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N.W.M.P. Post Banff, 1888
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- Part Of
- Don Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of ten men, three horses and a wagon posing in front of a log structure that served as the North West Mounted Police post in Banff [located at 422 Banff Avenue] - caption along bottom reads "N.W.M.P. Post Banff - 1888"
- Date Range
- 1888
- Reference Code
- V265 / 102 / na66 - 37
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Don Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V265
- Reference Code
- V265 / 102 / na66 - 37
- Date Range
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of ten men, three horses and a wagon posing in front of a log structure that served as the North West Mounted Police post in Banff [located at 422 Banff Avenue] - caption along bottom reads "N.W.M.P. Post Banff - 1888"
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Industry
- Labour
- Law and justice
- Military
- Politics and government
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- Photograph
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- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Private W. E. Good. 225th Batt. C. E. F. Enlisted July 8, 1916, Golden, B.C.]
- Date Range
- 1916
- Reference Code
- V681 / A - 2 - PA59
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V681
- Series
- B: Prints
- Sub-Series
- A: Banff Life
- Reference Code
- V681 / A - 2 - PA59
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: black and white print
- Scope & Content
- [Private W. E. Good. 225th Batt. C. E. F. Enlisted July 8, 1916, Golden, B.C.]
- Notes
- Postcard
- Subject Access
- Military
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Alex Curren (?). Killed overseas, 1917.
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- V681 / D - 6 - PA1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V681
- Series
- B: Prints
- Sub-Series
- D: Friends of the White Family
- Reference Code
- V681 / D - 6 - PA1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: black and white print
- Scope & Content
- Alex Curren (?). Killed overseas, 1917.
- Notes
- Postcard
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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Horse-drawn carriage
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53126
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a horse-drawn carriage with a model plane on the roof and people packed in with a white wood building in the background and "Look out for the peace dance soon [/] Veterans" is written in white on the side of the carriage - "Armistice Day in Banff 1918" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1918
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 691
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 691
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1918
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a horse-drawn carriage with a model plane on the roof and people packed in with a white wood building in the background and "Look out for the peace dance soon [/] Veterans" is written in white on the side of the carriage - "Armistice Day in Banff 1918" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Armistice Day
- Buildings
- Carriage
- Horses
- Military
- Veterans
- WWI
- World War I
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Scope & Content
- "Banff Honor Flag" Victory Loan Float. [Note "influenza masks"]
- Date Range
- 1918
- Reference Code
- V681 / A - 1 - PA115
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V681
- Series
- B: Prints
- Sub-Series
- A: Banff Life
- Reference Code
- V681 / A - 1 - PA115
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: black and white print
- Scope & Content
- "Banff Honor Flag" Victory Loan Float. [Note "influenza masks"]
- Subject Access
- Public events
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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E.C. Richmond[?]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of E.C. Richmond[?] posed in a studio portrait dressed in an RCMP uniform - the photograph is signed and dated in the bottom right corner
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 742
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 742
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of E.C. Richmond[?] posed in a studio portrait dressed in an RCMP uniform - the photograph is signed and dated in the bottom right corner
- Subject Access
- Military
- Portrait
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - March 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 January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints …
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 93
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- 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 / 93
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 17 x 26.2 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 January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints and different kinds of paper], people and events in Concord and in Banff, descriptions of Honolulu and the local people [including dress, food, and boats], weather, watching US Navy ships and planes come in and out of Pearl Harbor, listening to the radio [mostly news and operas], sketching people on the beach, the other guests at their hotel, going out for meals, celebrating Pete's birthday, descriptions of meals, planning their trip to Japan, painting portraits of locals, making canvases and easels, developing films [photographs], the Moores and the Rungiuses arriving in early February, shopping, watching various military Reviews and parades [usually as part of ceremonies for visiting dignitaries], descriptions of various ships in port, flowers and trees, birds, showing some of their work at the Art Academy at the invitation of the Honolulu Art Association in early March, going to cocktail parties and dances with the Moores and Rungiuses, booking their passage to Japan with Canadian Pacific, and leaving Hawaii in mid-March.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Few letters written on hotel/ship letterhead. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details. Most letters are numbered in red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first page as part of 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. 93 - 05 page 5 contains a sketch of the Moana Hotel's placement and general laylout in relation to the beach.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Whyte, Barbara
- Caird, Jean
- Davenport, Guy
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Rungius, Louise
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beach
- Birds
- Boats
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Steam Line
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Cruise ships
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Flowers
- Garden
- Holidays
- Leisure
- Military
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Roads
- Scenery
- Trains
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Honolulu
- Pearl Harbor
- Hawaii
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- 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
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 / 94
- 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 [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
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 / 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Unidentified couple
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified couple on their wedding day, he is wearing a Royal Air Force uniform - "A happy day. June 4th 1941. Leeds, England" written on the back in black ink
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 584
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 584
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and insert); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified couple on their wedding day, he is wearing a Royal Air Force uniform - "A happy day. June 4th 1941. Leeds, England" written on the back in black ink
- Geographic Access
- England
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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