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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.164
Description
A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 35.5 cm
Description
A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Mount Assiniboine
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.164
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Fossil Mountain from Skoki

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1938
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.394
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Fossil Mountain from Skoki
Date
1933 – 1938
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
22.7 x 27.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.394
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Edition
2nd edition
Call Number
03 T89t
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Edition
2nd edition
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
317 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Ice
Snow
Science
Expeditions
Alps
Contents
PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03 T89t
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.173
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Idealized Landscape
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.0 x 27.5 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
winter
snow
ski trail
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.173
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.
Date Range
[ca. 1931-1939]
Reference Code
V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Negative
Transparency
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Part Of
Bob Hind fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M7 / V46
Series
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Sous-Fonds
V46
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2
GMD
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
[ca. 1931-1939]
Physical Description
2 photographs : negatives
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.
Name Access
Hind, Bob
Subject Access
Mountains
Snow
Winter
Geographic Access
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park
British Columbia
Canada
Language
NA
Related Material
Related to prints in V46 / 28 (PA) - 1
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.374
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Making a Bathtub
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
14.5 x 27.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
ski hill
snow
skiers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.374
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Mount Temple, Boulder Pass

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.420
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple, Boulder Pass
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
snow
figure, skier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.420
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1960
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Responsibility
planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
x, 430p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Manuals
Equipment
Camping
Travel
Rock climbing
Snow
Ice
Ice climbing
First aid
Geology
Abstract
Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
Contents
Preface
Part One - Approaching the Peaks
Equipment
Camping and Sleeping
Alpine Cuisine
Wilderness Travel
Navigation in the Hills
Part Two - Rock Climbing
Routefinding on Rock
Balance
Counterforce
Roped Climbing
Belaying
Pitoncraft and Rappels
Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
Snow
Ice
Glaciers
Arrests and Belays
Part Four - Safe Climbing
The Climbing Party and its Leadership
Climbing Dangers
First Aid
Alpine Rescue
Part Five - The Climbing Environment
Mountain Geology
The Cycle of Snow
Mountain Weather
Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
ISBN
0916890015
Accession Number
2019.43
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Collection
Archives Library
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The Rockies from the Bow River

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Artist
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
CuM.02.01
Description
A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.
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Artist
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
The Rockies from the Bow River
Date
1930
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
36.0 x 46.5 cm
Description
A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.
Subject
Mountain
Bow River
tree
evergreen
snow
winter
Credit
Gift of Barbara McMorland, Calgary, 2017
Catalogue Number
CuM.02.01
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.941
Description
A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 25.5 cm
Description
A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”
Subject
Christmas card
vehicle
snow mobile
winter
snow
sport
animal
moose
deer
wolf
squirrel
rabbit
bear
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.941
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