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1907 Diary [Hector Wheeler]

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and s…

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: M546 / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 53

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and surrounding camps and climbs. Mention of A. O. and Oliver Wheeler August 14. In and out of Calgary and Golden. Camping and climbing in Ptarmigan, Donald Camp, Beaueumouth [?]. Memoranda at back monetary notations for trip expenses. Notations of expenses for 1907 and 1908 trips.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Hector

Subject Access: Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Rocky Mountains; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Hector

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Algeria Trip Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of lantern slides pertaining to the 1924 trip to Northern Algeria, Tunisia, the Sahara, Sicily and Naples led by Caroline Hinman. The contents of the slides depict desert and oasis scenes, with pack camel trains and tent camps, all taking place during a camping trip in northern Algeri…

Date Range: 1926

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / PS - 1 to PS - 52

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M236 / V282

Series: V282 / III: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V282

Sub-Series: V282 / III / B: Transparencies

Accession Number: 1316, 1933

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / PS - 1 to PS - 52

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1926

Physical Description: 52 photographs : b&w slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The 52 photographs depict a pack camel camping trip in Algeria during the Eighth Trip "Off the Beaten Track" led by Caroline Hinman in 1924. Caroline Hinman, of New Jersey, organized and led tours to various European destinations during winter months and Canadian Rockies trips in the summers almost every year from the mid-1910s until the 1960s. In the years immediately following World War I Hinman wanted to do a camping trip in the Sahara Desert and, with the help of a French outfitter based in the area, she was able to put together a 3-month tour that would include such an excursion. It is not clear how many people partook in the entire tour, but it is known that the camping trip through the desert was optional and was attended by all women. The campers, 6 ladies with Hinman, were guided by locals from the town of Touggourt eastward to Tozeur from February 1-10. They were accompanied by guides, outfitters, cooks, camels, and donkeys. For a full description see the attached pdf of the trip advertisement.

Scope & Content: File consists of lantern slides pertaining to the 1924 trip to Northern Algeria, Tunisia, the Sahara, Sicily and Naples led by Caroline Hinman. The contents of the slides depict desert and oasis scenes, with pack camel trains and tent camps, all taking place during a camping trip in northern Algeria. The slides appear to be celluloid transparencies fixed between the panes of glass; lack of maker's marks on the transparencies indicates the images may have been developed onto a sheet and then individually cut out to form the slides.

Name Access: Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Travel; Scenery; Desert; International travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Algeria; Africa

Language: N/A

Conservation: All slides cleaned prior to scanning

Biographical Source Notes: M263 / 3 - Northern Algeria, Tunisia, the Sahara, Sicily and Naples brochure; M236 / 4 - "On Horseback and Camel-Hump," by Caroline Avis, The Woman Citizen, December 13, 1924

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Letters to Mother [August - October 1934]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 23 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to October 8, 1934. Topics include travelling from Bali to Djokja [the Dutch name for present-day Yogyakarta] in Indonesia, travelling by car [via ferries] and by train, descriptio…

