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Letters to Mother [August - December 1939]

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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…
Date Range
1939
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107
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
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas 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. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
White, Annie
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
White, Clifford
White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
White, Bubby
White, Clifford J., Sr.
Stockand, Cameron
Stockand, Lila (White)
Moore, Pearl
Moore, Edmee
Moore, Phil
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
Simpson, Margaret
Ward, Sam
Ward, Louise (Cis)
Rungius, Carl
Noble, George
Pocette, Mark
Bagley, Frederick A.
Watson, Sir Norman
Vaux, Mary
Reid, Charles
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Art
Artists
Automobiles
Backcountry skiing
Banff
Banff Springs Hotel
Birds
Birthday
Books
Businesses
Children
Christmas
Cinema
Community events
Community life
Construction
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Home
Hospital
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Literature
Mountain
Mount Royal Hotel
North West Mounted Police
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Post Office
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Scenery
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Tunnel Mountain
War
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
World War II
WWII
World's Fair
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Ptarmigan Valley
Yoho National Park
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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Part Of
Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds
Scope & Content
Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports …
Date Range
[ca. 1915-1930]
Reference Code
V465 / PD - 1
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Album
Photograph
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Part Of
Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
V465
Sous-Fonds
V465
Accession Number
6160, 6180
Reference Code
V465 / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Parallel Title
Parallel title is orginal title given
Date Range
[ca. 1915-1930]
Physical Description
1 album (175 photographs : b&w ; 24.4 x 29.9 cm)
Scope & Content
Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. List of prints: 1 27000 Banff, Canada. Deer on edge of Banff 2 27001 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka, Indian Name - "Spirit Water", near Banff. 3 27002 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Hole, Tunnel Mountain. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 4 27003 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Green, Part of Mt. Rundle, 8600 ft. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 5 27004 - Banff, Canada. Looking from golf links along Bow River to C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur Mountain. [Banff Springs Hotel]. 6 27005 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 7 27006 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 8 27007 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 9 27008 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 10 27009 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 11 27010 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Women teeing off] 12 27011 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Tunnel Mt. in background] 13 27012 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Cascade Mt. in background] 14 27013 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Man and woman teeing off] 15 27014 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 16 27015 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 17 27016 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Tunnel Mt. in background] 18 27017 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 19 27018 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 20 27019 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 21 27020 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 22 27021 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 23 27022 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off, Rundle Mt. in background] 24 27023 - Banff, Canada. Golf : [Banff Springs Hotel golf course] 25 27024 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 26 27025 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 27 27026 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 28 27027 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 29 27028 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 30 27029 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 31 27030 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker. [View by pool at Banff Springs Hotel with Cascade Mountain in background. Image is reversed] 32 27031 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker by pool, Banff Springs Hotel, Cascade Mountain Background. 33 27032 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber and William Barrett. Aeroplane Dive. 34 27033 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber of Chicago doing aeroplane dive. Background Cascade Mt. 35 27034 - Banff, Canada. Freshwater pool, Banff Springs Hotel. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. William Barrett, swimming instructor formerly amateur champion of New Zealand. Inventor of the aeroplane dive. 36 27035 - Banff, Canada. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl of Chicago, New York and San Francisco, and her horse, "Peter Pan", leaving Banff Springs Hotel for a ride in the mountains. 37 27036 - Banff, Canada. Captain John Standly and Peter, his black and white collie, on the deck of his boat, "The Daughter of the Peaks." Lake Minnewanka, Indian name, "Spirit Water", near Banff. 38 27037 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka. 39 27038 - Banff, Canada. Road to Lake Minnewanka, Mt. Girouard. [Sightseers in touring car] 40 27039 - Banff, Canada. Falls and reservoir near Lake Minnewanka. Mt. Girouard, 3785 ft. 41 27040 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 42 27041 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 43 27042 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 44 27043 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning canter. [Catherine Barber riding "Peter Pan"] 45 27044 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning ride. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan," right] 46 27045 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel pool. Hotel in background. Aeroplane dive. [Catherine Barber and William Barrett] 47 27046 - Banff, Canada. Government Swimming Pool at the Sulphur Springs. [Cave & Basin] 48 27047 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 49 27048 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 50 27049 - Banff, Canada. Tunnel Mountain, Bow River. [Women on horseback along the shore] 51 27050 - Banff, Canada. View of Bow River Valley from "Hotel Banff Springs." 52 27051 - Banff, Canada. Motor boat on upper Bow River. [View from Bow River] 53 27052 - Banff, Canada. Bus at Banff Springs Hotel, and Mount Rundle. [Horse- drawn vehicle, Tunnel Mountain and Cascade Mountain, not Rundle Mt.] 54 27053 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Mt. Rundle. [Man and woman on horseback] 55 27054 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mt. and bus. [Sightseers in touring car] 56 27055 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle, Spray River. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan"] 57 27056 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Banff Springs Hotel, Sulphur Mountain. 58 27057 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Valley from Hotel. [View from Banff Springs Hotel] 59 27058 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. Mt. Bourgeau, 9375 ft. [Borgeau not visible] 60 27059 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 61 27060 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. 