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Banff Indian Days grounds 1954
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs from Banff Indian Days 1954 includes mountains, tipis and tents on Banff Indian Days grounds.
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1928 to 1936
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
9 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36
- V683
- S37
- Series
- V683 / III
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Sub-Series
- V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1928 to 1936
- Parallel Title
- Indian Days 1954
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : col. transparencies ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs from Banff Indian Days 1954 includes mountains, tipis and tents on Banff Indian Days grounds.
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Teepees
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- N/A
- Related Material
- See item level descriptions
- Title Source
- Title based on contents in file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canmore Hearings
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Public Hearings on Land Use and Resource Development in the Eastern Slopes.
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 4 / b / iii / 1370
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.4. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 4 / b / iii / 1370
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Public Hearings on Land Use and Resource Development in the Eastern Slopes.
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Clifford White Album
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 210 b&w prints, pasted in, some captioned. Prints pertain to various scenes and subjects in and around Banff such as, Clifford White and friends, Five Mile Canyon, Mt. Edith, bighorn sheep, Tunnel Mountain, Vermilion Lakes, the Banff Winter Carnival, Castle Mountain, Norquay slopes, …
- Date Range
- 1918-1921
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / A / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / V / A : White/Curren Family Personal Series
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / A / PD - 4
- Date Range
- 1918-1921
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (210 b&w prints) --
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 210 b&w prints, pasted in, some captioned. Prints pertain to various scenes and subjects in and around Banff such as, Clifford White and friends, Five Mile Canyon, Mt. Edith, bighorn sheep, Tunnel Mountain, Vermilion Lakes, the Banff Winter Carnival, Castle Mountain, Norquay slopes, Johnston Canyon, Marble Canyon, Tokkum Creek, the Alberta and British Columbia provincial boundary, the Spray Valley lumber camp, Stoney Creek, Cuthead Summit, Windy Cabin, ski jumping (Banff and Revelstoke), tobboganing at Winter Carnival, Joe Smith's Cabin at Castle Mountian, Bow falls, hockey, Silver Falls, Ross Johnson, Lost Canyon, Calgary Techinical School, Rundle Mountain, Hoodoo Canyon, Echo River, Baker Creek, Crystal Ball Lake Louise, Tower of Babel, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Victoria Glacier, Mount Temple, Pilot Mountain, Mount LeFroy, Consolation Lake, the Little Mitre, Mount Stanley, Red Earth Creek, and Lake Agnes. Some prints also relate to the White family trip to the west coast of the United State and their activities. Activities include clam digging in Oregon and riding in a airplane. Other person picture include, Sadie Chadley, Marion Smith, Arthur Brown, Dot White, Arion Gillespie, Leslie Mather, Lela Boyd, Ruby Edwards, Jack White, Irene Kirwin, Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Brown, Bessies Gillies, Marguerite Orr, Joe Smith, Dan Red Eagle, Peter Whyte, Phil Lotz, Mark Henry, Earl Birney, Joe Stenton, Alex Douglas, Tommey Peers, Clanton Adams, Ross Johnson, Ed Drury, Jim Young, Bob Legget, Irwin Anderson, Jim Laurie, Nestor Richards, Bill Laurie, Slim Iropson, Roy McIrvine, Rob McIrvine, Emily Taylor, Cathie Knox, and Alban Mather.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of object.
- Content Details
- Commercial, souvenir album with leather front and back covers and two-hole punch binding. The album has gold embossing on the front cover that reads, "Photographs" and "Banff". Album contains 156 pages. 8 loose prints are also found in the album. Some album pages have missing prints or space where the prints have been removed. Some captions signed with "C.W." (Clifford White).
- Processing Status
- Processed
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John D. Curren Glass Negatives
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 18 b&w glass negatives. The negatives pertain to friends and family of J. D. Curren, landscapes, portraits, and activities in and near Banff, Alberta. Activities include: picnicking, an expedition to Mount Assiniboine with Bill Peyto, a garden party, skating, swimming at the Cave …
- Date Range
- [ca.1870 - ca.1910]
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / C / NG - 1 to 112
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / V / C : J.D.Curren Subseries
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / C / NG - 1 to 112
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1870 - ca.1910]
- Physical Description
- Negatives: 112 b&w glass negatives --
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 18 b&w glass negatives. The negatives pertain to friends and family of J. D. Curren, landscapes, portraits, and activities in and near Banff, Alberta. Activities include: picnicking, an expedition to Mount Assiniboine with Bill Peyto, a garden party, skating, swimming at the Cave and Basin, boating on Vermilion Lakes. Locations pictured are as follows: Dave White's store, Bow Valley, Mount Edith, Mount Rundle, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Norquay, Sulphur Mountain, near Cochrane, Mount Eisenhower (Castle Mountain), Lake Minnewanka, Brett Sanitrium, Brett home, Bow Falls, cave and basin pool house, Willow Creek, Vermilion Lakes, Bow River bridge, Cascade Mountain, Forty Mile Creek, Spray Mountain, Goat Mountain, Sundance Canyon, and the Banff Animal Paddock. Person pictured in file are as follows: John D. Curren, Annie Curren, Lila White, Clifford White, Peter White, Dave White, Dr. R. G.Brett, Mrs.R.G.Brett, Earle Brett, Harry Brett, Raymond Rooper, and Mrs. Raymond Rooper, Mrs. Langworthy, Mr. Smithson, Miss. Smithson, John Tolson(?), D. D.Galletly, Aunt Margaret Whyte Armstrong, and Bill Peyto.
