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Banff community, clubs, sports
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54602
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1…
- Date Range
- 1910
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
- 1962
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 to 5 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
- Accession Number
- 3109
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 to 5 (O.S.)
- Date Range
- 1910
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w prints ; 31.5 x 37 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1910, and a class photograph of students, possibly from Banff High School.
- Notes
- Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
- Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
- Name Access
- Holmes, Louis
- Watts, Wes
- Edwards, Jack
- Michaeluk, Art
- Hoggard, Wilfred
- Jensen, Walter
- Wilson, Bill
- McLeod, Doris
- Ross, Jean
- Burkett, Elsie
- Language, Edith
- Dingal, Olive
- Howard, Jack
- Clark, Alex
- Roots, Jim
- Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
- Subject Access
- Kiwanis Club
- Community events
- Club
- Sports
- Curling
- School
- Banff High School
- Animals
- Buffalo
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items have been placed flat in oversize storage, interleaved with acid-free paper
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Names provided by previous researcher: V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 (O.S.) : Front row: Louis Holmes, Wes Watts, Jack Edwards, Art Michaeluk, Wilfred Hoggard Back row: Walter Jensen, Bill Wilson "Canmore Team" V324 / IV / E / PA - 2 (O.S.) : "Benjamin Woodworth in Buffalo Paddocks Banff National Park" V324 / IV / E / PA - 5 (O.S.) : Doris McLeod, Jean Ross, Elsie Burkett, Edith Language, Olive Dingal, Jack Howard, Alex Clark, Jim Roots
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days, Calgary Stampede scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…
- Date Range
- [1947 - 1952]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 6
- Date Range
- [1947 - 1952]
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Georgina
- MacKinnon, Rev. Robert H.
- Crowchild, Chief David
- Bearspaw, David
- Hunter, Eva
- Rider, Eli
- Rider, Diane
- Bearspaw, Rosie
- Bearspaw, Harold
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Animals
- Banff Indian Days
- Luxton Museum
- Calgary Herald
- Calgary Stampede
- Children
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Community life
- Cultural pluralism
- Construction
- Education
- Fire
- Government
- Hotel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Museums
- Multiculturalism
- Newspaper
- Parade
- Politics
- Public events
- Recreation
- Music
- Sanitarium Hotel
- School
- Stoney Nakoda
- Taxidermy
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Jasper National Park
- Morley
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Community clubs and local publications
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54512
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of various documents pertaining to the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Glenbow Foundation, Banff Rebekah Lodge No. 34, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rotary Club of Banff, the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League, Banff High School and the Mineral Springs Hos…
- Date Range
- 1946
- 1957
- 1962
- 1963
- 1965 - 1970
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private record
- Newspaper clipping
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970
- Accession Number
- 3109
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / C / 2
- Date Range
- 1946
- 1957
- 1962
- 1963
- 1965 - 1970
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of various documents pertaining to the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Glenbow Foundation, Banff Rebekah Lodge No. 34, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rotary Club of Banff, the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League, Banff High School and the Mineral Springs Hospital in Banff. Includes cheque receipts and a club membership card, event booklets/programmes (including numerous programmes for Bow Valley Minor Hockey League awards nights and Rotary Club "Sportsmen's Dinners"), news clippings pertaining to local club events, a copy of "The Pinnacle" (Banff High School publication), and a copy of "The Mountaineer" (Mineral Springs Hospital newsletter) from 1957.
- Notes
- File contains multiple duplicate documents.
