File consists of Lecture scripts, itineraries, expense reports, writing excerpts, and correspondence regarding Dorothy Whyte’s work as a special representative for Canadian Pacific while traveling in the eastern Canada and the Eastern United States. File also contains calling cards, Christmas cards…
File consists of Lecture scripts, itineraries, expense reports, writing excerpts, and correspondence regarding Dorothy Whyte’s work as a special representative for Canadian Pacific while traveling in the eastern Canada and the Eastern United States. File also contains calling cards, Christmas cards, news clippings pertaining to Whyte’s work with CPR and her work as a news correspondent for “The Albertan,” Catharine Whyte’s outstanding citizen award, Edward Feuz, obituary for Guy Davenport, Ken Liddell’s column regarding the Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa foundation; correspondence pertaining to her work with the Banff National Park Community Welfare Council; correspondence from Aileen Harmon regarding her travels in Ethiopia and Peru; a pamphlet from the Sunburst Lake Camp. Personal correspondence also includes Brian Meredith, Lida Peterman, O.K. sports club, and E.C. Fitt.
File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Erling Strom. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Whyte and Catharine’s trip to Norway, Siri Strom, Lizzie Rummell, Lillian Gest, and Mount Assiniboine.
File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Erling Strom. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Whyte and Catharine’s trip to Norway, Siri Strom, Lizzie Rummell, Lillian Gest, and Mount Assiniboine.
File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Catharine Robb Whyte and other Banff residents. Correspondents include Mrs. Bredbeck, Catharine Whyte, Jay and Tony Brandreth, Cyril Chapman, Sally Weaver, Esther McNutt, Dorothy Preston, Aileen Harmon, and Mark White. …
File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Catharine Robb Whyte and other Banff residents. Correspondents include Mrs. Bredbeck, Catharine Whyte, Jay and Tony Brandreth, Cyril Chapman, Sally Weaver, Esther McNutt, Dorothy Preston, Aileen Harmon, and Mark White. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Catharine’s travels, a letter in response to Whyte’s correction letter sent to Reader’s Digest in regards to them misspelling Peter Whyte’s name in a publication, Jimmy Simpson, pow wow at Morley, Nancy Newbury, Murray Adaskin, Hans Gmoser, Frank Kaquitts and the Indian Cultural Conference, Catharine’s passing, and the executing of Catharine’s will. File also includes Catharine Robb Whyte’s 1970, 1971, and 1978 Christmas letters, a published travel diary with an accompanying hand drawn map.
File consists of 271, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to the train in Banff, Banff Indian Days, iceskating event, and ski jumping. Orginally held in Kodachrome yellowboxes addressed to Peter Whyte
File consists of 271, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to the train in Banff, Banff Indian Days, iceskating event, and ski jumping. Orginally held in Kodachrome yellowboxes addressed to Peter Whyte
File consists of 73, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to photographs of Peter and Catharine's paintings and a parade in Banff, and a train in Banff.
File consists of 73, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to photographs of Peter and Catharine's paintings and a parade in Banff, and a train in Banff.
Ellen C. Gourlay, 1891-1985, nurse, lived at Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Gourlay familyowned commercial properties and several businesses, including Gourlay's King Edward Drug Store.
Scope & Content
File contains a certificate of support addressed to Mrs. E.C. Gourlay from the National Geographic Society.
File contains the following poems:
301. The honeysuckle, 1987—subject: based on honeysuckle in Kidney House yard at corner of Muskrat and Wolf streets in Banff
302. Autumn, 1987—subject: based on autumn hike along Panorama Ridge north of Taylor Lake
303. Aubade, 1987—subject: dawn song
304. For W…
File contains the following poems:
301. The honeysuckle, 1987—subject: based on honeysuckle in Kidney House yard at corner of Muskrat and Wolf streets in Banff
302. Autumn, 1987—subject: based on autumn hike along Panorama Ridge north of Taylor Lake
303. Aubade, 1987—subject: dawn song
304. For Will Durant, 1987—subject: poem for American philosopher and historian, Will Durant
305. Anticipation, 1987—subject: philosophical musings
306. Day of judgement, 1987—subject: philosophical poem
307. Memorial, 1987—subject: death
308. Snow and rock, 1987—subject: based on road built on back of Stoney Squaw mountain in the nineteen thirties toward proposed ski area on Stoney Squaw
309. Fantasy, 1987—subject: nature fantasy
310. To a lover, 1987—subject: death
311. Saurian shore,1987—subject: dinosaurs; original and revision present
312. What it was like, 1987—subject: author remembers his youth
313. From the Rundle trail, 1988—subject: musings from trail up Mt. Rundle
314. Fay, 1988—subject: poem for poet’s ex-wife; author was married in 1986 and divorced in 1987
315. Buried alive, 1988—subject: being buried alive
316. Calgary Dinosaur Park, 1962, 1988—subject: the Calgary Zoo had a park with dinosaur replicas which the author loved to visit