62 27061 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 63 27062 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 64 27063 - Banff, Canada. Bow River and Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 65 27064 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 66 27065 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 67 27066 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 68 27067 - Bow River, Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 69 27068 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. 70 27069 - Banff, Canada. Bow River, Cascade Mt. [Rider on horseback] 71 27070 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mountain and Bow River. 72 27071 - Banff, Canada. Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 73 27072 - Banff, Canada. Bow River : [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 74 27073 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 75 27074 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 76 27075 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 77 27076 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 78 27077 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 79 27078 - Banff, Canada. Group on board deck of boat. 80 27079 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy holding rifle outside tent] 81 27080 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 82 27082 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy holding rifles beside tent] 83 27083 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 84 27081/27084 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group posed outside tent] 85 27085 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy and woman cooking at a free-standing stove] 86 27086 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 87 27087 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 88 27088 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 89 27089 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 90 27090 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 91 27091 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy collecting pine boughs] 92 27093 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 93 27094 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man building wood stool] 94 27095 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 95 27096 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Government Pool - near the main pool. 96 27097 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 97 27098 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 98 27099 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 99 27100 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 100 27101 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 101 27102 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 102 27103 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 103 27104 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 104 27105 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 105 27106 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 106 27107 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Government Pool, warm sulphur water. 107 27108 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 108 27109 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 109 27110 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 110 27111 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 111 27112 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 112 27113 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 113 27114 - Pack Train crosses a stream. 114 27115 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 115 27116 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 116 27117 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. 117 27118 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a shored boat] 118 27119 - [Image missing] Mrs. Grantland Rice. 119 27120 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 120 27121 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 121 27122 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a raft] 122 27123 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 123 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 124 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 125 27126 - Mr. and Mrs. Grantland Rice and horses. [In front of Royal Northwest Mounted Police, No. 2: Kananaskis Lake] 126 27127 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 127 27128 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 128 27129 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 129 27130 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 130 27131 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 131 27133 - In camp at white manspass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 132 27134 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 133 27135 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. [Mrs. Wheeler on horse outside Royal Mounted Police No. 11 cabin] 134 27136 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 135 27138 - In the canyon, White Man's Pass - Mr. J.M. Gibbon. 136 27139 - White Man's Pass, where we camped. 137 27140 - At White Man's Pass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 138 [Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass] 139 27144 - Mrs. John Wheeler & Horse. 140 27145 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 141 27142 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & Horse. 142 27143 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [At a picnic] 143 27147 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 144 27146 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [In front of tent] 145 27149 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler and their ponies. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 146 27148 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & horse. 147 27150 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 148 27151 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 149 27152 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 150 27153 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 151 27154 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 152 27155 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 153 27157 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 154 27156 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 155 27158 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 156 27159 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 157 27160 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 158 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 159 The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 160 27164 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath 161 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis 162 27163 - The Cave and Basin, Government Springs Bath, Banff. 163 27166 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 164 27167 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 165 27168 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 166 27169 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 167 27170 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 168 27171 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 169 27173 - Bill, the guide. 170 27172 - Bill the guide takes a nap. 171 27174 - Bill, the guide. 172 27175 - Bill, the guide. 173 27177 - Bill, the guide. 174 27176 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 175 27178 - Bill, the guide. 176 27179 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 177 27180 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass. 178 27181 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass.
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Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Automobiles
Banff Springs Hotel
Bow Falls
Bow River
Bridges
Buildings
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Camping
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Cascade Mountain
Cave and Basin
Children
Cowboys
Dogs
Environment
Environment and Nature
Family
Family and personal life
Golf
Golf Course
Golfing
Horse packing
Horseback riding
Horses
Hotels
Hot Springs
Landscapes
Leisure
Mountains
North West Mounted Police
Pack trains
Personal and Family Life
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Picnics and picnicking
Portrait
Scenery
Shooting
Swimming
Tourism
Travel
Women
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Kananaskis
Alberta
Language
English
Conservation
Each page mounted individually in mylar sleeves.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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