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Bric-A-Brac Stand Collection

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Date
1800 – 1890
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0319 a-f
Description
A collection of six short dark brown wooden stands. (a) 2.3 x 9.8 - incised double circle in circular platform top and carved knob trim around its rim. Outward bowed base is elaborately carved through in interwoven knot design between three square spiral motifs, each of which terminates in a small …
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Title
Bric-A-Brac Stand Collection
Date
1800 – 1890
Material
wood
Dimensions
2.3 cm
Description
A collection of six short dark brown wooden stands. (a) 2.3 x 9.8 - incised double circle in circular platform top and carved knob trim around its rim. Outward bowed base is elaborately carved through in interwoven knot design between three square spiral motifs, each of which terminates in a small foot. Underside has circle carved at centre. (b) 2.6 x 5.8 - small lip around top platform, outward bowed base carved through in scrolled vine pattern between solid spaces terminating in three small feet. Marks: on base, red Japeanese writing) (c) 2.6 x 6.7 - double circle inscribed on top platform which is ringed with small lip, smooth outward bowed base with three small feet curving outward, small circle cut in base. Marks: on base, paper label, “605/2” (d) 2.7 x 6.5 - lathe turned with small lip around top platform, smooth outward bowed base with small foot-ring, bottom hollowed inside foot-ring. (e) 1.6 x 5.7 - small raised ring carved around platform top, base flares out slightly and is scroll-shaped along bottom defining three very small feet. (f) 1.6 x 4.5 - small lip around platform top, sharp shoulder of outward bowed based incised with small lines around; scroll carving at bottom defines small feet.
Subject
households
decorative
Japanese
E. S. Morse;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0319 a-f
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Date
prior to 1935
Material
paper; ink
Catalogue Number
105.06.0099 a-l
Description
A paper folder containing 12 Japanese colour prints depicting flowers with some insects and birds. Each print has a maker stamp in black and red. the front of the paper folder has characters in black and red.
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Title
Commemorative Portfolio
Date
prior to 1935
Material
paper; ink
Dimensions
29.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
A paper folder containing 12 Japanese colour prints depicting flowers with some insects and birds. Each print has a maker stamp in black and red. the front of the paper folder has characters in black and red.
Subject
Japanese art
flowers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.06.0099 a-l
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Date
1800 – 1880
Material
metal; wood; leather; skin; fibre; horn
Catalogue Number
104.05.0051 a-c
Description
A Japanese samurai sword with black cord handle and black scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade connected at hilt with brass to wooden handle covered with white pebbly sharkskin which shows through diamond shapes left open under silk cord which wraps handle. Metal band at base of hilt and me…
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Title
Dirk; Scabbard Sword
Date
1800 – 1880
Material
metal; wood; leather; skin; fibre; horn
Dimensions
7.4 x 66.6 cm
Description
A Japanese samurai sword with black cord handle and black scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade connected at hilt with brass to wooden handle covered with white pebbly sharkskin which shows through diamond shapes left open under silk cord which wraps handle. Metal band at base of hilt and metal cap at its end have relief casting of leaves and blossoms, and a bronze casting of blossoms is caught under black cord wrapping handle, oval sword guard has cut out relief of branches and blossoms, with holes on either side large enough to allow dirk to pass through. (b) dirk, long thin blade set into brass handle with cast relief of heron standing in stream with incised bushes around. Japanese calligraphy on other side of handle. (c) scabbard, slightly curved to fit blade. Wood covered with fine grained leather with narrow black band, horn? at mouth and another at top of slit pocket where dirk slides in. Pocket groove on one side near top to accommodate dirk, and semi-circular black piece of carved horn on opposite side, threaded through with flat braided black silk cord to tie scabbard to belt
Subject
Whyte home
Samurai
warfare
fighting
Japanese
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0051 a-c
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Date
1800 – 1880
Material
metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
Catalogue Number
104.05.0061 a-c
Description
Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Meta…
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Title
Dirk; Scabbard Sword
Date
1800 – 1880
Material
metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
Dimensions
6.7 x 6.0 x 54.5 cm
Description
Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Metal cap at end of handle with relief of squatting figure reading scroll. Small cast figures of two deer caught beneath cord on either side of handle. Metal band at base of handle with relief of gilded figure in reed boat. Rectangular sword guard with cast relief of chrysanthemums and butterfly with holes cut through each side to accommodate small dirk handle. (b) dirk, steel bladed with copper handle with relief casting of brass dragon on one side. (c) scabbard, slightly curved wood covered with black enamel containing green flecks, blunt end, top of scabbard has slot on one side leading to pocket in scabbard to accommodate small dirk. Opposite side from slot has semi-circular horn ? lug threaded with a length of black silk cord. Note: small band at top of dirk pocket missing, enamel cracked and peeling in many places, especially near top, semi-circular lug loose.
