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Freedom had a price [videocassette]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9331
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Montreal : La Maison di Montage Luhovy
- National Film Board of Canada
- Call Number
- 08.1 F87 V
- Responsibility
- Producer / director: Yurij Luhovy
- executive producer: Don Haig (NFB)
- narrator: Paul Almond
- Publisher
- Montreal : La Maison di Montage Luhovy
- National Film Board of Canada
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (55 min., 5 sec.) : sd., col. with b & w sequences
- Notes
- Note: Partial contents - Castle Mountain internment camp begins at time code 24:15; Cave and Basin internment camp begins at 29:46, with interview of Dolly Iverson beginning at 30:49-32:12
- Accession Number
- 27000
- Call Number
- 08.1 F87 V
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Captivated by the mountains : [interview with John Rock, former P.O.W. at Ozada in Kananaskis]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9524
- Physical Description
- p.22-24
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Camps, P.O.W.
- World War II
- Notes
- In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol.1, no.1, spring 1998
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Ozada connection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10306
- Physical Description
- p.3-4
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Camps, P.O.W.
- World War II
- Notes
- In Historic Trails Society of Alberta Newsletter, no.16, fall 1986
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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United Nations list of national parks and equivalent reserves, 1980
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11044
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Publisher
- Gland (Switzerland) : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
- Call Number
- 13.0 Un3 1980
- Responsibility
- prepared by IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas
- Publisher
- Gland (Switzerland) : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
- Physical Description
- iii, 121p. : map
- Subjects
- World heritage sites
- Notes
- English and French
- ISBN
- 2-88032-406-8
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- 13.0 Un3 1980
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Update: Ozada reunion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11257
- Physical Description
- p. 7 : ill., map
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Camps, P.O.W.
- World War II
- Notes
- In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, Fall 1999
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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49th Parallel [DVD]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11643
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 1941
- Call Number
- 06.3 F82 DVD
- Responsibility
- produced and directed by Michael Powell
- starring Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massay, Anton Walbrook and Eric Portman
- Published Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 123 minutes : b&w
- Series
- Criterion Collection
- Subjects
- Lake O'Hara
- World War II
- Notes
- Originally produced 1942 under the title "The Invaders". Features Norman Luxton and Banff Indian Days. 2 double video disc restored high-definition digital transfer
- Accession Number
- outstanding - donated by Luxton Foundation to replace VHS
- Call Number
- 06.3 F82 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Road to riches
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11690
- Physical Description
- p. 20-22 : ill., map
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Highways
- Peace River
- World War II
- Notes
- In Rockies : Rocky Mountain living, vol.3, iss.2 (Winter/Spring 2002)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Peter Whyte papers and photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions828
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…
- Date Range
- 1905-1964
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B
- Date Range
- 1905-1964
- Physical Description
- 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).
- History / Biographical
- Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.
- Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.
- During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.
- Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.
- Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Films and film making M
- Photography M
- Royal Canadian Air Force M
- Skiing
- Whyte, Catharine Robb M
- World War II, 1939-1945 M
- Access Restrictions
- Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
- Finding Aid
- Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.
- Related Material
- Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Content Details
- Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.
- Processing Status
- Processed.
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Cigarette acknowledgements.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions9047
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Letters of ackowledgement to Jack White for cigarettes sent to Banff residents who were overseas during World War II.
- Date Range
- 1943-1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / C / 4 / 2143
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III.C. Dave (Jack) White papers
- Reference Code
- M36 / III / C / 4 / 2143
- Date Range
- 1943-1945
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Letters of ackowledgement to Jack White for cigarettes sent to Banff residents who were overseas during World War II.
- Subject Access
- White, Jack
- Dave White and Sons Ltd.
- World War II, 1939-1945
- Trono, Louis
- Oakander, Carl
- MacAulay, Ted
- Pike, Dolly
- Millar, Chuck
- Langridge, Ted
- Campbell, Kenneth
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Top of the World Provincial Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24521
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1990
- Publisher
- British Columbia Ministry of Parks, Wasa (B.C.) : The Ministry
- Call Number
- C10-2.7
- Publisher
- British Columbia Ministry of Parks, Wasa (B.C.) : The Ministry
- Published Date
- 1990
- Scale
- Scale indeterminable
- Notes
- Info file transfer. ISBN 0-7719-9520-2
- Call Number
- C10-2.7
- Collection
- Archives Library
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