- Subject Access
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Hockey
- Community events
- Club
- Banff High School
- Mineral Springs Hospital
- Rotary Club of Banff
- Rebekah Assembly Banff Lodge No. 34
- Glenbow Foundation
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Community event records, publications and booklets
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54510
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of news clippings, programs, booklets, newsletters, invitations, correspondence and other documents pertaining to marriages, community clubs and events, death notices and World War II with connections to the Bow Valley and surrounding areas. Includes news clippings and invitations ann…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1925]
- [ca. 1930]
- 1932
- 1935
- 1936
- 1940
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- 1941
- 1943 - 1945
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / B / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / IV / B : 1921 - 1945
- Accession Number
- 3109
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / B / 3
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1925]
- [ca. 1930]
- 1932
- 1935
- 1936
- 1940
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- 1941
- 1943 - 1945
- Physical Description
- 2.25 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of news clippings, programs, booklets, newsletters, invitations, correspondence and other documents pertaining to marriages, community clubs and events, death notices and World War II with connections to the Bow Valley and surrounding areas. Includes news clippings and invitations announcing marriages between Ben Woodworth and Edith Chambers, Margaret Dunsmore and Clifford Dethlefsen, and the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Vicary; an obituary and letter of condolence from William McCardell for the death of Elizabeth Woodworth, 1936; event programmes for a nursing school graduation naming Margaret Dunsmore, Spray Valley Chapter meetings from 1944 and 1945, the Banff High School auditorium opening and the 23rd Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association Roundup; 9 copies of "The Cascadian" Banff High School newsletters, 1935 - 1945; a list of burial locations for deceased members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows in and near Banff ca. 1940; and other loose correspondence and poetry.
- Notes
- Booklet "Poems of the Rank and File" first published 1920, date provided in entry [ca.1920 - ca. 1925] is estimate for specific physical copy
- Date of news clipping pertaining to the marriage of Benjamin Woodworth and Edith May Chambers [ca. 1935] given based on age of bride, identified in a 1921 census listing as 10 years old [born ca. 1911], and other individuals listed. [Source: https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/1921census/alberta/edith-may-chambers_6600209]
- Some dates provided are estimates by Processing Archivist based on contents and additional research
- Name Access
- Woodworth, Ben
- Chambers, Edith
- Dunsmore, Margaret
- Dethlefsen, Clifford
- Vicary, William
- McCardell, William H.
- Woodworth, Elizabeth
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Weddings
- Obituary
- Personal and Family Life
- Banff High School
- Poetry
- Community events
- World War II
- Military
- Rebekah Assembly Banff Lodge No. 34
- Anniversary
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Ontario
- Edmonton
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- More fragile and older items have been placed in acid-free tissue or mylar for preservation
- Banff High School programme from 1940 placed in mylar due to adhesive stain on front
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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David George McDougall Ross education and military records
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the education and military career of David George McDougall Ross. File includes two report cards dated February and March 1919, handwritten notes on Canadian History [n.d., signed "David Ross"], and three letters sent between David Ross and staff at the Depa…
- Date Range
- 1919
- [1925-1930]
- 1942
- 1945
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 19
- Date Range
- 1919
- [1925-1930]
- 1942
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual materials
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the education and military career of David George McDougall Ross. File includes two report cards dated February and March 1919, handwritten notes on Canadian History [n.d., signed "David Ross"], and three letters sent between David Ross and staff at the Department of National Defence regarding his service in World War II.
- Name Access
- Ross, David George McDougall
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Education
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Personal and Professional Life
- School
- History
- Military
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- Toronto
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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Eleanor and friends, Georgina Luxton funeral
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55335
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton and various family friends. Photographs depict school and holiday photographs of several children which were sent to Eleanor, as well as images of Eleanor visiting with friends and one group photograph of Eleanor and other attendees at Ge…
- Date Range
- [1910-1920]
- 1965
- 1967
- [1980-1990]
- 1990-1992
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C5 / PA - 20 to 35
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C5 : Other
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C5 / PA - 20 to 35
- Date Range
- [1910-1920]
- 1965
- 1967
- [1980-1990]
- 1990-1992
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 16 x 23 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton and various family friends. Photographs depict school and holiday photographs of several children which were sent to Eleanor, as well as images of Eleanor visiting with friends and one group photograph of Eleanor and other attendees at Georgina Luxton's funeral.
