Sub series consists of three files. 1. Consists of nitrate negatives created by Dr Sharples, most of which are fused together or crumbling. 2. Consists of negatives from Mary Vaux and George Jr. Vaux. 3. Consists of various street scenes. Mostly unknown due to roll of film being curled.
ca. 35 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm and 4 x 5 cm
Scope & Content
Sub series consists of three files. 1. Consists of nitrate negatives created by Dr Sharples, most of which are fused together or crumbling. 2. Consists of negatives from Mary Vaux and George Jr. Vaux. 3. Consists of various street scenes. Mostly unknown due to roll of film being curled.
restricted access on all negatives - need conservation first before viewing
Language
English
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Itemized list
1st folder
Titled: Glacier and West
photographer: Dr. Sharples. Poor condition, some negs are fused together, negatives are crumbling.
2nd folder
Canadian Pacific Trip photographer - Mary Vaux 1909 poor condition negs are fused
Negatives by george Vaux Jr. 1906 - unclear because of poor quality
Nitrates 4x5 - damaged negatives:
Sheep
Lake louise from moraine
Tree
sheep
sheep
building in the forest
sheep
sheep
man, cart, oxen
moraine lake
Nitrate Negative Mounted on glass. Negative is shrunken and cracked. Image not discernable - condition exremely poor - access is restricted
4211 British Columbia Face of Glacier and Sir Donald
3rd folder
A roll of 9 negatives: street scenes and garden
Box car and locative
Unidentified woman standing
Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse …
25 m of textual records. -- ca.46,000 photographs : prints, albums, postcards, cased photographs, transparencies, negatives. -- 178 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 6 motion pictures (and film strips)
History / Biographical
Peter and Catharine Whyte were artists, photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, philanthropists and cultural workers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was born at Banff in 1905 to pioneer merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White. He was an accomplished skier and ski jumper and one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains and was an active photographer from ca.1920 until the 1950s. Peter Whyte studied art at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925, where he met Catharine Robb. Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was born in 1906 at Concord, Massachusetts and grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925-1929.
Following their marriage in 1930, the Whytes pursued a life of painting, photography, hiking, skiing and travelling. Their log home and studio in Banff became a focal point for their artist friends, Stoney Indians and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations and together they managed Skoki Lodge from 1932-1934. In following years, the Whytes travelled extensively. During the Second World War, Peter served in the reserve army, with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer and, briefly, as an official war artist. Catharine continued to paint and maintain their home and, when possible, accompanied Pete to his military postings. In civilian life, Pete resumed his art career, explored new photographic techniques and sculpted.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Whytes formulated plans for a foundation to preserve the art and history of the Canadian Rockies. Plans for a building to house an archives, public library and gallery were in preparation when Pete died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation was named in his honour. Catharine immersed herself in the development of what is now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney First Nations. She became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits. She served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations, was a patron to individuals studying art and music, and supported numerous causes relating to the Stoney First Nations. Catharine also supported causes related to multiculturalism, regional culture and recreation, and cancer research. Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada in 1978. She died in Banff in 1979.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse families, Series III: White and Curren families. Within Series I, there are four Sub-series: Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers; B. Peter Whyte papers; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte papers accessioned after 2017; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.
250 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 128 to 377):
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
128-134 North Bend & Victoria -- [1900?] -- [Includes B.C. legislature buildings; Chinese man carrying baskets; Indigenous drying rack?; Indigenous burial platform?; elderly Indigenous man; Indigenous people on railroad track?; man crossing unidentified stream]
135-142 Glacier & west -- [1900?] -- [Unidentified mountains]
143-144 Glacier & west -- [1900?] -- [Illecillewaet Glacier]
145-150 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [Unidentified scenes]
151-155 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Kicking Horse River, Mount Burgess, Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy]
156-158 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [The Mitre and Abbot Pass, Abbot Pass]
159 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Group of six alpinists on Victoria Glacier?]
160-161 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [Includes train on unidentified bridge, ladies eating]
162-166 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Includes teepees and fence, ladies and children, people on station platform]
167-172 Lake Marion -- 7/1900 -- [Includes unidentified mountains, Mount Sir Donald?]
173-180 On the Great Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes George Vaux Jr. & Edward Feuz Sr., Mary M. Vaux, unidentified Swiss Guide/s, unidentified men, edge of crevasse]
181 [Mary M. Vaux with Swiss guide crossing snowbridge over crevasse] -- [1900?]
182 [Mary M. Vaux and Swiss guide roped together on unidentified mountain] -- [1900?]