Subject
Samurai
warfare
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Edith Morse Robb
animal
deer
dragon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0061 a-c
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Date
1800 – 1900
Material
metal; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.05.0048 a-c
Description
A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at…
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Title
Fighting Sword
Date
1800 – 1900
Material
metal; skin; fibre
Dimensions
7.0 x 6.5 x 72.1 cm
Description
A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at end of handle has low relief casting of gilded dragonfly on one corner, a small bronze insect is caught below the leather wrapping on either side of the handle. Rectangular sword guard at hilt has incised design and vestiges of gold painted design with a decorative opening either side. (b) dirk, short narrow blade set into metal handle with inlay of bronze in shape of stem with leaves and two seed pods on one side, fits into slit in top of scabbard. Note: part of inlay missing. (c) scabbard, hollow wood shaped to fit the blade and covered with finely textured brown leather. Slots on either side near hilt are banded at top with smooth black strip, wood?, horn?, and further down as well, where dirk enters. Ornate metal cap at tip extends in a strip 16.0 cm along back edge and 5.0 cm along front edge with narrow metal band around scabbard 10.0 cm from tip. Small gilded dragonfly on one corner of cap at tip.
Subject
Samurai
Captain William Frabes
Glen Line
warfare
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0048 a-c
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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Scope & Content
Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River
Date Range
[1907-1911]
Reference Code
V527 / NA - 1 to 136
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Negative
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M79 / V527
Series
II.C. Photographs: negatives
Sous-Fonds
V527
Accession Number
2764, 5248
Reference Code
V527 / NA - 1 to 136
GMD
Negative
Date Range
[1907-1911]
Physical Description
136 photographs : negatives; film
Scope & Content
Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River
Notes
NA-101: Sky is masked out by a combination of fabric and paintlike substance.
Name Access
Schaffer, Mary
Warren, Billy
Lewis, John Swift
Sharples, Paul
Sharples, Carrie
Moberly, John
Subject Access
Animals
Big Horn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Bison
Environment and Nature
Horses
Indigenous Peoples
Japanese
Landscapes
Tourism
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Yoho National Park
British Columbia
Banff
Jasper
Maligne Lake
Mount Robson
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Language
English
Finding Aid
Item list available. Some reference prints are available.
Creator
Mary Schaffer
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF NEGATIVES (V527/NA) :
1 [Mary Schaffer and others on mountain side]. -- 1906
2,3 [Unidentified mountains and lake]. -- 1906
4 [Laughing Falls]. -- 1906
5 [Unidentified mountains and lake]. -- 1906
6 Valley of the Lakes. -- 1906
7 Mr. Muggins : [dog]. -- 1906
8 [Flowers]. -- [1907 or 08]
9 [Mt. Saskatchewan from Castleguard?]. -- [1907 or 08]
10 Pinto Lake. -- [1907 or 08]
11 Wildflowers : [Bow Park]. -- [1907 or 08]
12 Sun Wapta Canyon. -- [1907 or 08]
13 Sun Wapta Canyon. -- August 13, [1907 or 08]
14, 15 Vaux Canyon : [Sunwapta Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]
16 Sunwapta Canyon. -- August 13, [1907 or 08]
17 Tete Jaune Cache
18 [Hoodoos and Cascade River at Anthracite]. -- [1907 or 08]
19 [Bird]. -- [1907 or 08]
20 [Packtrain near mountain]. -- [1907 or 08]
21 Moberly : [John Moberly?] . -- 1908
22 Lewis John Swift. -- 1908
23 [Mrs. Swift? and child]. -- 1908
24 Moberly : [John Moberly?]. -- 1908
25 [Man on horse on mountain pass]. -- [1907 or 08]
26 [Billy Warren launching raft on Maligne Lake]. -- [1907 or 08]
27 Head of Maligne Lake [and view of Mount Mary Vaux]. -- [1907 or 08]
28 Mount Robson. -- 1908
29 [Girl with dog at Lake Louise]
30,31 Athabasca River Valley panorama from the Bump : [Mt. Kitchener]. -- 1908
32,33 [Panorama from Wilcox Pass?: Mt. Kitchener to Mt. Stutfield, Song Sangen Creek and Snow Dome]. -- 1907?