317. Milk River, 1964, 1988—subject: finding dinosaur bones where the Milk River crosses the American border
318. The great glacier, 1988—subject: a glacier
319. Chinese Market Garden, 1956—subject: remembering a visit to the Sun Green House at Anthracite
320. Tunnel Mt. Campground, 1988—subject: imagining father and son in the Tunnel Mt. Campground; original and revision present
321. Uptown, 1988—subject: love poem
322. On the road, 1988—subject: driving back to Banff from somewhere
323. Xenophon remembering, 1988—subject: ancient Greeks
324. The walkway, 1988—subject: imaginings based on Banff Springs Hotel
325. The affair, 1988—subject: imagining an affair
326. Garen pond, 1988—subject: musings on water
327. Proclamation, 1988—subject: imaginings
328. The search, 1988—subject: nature fantasy
329. A nothing day, 1988—subject: imagining love affair
330. On Mt. Cascade, 1988—subject: based on author’s glissading on spring snow on front of Mt. Cascade
331. Meditation, 1988—subject: time and death
332. English road, 1988—subject: imagining England
333. Otter Street, 1988—subject: summer
334. Storm Mt. ,1988—subject: imagining death of surveyor on Storm Mt.
335. Evening Star, 1988—subject: dusk
336. Cathedral, 1988—subject: imagining cathedral
337. Memorial Drive, 1988—subject: imagining lady living on Memorial Drive in Calgary
338. Imperial peace, 1988—subject: imagining Queen coming to early Cave and Basin
339. Wandering, 1988—subject: nature imaginings
340. Wolf Street, 1988—subject: morning around the Kidney House
341. Desire, 1988—subject: nature imaginings
342. Child with parents, 1988—subject: remembering a childhood visit to a lady east of Edmonton
343. A recent vision, 1988—subject: vision
344. The road, 1988—subject: two sisters night-walking
345. Ascent, 1988—subject: summiting
346. To Fay, 1988—subject: vision involving author’s ex-wife
347. The Manor House, 1988—subject: imaginings based on C.M. Walker house near author’s house on Muskrat Street
348. Remembering her, 1988—subject: love poem
349. To Fay, once more, 1988—subject: divorce
350. Titanothere, 1988—subject: musings on large Oligocene mammal
Notes
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File contains the following poems:
601. To be oneself, 1988—subject: vision
602. Carcinogen 3, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
603. Wednesday, 1988—subject: the moon
604. The serried ranks, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense vision; original and revision present
605. Do this for me, 1988—subject: nonsens…
File contains the following poems:
601. To be oneself, 1988—subject: vision
602. Carcinogen 3, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
603. Wednesday, 1988—subject: the moon
604. The serried ranks, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense vision; original and revision present
605. Do this for me, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
606. Papa, 1988—subject: family and love
607. Winter evening, 1988—subject: winter night
608. Ranger Creek, 1988—subject: nature and humanness
609. Those Levantine days, 1988—subject: vision in the Holy Land; original and revision present
610. Lydia, 1988—subject: a beautiful lady; this is the first appearance of Lydia who figures so prominently in the Cemetery Tea House poems
611. La vie metropolitaine, 1988—subject: big city vision
612. Epistle, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
613. Jurassic days, 1988—subject: time travel
614. Letter to her, 1988—subject: love poem
615. Dream-city, 1988—subject: unfamiliar city
616. West Summerland, 1988—subject: imagining West Summerland, British Columbia where the author’s cousin lived
617. December, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
618. Night tryst, 1988—subject: love poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
619. In the lodge, 1988—subject: nature
620. Metropolis, 1988—subject: remembering married life
621. Winter, 1989—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
622. Life-soldier, 1989—subject: war in the city
623. Red Earth Creek, 1989—subject: imagining wood carvings along Red Earth Creek
624. Historica, 1989—subject: imagining ancient Alexandria
625. Anglican days, 1989—subject: imagining London, England
626. China, 1989—subject: vision in China
627. Dream-garden, 1989—underwater vision
628. Lady Bagnell, 1989—subject: aged lady
629. Huay, 1989—subject: imagining author’s ex-wife in Taiwan
630. The sixties, 1989—subject: imagining the nineteen-sixties
631. Adriana, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
632. A new tao, 1989—subject: loss
633. Wind-song, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
634. Allegiance to dreams, 1989—subject: dreams
635. Sad news, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense rhyming poem; original and revision present
636. Bankhead, 1989—subject: Bankhead musings
637. The Buntiad, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
638. Strolling late, 1989—subject: love poem
639. January, 1989—subject: musings from the Banff Springs Hotel
640. Dracula, 1989—subject: humorous poem; original and revision present
641. Cuthead Creek, 1989—subject: ram’s skull near Cuthead Creek
642. Reading philosophy, 1989—subject: wisdom
643. Good intentions, 1989—subject: musings based on Mt. Inglismaldie, climbed by the author and his brother in September of 1963
