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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples an…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
1904
1909
1911
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 3
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Photograph
Photograph print
  98 images     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 3
GMD
Postcard
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
1904
1909
1911
Physical Description
1 album (96 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm and 8 cm x 13.5 cm -- 1 print : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples and cane sugar], livestock, dockyard and wharf scenes, a street carnival and other community events in Havana, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, a mass burial site, cathedrals, landmarks, and botanical gardens. Most items not dated or annotated. Postcard print has personal message addressed to "David" [likely David McDougall] in 1909, and one postcard depicting mass burial site has personal message to David McDougall from Mr. Adam Mackenzie.
Notes
One postcard and b&w postcard print are annotated on back
Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 4
Name Access
McDougall, David
Mackenzie, Adam
Subject Access
Tourism
Travel
Farmland
Animals
Churches
Memorial
Buildings
Businesses
Commerce
Community events
Horses
Transportation
Grave
Garden
Boats
Industry
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Geographic Access
Cuba
Havana
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Handle with caution if temporarily removing item[s] from album as corner insert spaces holding postcards may tear easily
Related Material
LUX / II / E / PD - 4
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Commerce and industry
Environment
Natural resources
Transportation
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community ev…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1909
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Postcard
  102 images     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / PD - 4
GMD
Album
Postcard
Responsibility
Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1909
Physical Description
1 album (101 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community events, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, tourist attractions and landmarks in Havana, rural villages, and Cuban landscapes.
Notes
Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 3
Subject Access
Tourism
Travel
Farmland
Animals
Churches
Memorial
Buildings
Businesses
Commerce
Community events
Transportation
Garden
Boats
Industry
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Environment
Geographic Access
Cuba
Havana
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Related Material
LUX / II / E / PD - 3
Category
Commerce and industry
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Transportation
Land, settlement and immigration
Natural resources
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Hawaii, Japan and China cruise travel scrapbook

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook containing clippings, menus, brochures, travel guides, advertisements and magazines. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton in 1937 to Hawaii, China and Japan aboard the Empress of Japan cruise ship, which was operated by the Canadian Pacific Rai…
Date Range
1937
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Scrapbook
Published record
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / E / 5
GMD
Textual record
Scrapbook
Published record
Date Range
1937
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (4 cm of textual records)
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook containing clippings, menus, brochures, travel guides, advertisements and magazines. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton in 1937 to Hawaii, China and Japan aboard the Empress of Japan cruise ship, which was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes 23 copies of Pacific Empress magazine [July and August, 1937].
Notes
Some copies of Pacific Empress magazine are duplicates
Material Details
Front cover of scrapbook has emblem with Hawaiian landscape/waterfront scene with text "ALOHA HAWAII"
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Family and personal life
Cruise ships
Transportation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Hawaii
Japan
Mount Fuji
Kyoto
China
Repulse Bay
Hong Kong
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Mandarin
Japanese
Conservation
Some items are loose in scrapbook - secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and in original order
Category
Commerce and industry
Transportation
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Cultural pluralism
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Burned Photographs [unlisted- file 2 of 5]

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to extended family members of Norman, Georgina and Eleanor Luxton. Photographs depict George E. Luxton, members of the Graham family [including Annie, Willie, John and Fred Graham], and photographs of trains and Canadian Pacific staff members.
Date Range
1900-1910
Reference Code
LUX / III / C3 / PA - 103 to 117
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  24 images  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / C : Extended family
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / III / C3 : Other extended family
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / C3 / PA - 103 to 117
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Photographs LUX/III/ C3/PA-111 to 117 produced by Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Date Range
1900-1910
Physical Description
16 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to extended family members of Norman, Georgina and Eleanor Luxton. Photographs depict George E. Luxton, members of the Graham family [including Annie, Willie, John and Fred Graham], and photographs of trains and Canadian Pacific staff members.
Name Access
Graham, Annie
Graham, Fred
Graham, John
Graham, Willie
Luxton, George
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Photography
Portrait
Tourism
Transportation
Trains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Items are stored in mylar
Consider separate storage for mold damaged materials to prevent future cross-contamination of materials
Category
Family and personal life
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 463 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall pack trains and camps, hunting trophies, Riggall's ram trophies, negatives removed from two Riggall negative albums, early hunting and camping photographs, Riggall's parents posing with bear killed by Riggall, tourists on Waterton…
Date Range
[ca.1904 to ca.1959]
Reference Code
V26 / IX / E / NA (E1 to E21)
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  5 images  
Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M376 / V26
Series
IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
Sous-Fonds
V26
Accession Number
7102
Reference Code
V26 / IX / E / NA (E1 to E21)
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[ca.1904 to ca.1959]
Physical Description
463 photographs : b&w negatives
Scope & Content
File consists of 463 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall pack trains and camps, hunting trophies, Riggall's ram trophies, negatives removed from two Riggall negative albums, early hunting and camping photographs, Riggall's parents posing with bear killed by Riggall, tourists on Waterton steam boat, Austin's Cochrane ranch, and the Castle River rodeo.
