File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and …
1.7 cm of textual records (101 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 26, 1949. Topics include holiday activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, bonspiels, watching local hockey games, the Banff Winter Carnival, weather, events and people in Concord, a train crash east of Banff in late February [no one was injured, Syd Vallance was on the train], new household appliances like a washing machine [Bendix] and electric sewing machine, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, Catharine going to Concord in May [she was called back to Banff early due to concerns for Pete's mental health], the death and funeral of Norman Sanson, and Pete and Catharine going to Victoria and Vancouver for the month of June [they stayed at the Empress in Victoria and the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver before moving to an apartment at the Ritz Vancouver].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout.
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.
124-21 contains a note written after Catharine's post script, possibly by Pete.
File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitob…
ca.100 photographs : prints; some oversize or framed
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitoba, 5 items; Banff townsite; masquerade party; Joe Smith, Silver City; hunting scenes and trophy heads; scenic views, some from Banff area; Banff Winter Carnival queen and events; portrait of Edward Whymper with James Hector; scenic views and First Nations portraits by Walter Wilcox, includes portrait of Tom Wilson with Chief John Hunter; members of Rotary International commemorative ceremony at Waterton Lakes National Park. Framed photographs are formal portrait of the Duke of Connaught and portrait of Duke of Connaught in Indigenous regalia on the patio of the Banff Springs Hotel, both 1916, and view of Rudolf Aemmer at Lake Louise, 1949.
Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flor…
Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flora and fauna; clubhouse views; and portraits of mountaineers, alpine club members, executive officers and prominent personalities. Also includes a group photograph of the 1906 founding meeting of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg (ACOOP/77)
Included are ca.180 photographs which were submitted to the ACC though various photographic competitions (AC 00P / 11, 21, 29, 30, 32, 36, 41, 55 - 57, 63, 76, 109, 111, 202, 223, 230, 240, 244, 284 - 443).
A. T. Wiebrecht AC00P/223,353-366,373-379,382-387,397,400;
Walter Wilcox AC00P/20,130,136,154,255-257;
A. O. Wheeler AC00P/207,208,212,213;
LIST OF SUBJECTS :
Philip Stanley Abbot AC00P/245;
L. S. Amery AC00P/206,222;
F. C. Bell AC00P/87;
Cora Johnstone Best AC00P/104;
John F. Brett AC00P/96;
A. P. Coleman AC00P/82;
J. H. Cuntz AC00P/116;
Edward VII AC00P/203;
Charles E. Fay AC00P/69;
Sandford Fleming AC00P/250;
W. W. Foster AC00P/76,89;
Rex Gibson AC00P/75,90;
H. A. V. Green AC00P/92;
C. Hasler AC00P/134;
James Hector AC00P/93;
J. W. A. Hickson AC00P/86;
John Hunter AC00P/264;
Judas Hunter AC00P/238;
Enos Hunter AC00P/239;
Stanley L. Jones AC00P/242;
Lino Lacedelli AC00P/268;
Ben Lomond AC00P/411;
C. H. Mitchell AC00P/79;
John Muir AC00P/66;
A. H. MacCarthy AC00P/70,76;
Leonard H. Marvin;
S. H. Mitchell AC00P/84,235;
T. B. Moffat AC00P/83;
Don Munday AC00P/74;
Phyl Munday AC00P/418;
Tenzing Norgay AC00P/72;
James Outram AC00P/80;
J. D. Patterson AC00P/98;
Elfreda Pigou AC00P/418;
H. E. Sampson AC00P/97;
Benjamin Frank Seaver AC00P/110,115?,116,243;
A. S. Sibbald AC00P/95;
W. E. Stone AC00P/73;
W. R. Tweedy AC00P/81;
Sidney R. Vallance AC00P/91;
Frank N. Waterman AC00P/237;
C. G. Wates AC00P/94;
A. O. Wheeler AC00P/206;
E. O. Wheeler AC00P/71,85;
Hector Wheeler AC00P/247;
Edward Whymper AC00P/93,251;
Walter Wilcox AC00P/264;
Tom Wilson AC00P/236,264;
T. Fraser, L.O. Armstrong, Tom Martin, W. H. Bedford, Alex Gordon; Jean Parker, Stanley Wills, Stanley Mitchell, L. Q. Coleman; J. W. Kelly, W. J. Taylor, A. O. Wheeler, Elizabeth Parker, E. A. Haggan, J. C. Herdman, A. P. Coleman, Dean Paget, William Brewster ACOOP/77
Photographs pertain to mountain peaks, glaciers, landscapes and scenery; mountaineering and alpine recreation; mountaineers and personalities, including portraits; huts; events and other subjects. A significant portion pertain to Alpine Club camps (ca.225 prints, 8 negatives and 5 albums containin…
Most items, including the six photograph albums, were likely produced by private individuals and club members. Includes photographs by: M. E. Alford, L. M. S. Amery, Fred Armbrister, A. H. Bent, B. C. Government, Eric Brooks, Allan Carpe, P. A. Carson, W. M. Docharty, Mary Fallis, Marion Fawdry, E. Feuz, F. W. Godsal, Douglas Griffin, L. G. Grimble, Klaus Hahn, Don Harmon, E. W. D. Holway, Frank Jacobs, Wally Joyce, E. Mills, C. H. Mitchell, Elfreda Pigou, Jaroslav Ruza, Mary Schaffer, W. E. Stone, J. M. Thorington, W. J. Topley, Hap Trevelyan, Underwood and Underwood, Valentine and Sons, Charles Walcott, Bradford Washburn and A. G. Wehrli. Many items are not credited.
