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Bank in Dawson City
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
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- Title
- Bank in Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The Brewster Homestead (Banff)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwae.02.01
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WaE.02.01
- Description
- A log house dominates the pictures, out buildings to the left of the house, wood fencing both sides; green/brown grasses foreground, evergreen trees behind house; mountains to left and right top of picture; some clouds in blue sky.
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- Title
- The Brewster Homestead (Banff)
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 56.3 x 71.5 cm
- Description
- A log house dominates the pictures, out buildings to the left of the house, wood fencing both sides; green/brown grasses foreground, evergreen trees behind house; mountains to left and right top of picture; some clouds in blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- WaE.02.01
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Cave and Basin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.02.02
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.02
- Description
- Tom Lonsdale was the United Church Minister, for many years, in Banff; he took painting lessons from Pete Whyte circa 1950; Catharine purchased LoT.02.02 through LoT.02.04 at a United Church rummage sale, for $3.00 each, in 1975. Tom Lonsdale spent some years in a Calgary rest home and died 1975.
- Title
- Cave and Basin
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- Tom Lonsdale was the United Church Minister, for many years, in Banff; he took painting lessons from Pete Whyte circa 1950; Catharine purchased LoT.02.02 through LoT.02.04 at a United Church rummage sale, for $3.00 each, in 1975. Tom Lonsdale spent some years in a Calgary rest home and died 1975.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.02
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Correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54487
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two hand-written letters from Father Robert McGuinness to Alfred Roberts, comprising 7 sheets and 2 envelopes, H27.5 x W21 cm to H9.5 x W16.5. One letter is dated February 11, 1955. One letter is dated October 26, 1954. Topics discussed include: McGuinness' role as inspecting engin…
- Date Range
- 1954-1955
- Reference Code
- M460 / I / B / 1-2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M460
- Series
- M460 / I / : St. Mary's Parish
- Sous-Fonds
- M460
- Sub-Series
- M460 / I / B : Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings
- Accession Number
- 960
- Reference Code
- M460 / I / B / 1-2
- Date Range
- 1954-1955
- Physical Description
- 0.05 cm of textual records (9 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two hand-written letters from Father Robert McGuinness to Alfred Roberts, comprising 7 sheets and 2 envelopes, H27.5 x W21 cm to H9.5 x W16.5.
- One letter is dated February 11, 1955.
- One letter is dated October 26, 1954.
- Topics discussed include: McGuinness' role as inspecting engineer for the Banff Springs Hotel expansion; McGuinness' travels and religious education in Rome and Wales; architecture (primarily the Norman Chateau style) of St. Mary's Parish, including sketches; traveling to Liverpool by ship; and material he used while presiding over a wedding service.
- Notes
- Letters were posted to Alfred V. Roberts in San Diego. McGuinness mentions in one of the letters that Alfred was also an engineer and that they were in Canada at some point together.
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Roberts, Alfred V.
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Banff
- Hotels
- Churches
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Professional and Personal Life
- Religions
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church
- Stone structures
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- United States of America
- San Diego
- Language
- English
- Creator
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Category
- Religions
- Communications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Fire Engine, Dawson City
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…
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- Title
- Fire Engine, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.
- Subject
- transportation
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
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- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.05
- Title
- Mount Rundle
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.5 cm
- Subject
- architecture, rural
- Moore Home
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.05
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Robert J. McGuinness fonds
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978. II. McGuinn…
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Reference Code
- M460
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Plan
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 460
- Sous-Fonds
- M 460
- Accession Number
- 960
- 3707
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 1.11 cm of textual records (34 pages : 29 x 42 cm or smaller) -- 9 architectural drawings : annotations ; 89 x 58 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Originally from ancient Iveagh, which is now County Down, Ireland, the McGuinness family eventually migrated to Liverpool at an unknown time. The McGuinness family were provision merchants in Liverpool, but found supplies limited so they emigrated to Canada. Born on June 20, 1886 in Liverpool, Father Robert James McGuinness moved to Belleville, Ontario, Canada with his family in 1890. He had 7 brothers and sisters, including Oswald A. McGuinness, who settled in Invermere, British Columbia. Robert attended St. Lawrence College in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, and completed his studies at St. Servan in Rhiems, France, qualifying as an engineer. He held a position with the federal government upon his return to Canada, however when World War I broke out Robert served in the 29th Battalion of CRTS building pontoons behind European battle lines. After returning to Canada, Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as an architectural engineer, which brought him west to Banff, Alberta. Robert was the resident architectural engineer overlooking the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel expansion in the 1920's. In the late 1920's, Robert traveled to Rome to enter the seminary and four years later he was ordained as a priest. After serving as priest in Calgary, Robert was appointed Catholic priest in Banff in 1936, where he lived and worked until his death in 1961. To fulfill a personal dream, Robert designed and supervised the construction of the new church building and grounds for St. Mary's Parish (St. Mary's of the Assumption) which was completed in 1951. During his years in Europe, Robert visited ancient churches and cathedrals which influenced the design of the church, primarily the Norman Chateau architectural style. Robert was also a talented artist. Some of his work can be seen in galleries in New York and in Banff. His work has been reproduced for Canadian Pacific Railway tourism material, including the Spiral Tunnels postcard included in this fonds. Robert died in Calgary on June 17, 1961, just shy of his 75th birthday, after being ill for a few months.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series:
- I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978.
- II. McGuinness Family, 1953-1977, 1 cm (private records, including handwritten notes, a memoir, and a postcard).
- Notes
- . IYounger brother Oswald was a surveyor who built the road from Invermere to Calgary
- There is some indication that Robert had a role in the construction of the Bow River Bridge or the collection of the stones used for the bridge, but this is unconfirmed
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Art
- Banff
- Buildings
- Churches
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Religions
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- 08.3 / Si 3m / Pam
- 08.3 / B22 stm / Pam
- 08.3 / Sa 2 / Pam
- Creator
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on contents of the fonds
- https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/g/Laurie-Goggin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0444.html
- "St. Mary's of the Assumption" pamphlet printed by the Crag and Canyon in Banff (08.3/Sa 2/Pam)
- http://www.stmarysparishbanff.ca/history/
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.065
- Description
- Two parallel rows of small buildings. Hills and trees behind.
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- Title
- Switzerland
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Two parallel rows of small buildings. Hills and trees behind.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.065
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Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah
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- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.283
- Description
- View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-…
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- Title
- Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah
- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-grey mountainside slopes downwards and on the right is a rounded summit with a line white snow dividing the crown from the lower slopes. In the right foreground, a brown cabin (with a red-brown roof and an open front door) sits in a meadow surrounded by tall evergreens. To the left of the front of the cabin, a brown horse is tied to a wooden railing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.283
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.08
- Description
- A very dark picture; a brown log house with blue shutters is evident through tall evergreen trees; the base of the trees is dark blue with some green; appears to be the Moore Home.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 39.4 cm
- Description
- A very dark picture; a brown log house with blue shutters is evident through tall evergreen trees; the base of the trees is dark blue with some green; appears to be the Moore Home.
- Subject
- architecture, rural
- Moore Home
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.08
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