183-191 On the Great Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes views of people, crevasses and seracs, surroundings]
292-304 On CPR 1900 From Field east -- 1900 -- [Includes railway conductors and passengers, Kicking Horse River, burnt timber beside railroad, unidentified mountains, Mt. Temple from railroad, Castle Mtn. and remains of Silver City]
305-307 Mt. Temple -- 1900 -- [From Bow River]
308 [Mt. Temple from Bow River] -- [1900?]
309-310 Victoria Glacier -- 1900
311 [Group of alpinists above Lake Louise near Victoria Glacier] -- [1900?]
312-326 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes views of Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise from Victoria Glacier, alpinists on and near glacier, "Glacier table"]
327 [Man on "glacier table" near Victoria Glacier] -- [1900?]
328 Victoria Glacier [Group of six people Victoria Glacier including Swiss guide and cameraman] -- 1900 -- [Photograph by Mary Vaux, July 24, 1900]
329 [Group of six people on Victoria Glacier including Swiss guide and cameraman] -- [July 24, 1900]
330 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Caleb Cresson with fossilized rock, July 24, 1900]
331 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Alpinists eating near marker boulder "XV '99", July 24, 1900]
332 [Man beside marker boulder "XV '99" near Victoria Glacier] -- [July 24, 1900]
333-337 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Mount Lefroy?, Abbot Pass, The Mitre and Abbot Pass]
338 [Abbot Pass] -- [1900?]
339 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Alpinists on Victoria Glacier]
340 [Unidentified river] -- [1900?]
341 [Unidentified lake with island] -- [1900?]
342 [Unidentified mountains and waterfall] / Mary Vaux
343 [Alpinists looking at view from unidentified mountain]
344 [Unidentified moraine and lake]
345 [Unidentified mountains and river]
346 [Unidentified glacier]
347 [Conductor and dog on station platform] -- [1900?]
348-349 [Man and dog on station platform] -- 1900
350-367 Banff -- 1900 -- [Views pertain to man with dog on station platform, Mount Rundle, Bow River, Cascade Mountain, Bow River and boathouse, Mount Edith, Basin pool, Cave and Basin caretaker's house, NWMP barracks, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Avenue, Sulphur Mountain, road west of Banff]
368-372 On CPR 1900 Ottawa N shore of Lake Superior -- 1900
373-374 [Market] Montreal & Quebec -- 9/ /00 -- [Market]
228 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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Content Details
ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 386 to 513) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
386-392 #1 Penns. Manor -- 7/5/06
393-402 #2 To Takakkaw Fall -- 7/17/06 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
403-412 #4 To Ptarmigan -- 8/2/06 -- [Views pertain to mounted muskox head, Ptarmigan Lake, Ptarmigan Valley, Deception Pass?, unidentified mountain, crevasse, bergschrund]
413-421 #5 To Pipestone Pass -- 8/4/06 -- [Packtrain party at edge of Pipestone River, camp scenes, Mt. Temple from Ptarmigan Valley, Pipestone Pass]
422-425 #6 To Lake Louise and (Yoho?) -- 8/6/06 -- [Views pertain to packtrain, Moar Mtn. from Pipestone River, man with cowl]
426-428 #3 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to people with cow and party in boat at Lake Louise]
429 [Man with cow at Lake Louise Chalet] -- [1906]
430 [Two women and man with cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
431 [Man milking cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
432-433 [Boatman at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
434-436 [People in boat at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
437-440 #7 [Men packing horse] -- 1906
441 #7 -- 1906 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
442-443 #7 -- 1906 -- [Twin Falls]
444 #7 -- 1906 -- [Mt. Niles?]
445 [Terminus of Yoho Glacier?] -- 1906
446 [Ice cave at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
447 [Two men on horseback at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
448 #7 -- 1906 -- [Scree]
449 [Packhorse] -- 1906
450 [Men saddling horse at Field] -- 1906
451 [Camp at foot of Takakkaw Falls] -- 1906
452 [Packtrain at top of Pass] -- 1906
453 [2 people and dog sleeping] -- 1906
454 [Man and woman on glacier] -- 1906
455 [Woman on moraine] -- 1906
456 [Moraine] -- 1906
457 [William & George Vaux Jrs. at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
458 [Crevasses] -- 1906
459 [Man at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
460 [Crevasse] -- 1906
461 [Dog beside stream] -- 1906
462 [Unidentified mountain and stream] -- 1906
463 [Unidentified waterfall] -- 1906
464-465 [Unidentified mountain] -- 1906
466-467 [Unidentified mountains] -- 1906
468 [Packtrain on Pipestone Pass] -- 1906
469 [Man with horses in front of unidentified mountain] -- 1906
470-476 #8 To Laughing Falls -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to packtrain; Laughing Falls; Yoho Glacier and ice cave]
477 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
478-479 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
480-481 #3 -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake?]
