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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7466
- 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 July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
by me.
It was rather fun to be ~non his arrival . He was in the last
war and I guess never quite settled down when he
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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 / 120
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (77 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 July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people 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. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Kaquitts, Tom
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Bagley, Frederick A.
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Mather, Allan
- Sanson, Norman
- Ward, Sam
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Ski Club
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7459
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
, at 8 .30. P.m
They are both awfully fine boys and I guess have seen more of this war
than one would
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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 / 113
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people 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. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- 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)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Greenham, Margaret
- Baker-Carr, Kay
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Caird, Jean
- Noble, George
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Bicycles
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Aid
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- King Edward Hotel
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Sightseeing
- Ski areas
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sunshine Lodge
- Sunshine Village
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [May - December 1940]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7455
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
the war, Norman
Rogers our defence minister being killed, and then
Roosevelts speach and later one bf our
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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 / 109
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
- 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. Most 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. 109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed. 109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
- 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
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Brewster, Fern
- Pocette, Mark
- Paris, Cyril
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Gest, Lillian
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Phillips, Gladys
- Greenham, Margaret
- Harris, Lawren
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Highlanders
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Christmas
- Cinema
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Icefields Parkway
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Minniwanka
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Miette Hot Springs
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Edith Cavel
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Jasper
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- Windermere
- Radium
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7460
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
bad with a ·,;orld at war to use the
mails just to give us the pleasure of sending something
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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 / 114
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people 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. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Bow Lake
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Columbia Icefield
- Columbia Icefield Chalet
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefield Parkway
- 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
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Personal postcard prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54579
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 photographs printed onto postcard paper. Contents pertain to various members of the Woodworth family, as well as friends and Banff community members. Includes individual portraits, group photographs of the Banff Hospital staff, Banff Waterworks staff and friends in Bankhead, a l…
- Date Range
- 1904
- [ca. 1910]
- 1912
- 1915
- 1916
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / A / PA - 106 to 129
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / A / PA - 106 to 129
- Date Range
- 1904
- [ca. 1910]
- 1912
- 1915
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w postcard prints ; 8.5 x 14 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Charles William "Bill" Stenton (September 24, 1914 - October 23, 1987) was born and raised in Banff. Bill later married Maria Anne Fernuik (September 10, 1915 - July 21, 2002), who in 1952 began collecting curios in the couple's home. The following year, Bill and Maria opened their first business in Banff, called BJ Novelty; the couple later opened another Banff business, BJ's Fabrics. Bill and Maria are both buried in the Banff Town Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 photographs printed onto postcard paper. Contents pertain to various members of the Woodworth family, as well as friends and Banff community members. Includes individual portraits, group photographs of the Banff Hospital staff, Banff Waterworks staff and friends in Bankhead, a local soccer team and multiple unnamed children [one identified as Bill Stenton]. Some photographs are annotated on the back with dates/names.
- Notes
- One postcard in file has stamp affixed, sent to Maud Woodworth.
- Name Access
- Stenton, Bill
- Woodworth, Maude
- Peyto, Walter H.
- Lothian, Bob
- Soole, D. M.
- Robinson, Harry
- Brett, Helen
- Brett, Robert G.
- Subject Access
- Military
- World War I
- Family and personal life
- Horses
- Sanitarium Hotel
- Swimming
- Hospital
- Hotel
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- One item with extensive ink text and affixed stamp on the back has been placed in mylar to protect adjacent materials
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://albertaonrecord.ca/stenton-family-fonds https://cs.billiongraves.com/grave/Maria-A-Fernuik-Stenton/1648776 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92766722/charles-william-stenton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Publications, correspondence, events
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54506
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…
- Date Range
- 1888
- 1898
- 1906
- [ca. 1910]
- 1911
- 1914 - 1916
- [ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / A / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
- Accession Number
- 3109
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / A / 1
- Date Range
- 1888
- 1898
- 1906
- [ca. 1910]
- 1911
- 1914 - 1916
- [ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.
- Notes
- One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].
- Name Access
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
- Tuthill, J. A.
- Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
- Brett, Robert G.
- Woodworth, Fred
- Woodworth, Maude
- Subject Access
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Hockey
- Community events
- Hotels
- Travel
- Family and personal life
- Cascade Lodge No. 5
- Military
- World War I
- National parks and reserves
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Fragile newspaper and loose pages encased in mylar or acid free paper for protection, use caution when handling
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12326261/frederick-albert-woodworth
- https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Woodworth family and friends, Brett family
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the B…
- Date Range
- 1895
- [ca. 1900]
- 1909 - 1911
- 1916
- 1917
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / A / PA - 73 to 91
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / A / PA - 73 to 91
- Date Range
- 1895
- [ca. 1900]
- 1909 - 1911
- 1916
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : b&w prints ; 22 x 26.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the Bow River; and early school and community group portraits in Banff, one of which has attached annotations/notes. Some items are annotated on back.
- Notes
- Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format of individual photographs.
- All items [excluding item V324/IV/A/PA-81, image with attached typed notes] are from accession 2016.8581
- Item V324/IV/A/PA-81 is from accession 3109
- Name Access
- Woodworth, Ben
- Woodworth, Maude
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Margaret
- Scarth, W.H.
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
- Brett, Robert G.
- Morgan, Bill
- Cunningham, Ina
- Larkin, Benny
- Mansell, Marie
- Woodworth, Fred
- Subject Access
- Military
- World War I
- Horses
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Animals
- Children
- Buffalo
- Bison
- Landscapes
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Cave and Basin
- Lake Louise
- Bow River
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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