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Letters to Mother [January - June 1941]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for th…
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 110
- 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 / 110
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (84 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the construction of a new Spitfire plane], books Catharine and Edith are reading, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], kitchen appliances and descriptions of meals, news pertaining to the war, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, ski trips to Mount Temple Lodge throughout February and March [includes helping improve ski runs and getting a sleigh for the tractor, guests at the lodge, evening conversations, clothing, and food], the Winter Carnival [including swim races by Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Air Force members at the Cave and Basin], errand trips to Calgary, events and people in Concord, Edith's involvement with the Red Cross, wildlife, going on a road trip to Victoria in April [staying in Calgary, Creston, Grand Forks, and Vancouver on the way there and Lytton and Revelstoke on the way back], cleaning and household chores, and preparing for Edith and Mildred Owen to arrive for a visit at the end of June.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some 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. 110 - 39 contains sketches of the 2-storey privy at a hotel in Cowley [?] and a corner decoration in their hotel room in Grand Forks.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Owen, Mildred
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Boyce, Jim
- Noble, George
- Strom, Erling
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Minniwanka
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Revelstoke
- British Columbia
- 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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Bill Wright interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15217
- Date Range
- 1970
- Reference Code
- S1 / 38
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 38
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Bar C Ranch
- Cabins and shelters
- Cox, Bill
- Greenham, Margaret
- Hurcomb, Agnes
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mills, Ike
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ricks, Frank
- Rungius, Carl
- Skoki Lodge
- Warden cabins
- Wright, Andrew "Scotty"
- Wright, Mary
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
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Sydney Vallance interview
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- Date Range
- 1972
- Reference Code
- S1 / 78
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 78
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Bankhead
- Calgary Power
- Carver, Billy
- Gest, Lillian
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Hermits
- Hinman, Caroline
- Hunter, Charlie
- Kain, Conrad
- Lake Minnewanka (settlement)
- Lake Minnewanka Power Development
- Nixon, Walter
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Skoki Lodge
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Smith, Joe
- Standly, Jack
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Wilcox, Walter
- Wilson, Tom
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
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Jim Deegan interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15288
- Date Range
- 1976
- Reference Code
- S1 / 118
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 118
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Date Range
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Bears, Grizzly
- Legace, Ray
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Skoki Lodge
- Warden cabins
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Woodworth, Ben
- Woodworth, George Percy "Beef"
- Young, Ernie
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
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Bert Pendergast interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15296
- Date Range
- 1977
- Reference Code
- S1 / 128
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 128
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Banff-Jasper Highway
- Canmore
- Coal and coal mines
- Dairies
- Erickson, Nelson
- McBride, Ray
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Skoki Lodge
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Sam Evans and Ken Jones interview
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- Date Range
- 1980
- Reference Code
- S1 / 138
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 138
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Jon Whyte
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Dallas House
- Ellie's Dome
- Lovat Scouts
- Mills, Ike
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Paley, Raymond Edward Allan Christopher (Kit)
- Peyto, Stan
- Peyto, Walter
- Potts, Wattie (Walter)
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Ski racing
- Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Strom, Erling
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
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Cliff White Sr : [correspondence, financial papers]. -- 1935-1964
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Cliff White Sr. is Peter Whyte's brother. Includes letter from Jim Boyce.
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 470
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- 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
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 470
- Responsibility
- Responsibility: Cliff Sr. & Mildred White
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Cliff White Sr. is Peter Whyte's brother. Includes letter from Jim Boyce.
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- White, Cliff Sr.
- White, Mildred
- Skoki Lodge
- Mount Temple Chalet
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[Letters, notes]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions8549
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Letters and notes regarding operation of Skoki Lodge. Peter and Catharine operated Skoki Lodge from 1931 to 1933 and were involved with the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies for several years after.
- Date Range
- 1932-1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 3 / c / iii / 974 - 975
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.3. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 3 / c / iii / 974 - 975
- Date Range
- 1932-1935
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records : includes 1 oversize item
- Scope & Content
- Letters and notes regarding operation of Skoki Lodge. Peter and Catharine operated Skoki Lodge from 1931 to 1933 and were involved with the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies for several years after.
- Name Access
- Becker, Lynnie
- Baker-Carr, John
- Bax, Gwen
- Ball, Vic
- Becker, Ruth
- Batchelor, Dudley
- Bennett, Russell
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Skoki Lodge
- Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
- Clarkson, George
- Davenport, Guy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Hill, Frannie
- Kingman, Henry S.
- Kutschera, Victor
- Oliver, Bill
- Proctor, Charlie
- Rankin, Niall
- Robb, Russell Jr.
- Content Details
- Grocery list for Skoki Lodge, ca.1933. Held in oversize "H"
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