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Bits and pieces, very interesting [scrapbook]

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Part Of: Helen Fulmer Wells fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook which contains mainly clippings, as well as some personal and family items, pertaining to Banff and region, events and personalities, mountain areas, local, regional and western Canadian history, and mountaineering expeditions and accomplishments. Material covers the p…

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1970]

Reference Code: M480 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Helen Fulmer Wells fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M480 / V675

Series: I. Textual records

Sous-Fonds: M480

Accession Number: 4087

Reference Code: M480 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1970]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook which contains mainly clippings, as well as some personal and family items, pertaining to Banff and region, events and personalities, mountain areas, local, regional and western Canadian history, and mountaineering expeditions and accomplishments. Material covers the period between ca.1900 and ca.1970

Name Access: Wells, Helen Fulmer

Subject Access: Architecture; Art; Buildings and facilities; Community events; Events; Family and personal life; History; Indigenous Peoples; Newspaper; Obituary; Oldtimers; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Canmore; Bow Valley; Banff National Park; Mount Assiniboine; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title supplied by Sylvia Vosburgh, daughter of Helen Wells, and written inside scrapbook

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan McCowan Career Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.

Date Range: 1929-1941

Reference Code: M55 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M55 / V408

Series: I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Sous-Fonds: M55

Accession Number: 6892

Reference Code: M55 / 16

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1929-1941

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (49 pages ; 23 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.

Name Access: McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Academics; Community events; Description and travel; Education; Environment and Nature; Events; Lecture; Newspaper; Professional and Personal Life; Public Speaking

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Eleanor Luxton candid portraits, Eleanor with friends

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Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Eleanor Luxton between ca.1950 and 1980. Includes professional photographs and images of Eleanor participating in Banff Indian Days celebrations.

Date Range: [1950-1960]; 1958; 1965; 1975; [1975-1980]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 950 to PA - 968

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 950 to PA - 968

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Matthews Photo Lab (Calgary) and Ernest Kehr

Date Range: [1950-1960]; 1958; 1965; 1975; [1975-1980]

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w and col prints ; 18.5 x 26 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Eleanor Luxton between ca.1950 and 1980. Includes professional photographs and images of Eleanor participating in Banff Indian Days celebrations.

Notes: Some items in file accompanied by original envelopes. PA-956 is accompanied by a note stating a copy negative was made in 1988

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Kaquitts, Tom

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Parades; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Events; Photography; Portrait

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Helen (Fulmer) Wells scrapbook

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Part Of: Helen Fulmer Wells fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing a broad selection of clippings, photographs and notes pertaining to the history of Banff, including development, events, buildings and personalities. Material pertains to the period between ca.1890 and ca.1970

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1970]

Reference Code: M480 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Helen Fulmer Wells fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M480 / V675

Series: I. Textual records

Sous-Fonds: M480

Accession Number: 3881

Reference Code: M480 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Extensive annotation by Helen Wells and Sylvia Vosburgh

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1970]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records (190 pages ; 30.5 x 37 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing a broad selection of clippings, photographs and notes pertaining to the history of Banff, including development, events, buildings and personalities. Material pertains to the period between ca.1890 and ca.1970

Name Access: Wells, Helen Fulmer; Peyto, Bill; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Liddell, Ken; Lonsdale, Tom; Phillips, Walter J.; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.

Subject Access: Anniversary; Architecture; Art; Banff Crag and Canyon; Banff Indian Days; Bridges; Buildings and facilities; Community events; Community life; Events; Family and personal life; History; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Mountaineers; Newspaper; Obituary; Oldtimers; The Albertan; Townsite development

Geographic Access: Banff; Bankhead; Bow Lake; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Valley; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title supplied by Sylvia Vosburgh, daughter of Helen Wells and written on outside cover

Processing Status: Processed

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Indigenous Portraits : Byron Harmon, Banff Indian Days portraits

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of portrait photographs of various members of the Stoney Nakoda tribe, standing and on horseback. Includes photographs of Stoney Nakoda individuals in regalia during an event [possibly Banff Indian Days, ca.1930-1940?].

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PA - 381 to PA - 415

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

15 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PA - 381 to PA - 415

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Parallel Title: Native Indian Portraits

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/E6/PA-381 to 400 produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Physical Description: 35 photographs : b&w prints ; 14 x 8.5 cm and 12.5 x 10 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of portrait photographs of various members of the Stoney Nakoda tribe, standing and on horseback. Includes photographs of Stoney Nakoda individuals in regalia during an event [possibly Banff Indian Days, ca.1930-1940?].

Notes: Most individuals in photographs are not named; Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist; PA-401 to PA-415 are digitized, PA-381 to PA-400 attributed to Byron Harmon may be digitized elsewhere

Name Access: Stevens, Job; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Rollinmud, Isaac; Ear, Peter; Poucette, Mark; Powderface, Jean; Powderface, William; Hunter, Leah Rider; Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: Community events; Public events; Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; Children; Portrait; Photography; Teepees; Horses; Cultural pluralism; Banff Indian Days

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Morley

Language: English

Conservation: Original storage envelopes for items LUX/I/E6/PA-401 to 415 stored in separate mylar sleeves in folder

Category: Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file, part of title copied from original

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April - November 1935]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers tri…