Date Range: 1934

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 96

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 / 96

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1934

Physical Description: 1.8 cm of textual records (87 pages ; 21 x 29.7 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 23 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to October 8, 1934. Topics include travelling from Bali to Djokja [the Dutch name for present-day Yogyakarta] in Indonesia, travelling by car [via ferries] and by train, descriptions of the countrysides they travelled through and of local towns and villages, language barriers, descriptions of meals and various types of local dishes, travelling through the island of Java on the way to Sumatra, comments on and descriptions of other people encountered while travelling, weather, photography, developing films [photographs], people and events in Concord, travelling across Sumatra by car, volcanoes, local wildlife [mostly birds and monkeys], observations on local farms and farming techniques/products, books and magazines Pete and Catharine are reading, leaving Sumatra for France on the M.S. Sibajak in early September via the Suez Canal, descriptions of their cabin and the ship itself, life and activities aboard ship, comments and observations about other passengers, day trips on land along the way, going through the Canal, arriving in Marseille France and setting out for Swizerland by train in mid-September, travelling around Switzerland by train, meeting up with Edward Feuz while visiting Interlaken, exploring the local towns, architecture, skiing, exploring different ski areas and watching various races and events as they find them [also includes comparisons of slopes and snow conditions between the Alps and the Rockies], meeting other skiers, various dealings with banks, travelling through Austia to Munich Germany in late September-early October, visiting an area in Austria where the Olympics will be held in 1936, visiting museums and war memorials [WWI], attending Oktoberfest in Munich, travelling to Paris via Nuremburg and Cologne by train in early October, exploring Paris and visiting various city landmarks and churches [this was Pete's first trip to Paris], going to the movies, going to London and then Edinburgh with Jean Caird before sailing back to North America from London in mid-October.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous peoples of Indonesia used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 96 - 01 appears to be missing the last page[s]. 96 - 06 page 11 contains a sketch of the layout of the hotel they stayed in. 96 - 18 appears to be missing the last page[s].

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Feuz, Edward

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Art galleries; Artists; Automobiles; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Children; Churches; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Festivals; Farming; Food; Gallery; Home; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Memorial; Mountain; Movies; Museums; Oktoberfest; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Swiss Alps; Swiss Guides; Theatre; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Bali; Java; Sumatra; Indonesia; Suez Canal; Egypt; Marseille; Paris; France; Interlaken; Arosa; Zurich; Switzerland; St. Anton am Arlberg; Austria; Munich; Wetzlar; Germany; London; England; Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom; Concord; Massachusetts; United States of America

Language: English; German

Conservation: Locate missing page[s] of letters 96 - 01 and 18.

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [February - May 1934]

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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 February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the s…

Date Range: 1934

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 94

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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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 / 94

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1934

Physical Description: 2.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 22.1 x 27.8 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 February 1 to May 18, 1934. Topics include leaving Honolulu for Tokyo via the Canadian Pacific Steamer "Empress of Japan" in late March, life aboard ship, comments and descriptions of the ship and other passengers, weather, books Pete and Catharine are reading, arriving in Tokyo, extensive details of most everything Catharine comes into contact with [this was her first visit to Japan and drew a lot from her grandfather's experiences - it was not Pete's first visit], meeting their guide Mr Miyaoka, going to art shows and museums, local cuisine, architecture, music and entertainment, sightseeing, visiting temples and gardens, shopping, sketching, taking Japanese painting lessons, photography and cameras, going for walks [both during the day and at night], going to the movies [also includes comparisons to Hollywood movies], visiting Nikko for a few days in mid-April before returning to Tokyo [while in Nikko Pete and Catharine watched a local festival, although she does not say what the festival was for], dinner parties, leaving Tokyo for Kyoto in late April, descriptions of the trip and countryside from the train, comments on Japanese naval and military activities, their time spent in Kozu on the way to Kyoto, the trains they travelled in and other travellers, farms, the various towns and villages passed [mostly comments on the train stations], Pete's day trip to Kobe to meet with a friend he'd met in Banff, planning the next leg of their trip, touring around the Kyoto area, visiting local landmarks [including gardens, temples/shrines, and factories/specialty shops], making day trips to nearby landmarks and towns [most notably Nara to see the tame deer and to the Imperial Palace], Pete developing films [photographs] in hotel room bathrooms, events and people in Concord and in Banff, going to Kobe for a few days before returning to Kyoto in early May, leaving Japan for China on the M.S. Choko Maru in mid-May, and arriving in Tientsin China.

