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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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Letters to Mother [January - March 1936]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passen…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 99
- 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 / 99
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (62 pages ; 22.4 x 28.9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 17 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 8 to March 9, 1936. Topics include travelling from New York to Austria via England in mid-January, activities aboard ship [including descriptions of the ship itself and other passengers], the death of the King George V while Pete and Catharine are in London, books Catharine and Edith are reading, travelling to the mainland and arriving in Innsbruck [Austria], travelling to Obergurgl by train, meeting new people, exploring the local towns and cities, skiing and ski lessons [mostly for Catharine], architecture, descriptions of local landscapes, people and events in Concord, photography and cameras, visiting local historic churches, going to museums and galleries, watching Olympic ski races and other skiing events in Garmisch Bavaria, meeting with friends, descriptions of different kinds of snow and skiing conditions, travelling to Zurich at the end of February, making a short trip to Murren and Gindlewald Switzerland before returning to Zurich, and then making preparations to return to Canada in early March. Also includes newspaper clippings and brochures for the Hotel Goldener Adler in Innsbruck and the area of Obergurgl.
- 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. Some letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the first page for an unknown project. Inserts 1-5 have been seperated from their accompanying letters at an unknown point.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- King George V
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Architecture
- Art
- Art galleries
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Birds
- Birthday
- Boats
- Businesses
- Carnival
- Children
- Churches
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Gallery
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Movies
- Museums
- Olympic Games (Winter)
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Swiss Guides
- Theatre
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- London
- England
- United Kingdom
- Innsbruk
- Seefeld
- Austria
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- German
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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
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 / 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
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Muir, John (editor)
- Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- John Muir (editor)
- Ernest Ingersoll (author)
- Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
- Publisher
- San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
- Published Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Series
- California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Rocky Mountains
- Art
- Fraser, John Arthur
- Notman, William & Son
- Banff
- Canmore
- Kamloops
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Bow River
- Hot springs
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Emerald Lake
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
- Asulkan Glacier
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
- Notes
- Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
- Accession Number
- 7901
- Call Number
- 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Exposure Photography Festival - Calgary, Banff, Canmore
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- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Photography
- Art
- Canmore
- Banff
- Calgary
- Abstract
- Exposure Photography Festival programs
- Notes
- 2008 to 2015
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Exposure Photography Festival website
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Uplift : visual culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Reichwein, PearlAnn and Wall, Karen
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 R27u
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- xii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- In 1933, the Banff School was established as a summer outreach program of the University of Alberta, offering a single course in drama. Since then, it has become a renowned cultural destination and educational institution, today known as the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. As PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Wall recount in this engaging history, over its first four decades the school produced and circulated ideals of culture and liberal democratic citizenship that were intrinsic to the development of modern Canada. Uplift traces the role of the school in shaping arts and cultural education, as reflected in its array of interests from the artistic to the political, economic, and ideological. Situated within Banff National Park, the school and its surroundings combined stunning natural scenery and cultural capital in a symbolic national landscape. In an era of unstable cultural policy and state support for the arts, Uplift offers a nuanced account of one particular engine of nation building and tourism development. It draws attention to the past and present place of fine arts, culture, and the humanities in public education and in Canada's history, exploring what they mean to democracy, citizenship, and a life well lived. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- Introduction: Artists, Tourists, and Citizens ; Uplifting the People: Extension Education and the Arts ; Branding Banff: Arts Education, Tourism, and Nation Building ; Building a “Campus in the Clouds”: Space, Design, Modernity ; “Wholesome, Understandable Pictures”: Practices of Landscape Painting and Production of Landscapes ; Presence and Portrait: Indigeneity in the Park ; “Leading Artists of the World”: Teachers as Tourist Attractions and Pedagogues ; “Some Paint, Some Tan”: Students Coming to the Mountains ; Conclusion: The Arts, Nature, and Democracy
- ISBN
- 9780774864527
- Accession Number
- P2022.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 R27u
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Report of proposed artistic lay-out of Banff
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- circa 1913/14
- Author
- Mawson, Thomas H
- Call Number
- 13.112 M45r Pam
- Author
- Mawson, Thomas H
- Responsibility
- by Thomas H. Mawson
- Published Date
- circa 1913/14
- Physical Description
- 18 pages
- Subjects
- Art
- Banff
- Banff (townsite)
- Notes
- Exerpts from the Annual reports of the Department of the interior for the fiscal year ending March 31,1914
- Report compiled in an email by John Whelan
- Call Number
- 13.112 M45r Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The life and work of an english landscape architect : an autobiography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14675
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1914
- Author
- Mawson, Thomas H
- Call Number
- 13.112 M45l Pam
- Author
- Mawson, Thomas H
- Responsibility
- by Thomas H. Mawson
- Published Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 30 pages
- Subjects
- Art
- Banff
- Biography
- Hot spings
- Van Horne, William
- Whyte, Jon
- Notes
- Exerpts from the Annual reports of the Department of the interior for the fiscal year ending March 31,1914 ; Taking from new responsibilities ; The Mawson Report in historical perspective by Max Foran ; Thomas H. Mawson's plans for beautifying Banff ; Where man & mountain meet by Jon Whyte
- Report compiled in an email by John Whelan
- Call Number
- 13.112 M45l Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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History in their blood : the Indian portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4916
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Doutlas & McIntyre
- Call Number
- 07.2 D36d
- 07.2 D36d Copy 2
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A
- Responsibility
- introduction by J. Russell Harper
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Doutlas & McIntyre
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 124p. : ports
- Subjects
- Art
- Banff
- Cree
- First Nations
- Siksika
- McLean, George
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 0-88894-360-1
- Accession Number
- 15000
- 7504 (Copy 2)
- Call Number
- 07.2 D36d
- 07.2 D36d Copy 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Drawing from the mountain : an illustrated journey
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14892
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Perry, Lorne
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- G512 P47
- Author
- Perry, Lorne
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 141 p. : ill., ports.
- Subjects
- Art
- Photography
- Banff
- Canmore
- Minnewanka, Lake
- ISBN
- 9781894765817
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G512 P47
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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