Date Range: 1935

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98

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 / 98

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1935

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (70 pages ; 21.2 x 26.3 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip, photography and cameras, hiking/climbing, wildflowers, activities and people at camp, Pete's work on commission paintings/photography projects, events and people in Concord, trips to Bow Lake to paint, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], overnight camping trips to Lake Louise to paint, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, going back to Lake O'Hara in early September to paint and hike, Russ and Kitty's travels and activities, day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake] to paint/sketch, updates on what Pete and Catharine's friends are doing [mostly as it pertains to Skoki and Assiniboine Lodges], wildlife, an overnight trip to Calgary [and a visit to Morley on the way back] in early October, 3 young Doukhobor fugitives escaping police custody that resulted in a chase and shootout in Banff National Park [October 6 - 7] and the subsequent funerals, developing photos and print-making, politics [mostly pertaining to the provincial and federal elections], various holidays [both Canadian and American], skiing, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, and preparing to leave for a trip to Concord at the end of November.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. A few letters written on lodge letterhead. Most 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 numbers written in pencil in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Vaux, Mary; Vaux, George, X; Moore, Edmee; Rungius, Carl; Carter, Wilf; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Strom, Erling; Strom, Sigrid; Gest, Lillian; Noble, George; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Beil, Charlie; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Campbell, Gray; Watson, Sir Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Ski Club; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Birthday; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Climbing; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Crime; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Fishing; Flowers; Guides; Guiding; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Police; Post Office; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Scenery; Ski areas; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Calgary; Edmonton; Alberta; British Columbia; 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 [April - October 1936]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100

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 / 100

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; White, Cliff Jr.; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; Campbell, Gray; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Mather, Grace; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Emmeline; Noble, George; Poucette, Mark; Adaskin, Murray; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Rungius, Carl; Smith, Adelaide; Castle, Alfred; Castle, Donald; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Beach; Birthday; Boats; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hockey; Hiking; Holidays; Hospital; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Alberta; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Victoria; Vancouver; British Columbia; Maui; Hawaii; 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 [August - December 1938]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 46 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 7 to December 29, 1938. Topics include returning from a trip to Concord and details about the route taken, cleaning and household chores, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a…

Date Range: 1938

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 105

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 / 105

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1938

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (97 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 46 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 7 to December 29, 1938. Topics include returning from a trip to Concord and details about the route taken, cleaning and household chores, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a day trip on the new stretch of road between Bow Lake and the Saskatchewan River Crossing, trips to Lake O'Hara to paint and hike [also includes hiking the new trail Tom Link and Jimmy Simpson blazed to Linda Lake, named for Linda Castle of Honolulu], events and people in Concord, photography and cameras, day to day life, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], descriptions of meals, painting/sketching, day trips to Lake Louise [mostly in September to paint], mentions of the threat of war in Europe, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], slide-making, the start of construction on the Mount Temple Chalet, films and film making, Jack and Barbara starting construction on their new house, various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, wildlife [often in the yard], going to Victoria in early November to see Annie and Dave, day trips with Cliff to see the progress on Mount Temple Chalet, Christmas, and various other holiday-related activities, parties, and gifts.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; MacKenzie, Kate; Strom, Erling; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Noble, George; Noble, Linda; Vaux, George, X; Vaux, Mary; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Banff; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Cave and Basin; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Kodak; Koachrome; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Larch trees; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Vancouver; Victoria; Calgary; Alberta; British Columbia; 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 [August - December 1939]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

Bindery people would do it up as a personal parcel, with out having the name Roee Bindery 'll'ritten

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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 / 107

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Simpson, Margaret; Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Rungius, Carl; Noble, George; Pocette, Mark; Bagley, Frederick A.; Watson, Sir Norman; Vaux, Mary; Reid, Charles

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Children; Christmas; Cinema; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; North West Mounted Police; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; RCMP; Scenery; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; World War II; WWII; World's Fair

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Ptarmigan Valley; Yoho National Park; Banff 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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Letters to Mother [August - December 1943]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 61 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 2 to December 27, 1943. Topics include Catharine's activities while Pete is posted in Vancouver, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, military pa…

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 116

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 / 116

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 1.9 cm of textual records (102 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 61 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 2 to December 27, 1943. Topics include Catharine's activities while Pete is posted in Vancouver, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, military parades and concerts, going to the movies and live shows [mostly operas and the ballet], radio programs [including operas, news, sports, and a program called Quiz Kids], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, moving back to Victoria in mid-August, painting/sketching, visiting various parks around Victoria, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], Pete getting posted to Tofino in late August, details pertaining to the various modes of travel around Vancouver Island [5 hours by sailboat from Vancouver to Victoria; 2 days by train and boat from Victoria to Tofino], details on the different kinds of rations, Catharine spending September in Banff while Pete looks for a house in Tofino [time in Banff includes upkeep on the house, visiting Mount Temple Chalet, sketching, visits with friends, and Pete arriving for his 2-week leave], wildlife, moving to Tofino and getting settled [Pete worked at an Air Force base outside of town, but spent his nights at home with Catharine], walks on the beaches near town, new routines and friends, Christmas in Tofino, and travelleing to Banff for New Years Eve.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel 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. A few letters have red numbers written at the top of the page from an unknown project. 116-40 includes a sketch of the Tofino apartment floorplan.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Whyte, Dorothy; Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Sinclair, Christine; Jessen, Chris; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Trono, Louis; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Beaches; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Boats; Books; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hotel Devonshire; Hotel Sussex; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Temple Chalet; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; War Artists; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Victoria; Vancouver; Port Alberni; Tofino; British Columbia; 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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