Image of a group of First Nations people posed in front of a tepee with a simple tent in the background in winter. Written on the back in blue ink is "Mrs. Peter Wesley, Mrs. Paul Beaver Sr., _, Mrs. Amos BigStoney, _, _, Mrs. Mark Wesley, _, _, _, Mrs. Silas Abraham, _ at Kootenay Plains, 1904" wi…
Image of a group of First Nations people posed in front of a tepee with a simple tent in the background in winter. Written on the back in blue ink is "Mrs. Peter Wesley, Mrs. Paul Beaver Sr., _, Mrs. Amos BigStoney, _, _, Mrs. Mark Wesley, _, _, _, Mrs. Silas Abraham, _ at Kootenay Plains, 1904" with "New Years Day" written in pencil by Catharine Whyte
Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil
Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil
Image of a horse-drawn carriage with a model plane on the roof and people packed in with a white wood building in the background and "Look out for the peace dance soon [/] Veterans" is written in white on the side of the carriage - "Armistice Day in Banff 1918" written on the back in pencil
Image of a horse-drawn carriage with a model plane on the roof and people packed in with a white wood building in the background and "Look out for the peace dance soon [/] Veterans" is written in white on the side of the carriage - "Armistice Day in Banff 1918" written on the back in pencil
Image of a group of children on snowshoes with Norman Sanson at the back - "Sulphur Mtn Feb 19. 1918 [/] Pete Whyte, April Paris, Mrs Moore, [illegible] Young, N.B.S. upper trail [/] photo by George Paris" written on the back
Image of a group of children on snowshoes with Norman Sanson at the back - "Sulphur Mtn Feb 19. 1918 [/] Pete Whyte, April Paris, Mrs Moore, [illegible] Young, N.B.S. upper trail [/] photo by George Paris" written on the back
Image of a group of people on snowshoes on Sulphur Mountain - "901 near top of trail. Sulphur Mtn. movie snowshoe tramp [/] Feby 19th 1918. Pete white. Les[?] Paris. Paris boy [Cyril]. Mrs Moore" written on the back in black ink
Image of a group of people on snowshoes on Sulphur Mountain - "901 near top of trail. Sulphur Mtn. movie snowshoe tramp [/] Feby 19th 1918. Pete white. Les[?] Paris. Paris boy [Cyril]. Mrs Moore" written on the back in black ink
Image of Norman Sanson wearing large fur gloves and snowshoes with a group of people also on snowshoes on the trail behind him - "904 Sulphur Mtn Feb 19 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt movie 1918 N.B.S, Pete Whyte, Cyril Paris, Mis Broad Young" written on the back
Image of Norman Sanson wearing large fur gloves and snowshoes with a group of people also on snowshoes on the trail behind him - "904 Sulphur Mtn Feb 19 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt movie 1918 N.B.S, Pete Whyte, Cyril Paris, Mis Broad Young" written on the back
Image of three boys on the peak of Sulphur Mountain with the town of Banff, Bow River, and Cascade Mountain in the background in winter - "912 Sulphyr Mtn Feby 19th 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt top movie Young George, Cyril Parish, Pete Whyte" written on the back
Image of three boys on the peak of Sulphur Mountain with the town of Banff, Bow River, and Cascade Mountain in the background in winter - "912 Sulphyr Mtn Feby 19th 1918 [/] Sulphur Mt top movie Young George, Cyril Parish, Pete Whyte" written on the back
Image of Peter Whyte wearing snowshoes beside 40 Mile Creek with Mt. Louise in the background - "Feb-1919- Mt. Louise & Forty-Mile Creek Pete White in foreground" written on the back
Image of Peter Whyte wearing snowshoes beside 40 Mile Creek with Mt. Louise in the background - "Feb-1919- Mt. Louise & Forty-Mile Creek Pete White in foreground" written on the back
File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detail…
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File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detailed description of interior], the first ski party, the ski visit of Russel Robb Jr. and group, the death of Edwin Noble, daily life in Banff, people in Concord, and meeting and working with various locals and Skoki guests [including Tex Woods and his daughter Ruth Woods, Vic Kutschera, Norman Knight, Cyril Paris, Ike Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Rupe Edwards, Bill Niche, Waddy [Wattie?] Potts, Kingman ski party, Ulysses LaCasse, Bill Oliver, Russel Robb Jr., Charlie Pierson, and Faith Donaldson] and going to see Noel Odell speak about Everest.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. It appears that one letter is unfinished or has missing pages.
Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.