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Queen Elizabeth II wedding and coronation scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22387
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Royal Family's visits to Canada and the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Content also pertains to the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.
- Date Range
- [1944 - 1952]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 5
- Date Range
- [1944 - 1952]
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Royal Family's visits to Canada and the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Content also pertains to the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Funeral
- Genealogy
- Coronation
- Newspaper
- Obituary
- Public events
- Regalia
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Royalty
- Weddings
- Children
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution as some contents are loose
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Politics
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[1940s and 1950s News Items Scrapbook]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22393
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook consisting of news-clippings, correspondence from the Post Office Department of Canada, pasted-in calendar prints with accompanying calendar for the year 1950, 1949 calendar, pasted-in prints of photographs appearing in Luxton archival collections - various sub-series; …
- Date Range
- 1945-1951
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III / B / 4 : Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III : Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 9
- Date Range
- 1945-1951
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 30.5 x 38.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook consisting of news-clippings, correspondence from the Post Office Department of Canada, pasted-in calendar prints with accompanying calendar for the year 1950, 1949 calendar, pasted-in prints of photographs appearing in Luxton archival collections - various sub-series; articles about the Duke of Windsor, Prince Edward, and his youth and adulthood; b&w prints of photographs of the Royal couple visiting an Indian Camp at Fort William; coverage of Queen Elizabeth's and Prince Phillip's wedding in The Tatler and Bystander and The Picture Post publications.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Correspondence
- Calendar
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Royalty
- Newspaper
- Family
- Family and personal life
- War
- World War II
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Creator
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Queen Elizabeth and King George VI 1939 Canada tour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22396
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 12
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Subject Access
- Royal Visit
- Royal tours
- Public events
- Community events
- Churches
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Jasper
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Ontario
- Toronto
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- United States of America
- New York
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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King George VI and British royal family [ca. 1935 - 1951]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22399
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also …
- Date Range
- [1935-1940]
- 1939
- 1951
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
- Published record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 15
- Date Range
- [1935-1940]
- 1939
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also included are two file folders containing:
- four postcards bearing images of the King and Queen's visit to Belfast, troops inspections and two publications titled: "Their Majesties' Canadian Visit, 1939" and a timetable of Pilot train and boats and itinerary of activities [placed in a mylar sleeve and file folder].
- booklet and b&w photographs relating to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's Royal Visit, 1939 [placed in a file folder].
- Subject Access
- Politics
- Public events
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Royalty
- Trains
- Travel
- Newspaper
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Jasper
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Postcard prints and other inserts have been placed in mylar inside scrapbook
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - August 1959]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7490
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 144
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- 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 / 144
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (145 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the 50th anniversary of the first flight in the Brittish Commonwealth in February, the 1959 Winter Carnival, construction on the back of the house, a trip to Concord in June for a friend's wedding, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visit in June, trips to Bow Lake during the summer, and the widening of the Icefield Parkway as far as the Saskatchewan River Crossing. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 144 - 02 is a letter to Rusty 144 - 07 is a carbon copy of 144 - 06 144 - 31 is a carbon copy of 144 - 30 144 - 56 is a carbon copy of 144 - 55 144 - 62 mostly consists of a story titled "The Story of Penny Warren" 144 - 86 is a carbon copy of the first page of 144 - 85
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Moore, Pearl
- Castella, Verne
- Whyte, Clifford
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Dempster, Harry
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Harvie, Eric
- Tasker, Peter
- Kaquitts, George
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Whyte, Jon
- Ward, Sam
- Beil, Charlie
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Luxton, Norman
- McLean, George
- Campbell, Gray
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Oldtimers
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- 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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Crowd on Banff Avenue
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions50091
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a large crowd of people on Banff Avenue - possibly waiting for Queen Elizabeth II to arrive [a sign reading ER II is visible on the left]
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 35
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 35
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a large crowd of people on Banff Avenue - possibly waiting for Queen Elizabeth II to arrive [a sign reading ER II is visible on the left]
- Name Access
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip
- Subject Access
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Crowd standing in a field with a maypole
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions50092
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of crowd of people in a field with a maypole - part of the royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 57
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 4 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Activities and Events
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 4 / PA - 57
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of crowd of people in a field with a maypole - part of the royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Name Access
- King George VI
- Subject Access
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Jim Brewster driving King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Colonel Panet in Democrat, 1939]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions50242
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Jim Brewster driving King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and Colonel Panet (chief of Canadian Pacific Railway police) in Democrat drawn by team of white horses - 1939
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 105
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 105
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Jim Brewster driving King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and Colonel Panet (chief of Canadian Pacific Railway police) in Democrat drawn by team of white horses - 1939
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Subject Access
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Community and events film
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55744
- Part Of
- William Royle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a 16 mm reel of colour film depicting topics such as wildlife, the Calgary Stampede, Boy Scout activities, and the Royal Visit. Film also has one piece of paper with handwritten notes on the contents of the film.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1978]
- Reference Code
- V808 / II / NF - 5
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Film
- Part Of
- William Royle fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M587 / V808
- Series
- II. Motion pictures
- Sous-Fonds
- V808
- Accession Number
- 2021.29
- Reference Code
- V808 / II / NF - 5
- GMD
- Film
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1978]
- Physical Description
- 8 mm film reel ; col.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a 16 mm reel of colour film depicting topics such as wildlife, the Calgary Stampede, Boy Scout activities, and the Royal Visit. Film also has one piece of paper with handwritten notes on the contents of the film.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Calgary Stampede
- Family and personal life
- Mountains
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Scenery
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter Carnival
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Film needs to be removed from original metal base
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55934
- Part Of
- O. Kathleen Wilson fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.
- Date Range
- [ca.1916-1935]
- Reference Code
- V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
221 images
- Part Of
- O. Kathleen Wilson fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V699
- Sous-Fonds
- V699
- Accession Number
- 3012, 3255, 3815, 3856, 3938, 3976, 4040, 5178
- Reference Code
- V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116
- Date Range
- [ca.1916-1935]
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- O. Kathleen Wilson was employed at the Chateau Lake Louise at Lake Louise, Alberta in the 1920s.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Architecture
- Automobiles
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff townsite
- Biographical
- Buffalo
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Clothing and dress
- Employees
- Entertainment
- First Nations
- Glacier House
- Glacier House Hotel
- Guides
- Horses
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Agnes Teahouse
- Landscapes
- Landslides
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Movie Stars
- Musicians
- Portrait
- Plain of Six Glacier Teahouse
- Prisoners of War
- Railways
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Scenery
- Swimming
- Swiss Guides
- Teahouses
- Trains
- War
- Waterfalls
- Women
- Work
- World War I
- Tally-hos
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Glacier
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wilson, O. Kathleen
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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