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Winter - Olympia 1936
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3452
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- le Fort, B
- Publisher
- Munich : J. Brudmann
- Call Number
- 01.5 L52
- Author
- le Fort, B
- Responsibility
- by Baron B. le Fort and H. Harschter
- Publisher
- Munich : J. Brudmann
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 45p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Olympic games
- Notes
- In German
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 01.5 L52
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Letters to Mother [January - March 1936]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7446
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passen…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 99
- 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 / 99
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (62 pages ; 22.4 x 28.9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passengers], the death of the King George V while Pete and Catharine are in London, books Catharine and Edith are reading, travelling to the mainland and arriving in Innsbruck [Austria], travelling to Obergurgl by train, meeting new people, exploring the local towns and cities, skiing and ski lessons [mostly for Catharine], architecture, descriptions of local landscapes, people and events in Concord, photography and cameras, visiting local historic churches, going to museums and galleries, watching Olympic ski races and other skiing events in Garmisch Bavaria, meeting with friends, descriptions of different kinds of snow and skiing conditions, travelling to Zurich at the end of February, making a short trip to Murren and Gindlewald Switzerland before returning to Zurich, and then making preparations to return to Canada in early March. Also includes newspaper clippings and brochures for the Hotel Goldener Adler in Innsbruck and the area of Obergurgl.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most 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. Some letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the first page for an unknown project. Inserts 1-5 have been seperated from their accompanying letters at an unknown point.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- King George V
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Architecture
- Art
- Art galleries
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Birds
- Birthday
- Boats
- Businesses
- Carnival
- Children
- Churches
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Gallery
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Movies
- Museums
- Olympic Games (Winter)
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Swiss Guides
- Theatre
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- London
- England
- United Kingdom
- Innsbruk
- Seefeld
- Austria
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- German
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Calgary and Banff bid to host 1968 Winter Olympic Games.
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 5 / b / 1782
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.5. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 5 / b / 1782
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Calgary and Banff bid to host 1968 Winter Olympic Games.
- Subject Access
- Olympic games (winter)
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Introducing the National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada : an address to the 8th Annual Convention of the B.C. Federation of Fish and Game Clubs, Vancouver, April 30 1965
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7439
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Henderson, Gavin
- Call Number
- 13.111 H38 Pam
- Author
- Henderson, Gavin
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 11p
- Subjects
- Olympic games
- Recreation
- Call Number
- 13.111 H38 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mount Allan master plan : summary information document : June 1, 1984
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11181
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Alberta Olympic Secretariat
- Publisher
- [Government of Alberta]
- Call Number
- 01.5 Al1ma June 1984 oversize
- Author
- Alberta Olympic Secretariat
- Publisher
- [Government of Alberta]
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 41 p. : ill., maps
- Notes
- prepared for Alberta Tourism and Small Business
- Accession Number
- 5305
- Call Number
- 01.5 Al1ma June 1984 oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1988
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1242
- Description
- A circular, gold-coloured metal lapel pin; engraved around the circular pin “XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 88 TEAM”. In the centre the Olympic logo, au verso a ”C” inside a circle, “COA 1979 EO SIG”
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- Title
- Lapel Pin
- Date
- 1988
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.40 cm
- Description
- A circular, gold-coloured metal lapel pin; engraved around the circular pin “XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 88 TEAM”. In the centre the Olympic logo, au verso a ”C” inside a circle, “COA 1979 EO SIG”
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- Olympic Games
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1242
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Ecological and earth sciences in mountain areas
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13148
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Centre
- Call Number
- 04 M86b 2002
- Responsibility
- edited by Leslie Taylor, Kathy Martin, David Hik and Anne Ryall
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Centre
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 296 p. : ill
- Series
- Mountain communities conference series
- Subjects
- Birds
- Climatology
- Floods
- Olympic games
- Pollution
- Notes
- Proceedings of conference held at The Banff Centre, September 6-10, 2002
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Accession Number
- 7645
- Call Number
- 04 M86b 2002
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Calgary goes skiing : a history of the Calgary Ski Club
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12956
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Mittelstadt, David
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.5 M69c
- Author
- Mittelstadt, David
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 234 p. : ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada Huts
- Environment
- Mount Norquay ski area
- Olympic games
- Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies
- Women
- World War II
- Notes
- Includes index
- ISBN
- 1-894765-65-6
- Accession Number
- 7797
- Call Number
- 01.5 M69c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Great Divide : conservation vs. development in Alberta's mountain national parks, 1905-2005 an historical overview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13357
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- January 20, 2005
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Call Number
- 13.111 H25g Pam
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Published Date
- January 20, 2005
- Physical Description
- 14p
- Series
- U. of C. Department of History Colloquium Series
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Harkin, James Bernard
- Kananaskis Country
- National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada (NPPAC)
- Olympic games
- Ski areas
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes reference to Resources for Tomorrow conference in 1961, Parks for Tomorrow conference in 1968, the Village Lake Louise proposal in 1971/72, and the Banff-Bow Valley Study roundtable in 1994
- Call Number
- 13.111 H25g Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Iconografie delle montagne : carta da collezione
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14084
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Audisio, Aldo
- Publisher
- Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca
- Call Number
- 06 Au2i
- Author
- Audisio, Aldo
- Responsibility
- a cura di Aldo Audisio
- Publisher
- Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 391 p. : chiefly col. ill.
- Series
- Babelis turris
- Subjects
- Art
- Olympic games
- Notes
- At head of title: Raccolte di documentazione del Museo nazionale della montagna.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373) and indexes.
- Text in Italian and English.
- This third book in the series is devoted to tourist and commercial posters, but also to papers of various types. Images of less important collcting have given rise to an iconography that is often humble and popular in spirit: subjects that have successfully established a new image of the mountains. (from back cover)
- ISBN
- 9788880684886
- Accession Number
- 8216
- Call Number
- 06 Au2i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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