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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document the opening of the Whyte Museum Archives and Library with interior shots of the building, as well as professional shots of Catharine sitting out back of the Museum. Includ…
- Date Range
- ca.1968 to ca.1970
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 1 / PA - 850 to 882
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 1 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
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- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 1 / PA - 850 to 882
- Date Range
- ca.1968 to ca.1970
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 32 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte and her activities and interests. Prints document the opening of the Whyte Museum Archives and Library with interior shots of the building, as well as professional shots of Catharine sitting out back of the Museum. Includes an image of an NPPAC hike to Kootenay Park, as well as various portraits of Catharine, including passport photos. Also includes an image of Catharine used in the Calgary Herald within an envelope from the newspaper.
- Subject Access
- Annie Woodworth Lacasse
- Sunshine Village
- Gavin Henderson
- Jim Thorsell
- Jimmy Simpson
- Mary Alice Stewart
- Billie Simpson
- Sydney Vallance
- Charlie Beil
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Poaching a Ram
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsma.02.01
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.02.01
- Description
- A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky
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- Title
- Poaching a Ram
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 35.6 cm
- Description
- A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky
- Subject
- characters
- Jimmy Simpson
- landscape
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.02.01
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
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- Title
- Jimmy Simpson
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
- Subject
- characters
- Jimmy Simpson
- portrait
- male
- Credit
- Gift of G. H. W Ashley, Salmon Arm, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.13
- Description
- Water in the foreground with the reflection of the bushes and pine trees to the left. A hill rises to the left behind the pine trees. There is a bank to the right and further on a stand of pine trees that reaches mid-centre. A very cloudy sky hides most of the mountain in the background.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Water in the foreground with the reflection of the bushes and pine trees to the left. A hill rises to the left behind the pine trees. There is a bank to the right and further on a stand of pine trees that reaches mid-centre. A very cloudy sky hides most of the mountain in the background.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.13
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- Date
- 1940 – 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.29
- Description
- Mountain landscape with a ram.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Mountain landscape with a ram.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.29
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Directional Sign
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.05.1003
- Date
- 1938 – 1948
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1003
- Description
- Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
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- Title
- Directional Sign
- Date
- 1938 – 1948
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 51.5 cm
- Description
- Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.1003
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Cappy, Jimmy Simpson's Horse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.01.02
- Date
- prior to 1959
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.01.02
- Description
- Horse with saddle
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- Title
- Cappy, Jimmy Simpson's Horse
- Date
- prior to 1959
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 31.8 x 39.2 cm
- Description
- Horse with saddle
- Subject
- animal
- horse
- Jimmy Simpson
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.01.02
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Colonial Coral Fossil
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.03.1030
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, fossil
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1030
- Description
- Fossilized colonial coral, middle Devonian in age. Common throughout North America. Species: Pachyphyllum. Warm shallow ocean environment. Limestone matrix. Has undergone weathering. Coral structure is well defined. Small crinoid fragments exposed on one side. Recrystallization of the rock is occur…
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- Title
- Colonial Coral Fossil
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, fossil
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Fossilized colonial coral, middle Devonian in age. Common throughout North America. Species: Pachyphyllum. Warm shallow ocean environment. Limestone matrix. Has undergone weathering. Coral structure is well defined. Small crinoid fragments exposed on one side. Recrystallization of the rock is occurring is some areas, calcite crystals growing in the vugs (cavities). These types of coral fossils are very common in Western Canada and could have been collected locally.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1030
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, petrified bone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1031
- Description
- Fossilized bone, possibly dinosaur bone from Drumheller area. From the Cretaceous period.
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- Title
- Bone Fossil
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, petrified bone
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 11.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Fossilized bone, possibly dinosaur bone from Drumheller area. From the Cretaceous period.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1031
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Petrified Wood Fossil
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.03.1032
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, petrified wood
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1032
- Description
- Petrified wood (chalcedony) with quartz crystals growing in the voids. The original woody structure has been replaced by silty material in some areas. Likely from the Drumheller area, not from the Bow Valley. From the Cretaceous period.
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- Title
- Petrified Wood Fossil
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, petrified wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 8.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Petrified wood (chalcedony) with quartz crystals growing in the voids. The original woody structure has been replaced by silty material in some areas. Likely from the Drumheller area, not from the Bow Valley. From the Cretaceous period.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1032
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