Plans for "Banff Library wa-che-yo-cha-pa foundation" (Whyte Foundation building) as built, Cohos - Delesalle & Associates, May 1967. Digitized in 2017 from original drawings: A1-15; E1-6: M1-8; R1-20; S1-7
Plans for "Banff Library wa-che-yo-cha-pa foundation" (Whyte Foundation building) as built, Cohos - Delesalle & Associates, May 1967. Digitized in 2017 from original drawings: A1-15; E1-6: M1-8; R1-20; S1-7
Notes
Original drawings retained by Cohos, Delesalle & Associates. In October 2017 digitized plans were purchased through Dialog Design architectual group. O:\m_textual\m124_foundation_records_archivalmaster\M124 digitized plans_ 1968_1993_via Dialog Design October 13 2017
S37_37_57-83_107_112 - Indigenous related interviews and recordings, Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - 92 files:55 10.0 GB (10,750,816,567 bytes) - .wav and .mp3 V555_nf_13 - , Andy Russell wildlife/fishing, Andy Russell fonds. - 8 Files, 5 Folders: 538 GB (578,445,370,768 bytes) - .mov and .mp4 …
electronic record : 833 GB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3)
History / Biographical
Digitized analog films, sound recordings of various fonds
Scope & Content
S37_37_57-83_107_112 - Indigenous related interviews and recordings, Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - 92 files:55 10.0 GB (10,750,816,567 bytes) - .wav and .mp3
V555_nf_13 - , Andy Russell wildlife/fishing, Andy Russell fonds. - 8 Files, 5 Folders: 538 GB (578,445,370,768 bytes) - .mov and .mp4
V635_NF_3_Riding High with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds. - 275 GB (295,844,115,591 bytes). - .mov, .mp4
electronic record : 1.30 TB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3, avi, .tiff)
History / Biographical
Analog films, hi-8 videocassettes, audio cassettes, dvds containing digitized images
Scope & Content
v323_v808_8mm_16mm_v323_Helen Jo and Ernest Kennedy fonds; v808_William Royle fonds; 259 GB (278,788,721,170 bytes) for mp4, 241 GB (259,621,656,490 bytes) for .mov 10 Files, 0 Folders
v654_16mm V654-I-D-NF-1 through 23 box 4_George Vaux X_5.94 GB (6,387,343,072 bytes) 23 files for mp4; 63.6 GB (68,295,776,096 bytes) for .mov
Fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Textual records: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Administration; 3. Archives; 4. Gallery; 5. Heritage collections; 6. Photography. Photographs: A. Foundation b…
ca.6.0 m textual records. -- ca.12,500 photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 13 sound recordings: 6 audio cassettes, 7 audio compact disc (copy of 2 audio cassettes). -- 7 video tape recording: 1 VHS, 6 DVD. -- 1 cartographic record: survey site plan: 1:250
History / Biographical
The Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization that operates the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa Foundation, as the foundation was initially named, was founded and endowed by artists Peter and Catharine Whyte in 1958. It supported broad causes as well as acting as an agency for collecting and preserving cultural materials of the Canadian Rockies.
In 1968, a building designed by Philippe Delesalle and known as the Archives of the Canadian Rockies opened at 111 Bear Street in Banff, providing accommodation for a regional archives, gallery and the Banff Library. After a major renovation and addition in 1993, the foundation now supports three collection and exhibition departments under the name of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies: Archives and Library, Art Gallery and Heritage Collection.
Geographic collecting limits of the museum are the mountainous areas of Canada bounded by the 49th Parallel on the south, the Peace River on the north, the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Columbia Mountains on the west.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Photographs: A. Foundation buildings; B. Gallery exhibition installation shots (negatives only); C. Events and guests (including Banff Day, gallery openings, special events and guests); D. Displays (inside and outside of the museum); E. Publicity and publication (includes views produced for this purpose); F. General (mainly people, places and events in Banff and area; includes photographs produced by Museum staff not included in other series). Photographs were made by staff of the Whyte Foundation, private photographers, and others.
Three sound recordings were made for research purposes during the course of Gallery operations; pertain to Ann Wheeler, David Settles and Peter Whyte art and exhibit. Other sound recording is of Grant MacEwan talk at the Whyte Museum, December 1993; recorded by Woody MacPhail. Video recording is of Banff Day 1997 by Eddie Hunter. 2 audio cassettes are a recording of the Clifford Jackson White memorial service held September 13, 2003 hosted by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Six sound and video recordings were made as part of the Fireside Chats at the Whyte program. These oral histories were conducted before a live audience at the historic Crosby home, Abegweit during the years 2012-2014. Interviews with Rob Crosby, Dorothy Carleton, Ralphine Locke, Don Mickle, Bridget Jones, Fran Drummond.
Cartographic materials include a site plan of lots 7-12, Block A, Plan 6719 B.C., November, 2000.
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
Related Material
A CD-R copy of the Clifford Jackson memorial service with program notes and a transcript of a speech by Bill Holmes is located in the Clifford Jackson White fonds.
Note: March 16, 2023: Foundation Records were processed up to 2008 by Ted Hart in 2010-2011. The unprocessed records are stored off-site and there is no inventory. Some Art Department exhibition records prior to 2008 were inadvertently missed and remain in unprocessed. The file level descriptions prepared by Ted Hart are not in the database, however the inventory is located in the ArchivalMaster file for textual and sound, and ArchivalMaster2 for visual. Some records, including oversize have been added to the database, but it isn't consistent. O:\m_textual\m124_foundation_records_archivalmaster ; R:\v_visual\v692_foundation_records_archivalmaster. Access is restricted unless authorized by Head of Archives and Special Collections, CEO or CFO, or Head of applicable department.
V692/c
1. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“Artists’ Anecdotes”
November 17, 1996
1:08:00
Interviewee - Holly Middleton and Mary J. Andrews
BCHS student interviewers: Jennifer Karras and Jessica [Mende?]
2. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
Track 1 “A s…
Date Range
1996-1997
Reference Code
V692 / C
DVD reference copy in Archives audiovisual reference copy area in upper vault
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Monarch Cable TV 10
Date Range
1996-1997
Physical Description
DVD copied from VHS
Scope & Content
V692/c
1. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“Artists’ Anecdotes”
November 17, 1996
1:08:00
Interviewee - Holly Middleton and Mary J. Andrews
BCHS student interviewers: Jennifer Karras and Jessica [Mende?]
2. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
Track 1 “A soldiers story”
November 10, 1996
00:55:00
Interviewees: Elwyn Smith, Ben Scaman, Horace Baker, Louis Trono, Dorothy Carleton [war bride]
BCHS student interviewers: tbd
2.b Track 2
Approx. 25 minutes
Candlellght music [zither]
Clock Tower Mall, Hermann A. Schreiber
3. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“A warden’s life”
November 24, 1996
00:51:40
Interviewees: Dorothy Carleton, Mack Elder
BCHS student interviewers:tbd
4. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“Old friends” Part II
December 8, 1996
00:49:53
Interviewees Kay Burles and Elsie Harris
BCHS student interviewers:tbd
5. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“Old friends” Part I
December 8, 1996
00:51:05
Interviewees Henry Ness and Louis Trono
BCHS student interviewers:tbd
6. Remembrance of Things Past : Sunday afternoon tea talks
“Cowboys”
April 1997
00:47:43
Interviewees Jimmy Simpson Jr.
BCHS student interviewers:tbd