
- Harris, Nellie
- Harris, Gray
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins and shelters
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Cave and Basin
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- Mount Norquay Chairlift
- Mount Norquay Ski Area
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Souvenir
- Tourism
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Columbia Icefield
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M29
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Christmas in Canada (Edmonton)
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a National Film Board production about Christmas in Canada, partially shot in Edmonton by Bruno Engler [to be compiled into a larger project later on]. Includes shots of the city, people skiing, sledding, and skating, picking out Christmas tre…
- Date Range
- 1963
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 25
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
1 image
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 25
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
- Date Range
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel: ca. 250'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a National Film Board production about Christmas in Canada, partially shot in Edmonton by Bruno Engler [to be compiled into a larger project later on]. Includes shots of the city, people skiing, sledding, and skating, picking out Christmas trees, Christmas decorations and lights along a residential street at night, and shots of of family dressing their Christmas tree and opening presents. Also included in the film case is a National Film Board Release memo that includes an overview of the Christmas Special's content and a list of shots. The original label on the case reads "Christmas in Canada (Edmonton) NFB, Date 1963."
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Children
- Christmas
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- National Film Board
- National Film Board of Canada
- Sledding
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Skiers
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- National Film Board
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1145 a,b
- Description
- Two piece downhill ski suit. (a) Bomber style jacket with stand up collar, zippered front and many zippered pockets, inside jacket and outside. Medium blue in colour with gold at shoulder, around arm hole and down to waist in a band 2.5 cm wide front and back. Lining is fine cotton. On back of …
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- Title
- Ski Suit
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- plastic; fibre; metal
- Description
- Two piece downhill ski suit. (a) Bomber style jacket with stand up collar, zippered front and many zippered pockets, inside jacket and outside. Medium blue in colour with gold at shoulder, around arm hole and down to waist in a band 2.5 cm wide front and back. Lining is fine cotton. On back of collar is stitched in gold "CMH". (b) Bib style long pants with front zipper and adjustable shoulder straps. Same blue colour as jacket but with no gold and with same fine cotton lining. Zippered pockets at waist and hidden pockets at cuffs. Zipper around waist to attach to jacket. Inner boot cover with snaps and Velcro.
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Matthews, Canmore, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1145 a,b
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Colani in Canada in film da Ruedi Bruderer; 2 svizzeri in Canada [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12899
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Televisiun Rumantscha
- Call Number
- 01.4 C67c DVD
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Televisiun Rumantscha
- Published Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Subjects
- Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Colani, Jon Rudolf Bezzola
- Engler, Bruno
- Ethnic groups
- Klucker, Christian
- Mountain guides
- Swiss Guides' Village
- Whymper, Edward
- Notes
- In Romansh and English with French subtitles. -- Features interviews with Edward J. Hart in the Whyte Museum Heritage Gallery, Robert W. Sandford, Syd Feuz and Jean Vaugham-Feuz
- Accession Number
- 7621
- Call Number
- 01.4 C67c DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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