482-483 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to men packing horse at Field; packtrain]
484 [Party of riders preparing to leave Lake Louise Chalet] -- 1906
485-486 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10 -- 1906 -- [Party of riders preparing to depart Lake Louise Chalet; unidentified woman]
487-497 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10. To Asulkan -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to man and woman on glacier; seracs; unidentified mountain/s]
498-508 #11 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to Tower of Babel and Moraine Lake; Mount Bident and Mount Quadra; Valley of the Ten Peaks; camp scene; alpinists; horses grazing by lake; terminus of Asulkan Glacier; unidentified glacier]
509-513 #3 Paradise Valley -- 9/28/06 -- [Views pertain to alpinists; glacier stream; crevasses]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1388 to 1487) :
1388-1390 Camp at Summit Lake (No.1,2,3) -- 1906
1391-1394 Head of Upper Yoho Panorama (No.4,5,6,7) -- 1906
1395 Upper Yoho Valley with stream in foreground (No.8) -- 1906
1396 Head of Yoho with stream (best) (No.9) -- 1906
1397 Head of Upper Yoho from below camp (No.10) -- 1906
1398 Mt. Niles and Mt. Daly from Upper Yoho (No.11) -- 1906
1399 The Vice-President Upper Yoho (No.12) -- 1906
1400 Head of Upper Yoho from Camp (No.13) -- 1906
1401-1402 Test picture Wapta Glacier (No.14,15) -- 1906
151 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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Content Details
ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 514 to 585) :
514-517 Yoho #1 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to people on moraine and terminus of Yoho Glacier]
518-535 Yoho #2 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Yoho Glacier, including terminus, alpinists; horses and riders; streams; moraine; Mary Vaux] -- 1907
536-537 #3 Paradise Valley -- 1907 -- [Lake Louise from toe of Victoria Glacier]
538-548 #4 Lake O'Hara -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Lake Agnes, the Devil's Thumb, Lake Louise Chalet, camp scenes, Mary J. Vaux]
549-561 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to George Shouldice, R. E. Campbell, Mary J. Vaux; pack trip and camp; Mount Assiniboine; unidentified scenes]
562-563, 565-568 To Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine, Mary J. Vaux, pack trip]
564 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Packtrain party]
569-580 #7 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (570,571,573-575); Mount Magog (577); Naiset Point and Mount Terrapin (578); Wonder Peak and The Towers (579)]
581-585 #8 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (583-585) and area]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1488 to 1566) :
1488-1492 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.1,2,3,4,5) -- 1907
1493 Panorama A Paradise Valley (No.6) -- 1907
1494-1500 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.7,8,9,10,11,12,13) -- 1907
1501 Panorama A (No.14) -- 1907
1502-1507 Panorama B Paradise Valley (No.15,16,17,18,19,20) -- 1907
1508-1512 Panorama C from Little Beehive (No.21,22,23,24,25) -- 1907
1513-1514 Lefroy &c. from Little Beehive (No.26,27) -- 1907
1515-1517 Panorama D Bow Valley from Little Beehive Poor (No.28) -- 1907
1518 Lake Louise & Chalet from Little Beehive (No.31) -- 1907
1519-1520 Camp at Lake O'Hara (No.32,33) -- 1907
1521 Lefroy &c from camp Lake O'Hara (No.34) -- 1907
1522 Lake O'Hara (No.35) -- 1907
1523 Opabin Pass from Lake O'Hara (No.36) -- 1907
1524-1526 First view of Assiniboine (No.37,38,39) -- 1907
1527 Assiniboine from camp (No.40) -- 1907
1528-1532 Assiniboine Panorama F (No.41,42,43,44,45) -- 1907
1533 Assiniboine. May be used in Panorama F (No.46) -- 1907
1534 Assiniboine from camp (No.47) -- 1907
1535 Assiniboine from camp Finest (?) (No.48) -- 1907
1536-1539 ssiniboine from camp Panorama G (No.49,50,51,52) -- 1907
1540-1541 Assiniboine from near head of valley (No.53,54) -- 1907
1542-1543 Panorama H Lake Aline (No.55,56) -- 1907
105 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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Content Details
ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 586 to 623) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
586-623 Canadian Pacific trip -- 8/1909 -- [Views pertain to Montreal? (586); Winnipeg? (587); Mount Tuzo and Mount Deltaform (588); pack trip; avalanche (592,593); Alpine Club camp at Lake O'Hara (595-598); glacier; Mount Balfour and Lake Margaret (601-603); Yoho Valley from below Lake Margaret (604); Mount Daly, Mount Niles and Daly Glacier (605); Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls? (606); Takakkaw Falls (607); Twin Falls (608,609); Yoho Glacier (610,611,615-617); ice cave at Yoho Glacier (612-614)]; Mt. Sir Donald? (619); unidentified scenes (594,618,620-623)]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5 x 8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1567 to 1633) :
