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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Robinson, Bart

Publisher: Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing

Edition: 1st Edition

Call Number: 08.5 R55c

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Author: Robinson, Bart

Responsibility: Bart Robinson

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 160 p.; illus.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hotels; History; Travel; Tourism; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels

Abstract: A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Introduction; Origins of a Hotel; Grand Designs; Vistas and Vendettas; Growing Pains; Towers and Troubles; Princes and Politicians; Out of the Fire; A Brief But Golden Moment; Tribulations and Triumph; A Second Century; Into the New Millenium; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Credits; Acknowledgements; About the Author

ISBN: 9781926983356

Accession Number: 2019.89

Call Number: 08.5 R55c

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased

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Famous name trains : travelling in style with the CPR

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Jones, David L

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Call Number: 08.5 J71f

Author: Jones, David L

Responsibility: David Laurence Jones

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: xiii, 178p. : ill., facsim

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Communications; Hotels; Photographers; Royal tours; Tourism

Notes: History and development of train travel in Canada. Includes facsim. of publicity brochures and posters and photographs of car interiors

ISBN: 13-978-1-894856-52-2

Accession Number: 40,0000 07-09-05

Call Number: 08.5 J71f

Collection: Archives Library

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Tales of the CPR

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2002

Author: Jones, David L

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Call Number: 08.5 J71t

Author: Jones, David L

Responsibility: David Laurence Jones

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: p.200 : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Architecture; Buell, Oliver; Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotels; Long Lance, Buffalo Child; Photographers; Prisoner of war POW; Tourism

Notes: Includes index

ISBN: 1-894856-10-4

Accession Number: 39000 2006-09-21

Call Number: 08.5 J71t

Collection: Archives Library

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Emerald Lake Lodge : a history and celebration

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2002

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Field B.C. : Emerald Lake Lodge

Call Number: 08.3 Em3s

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Field B.C. : Emerald Lake Lodge

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Tourism

ISBN: 0-9730817-0-8

Accession Number: 7391

Call Number: 08.3 Em3s

Collection: Archives Library

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Trail of iron : the CPR and the birth of the West, 1880-1930

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1983

Author: McKee, Bill

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Call Number: 08.5 M19

Author: McKee, Bill

Responsibility: Bill McKee and Georgeen Klassen

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Published Date: 1983

Physical Description: 192p. : ill., ports., maps, facsim

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Artists; Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotels; Tourism

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-88894-399-7

Accession Number: 16000

Call Number: 08.5 M19

Collection: Archives Library

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Greetings from Canada : an album of unique Canadian postcards from the Edwardian era 1900-1916

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1978

Author: Anderson, Allan

Publisher: Toronto : MacMillan

Call Number: 08.5 An3g

Author: Anderson, Allan

Publisher: Toronto : MacMillan

Published Date: 1978

Physical Description: 188 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Artists; Hotels; Photographers; Tourism; Van Horne William

ISBN: 0-7705-1736-6 bd.; 0-7705-1721-8 pa

Accession Number: 7883; 505000 09-09-02

Call Number: 08.5 An3g

Collection: Archives Library

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Travel Industry Association of Canada policy statement : the official objectives of TIAALTA

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Call Number: 02.8 Al1tia Pam

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 23 p. : 1 map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Hotels; Tourism; Transportation

Accession Number: 5305

Call Number: 02.8 Al1tia Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Letters to Mother [January - June 1949]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and …

Date Range: 1949

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 124

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1949

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (101 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and people in Concord, a train crash east of Banff in late February [no one was injured, Syd Vallance was on the train], new household appliances like a washing machine [Bendix] and electric sewing machine, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, Catharine going to Concord in May [she was called back to Banff early due to concerns for Pete's mental health], the death and funeral of Norman Sanson, and Pete and Catharine going to Victoria and Vancouver for the month of June [they stayed at the Empress in Victoria and the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver before moving to an apartment at the Ritz Vancouver].