- Notes
- Some items are annotated on the back
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Children
- School
- Christmas
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Graduation, children, Elzear Duquette poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54590
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 portrait photographs in folders/portfolios, and 2 signed paper copies of posters. Content pertains to a graduate photograph [possibly Karin MacAulay?] from nursing school; two unidentified girls; and two signed copies of a poster promoting the book "The Last Trip of the King of t…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930]
- [ca. 1945]
- 1969
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 26 to 28
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Poster
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
- Accession Number
- 3109
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 26 to 28
- Responsibility
- Produced by Matthews of Calgary, George Noble of Banff, and J. Robert Gordon
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930]
- [ca. 1945]
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 28 cm and 21 x 24 cm -- 2 posters : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- History / Biographical
- Elzear Duquette (1886 - 1977) was a Canadian known as the "King of the Walk". Duquette gained fame for his long-distance endurance walks across the world. Duquette was known to carry all of his belongings in a cart behind him which he also slept inside at night - he jokingly referred to this as his "coffin". Elzear married Marie Laura Duquette, and they had 8 children together.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 portrait photographs in folders/portfolios, and 2 signed paper copies of posters. Content pertains to a graduate photograph [possibly Karin MacAulay?] from nursing school; two unidentified girls; and two signed copies of a poster promoting the book "The Last Trip of the King of the Walk" by J. Robert Gordon [one dated 1969]. Both copies are originals signed by Elzear Duquette and an unidentified relative with the same last name [first initials difficult to discern].
- Notes
- In storage prior to processing, one of two copies of V324 / IV / E / PA - 28 was numbered "Item 27", in addition to item V324 / IV / E / PA - 27 which was originally given the same number. Item organization has been corrected to current reference codes.
- Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
- Name Access
- Duquette, Elzear
- Gordon, J. Robert
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Education
- School
- Medicine
- Children
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Education
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.revolvy.com/page/Elzear-Duquette
- https://www.geni.com/people/Elzear-Duquette/6000000051918902998
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1946]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7467
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1946
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
more . We also watched a bit of the hockey
practise on the school rink .We listened to !Jogmany from Moose
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 / 121
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on 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
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Whyte, Barbara
- Jaeggi, John
- Jaeggi, Edith Ashton
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Brewster, Fern
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sulphur Mountain Tea House
- Sunshine area
- Sunshine Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- 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 [January - December 1947]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7468
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
, be is crazy to get one. a Lionel. 1bey are studying in
their class at school by taking a trip. It is kind
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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 / 122
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday 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. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
- 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
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Brewster, Jim
- Luxton, Norman
- Greenham, Margaret
- Greenham, Henry
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Strom, Erling
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Bearspaw, David
- Poucette, Mark
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Anthracite
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- 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 [January - June 1941]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for th…
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 110
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
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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 / 110
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (84 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the construction of a new Spitfire plane], books Catharine and Edith are reading, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], kitchen appliances and descriptions of meals, news pertaining to the war, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, ski trips to Mount Temple Lodge throughout February and March [includes helping improve ski runs and getting a sleigh for the tractor, guests at the lodge, evening conversations, clothing, and food], the Winter Carnival [including swim races by Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Air Force members at the Cave and Basin], errand trips to Calgary, events and people in Concord, Edith's involvement with the Red Cross, wildlife, going on a road trip to Victoria in April [staying in Calgary, Creston, Grand Forks, and Vancouver on the way there and Lytton and Revelstoke on the way back], cleaning and household chores, and preparing for Edith and Mildred Owen to arrive for a visit at the end of June.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people 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 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. 110 - 39 contains sketches of the 2-storey privy at a hotel in Cowley [?] and a corner decoration in their hotel room in Grand Forks.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Owen, Mildred
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Boyce, Jim
- Noble, George
- Strom, Erling
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Minniwanka
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Revelstoke
- 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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