1567 Glacier -- 1909
1568-1571 Ice on Illecillewaet Glacier (poor) -- 1909
1572-1575 Glacier -- 1909
1576-1579 Asulkan Glacier Pan -- 1909
1580 Illecillewaet Glacier Pan -- 1909
1581-1585 Panorama from Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
774-782, 783-846 Rockies -- 1904, [1912?] -- [Views thought to be 1912 pertain to Mount Rundle (774, 775); Bow River (774-777); Bow River boat house (776, 777); Mount Temple (778-782); Valley of the Ten Peaks (782); Lake Louise (784, 785); Mount Victoria? (784); Victoria Glacier (785); Takakkaw Falls (786-789); Twin Falls (790-793); Yoho Glacier (794); pack train, trip and camps (between 795 and 844); rockslide/s (800, 804, 807, 821, 822, 837); all other views are unidentified and pertain to people, dogs, railway line, mountains, glaciers, rivers, valleys, waterfalls, other]
783 Rockies -- [Aug.24, 1904] -- [Mary M. Vaux and George Vaux Jr. with camera on Mount Fairview]
Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series. Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel ge…
2924 photographs: 2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- ca.2.7 m textual records
History / Biographical
The Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. Mary M. Vaux, 1860-1940, George Vaux Jr., 1863-1927, and William S. Vaux Jr., 1872-1908, were the children of George Vaux (VIII) of Philadelphia. They were all involved in photography in the early 1880s and were members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. All three were taking photographs when the family made its first trip west in 1885. The first Vaux family photographs of the Canadian mountain west were made in 1887 during a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia in 1887.
The family made frequent visits to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains over the next two decades to study the Illecillewaet and other glaciers, photograph, paint and climb. George's and Mary's photographic work centred on the mountain landscape, while William's concentrated upon the movement and physical features of glaciers. Due to the size of their large format cameras, the two brothers took most of the photographs during these trips and Mary was responsible for all of the printing. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region virtually every summer for over forty years. A detailed discussion of their activities is contained in "Legacy In Ice: The Vaux Family and the Canadian Alps," Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1983
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series.
Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel general, 1894?-1912?; U. Prints, 1899-1907; V. Lantern slides, 1900-1909; W. Photograph album, before 1907; X. Textual records, 1893-1910; Y. Damaged Negatives; Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series. Images pertain to landscape studies and scenic views of the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially the Glacier, Yoho and Lake Louise areas; glaciers in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially Illecillewaet, Asulkan, Yoho and Bow Glaciers; mountain scenes and panorama views in the Selkirks and Rockies; Canadian Pacific Railway in the Selkirks and CPR hotels; Glacier and Field, B.C. and Banff, Alberta and areas; climbing and other mountain activities; United States and Canadian views on trips to the mountains. Negatives include both glass (962 items) and film negatives (1740 items). Textual records are exposure records, original negative envelopes and publications.
Textual series consists of six series: I. Trip Series, II. Correspondence Series, III. Publications Series, IV. George Vaux: Legal and Finance Management Series, V. Photographic Related Material, VI. Other Series (O.S.). Textual records pertain to glacier study, including research papers, maps and publications; William S. Vaux Jr. papers re travels, engineering and architecture, other; George Vaux Jr. writing and other papers; Mary Vaux correspondence and papers re writing and presentations; and other records, 1877, 1912-1913. Textual records also include family travel papers, 1881-1911; George Vaux, Jr. "Glacier" files; correspondence between George Vaux and the Schäffers, 1899-1926; papers of Dr. Charles Schäffer, Mary Schäffer and Schäffer estate, 1855-1927.
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Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series description
file description for Series I
electronic finding aid for Series I
selected modern reference prints
digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
Related Material
Related by provenance to the Vaux family collection of photographs held by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics held by Special Collections of Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania