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Catharine Robb Whyte correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54461
- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 letters addressed to David Zweifel: 18 from Catharine Robb Whyte and one from Murray Adaskin. Letters pertain to David Zweifel's music lessons and Catharine's funding of these lessons; Catharine fixing a violin to give to David Zweifel which was originally owned by David White; …
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1969
- 1970
- 1973
- 1989
- Reference Code
- M571 / I / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M571 / V796 / S58
- Series
- M571 / I : Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- M571
- Accession Number
- 2019.02
- Reference Code
- M571 / I / 1
- Responsibility
- Produced by Catharine Robb Whyte and Frances and Murray Adaskin
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1969
- 1970
- 1973
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 19 letters addressed to David Zweifel: 18 from Catharine Robb Whyte and one from Murray Adaskin. Letters pertain to David Zweifel's music lessons and Catharine's funding of these lessons; Catharine fixing a violin to give to David Zweifel which was originally owned by David White; discussions about composer Murray Adaskin and artists Carl Rungius and Belmore Browne; Catharine's skiing lessons and trips; the Tabeteau family; letters of recommendation written by Catharine for David Zweifel; Catharine's flying lessons; Catharine attending a funeral in Concord in 1969; Catharine reminiscing about art school in Boston and Peter Whyte; Christmas greetings; Catharine attending a concert in Edmonton; and a letter from Murray Adaskin which includes a copy of another letter sent to David Zweifel from Frances Adaskin in 1967, discussing Catharine's generosity.
- Notes
- Letters are in chronological order
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Adaskin, Murray
- Adaskin, Frances
- Zweifel, David
- Rungius, Carl
- Browne, Belmore
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Sidney
- Edmonton
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Extensive description of letter contents produced by Elizabeth Kundert-Cameron is included inside case file folder for David Zweifel.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service
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- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one sound recording of the first thirty minutes of Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service in 1979 [see "Content Details"]
- Date Range
- 1979
- Reference Code
- S58 / I / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M571 / V796 / S58
- Series
- S58 / I : Catharine Robb Whyte
- Sous-Fonds
- S58
- Accession Number
- 2019.02
- Reference Code
- S58 / I / 1
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 Sound recording : CD
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one sound recording of the first thirty minutes of Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service in 1979 [see "Content Details"]
- Notes
- Original sound cassette transferred to CD - original item is loan for copy from David Zweifel.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Becker, Don
- Rolston, Tom
- Zweifel, David
- Stromberg, Ken
- Leighton, David
- Zweifel, Marilyn
- Peyto, Stan
- Banff Centre for the Arts
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only, no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Latin
- Conservation
- Cassette (loan for copy) reproduced onto cd
- Creator
- David Zweifel
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Contents as listed in accession record: Side A - Catharine Robb Whyte memorial - in. March 15, 1979 at the Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre. 00:-5:11 speaker [Don Becker]; 5:30-12:10 quartet [Tom Rolston (viola), David Zweifel (violin), Ken Stromberg (violin) and ? (bass)] playing Bach Double Concerto; 12:30-17:10 speaker [David Leighton]; 17:44-24:06 singer [Marilyn Zweifel] singing Ave Maria; 24:18-30:20 speaker [Stan Peyto] (incomplete). Side B is blank.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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David Zweifel fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54457
- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 2 cm of textual records consisting of correspondence from Catharine Robb Whyte [1967-1973] and Murray Adaskin to David Zweifel; 9 colour transparencies pertaining to a 1977 ski trip in Lucerne, Switzerland and David and Marilyn Zweifel's wedding in 1975; 6 colour prints from a 197…
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1972
- 1975
- 1989
- Reference Code
- M571 / V796 / S58
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Cassette
- Private record
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- David Zweifel fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M571 / V796 / S58
- Sous-Fonds
- M571
- V796
- S58
- Accession Number
- 2019.02
- Reference Code
- M571 / V796 / S58
- Responsibility
- Corresponence written by David Zweifel and Catharine Robb Whyte
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1972
- 1975
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records -- 15 photographs (9 col. transparencies, 6 col. prints) -- 1 sound recording
- History / Biographical
- David Zweifel (1950 -) is a professional violinist who met Catharine Robb Whyte in December 1966 at the age of 16, shortly following the death of her husband Peter Whyte. Catharine helped to fund Zweifel's musical education and concert trips over the following years, and arranged with her friend Murray Adaskin for Zweifel to obtain a violin that had been previously owned by David White, who was the father of Peter Whyte. Zweifel attended Master classes in music at the Banff Centre as a young adult and stayed in Catharine's home with her during the summer months. David and Catharine were both active in outdoor activities and sports, and the pair went on multiple skiing trips and hikes together including Mount Rundle. Upon completing his education, Zweifel moved to Switzerland to join the Lausanne Orchestra. Catharine visited David and his wife Marilyn in Switzerland at least twice, in 1972 and 1977. Zweifel later became a concert violinist for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra upon returning to Canada. David performed at Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service at the Banff Centre on March 15, 1979 alongside Ken Stromberg [violin], and Tom Rolston [viola]. Marilyn Zweifel also performed a vocal solo. David Zweifel made a brief appearance in the 2016 film "Drawing Home", which tells the story of Peter and Catharine Whyte, in which he plays an unnamed violinist on a train ride to Banff.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 2 cm of textual records consisting of correspondence from Catharine Robb Whyte [1967-1973] and Murray Adaskin to David Zweifel; 9 colour transparencies pertaining to a 1977 ski trip in Lucerne, Switzerland and David and Marilyn Zweifel's wedding in 1975; 6 colour prints from a 1972 ski trip in Austria with Catharine Robb Whyte, David Zweifel, and Marilyn Zweifel; and 1 sound recording of Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service in 1979 Fonds consists of one series which currently includes all listed content in the fonds: Series I : Catharine Robb Whyte
- Name Access
- Zweifel, David
- Whyte, Catharine
- Zweifel, Marilyn
- Adaskin, Murray
- Adaskin, Frances
- Banff Centre for the Arts
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Switzerland
- Lucerne
- Austria
- Obergurgl
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply [duplicate of Loan for Copy audio recording available in place of original]
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply
- Duplication of musical segments of the memorial service is not permitted unless authorized by musicians
- Language
- English
- Creator
- David Zweifel
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Biographical Source Notes
- "Romance in the Rockies: The Life and Adventures of Catharine and Peter Whyte" by Kim Mayberry (Canmore: Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd., 2003), p. 98-99.