- Subject Access
- Glass Negatives
- Portraits Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V195 Curren Family Fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- Deterioration and damage to negatives is as follows: V683 / V / A / NG - 6: Orange/brown stain on top centre edge. Possibly mold? Minimal flaking around edges. V683 / V / C / NG - 34: The emulsion is actively peeling in the upper right corner of the slide. The emulsion on the left side of the slide looks as if it was either processed incorrectly at the time of creation, or that the emulsion has separated from the glass and shrunk creating crease lines. There is flaking along the top border of the slide. An orange accretion is present along the top edge and in the top right corner edges. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. V683 / V / C / NG - 36: The emulsion is actively peeling across the surface of the slide. An orange accretion is present along the right edge. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. V683 / V / C / NG - 38: An orange accretion is present along the top edge. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. There is also a set of initials scratched into the emulsion in the bottom left corner. The initials read “R.H.B.” backwards. V683 / V / C / NG - 42: An orange stain is present in the top right corner. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. There are also two spots where the emulsion has lifted. Flaking is present around the deteriorated areas. V683 / V / C / NG - 47: An accretion is present in the top left corner. The accretion is an orange ring with a reddish spot in the centre. It appears to be fibrous? There is also an emulsion chip in the centre left. V683 / V / C / NG - 49: Evidence of blue (pen?) in four spots in the center of the image in areas where there has been a loss of emulsion. V683 / V / C / NG - 53: Orange staining in bottom left corner. Possibly mold? Some flaking along top edge. V683 / V / C / NG - 57: Orange staining in centre left, bottom left, and top right. Possibly mold? Some flaking in top right corner edge. V683 / V / C / NG - 58: Orange/brown staining in centre bottom. Possibly mold? Some flaking along top edge. One scratch in top right corner. V683 / V / C / NG - 62: Top left corner of slide is broken. Previous repairs have been made affixing both pieces of the slide to an additional glass slide using tape around the edges. V683 / V / C / NG - 64: Orange/brown staining throughout surface of image. Possible attempt to fill in scratch on emulsion in centre at edge of mountain. V683 / V / C / NG - 66: Orange/brown staining throughout surface of image. Loss of emulsion in top left corner, top right corner, and center. V683 / V / C / NG - 69: Orange/brown staining in top right corner, centre left edge, and bottom right corner. Loss of emulsion in top centre right and bottom right edges. V683 / V / C / NG - 71: Yellow accretion in centre of image. V683 / V / C / NG - 72: Orange stain in centre of image. Large vertical split in emulsion from top right edge down right side, ¾ of slide. Flaking of emulsion along top and right edges. Los of emulsion in centre bottom, top left and top right. V683 / V / C / NG - 73: Discolouration of entire slide. Orange/brown staining in top right corner, along right edge, and top left corner. Loss of emulsion on bottom centre and centre of left edge, and flaking along top edge. V683 / V / C / NG - 74: Considerable flaking of emulsion along left edge and peeling along bottom edge. Orange/brown stain at top right edge. Possible attempts to fill in spots of emulsion loss in centre right edge. Dark wrinkles in the emulsion in top right surface of image. In same area are circular dimples in layers of emulsion. V683 / V / C / NG - 76: Orange/brown stain in top right corner. Discolouration in bottom and top right corners. Peeling of emulsion along top and bottom edge. V683 / V / C / NG - 77: Bottom right corner of slide is cracked. Previous repairs made: original slide pieces affixed to new slide using silver adhesive tape sealant. V683 / V / C / NG - 78: Half of the bottom left edge is missing. Left and right edges are discoloured. Peeling on right centre edge. Loss of emulsion in centre of image. Spots of orange staining in centre of image. V683 / V / C / NG - 79: Image is discoloured and grimy. Evidence of fingerprints on emulsion. A bluish purple stain is located on the left edge centre. Loss of emulsion in top left corner edge. V683 / V / C / NG - 91: Image has considerable flaking along bottom edge. A spot of the emulsion in the bottom right corner appears to have been burnt, leaving brown, burnt remnants of the emulsion. V683 / V / C / NG - 112: Emulsion is actively flaking along top edge. Some discolouration around edges of image.