34 [View from the Bump - Wilcox Pass and Snow Dome?]. -- 1908
35-37 Athabasca River Valley panorama. -- 1908
38-39 Athabasca River Valley panorama. -- 1908
40-41 [Unidentified mountains]. -- [1907 or 08]. -- #41 is reverse neg of #40
42 [Fortress Lake]. -- [1907 or 08]
43 [Unidentified mountain and lake]. -- [1907 or 08]
44 [Horses by fire]. -- [1907 or 08]
45 [Horse and rider by Ptarmigan Lake?]. -- [1907 or 08]
46 [Horse with saddle]. -- [1907 or 08]
47 [Laughing Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]
48 [Unidentified mountain scene]. -- [1907 or 08]
49 [Takakkaw Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]
50 [Unidentified mountain scene]. -- [1907 or 08]
51 Castle Mountain. -- [1907 or 08]
52 Elk. -- [1907 or 08]
53 Elk. -- 1906
54-57 Buffalo in animal paddock. -- [1907 or 08]]
58 [Unidentified cabins at animal paddock, Banff?]. -- [[1907 or 08]]
59 Wild flowers. -- [1907 or 08]
60 [Unidentified rock tower]. -- [1907 or 08]
61 [Japanese lady at table]
62 [Japanese woman in doorway]
63 [Japanese woman in garden]
64 [Japan scene]
65 Maligne Lake : [camp]
66 [Schaffer party on raft, Maligne Lake]
67 Head of Maligne [Lake]
68 Morning mists on Maligne : [Maligne Lake]
69 Maligne Valley : [teepee poles]
70 [People in boat on Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]
71 Mount Unwin : [Paul Sharples and Carrie Sharples? in boat on Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]
72 Maligne Lake near Sampson's Narrows
73 Head of Maligne : [Maligne Lake]
74,75 [Maligne Lake?]
76 Sampson Peak : [Sampson Peakand Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]
77 Sampson at dawn
78 [Mary Schaffer, Paul Sharples, Carrie Sharples with teepee]. -- [1911]
79 Shoulder of Charlton : [Paul Sharples in boat]. -- [1911]
80 The Ramparts
81 Henry House : [site of Henry House]
82 [Horses on unidentified pass]
83 Columbia : [packtrain near Mount Columbia]
84 Bow Summit
85 Pyramid Mountain
86 Wilcox Summit
87 [Trout hanging from tree]
88 Mt. Columbia
89 [Unidentified Indigneous woman and child with teepee]
90 [Indigenous person with teepee on Kootenay Plains]
91 [Unidentified mountain - winter scene]
92 [Forest fire along the Athabasca River]
93 Moberly's : [packtrain fording Athabasca River]
94 Moberly's : [three people crossing Athabasca River in dugout canoe]
95 [Wrecked raft? along river]
96 Robson; horses grazing : [Mount Robson]
97 Nashan : [Nashan Peak and Watchtower lake]
98 [Indigenous people and horses on Kootenay Plains]
99 [Chaba River?]
100 [Unidentified mountains]
101 [Horses on trail beside unidentified river]
102 [Man and woman blowing up air mattresses]
103 [Unidentified mountain]
104 [Mary Schaffer and horses]
105 Fortress : [Fortress Lake]
106-109 [Fortress Lake]
110 [Mount Quincy?]
111 [Unidentified mountain and lake]
112 [Unidentified mountain]
113 [Camp scene]
114 [Unidentified river]
115, 116 [Unidentified lake and mountains]
117 Athabasca : [Mount Athabasca]
118 [Mount Columbia]
119 [Unidentified mountains]
120 [Mount Charlton and Pixie Valley]
121 [Packhorses on steep trail]
122 [Unidentified mountains]
123 [Unidentified lake and mountains]
124 [Person with horse on edge of gorge]
125 [Vermilion Lakes]
126 [Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes]
127 [Moose calves at animal paddock]
128 [Sheep in slough]
129 [Woman feeding antelope at animal paddock]
130 [Woman with moose calves at animal paddock]
131 [Sheep]
132 [Mountain sheep]
133 [Antelope and buffalo at animal paddock]
134 [Sheep]
135, 136 [Flowers]
Processing Status
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Japan day by day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83; with illustrations from sketches in the author's Journal

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1917
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Call Number
02.1 M83j
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Responsibility
Edward S. Morse
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Published Date
1917
Physical Description
2 vol. front., illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Japanese
Morse, Edward Sylvestre
Notes
Description under author's name reads: Formerly professor in the Imperial University of Tokyo, member of the Japan society of New York, member of the Japan society of London, author of "Japanese homes and their surroundings", etc.
