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Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Tunnel Mountain - written on back in pencil “Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.”
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 15
- 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 / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 15
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Tunnel Mountain - written on back in pencil “Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.”
- Subject Access
- Tunnel Mountain lookout
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51347
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Tunnel Mountain - written on back in pencil “Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.”
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 16
- 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 / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 16
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Tunnel Mountain - written on back in pencil “Banff townsite ca. 1935 from Tunnel Mtn. J.D.”
- Subject Access
- Tunnel Mountain lookout
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Aerial view of the Bow Valley and town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1940]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 21
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 21
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1940]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Aerial view of the Bow Valley and town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Bow Valley
- Mountains
- Tunnel Mountain lookout
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1939]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107
- 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 / 107
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Pocette, Mark
- Bagley, Frederick A.
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Vaux, Mary
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Children
- Christmas
- Cinema
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- North West Mounted Police
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RCMP
- Scenery
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- World War II
- WWII
- World's Fair
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Ptarmigan Valley
- Yoho National Park
- Banff National Park
- 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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Mrs. Nellie MacGregor (Holmes) Unwin
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Mrs. Nellie MacGregor Unwin (formerly Mrs. Reggie Holmes) wearing a long checkered coat and dark cap standing beside thin aspen trees and a chainlink fence with Tunnel Mountain visible in the background
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-1935]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 813
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 813
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-1935]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Mrs. Nellie MacGregor Unwin (formerly Mrs. Reggie Holmes) wearing a long checkered coat and dark cap standing beside thin aspen trees and a chainlink fence with Tunnel Mountain visible in the background
- Name Access
- Unwin, Nellie
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Tunnel Mountain
- Winter
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Untitled [Rundle from Banff]
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- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.05.05
- Description
- Mount Rundle is painted in grey, pink and blue and is viewed from Banff townsite. House and other buildings are visible in the foreground. Tunnel Mountain is visible on the left side of the image. The sky has several clouds in it.
1 image
- Title
- Untitled [Rundle from Banff]
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Mount Rundle is painted in grey, pink and blue and is viewed from Banff townsite. House and other buildings are visible in the foreground. Tunnel Mountain is visible on the left side of the image. The sky has several clouds in it.
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.05.05
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