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- Murray Hay fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 43 x 28 cm, or smaller. File pertains to Murray Hay's work on various projects in Alaska, USA, specifically the Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau and Anchorage's Olympic Bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics. File includes a map and/or illustration of the Mount Ro…
- Date Range
- ca.1980-1997
- 1996
- 1997
- Reference Code
- M570 / IV / A / 2-3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Map
- Part Of
- Murray Hay fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M570 / V795
- Series
- M570 / IV : Murray Hay Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M570
- Sub-Series
- M570 / IV / A : Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 2019.41
- Reference Code
- M570 / IV / A / 2-3
- Date Range
- ca.1980-1997
- 1996
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (43 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 43 x 28 cm, or smaller. File pertains to Murray Hay's work on various projects in Alaska, USA, specifically the Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau and Anchorage's Olympic Bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics. File includes a map and/or illustration of the Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska; handwritten correspondence between Hay and "Ms. Hunter" and the mailing slip (1997); a rough sketch of Hay's illustrations; tourism information related to the Mount Roberts Tramway; and correspondence and a draft example of the map for the Olympic Bid.
- Notes
- The Mount Roberts Tramway has been in operation since 1996.
- M570 / IV / A / 3 : date based on the potential connection between the records and the Olympic bid process for the 1992 Winter Olympics, for which Anchorage (Alyeska) submitted a bid using maps created by Murray Hay. The selection was determined in 1986.
- Records were originally filed in two envelopes, labelled: "Mt. Roberts Trmw." and "Prince William Sound - Valdez." File titles reflect this.
- Name Access
- Hay, Murray
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Artist
- Cartography
- Discovery and travel
- Leisure
- Map
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- Travel
- Ski area
- Ski Maps
- Sports and recreation
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Olympic Games (Winter)
- Geographic Access
- Alaska
- United States of America
- Juneau
- Valdez
- Prince William Sound
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - March 1936]
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- 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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