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 124-21 contains a note written after Catharine's post script, possibly by Pete.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Whyte, Jon; Brewster, Pat; Kaquitts, Tom; Greenham, Margaret; Greenham, Henry; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Hunter, Enos; Vallance, Sydney; James, Frances; Adaskin, Murray; Phillips, Walter J.; Sanson, Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Vancouver; Victoria; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples 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 have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Whyte, Jon; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Phillips, Walter J.; Brewster, Jim; Luxton, Norman; Greenham, Margaret; Greenham, Henry; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Strom, Erling; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Bearspaw, David; Poucette, Mark; Goon, Yuk Soy

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Funeral; Garden; Gardening; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Hudson's Bay Company; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain School; Mount Royal Hotel; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Weddings; White Grocery, The; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Anthracite; 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

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Autumn 1947 Canadian Rockies & US Auto Trip [2/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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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.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 100 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 117 Sept 1947 2. [Wheeler Hugh Dedication] 3. group at [Dedication] 4. H.E. Sampson speaking 5. Sir Oliver Wheeler 6. Bonldew Prastice 7. [Bonldew Prastice] 8. Belaying from above 9. Roping down 11. Sid and Eric 12. Phebe and Polly on road 13. My tentmates 14. Banff Musance[?] Park sign 16. Elk on mud flats 17. [Elk on mud flats] 18. [Elk] morning 19. Elk and Roy T. 20. [Elk] overexp. 21. Elk 26. Lamb descending rocks 27. Ewe and lamb 29. Rams at Bankhead - nearer 30. [Rams at Bankhead] further 31. [Rams at Bankhead] moving off Reel 118 Sept 1947 8 pictures 6. Delphiniums good 10. Sheep in swamp fair 12. [Sheep in swamp] overexp. 20. Mt. Eisenhower good 8/2 Reel 119- Sept 1947 13. View down river 15. Dam at Seebe 8/10 18. Aileen and Mrs B. at Seebe 19. [Aileen and Mrs B.] and house at Seebe Reel 120 Sept 1947 1. Down Couloir fr. Sawback Pinnacle 7. Bear on road overexp. 8. [Bear on road overexp.] 17. House and garden near Grassi's 21. Buffalo Reel 121 Sept 1947 6. Bears at dump 13. The Bear Show 15. Goose flats - Bow R. 17. BHG. at window A-ha-hi-na 19. Mt Rundle and reflections Reel 122 Sept 22. 47 1. The Sea Cadet Races 2. [The Sea Cadet Races] Boathouses in b.g. 3. [The Sea Cadet Races] Mt. Cascade 4. Sunset on Fairholme Range 5. Goat at paddock 6. [Goat at paddock] 12. Rundle fr. Vermilion Lakes 13. Mt. Rundle and Reflections 15. Fr Bridge - moon over Bourgeau 16. At Mrs. Lyalls - C.H. and Mrs L. 18. The Wee Hoose 19. Mrs. Lyalls garden 20. Kilmorey Lodge - Dodge and C.H. 21. Waterton from P of W. Hotel Reel 123 Oct 1947 1. The road home 2. Sheep on road 3. Sheep moving off road 5. View out back of car - sheep 6. Giant Springs of great Falls, Mont. 7. Feeding dogs at Rodman Ranch 9. Mrs. Rodman and dog 10. Hayel and 2 pups - standing 11. Hayel sitting down and pups 12. Yellowstone 13. Caroline near pool - Yellowstone 14. L.G. by pool 15. Yellowstone - 16. Old Faithful and circle of people 19. [Old Faithful] no people 21. [Old Faithful] and trees and road Reel 124 Oct. 10 - 47 1. Durls Tower from foot on trail 2. [Durls Tower from foot on trail] 4. Blank 5. Durls Tower whole with trees 6. [Durls Tower] solid mass 7. [Durls Tower] fr. auto road 11. Grain fields and trees 13. [Rushmore memorial] 14. [Rushmore memorial] thru window 15. The road home - drive [illegible] 16. Wheat fields 18. BHG. on enclosed porch 19. Enclosed porch BHG. 20. 650 Hayle[illegible] ave - good of house 21. Peace Rose The last 10 slides [named 124a] depict sites around Yellowstone National Park and were most likely purchased by Lillian Gest while visiting the park. The slides' matting paper states they were manufactured by the park and all are wrapped in a thin plastic sleeve.

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists. R112 - not numbered slides ; 12 omitted R113 - not numbered slides R114 - not numbered slides

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Harmon, Byron; Harmon, Aileen; Hinman, Caroline; Sampson, Herbert E.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Springs Hotel; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Prince of Wales Hotel; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wheeler Hut; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Seebe; Kananaskis; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Great Falls; Montana; Yellowstone National Park; United States of America