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- Processed
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1958]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
- Date Range
- 1958
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 143
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
fire smoke this year due to the hot
dry weather and no snow on the mountains from last winter , just
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 / 143
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1.8 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], a road trip from north-eastern United States through Canada back to Banff in early August [written mostly on postcards], a trip to Lethbridge in late August, various construction projects [the new Sulphur Mountain gondola, the chimney and basement furnace of their house, and the Trans-Canada Highway], a trip to Concord in late November, and preparation of Chirstmas cards. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards and a Christmas card.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 143 - 39 includes a sketch of a shelving unit Catharine hoped to have installed in their bedroom. 143 - 64 is the 1958 Christmas card made by Catharine and Peter
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Browne, Belmore
- Browne, Tibby
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Feuz, Walter
- Moore, Pearl
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Beaver, Anna
- Leighton, A. C.
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Oldtimers
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- Great Lakes
- Ontario
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- 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 [January - August 1959]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 144
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
Divide, and it was
lovely there, almost frosted the trees, the mountains too looked covered
with snow
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 / 144
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (145 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the 50th anniversary of the first flight in the Brittish Commonwealth in February, the 1959 Winter Carnival, construction on the back of the house, a trip to Concord in June for a friend's wedding, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visit in June, trips to Bow Lake during the summer, and the widening of the Icefield Parkway as far as the Saskatchewan River Crossing. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 144 - 02 is a letter to Rusty 144 - 07 is a carbon copy of 144 - 06 144 - 31 is a carbon copy of 144 - 30 144 - 56 is a carbon copy of 144 - 55 144 - 62 mostly consists of a story titled "The Story of Penny Warren" 144 - 86 is a carbon copy of the first page of 144 - 85
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Moore, Pearl
- Castella, Verne
- Whyte, Clifford
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Dempster, Harry
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Harvie, Eric
- Tasker, Peter
- Kaquitts, George
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Whyte, Jon
- Ward, Sam
- Beil, Charlie
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Luxton, Norman
- McLean, George
- Campbell, Gray
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Oldtimers
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Royal tours
- Royal Visit
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- 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 [January - July 1958]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mo…
- Date Range
- 1958
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 142
- 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 / 142
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2.7 cm of textual records (135 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary [mostly by car], new glasses for Peter, construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway, construction projects pertaining to Buffalo Block [including the installation of a restaurant on the second floor], the Seymour Narrows, B.C., controlled explosion (April 5, 1958), the opening of the new Morley Community Centre in April, a trip to Edmonton, mention of starting a Foundation in order to manage the block they live on [including ideas for an art gallery, library, and museum] and the proposed name Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa supplied by George McLean, and travel around Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia between visits to Concord for the purpose of painting. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 142 - 21 is a Valentine's Day card missing the front cover, not addressed to anyone and signed by Mildred. 142 - 44 is a copy of a letter written to Catharine and Peter from Rusty. 142 - 60 is a letter written from Edmonton on Corona Hotel Edmonton letterhead. 142 - 74 is the beginning of letters written on the road between Banff and Yarmouth, N.S., on the way to and after leaving Concord.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Moore, Pearl
- Beil, Charlie
- Phillips, Gladys
- Francis, Paul
- Luxton, Norman
- Harvie, Eric
- Cathcart, John George (Red)
- McLean, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Elementary School
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Maine
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- 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 [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 [July 1930 - October 1930]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
- Date Range
- 1930
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84
- 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 / 84
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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 also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Bill
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jim
- Brewster, George
- Davenport, Guy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Harmon, Byron
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Paris, Cyril
- Mills, Ike
- Rungius, Carl
- Spencer, Earl
- Link, Adeline
- Link, George K.K.
- MacDonald, J. E. H.
- Browne, Belmore
- Mather, Allan
- Wildman, Dan, Sr.
- Curren, John Donaldson
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Clifford
- Aemmer, Rudolf
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Armbrister, Fred
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Bow River
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Climbing
- Community events
- Community life
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Japanese
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Log structures
- Moore House
- Mountains
- Pack trips
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Property
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Summit
- Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
- Geographic Access
- Abbot Pass
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Concord
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Field
- Lake O'Hara
- Skoki
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [September - December 1959]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 3 to December 14, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, seeing the m…
- Date Range
- 1959
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 145
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
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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 / 145
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (58 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 3 to December 14, 1959. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, seeing the musical My Fair Lady at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary (Sept. 21), driving out to the Panther Valley with Warden Peter Tasker (Oct. 16), Carl Rungius' death (October), a trip to Concord in early November [just Catharine], construction on the back of the house, a second trip to Concord for Christmas and New Years followed immediately by a two-month trip to the West Indies [Catharine and Peter]. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes two postcards making up one letter.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Kaquitts, George
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Castella, Verne
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- Greenham, Margaret
- Feuz, Walter
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Harmon, Don
- Moore, Pearl
- Kerr, Jasper
- Tasker, Peter
- Rungius, Carl
- Ward, Sam
- Lonsdale, Tom
- Grayson, L. Stuart
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Oldtimers
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- 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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