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Letters to Mother [March - July 1938]
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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 March 2 to July 2, 1938. Topics include skiing and watching skiing events in Switzerland, descriptions of meals, local community events and activities [such as Carnivals], meeting with frie…
- Date Range
- 1938
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 104
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
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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 / 104
- Date Range
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1.8 cm of textual records (81 pages ; 22.4 x 29.2 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 March 2 to July 2, 1938. Topics include skiing and watching skiing events in Switzerland, descriptions of meals, local community events and activities [such as Carnivals], meeting with friends, news pertaining to Hitler's movements in Europe, weather, people and events in Concord, photography, leaving Switzerland in April in order to drive to Norway for the summer [includes driving through Germany, Denmark, and Sweden], descriptions of European roads [particularly the Autobahn] and various road-side amenities, visiting art galleries and museums, going to the movies, various holidays [mostly American], descriptions of ski hills and conditions in Norway, sightseeing, painting/sketching, architecture and buildings, exploring the islands off of Norway's northern coast [mostly by the ferry "Princess Ragnhild"] for a few weeks in late May to early June, camping, leaving Norway for Scotland in late June, and heading for Concord in early July. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters 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. 104 - 08 contains a list of distances and geographic features between various towns and cities in Germany and Switzerland on the last two pages.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- Johnsen, Hanne
- Feuz, Edward
- Strom, Erling
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Architecture
- Art
- Art galleries
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Birds
- Birthday
- Boats
- Businesses
- Camping
- Carnival
- Children
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Gallery
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Movies
- Museums
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Swiss Guides
- Theatre
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Vikings
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Engelberg
- Wengen
- Wengernalp
- Grindelwald
- Switzerland
- Cologne
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- Finse
- Oslo
- Trondhjem
- Andalsnes
- Norway
- Edinburgh
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
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- Europe
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
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- Processing Status
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Romsdal Valley, Norway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.018
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.018
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Four little buildings sit in green hills above a patch of white snow at the left side. Two more sit right of center. In the lower right corner is a dark shape. In the distance on he right side rises a mountain with snow sides. A ribbon of cloud crosses the blue sky behi…
1 image
- Title
- Romsdal Valley, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Four little buildings sit in green hills above a patch of white snow at the left side. Two more sit right of center. In the lower right corner is a dark shape. In the distance on he right side rises a mountain with snow sides. A ribbon of cloud crosses the blue sky behind.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.018
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Klosters, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.001
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.001
- Description
- Colour: blue. A building in the lower left corner. Two roofs can be seen behind and five more buildings across the picture towards the night. There are three tall shrubs in the lower night corner. There is a bank of snow behind the buildings and mountain peaks beyond. Bit of clear blue sky at the u…
1 image
- Title
- Klosters, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 34.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. A building in the lower left corner. Two roofs can be seen behind and five more buildings across the picture towards the night. There are three tall shrubs in the lower night corner. There is a bank of snow behind the buildings and mountain peaks beyond. Bit of clear blue sky at the upper edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.001
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Grindelwald, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.002
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.002
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue. Foreground is snow patches. Central image, night of canter is a log cabin. To the left is a scrawny tree and behind the cabin is a bare fill. In the background are three more cabins with green and blue shutters, situated on the green slope. Across the upper left corner i…
1 image
- Title
- Grindelwald, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue. Foreground is snow patches. Central image, night of canter is a log cabin. To the left is a scrawny tree and behind the cabin is a bare fill. In the background are three more cabins with green and blue shutters, situated on the green slope. Across the upper left corner is the forest.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.002
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Klosters, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.003
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.003
- Description
- Colour: blue. A fence partly hidden by snow runs across the shadowed embankment half way up the picture. A row of brown buildings goes across the upper part. The forest and mountain peaks can be seen in the upper left corners.The sun comes from the right highlighting the areas not shadowed by the h…
1 image
- Title
- Klosters, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. A fence partly hidden by snow runs across the shadowed embankment half way up the picture. A row of brown buildings goes across the upper part. The forest and mountain peaks can be seen in the upper left corners.The sun comes from the right highlighting the areas not shadowed by the house.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.003
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Klosters, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.004
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.004
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown. At the lower right three figures haul a sled up to the left through blue snow drifts. There are five buildings: two in the foreground on each side and three in the background at the center. A dark hill rises on the right side. Cloudy sky beyond.
1 image
- Title
- Klosters, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown. At the lower right three figures haul a sled up to the left through blue snow drifts. There are five buildings: two in the foreground on each side and three in the background at the center. A dark hill rises on the right side. Cloudy sky beyond.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.004
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Klosters, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.005
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.005
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, brown, yellow. A group of houses with white snowy roofs are encircled by blue snow banks. A brown fence can be seen at the lower left side. In the upper right corner the building there is barely painted in, much of the bare canvas shows through.
1 image
- Title
- Klosters, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, brown, yellow. A group of houses with white snowy roofs are encircled by blue snow banks. A brown fence can be seen at the lower left side. In the upper right corner the building there is barely painted in, much of the bare canvas shows through.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.005
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Klosters, Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.006
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.006
- Description
- Colour: white, blue, brown. Seven little cabins sit nestled in snowy hills. Three on the left and four on the right. A fence runs down right then down left at center. In the lower left corner is a large blue shadowed snow bank. In the background are trees with two snowy trails coming from each side…
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- Title
- Klosters, Switzerland
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, blue, brown. Seven little cabins sit nestled in snowy hills. Three on the left and four on the right. A fence runs down right then down left at center. In the lower left corner is a large blue shadowed snow bank. In the background are trees with two snowy trails coming from each side to behind the houses at center.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.006
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.012
- Description
- Colour: green, grey. Upper canvas is green and blue mountain slopes and grey sky. Lower canvas is mostly grey water with buildings. A dock in the right corner and a tree in the left corner and part way up the left.
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- Title
- Merok, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, grey. Upper canvas is green and blue mountain slopes and grey sky. Lower canvas is mostly grey water with buildings. A dock in the right corner and a tree in the left corner and part way up the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.012
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Top of Stigfossen, Norway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.014
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.014
- Description
- Colour: purple, green grey. The lower half is a teal blue stream going from the lower left corner across to the right side half way up where there is a bridge joining the green grey rocky banks. Behind on the right side a purple mountain slope rises up and off the canvas. At the upper left side are…
1 image
- Title
- Top of Stigfossen, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: purple, green grey. The lower half is a teal blue stream going from the lower left corner across to the right side half way up where there is a bridge joining the green grey rocky banks. Behind on the right side a purple mountain slope rises up and off the canvas. At the upper left side are distant mountains and grey blue blustery sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.014
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