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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

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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 / 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Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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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Olympic Pin

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Date: 1936 – 1972

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 103.09.0121 a,b

Description: Two small pins commemorating the 1972 Olympic Games. (a) linked circles, a cutout of five linked circles, each enamelled a different colour, at the top from left are blue, black, red, at bottom, yellow and green. Back has small horizontal safety pin clasp. (b) rectangular, silver coloured backgrou…

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Title: Olympic Pin

Date: 1936 – 1972

Material: metal

Dimensions: 1.1 x 0.8 x 2.2 cm

Description: Two small pins commemorating the 1972 Olympic Games. (a) linked circles, a cutout of five linked circles, each enamelled a different colour, at the top from left are blue, black, red, at bottom, yellow and green. Back has small horizontal safety pin clasp. (b) rectangular, silver coloured background with red enamelled circle at top on white background, white snowflakes in middle on silver background, and five linked Olympic circles in silver on white background at bottom with "SAPPORO" beneath. Safety pin clasp on back vertically attached loosely through long metal sleeve tube.