Notes: Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 94 - 13 page 16 contains a sketch of the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita Japan. 94 - 18 is not dated and has had "May 8?" written in pencil at the top - it has been scanned as its own letter, but it may be part of 94 - 17.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Art galleries; Artists; Automobiles; Birds; Boats; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines; Children; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; Farming; Festival; Flowers; Food; Funeral; Gallery; Garden; Guides; Home; Leisure; Memorial; Military; Mountain; Movies; Museums; Navy; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Scenery; Soliders; Temples; Theatre; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Tokyo; Nikko; Kozu; Kyoto; Kobe; Japan; China; Honolulu; Hawaii; Concord; Massachusetts; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: Locate missing 94 - 21 page[s].

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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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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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

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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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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

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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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Letters to Mother [May - July 1934]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city …

Date Range: 1934

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 95

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 / 95

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1934

Physical Description: 2.1 cm of textual records (150 pages ; 21.4 x 27.8 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 20 to July 30, 1934. Topics include travelling around China, sight-seeing, arriving in Peking and details of their trip there by river boat and train [also includes details of the city itself], comments on the presence of Japanese soldiers in China, descriptions of the countryside [specifically farms], conversations with other travellers, weather, local foods, comparisons between Japan and China, descriptions of the hotels they stay in, different modes of transportation [busses, rickshaws, carriages, and the like], children, local fashions, temples, photography, visiting the Forbidden City [unclear if they actually went into the City], sketching, shops and shopping, their local guides, politics and world affairs [as they apply to China], various holidays [mostly North American], meeting up with D'Arcy Baker-Carr, visiting the Great Wall of China, travelling to Shanghai by train in early June, going to Hong Kong by ship, Catharine's 29th birthday [celebrated aboard ship], other travellers and sights from the water, books and magazines [also occasionally newspapers] that Pete and Catharine are reading, exploring Hong Kong [the city itself as well as the island] during their 10-day stay, people and events in Concord, leaving Hong Kong for Bali at the end of June, observations about the ship and the passengers, travel conditions, descriptions of other boats, short visits on land when their ship docked along the route, arriving in Bali and exploring the area, local people and wildlife, walking along the beaches, meeting with friends from Canada, and preparing for the next leg of their trip.

Notes: Please note: language and attitudes pertaining to Asian people [especially Chinese and Japanese] used throughout is outdated offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/ship letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. 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. 95 - 03 page 4 contains a sketch of a cross-bow. 95 - 07 appears to be missing the last page[s]. 95 - 14 page 2 contains sketches in pencil of a Chinese ship and a woman with a child on her back. 95 - 25 appears to be missing the last page[s].

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Art galleries; Artists; Automobiles; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Farming; Flowers; Food; Funeral; Gallery; Guides; Home; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Memorial; Military; Mountain; Movies; Museums; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Scenery; Soliders; Temples; Theatre; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Japan; Peking; Shanghai; Hong Kong; China; Bali; Java; Indonesia; Concord; Massachusetts; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: Locate missing 95 - 07 and 25 page[s].

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Letters to Mother [October 1937 - February 1938]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 34 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 22, 1937 to February 14, 1938. Topics include arriving in Vancouver from Banff in late October, details of the drive to the coast, taking a small road trip down the coast as far as …