Subject Access
Hunting
Animals
Bear
Boats
Transportation
Camping
Sports
Recreation
Packing
Pack trips
Ranches
Travel
Family and personal life
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Cochrane
Waterton
Language
N/A
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Reference scans available: V26 / IX / E / NA (E1 to E21)
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff
Date Range
[ca.1905-1910]
Reference Code
V48 / I / A / NA - 1 to 8, 494
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Film
Negative
Transparency
  8 images  
Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V48
Series
I.A. Negatives : Film
Sous-Fonds
V48
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V48 / I / A / NA - 1 to 8, 494
GMD
Film
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
[ca.1905-1910]
Physical Description
9 photographs : negatives, film
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of the Barnes family prior to their move to Banff
Notes
LIST OF NEGATIVES :
1 Family on porch of house, [North Dakota?]
2 Farm buildings, [Barnes farm, North Dakota?]
3, 4 Children in front of school, [North Dakota?]
5 Soo Line boxcar with man and colt in door
6 Street scene of prairie town
7 Royal Hotel
8 Moose Jaw railway station
494 Elliott or "Fred" Rupert Barnes on deer hunt, [North Dakota?]
Name Access
Barnes, Elliott
Subject Access
Buildings
Cityscape
Family
Family and personal life
Hunting
Landscapes
Transportation
Trains
Geographic Access
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Canada
United States of America
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Language
NA
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1925, Lake Louise to Jasper and Return with side trip to Mount Robson

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Part Of
Lillian Gest fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches…
Date Range
1925
Reference Code
V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph print
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Lillian Gest fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M67 / S36 / V225
Series
II.C. Activities / photography
Sous-Fonds
V225
Sub-Series
ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
Accession Number
5142
Reference Code
V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
GMD
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1925
Physical Description
1 album (475 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches of snow on the ground, August 22, 1925. Also includes photographs from a side trip to Mount Robson, enlargements, and greeting cards with trip photographs from Florence Dibell Bartlett, Caroline Hinman, Mary Goddard Potter, and Samuel C. Edmonds. Inserts pertain to the greeting card from Samuel C. Edmonds and the overview/advertisement for the 1925 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
Notes
Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album
Name Access
Gest, Lillian
Hinman, Caroline
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Animals
Bighorn Sheep
Cabins and shelters
Camps
Camping
Chateau Lake Louise
Climbing
Coyote
Dogs
Family and personal life
First Nations
Glaciers
Hiking
Horses
Horseback riding
Horse packing
Indigenous Peoples
Mountains
Mountaineering
Mountain Goat
Off the Beaten Track
Scenery
Transportation
Travel
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Paradise Valley
Saskatchewan River
Castleguard Meadows
Thompson Pass
Banff National Park
Maligne Lake
Medicine Lake
Nigel Pass
Jasper National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Access Restrictions
Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
Language
English
Conservation
Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
Creator
Gest, Lillian
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources

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Letters to Mother [October 1933 - December 1933]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 29 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 1933 to December 1933 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to Hawaii. Other topics include Concord news, the birth of Barbara and Cliff White's baby, attending the Wo…
Date Range
1933
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 92
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 / 92
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
1.3 cm of textual records (236 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 29 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 1933 to December 1933 and primarily includes Peter and Catharine's trip to Hawaii. Other topics include Concord news, the birth of Barbara and Cliff White's baby, attending the World Fair in Chicago, Catharine's travels by train from New York to California [including the views and people she meets], sailing on the S.S. Lurline from San Francisco to Honolulu with Hollywood movie stars [Claudette Colbert, Mary Boland and director Cecil de Mille] on board heading to Hawaii to make a film [entitled Four Frightened People released in 1934?], arriving in Honolulu, Peter and Catharine painting at various locations, describing people, food, weather and locations in Honolulu and Honolai and Kauai, meeting various people, and having Christmas in Hawaii.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Included are 7 postcards and two magazine clippings. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and transportation letterheads. 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 also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed. Some letters also have dates written in pencil of when the were received by Edith Morse Robb [?]. Letter 21 looks disjointed due to repeated page numbers and some blank space but these were stapled together so these pages were kept in this order to respect the archival record.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
White, Clifford
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Davenport, Guy
Subject Access
Art
Artists
Beach
Christmas
Community life
Family and personal life
Japanese
Leisure
Movie Stars
Scenery
Ship
Train
Transportation
Travel
Cruise ships
Geographic Access
Banff
Concord
New York
New Mexico
California
Hawaii
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [February - May 1934]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the s…