Edward Morse is Catharine Whyte's grandfather
Accession Number
50,500 09-09-02
Call Number
02.1 M83j
Collection
Archives Library
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Japan day by day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83; with illustrations from sketches in the author's Journal

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1917
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Call Number
02.1 M83j2
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Responsibility
Edward S. Morse
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Published Date
1917
Physical Description
2 vol. front., illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Japanese
Morse, Edward Sylvestre
Notes
Description under author's name reads: Formerly professor in the Imperial University of Tokyo, member of the Japan society of New York, member of the Japan society of London, author of "Japanese homes and their surroundings", etc.
Edward Morse is Catharine Whyte's grandfather
Accession Number
50,500 09-09-02
Call Number
02.1 M83j2
Collection
Archives Library
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Letters to Mother [April 1933 - September 1933]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cab…
Date Range
1933
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 91
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
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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 / 91
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1.3 cm of textual records (173 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cabinets and cupboards to the Whyte Home, Catharine practicing typewriting and the beginning of some typewritten letters to her mother, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, moving a cabin on the property for their Stoney friends to stay in while they paint portraits, selling two sketches, various baking recipes from Edith, Peter painting Mark Poucette, a visit from children from the Mountain School, Peter and Catharine visiting the west coast [via Bonners Ferry and Spokane] and seeing Fern Brewster in Vancouver, writing Mrs. Paley, attending the Calgary Stampede, painting J.D. Curren, painting David Bearspaw, hiking at Lake O'Hara with Skyline Trail Hikers [with participant names], a visit with Mary Vaux in Banff, a Pacific Relations Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel and cleaning the house expecting visits from participants, Catharine discussing Adolf Hitler with a Swiss man visiting the house, a boat trip with the White Family and Allen Mather to Lake Minnewanka, meeting Mr. Anasaki from the Conference [an old friend of Edward Morse] and looking at Catharine's Japanese collection with Mr. Miyoaka and Mr. Takaki, Peter taking photographs at the Indigenous Camp during Banff Indian Days, Peter receiving a beaded coat from Mrs. Jonie, buying some items from the Indigenous Camp that belonged to Old Hector [Crawler?], Jackie heading east to meet Barbara before the birth of their child, and Peter and Catharine heading east via the United States to attend the World Fair and visit Edith Morse Robb and then family in Gorham, Maine.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are all handwritten and typewritten and include some hotel, business and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
White, Annie
White, Clifford
White, Mildred
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
Stockand, Lila (White)
Stockand, Cameron
Ward, Sam
Boyce, Jim
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Phil
Mills, Ike
Poucette, Mark
Paris, Cyril
Knight, Norman
Edwards, Chess
Edwards, Rupe
Hansen, Ed
Kutschera, Vic
Mather, Allan
Greenham, Margaret
Brewster, Fern
Standard, Paul
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Curren, John Donaldson
Bearspaw, David
Gibbon, John Murray
Rungius, Carl
Engelhard, Georgia
McCowan, Dan
Pollard, Harry
Feuz, Ernest
Aemmer, Rudolf
Walcott, Mary Vaux
Strom, Erling
McLean, George
Wildman, Dan, Sr.
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Art
Artists
Banff Indian Days
Banff Indian Grounds
Banff Springs Hotel
Cabins
Calgary Stampede
Community life
Conferences and conventions
Family
Family and personal life
Fire
First Nations
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Japanese
Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
Lake O'Hara region
Mountain School
Painting
Photography
Portrait
Property
Regalia
Sailing
Sanitarium Hotel
School
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Stoney Nakoda
Swiss Guides
Teepees
Whyte House
Geographic Access
Banff
Concord
Calgary
Lake O'Hara
Vancouver
Montana
Colorado
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 1930 - October 1930]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
Date Range
1930
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
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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 / 84
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1930
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 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
Name Access
Brewster, Bill
Brewster, Fern
Brewster, Jim
Brewster, George
Davenport, Guy
Gibbon, John Murray
Harmon, Byron
Graves, Syd Brewster
Paris, Cyril
Mills, Ike
Rungius, Carl
Spencer, Earl
Link, Adeline
Link, George K.K.
MacDonald, J. E. H.
Browne, Belmore
Mather, Allan
Wildman, Dan, Sr.
Curren, John Donaldson
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
White, Clifford
Aemmer, Rudolf
Alpine Club of Canada
Armbrister, Fred
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Bow River
Camps
Castle Mountain
Climbing
Community events
Community life
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Hiking
Home
Indigenous Peoples
Japanese
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
Lake O'Hara region
Log structures
Moore House
Mountains
Pack trips
Painting
Paris Tea Room
Personal and Family Life
Property
Skoki Lodge
Stoney
Stoney Nakoda
Summit
Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
Geographic Access
Abbot Pass
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Concord
Lake Louise
Yoho National Park
Field
Lake O'Hara
Skoki
Morley
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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