644. Humanness, 1989—subject: humanness
645. Welcome to Banff, 1989—subject: humorous poem
646. Bankhead visit, 1989—subject: vision at Bankhead
647. Warrior and wife, 1989—subject: end of a battle
648. Finality, 1989—subject: dying fox
649. Ode to Punkinhead, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
650. Being human, 1989—subject: vision of humanness
File contains the following poems:
801. November, 1989—subject: nature musings
802. Vision from a landfill, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
803. Relief, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
804. Le grand hotel, 1989—subject: based on the Chateau Lake Louise
805. Sally, 1989…
File contains the following poems:
801. November, 1989—subject: nature musings
802. Vision from a landfill, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
803. Relief, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
804. Le grand hotel, 1989—subject: based on the Chateau Lake Louise
805. Sally, 1989—subject: semi-surreal poem
806. Fern, 1989—subject: based on Fern Brewster
807. Steve, 1989—subject: portrait of a logger
808. Nightfall, 1989—subject: nightfall in the forest
809. Banff dream, 1989—subject: based on Cave Avenue
810. Anticipation, 1989—subject: author’s death
811. Somewhere in Attica, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
812. Cleanthes expostulates, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
813. For Anya, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
814. Sunday afternoon, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
815. An evening out, 1989—subject: based on the author’s evening out in the Caboose lounge
816. Deleterium, 1989—subject: surrealist poem; original and addendum present
817. After an outing, 1989—subject: author’s aloneness
818. Just one more palimpsest, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
819. Carotte, 1989—subject: nonsense poem; original and revision present
820. Rundle trail, 1989—based on trail up Mt. Rundle
821. On the south slope, 1989—subject: Plato
822. Piche Peak, 1989—subject: based on Mount Peechee
823. Habeas corpus, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
824. Epiphany, 1989—subject: Nature
825. November dream, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
826. Egypt, 1989—subject: vision of Egypt
827. Ancient days, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem
828. Sacrament, 1989—subject: vision of a temple
829. West road follies, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
830. Life’s like that, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
831. Such as it is, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
832. Aegean days, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
833. Isabel, 1989—subject: based on Isabel Brewster
834. Meditation in a canyon, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
835. In a ravine, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
836. In Fairholme’s shadow, 1989—subject: based on garden at Anthracite
837. The temple, 1989—subject: based on the Banff Springs Hotel
838. Hieroclus, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
839. One more hurrah, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
840. Home, 1989—subject: coming home
841. By the lake, 1989—subject: Lake Minnewanka; original and revision present
842. Monday, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
843. Ripeness is all, 1989—subject: Cemetery Tea House; original and 2 revision copies present
844. Soldier-poet, 1989—subject: Edward Thomas, English poet (1878-1917)
845. The canyon, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
846. Bow Valley cadenza, 1989—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
847. Lewis Crescent, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
848. Murk, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
849. Museum days, 1990—subject: semi-nonsense poem
850. The refuge, 1990—subject: alpine retreat
File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff…
File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff, 1918” (labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “Lane Johnson Returns to Banff, 1918”; dates on poems 1982-1984; poems are signed by author
II / A - Biographical information and personal documents
Reference Code
M561 / II / A
Date Range
1919 - 1980
Physical Description
9 documents
Scope & Content
9 documents; 5mm
Content Details
"Interview given by my mother Sonia de Grandmaison to CBC - Mowat" - M561/II/A/1
"The Legacy of Nicholas de Grandmaison" - M561/II/A/2
"N. de Grandmaison Bio" - M561/II/A/3
Copy of certificate and translation from "Department for common Army And personal matters" dated February 19, 1919 re: assist with distribution of food for prisoners of war - M561/II/A/4
Copy of passport substitute and translation re: Nicholas de Grandmaison to permit residence on German territory valid until February 16, 1920 - M561/II/A/5
Copy of letter from Ministere des Affaires estrangeres - Republique Francaise dated July 28, 1921 re: passport approval - M561/II/A/6
"Deed Poll" re: name change from Grandmaison to de Grandmaison - M561/II/A/7
Condolence letter addressed to Sonia de Grandmaison from Jules Leger dated April 13th, 1978 on Order of Canada letterhead - M561/II/A/8
"BoM de Grandmaison Collection (backgrounder) 29th September 1980" - M561/II/A/9