- Copy of "Romance in the Rockies" located in the Whyte Museum's library under code [06 W62ma c.1]
- Drawing Home Production Notes, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, LLC. p. 34 [PDF]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Content Details
- Cassette tape in accession 2019.02 is Loan for Copy, rest of items in fonds are part of a gift donation
- Processing Status
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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
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- Title
- Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
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Letters to Mother [January - May 1953]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 31 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 16 to May 22, 1953. Topics include a road trip from Concord to Banff from January - March [the route taken was: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Califo…
- Date Range
- 1953
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 132
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
one and one on wither side of the mirror) The men were good and
stopped hammering while the music was on. I was just
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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 / 132
- Date Range
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1.1 cm of textual records (58 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fond level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 31 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 16 to May 22, 1953. Topics include a road trip from Concord to Banff from January - March [the route taken was: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Montana, Alberta], day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, errand trips to Calgary, radio programs, enlarging the second-floor bathroom [removing the bathtub and replacing it with an encolsed shower], insulating the spare bedroom, the Crown Prince of Japan visiting Banff in April, and the Banff Music Festival. Also includes postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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. 132 - 10 contains an account of Indigenous dress and dancing in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. 132 - 31 contains a summary of Grey Campbell's involvement in the shootout between RCMP officers and three Doukhobors in the 1930s.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Ward, Sam
- Moore, Pearl
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Music Festival
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Renovation
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- 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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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.312
- Description
- A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese perso…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese person. His eyes are severely slanted and head and facial hair is spiked. His body faces the viewer’s left, but his head is turned to look squarely at the viewer. His clothing is a long-sleeved smock and long skirt that show barely any skin. On the right side of the page, the top drawing is a First Nations village where three figures stand in foreground. The middle figure wears a Hudson’s Bay blanket coat. To the right of these figures, and in the background are three teepees and simplified figures. The lower drawing on the right side is of a seated First Nations woman in a red and brown shawl and yellow hood. He profile is visible. She carried a small child on her back and shoulders with a sling. Large black ink marks separate the left and right rides of this page.Verso: Drawing is oriented upside-down. Ink and pencil drawings of three seated figures in large kimonos. the central figure plays a stringed instrument. He, and the figure to his left are frontal, but the figure to his right is seated in profile. In the middle of these figures sits a box and a barrel with two sticks in it. Their dark hair, clothing, and facial features indicate that they are Japanese.
- Subject
- Japanese
- Indigenous
- culture
- music
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.312
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- coloured graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.729
- Description
- Small drawing of a man in a suit playing a violin in the TLC, below there is an inscription written in cursive saying, “I’ll send the Pop Concert over later they need fixing. It won’t fit into this complicated arrangement!”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- coloured graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 9.4 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Small drawing of a man in a suit playing a violin in the TLC, below there is an inscription written in cursive saying, “I’ll send the Pop Concert over later they need fixing. It won’t fit into this complicated arrangement!”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.729
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
- Subject
- woman
- children
- grand piano
- music
- singing
- stick figure
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
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- Date
- 1916 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.751
- Description
- A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in t…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 23.3 cm
- Description
- A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in the middle near the top edge of drawing a boat with people “TO ENJOY BANFF GO ON THE RIVER,” and near the TRC of the drawing a vehicle “BREWSTER TRANSPORT.”
- Subject
- Lux theatre
- Banff
- Bow River
- Brewster Transport
- dancing
- ballerina
- acrobatics
- comedy
- actors
- acting
- music
- orchestra
- orchestra pit
- boat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.751
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- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
- Subject
- tanning
- hide
- meat
- meat drying
- wagon
- horse
- people
- hut
- bow and arrow
- tipi
- headdress
- Christmas card
- moose
- bear
- deer
- squirrel
- man
- woman
- painting
- easel
- canvas
- paint brush
- music
- drum
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
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