Date Range: 1937-1938

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 103

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 103

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1937-1938

Physical Description: 2.1 cm of textual records (74 pages ; 21.2 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 34 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 22, 1937 to February 14, 1938. Topics include arriving in Vancouver from Banff in late October, details of the drive to the coast, taking a small road trip down the coast as far as California before returning to Victoria in mid-November [including visits to Yosemite and the Redwood forests], descriptions of various accommodations in Washington and California, weather, meals, going on a weekend trip from Victoria to Campbell River, booking a trip to Europe on the SS Vancouver of the Hamburg-American Line [leaving from Vancouver bound for Switzerland via the Panama Canal and the English Channel] and leaving in early December, details of life and activities aboard ship [the boat only carried 25 passengers], discussions of Pete and Catharine's plans to purchase a new Ford car upon returning to North America, Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and celebrations on board and in Concord, the other people on the boat, landmarks they pass [primarily the Panama Canal], sketching, descriptions of other ships, books Catharine and Edith are reading, disembarking in Bremen Germany and heading to Zurich Switzerland by car, local architecture and geography, going to Klosters for a week to ski, descriptions of accomodations, and moving higher into the mountains to to Davos-Laret to watch an international ski race, ski, and paint. Also includes a telegram.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of the Jewish faith 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. 103 - 12 is addressed to Russ and contains Pete and Catharine's contact details for their trip to Europe and financial information. 103 - 16 contains two pages cut from a brochure advertising the SS Vancouver, Catharine has made notations on one page. 103 - 21 insert is a blue ribbon with yellow stitched letters reading "Hapag - D. << Vancouver >>" - ribbon is ca. 95.8 x 3.2 cm. 103 - 24 contains an insert for page 14 of a sketch of the Panama Canal locks. 103 - 29 contains a sketch and description of a T-bar ski lift system.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Caird, Jean; Johnsen, Hanne; Strom, Erling; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Rungius, Carl; Rungius, Louise

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Camping; Children; Christmas; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Gallery; Home; Holidays; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Mountain; New Year's Eve; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Redwood Forests; Scenery; Ships; Sketching; Skiing; Ski areas; Swiss Guides; Telegram; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Vancouver; Victoria; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; Oregon; California; United States of America; Panama Canal; Germany; Zurich; Klosters; Switzerland

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Warren Correspondence

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File pertains to 4 type written letters written by Mary [Shaffer] Warren to Minnie Nickell regarding the former's first visit and subsequent survey of Maligne Lake in 1908, place names, botany, Jamaica, personal matters, and various individuals including Samuel Allen, J. Norman Collie, William "Bil…

Date Range: 1936-1937

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 4005

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Private record; Textual record

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M8 / S8 / V8

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 4005

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 4005

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Date Range: 1936-1937

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records (8 pages ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Scope & Content: File pertains to 4 type written letters written by Mary [Shaffer] Warren to Minnie Nickell regarding the former's first visit and subsequent survey of Maligne Lake in 1908, place names, botany, Jamaica, personal matters, and various individuals including Samuel Allen, J. Norman Collie, William "Billy" Warren, Mary Jobe, and Nellie McClung. Also inlcudes a newspaper clipping of Mary's obituary from 1939. Minnie Nickell and Mary Warren became acquainted during the 1930s through a mutual friend, a Mrs. Armstrong of Owen Sound, Ontario.

Name Access: Schaffer, Mary; Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples; Warren, Billy; Warren, Mary Schaffer

Subject Access: Botany; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; Glacier House; Guides; Horses; Packing; Personal and Family Life; Scouting; Surveying; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Maligne Lake; Jasper National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1885 & 1894 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 1 : Includes working in [?] department. Leisure and theatre. End of January problems with leg. Financial details. Early April travel to join North West Rebellion, arrives in Qu'Appelle April14, first full day in ca…

Date Range: 1885-1894

Reference Code: M546 / 1 to 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 1 to 2

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1885-1894

Physical Description: 2.7 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9 x 14.2 cm or smaller)

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Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1885 & 1894 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 1 : Includes working in [?] department. Leisure and theatre. End of January problems with leg. Financial details. Early April travel to join North West Rebellion, arrives in Qu'Appelle April14, first full day in camp April 15. April 23 regarding Riel’s location. May 8 Battleford engagement with Poundmaker and Big Bear and discussion of the wounded from the Fish Creek fight. May 10 passed site of Fish Creek Battle and was shot in shoulder. May 12 discussion of Battle of Batoche. May 15 Riel taken prisoner and discussion of “half breeds.” June 3 short description of Battle of Loon Lake. Returned home July 20 and continues with office work, correspondence and financial matters. M546 / 2 : Includes travel to/from Calgary, Winnipeg. Camp preparations. Notations of climbs, measurements and/or distances. Throughout December work on irrigation map. Documentation of day to day activities, office work, correspondence, leisure. Diary blank up to June 4th.