Date Range
1934
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 94
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
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 / 94
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
2.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 22.1 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the ship and other passengers, weather, books Pete and Catharine are reading, arriving in Tokyo, extensive details of most everything Catharine comes into contact with [this was her first visit to Japan and drew a lot from her grandfather's experiences - it was not Pete's first visit], meeting their guide Mr Miyaoka, going to art shows and museums, local cuisine, architecture, music and entertainment, sightseeing, visiting temples and gardens, shopping, sketching, taking Japanese painting lessons, photography and cameras, going for walks [both during the day and at night], going to the movies [also includes comparisons to Hollywood movies], visiting Nikko for a few days in mid-April before returning to Tokyo [while in Nikko Pete and Catharine watched a local festival, although she does not say what the festival was for], dinner parties, leaving Tokyo for Kyoto in late April, descriptions of the trip and countryside from the train, comments on Japanese naval and military activities, their time spent in Kozu on the way to Kyoto, the trains they travelled in and other travellers, farms, the various towns and villages passed [mostly comments on the train stations], Pete's day trip to Kobe to meet with a friend he'd met in Banff, planning the next leg of their trip, touring around the Kyoto area, visiting local landmarks [including gardens, temples/shrines, and factories/specialty shops], making day trips to nearby landmarks and towns [most notably Nara to see the tame deer and to the Imperial Palace], Pete developing films [photographs] in hotel room bathrooms, events and people in Concord and in Banff, going to Kobe for a few days before returning to Kyoto in early May, leaving Japan for China on the M.S. Choko Maru in mid-May, and arriving in Tientsin China.
Notes
Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 94 - 13 page 16 contains a sketch of the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita Japan. 94 - 18 is not dated and has had "May 8?" written in pencil at the top - it has been scanned as its own letter, but it may be part of 94 - 17.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Architecture
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Automobiles
Birds
Boats
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines
Children
Correspondence
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
Farming
Festival
Flowers
Food
Funeral
Gallery
Garden
Guides
Home
Leisure
Memorial
Military
Mountain
Movies
Museums
Navy
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Scenery
Soliders
Temples
Theatre
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Weather
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Tokyo
Nikko
Kozu
Kyoto
Kobe
Japan
China
Honolulu
Hawaii
Concord
Massachusetts
United States of America
Language
English
Conservation
Locate missing 94 - 21 page[s].
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [May - July 1934]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city …
Date Range
1934
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 95
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
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Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 95
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
2.1 cm of textual records (150 pages ; 21.4 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city itself], comments on the presence of Japanese soldiers in China, descriptions of the countryside [specifically farms], conversations with other travellers, weather, local foods, comparisons between Japan and China, descriptions of the hotels they stay in, different modes of transportation [busses, rickshaws, carriages, and the like], children, local fashions, temples, photography, visiting the Forbidden City [unclear if they actually went into the City], sketching, shops and shopping, their local guides, politics and world affairs [as they apply to China], various holidays [mostly North American], meeting up with D'Arcy Baker-Carr, visiting the Great Wall of China, travelling to Shanghai by train in early June, going to Hong Kong by ship, Catharine's 29th birthday [celebrated aboard ship], other travellers and sights from the water, books and magazines [also occasionally newspapers] that Pete and Catharine are reading, exploring Hong Kong [the city itself as well as the island] during their 10-day stay, people and events in Concord, leaving Hong Kong for Bali at the end of June, observations about the ship and the passengers, travel conditions, descriptions of other boats, short visits on land when their ship docked along the route, arriving in Bali and exploring the area, local people and wildlife, walking along the beaches, meeting with friends from Canada, and preparing for the next leg of their trip.
Notes
Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 95 - 03 page 4 contains a sketch of a cross-bow. 95 - 07 appears to be missing the last page[s]. 95 - 14 page 2 contains sketches in pencil of a Chinese ship and a woman with a child on her back. 95 - 25 appears to be missing the last page[s].
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Architecture
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Automobiles
Birds
Birthday
Boats
Businesses
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
Farming
Flowers
Food
Funeral
Gallery
Guides
Home
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Memorial
Military
Mountain
Movies
Museums
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Scenery
Soliders
Temples
Theatre
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Weather
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Japan
Peking
Shanghai
Hong Kong
China
Bali
Java
Indonesia
Concord
Massachusetts
United States of America
Language
English
Conservation
Locate missing 95 - 07 and 25 page[s].
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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