Date Range
[ca.1900-1960]
Physical Description
ca.720 photographs (ca.560 prints, ca.40 negatives, ca.120 transparencies, 6 albums of ca.350 prints)
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to mountain peaks, glaciers, landscapes and scenery; mountaineering and alpine recreation; mountaineers and personalities, including portraits; huts; events and other subjects. A significant portion pertain to Alpine Club camps (ca.225 prints, 8 negatives and 5 albums containing over 300 prints). Camps and expeditions documented include: Yoho Valley (1906) (1919); Paradise Valley (1907); Sherbrooke Lake (1911); Vermilion Pass (1912); Mount Robson (1913); Cathedral Mountain (1913); Upper Yoho Valley (1914); Ptarmigan Lake (1915); Healy Creek (1916); Lake of Hanging Glacier (1928); Coast Range (1952); Eremite Valley and others. Portraits include those of Charles Fay, Jean Habel, Frank R. Oastler, James F. Porter, H. E. Sampson, Charles D. Walcott and A. O. Wheeler. Includes series of British Columbia air photos of B.C. locations in the 1950s (AC 055 / 60-66). Contains many unidentified and undated items.
Textual items are diaries pertaining to ACC summer camps and Maligne Lake ski camp. Photographs pertain to Glacier ACC camp, 1947; Peyto Lake camp, 1948; Freshfield Glacier camp, 1949; Mount Assiniboine camp, 1952; Scott Glacier [Hooker Icefield], 1953; Glacier camp 1956; and Maligne Lake ski camp…
Textual items are diaries pertaining to ACC summer camps and Maligne Lake ski camp. Photographs pertain to Glacier ACC camp, 1947; Peyto Lake camp, 1948; Freshfield Glacier camp, 1949; Mount Assiniboine camp, 1952; Scott Glacier [Hooker Icefield], 1953; Glacier camp 1956; and Maligne Lake ski camp, 1957. Prints have identifications on reverse.
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead.
File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout.
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.
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete.
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.
122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author.
122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for th…
1.4 cm of textual records (84 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the construction of a new Spitfire plane], books Catharine and Edith are reading, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], kitchen appliances and descriptions of meals, news pertaining to the war, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, ski trips to Mount Temple Lodge throughout February and March [includes helping improve ski runs and getting a sleigh for the tractor, guests at the lodge, evening conversations, clothing, and food], the Winter Carnival [including swim races by Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Air Force members at the Cave and Basin], errand trips to Calgary, events and people in Concord, Edith's involvement with the Red Cross, wildlife, going on a road trip to Victoria in April [staying in Calgary, Creston, Grand Forks, and Vancouver on the way there and Lytton and Revelstoke on the way back], cleaning and household chores, and preparing for Edith and Mildred Owen to arrive for a visit at the end of June.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead.
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.
110 - 39 contains sketches of the 2-storey privy at a hotel in Cowley [?] and a corner decoration in their hotel room in Grand Forks.
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…
Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald
Date Range
1933
1935 - 1940
1947
1950
1956
1960 - 1965
1968
1969
1974
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.
Notes
Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.
Some articles are loose in scrapbook
Material Details
Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.
Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents
Notes
LIST OF PRINTS:
1a Sarah (Irvine) Brewster
1b Margaret (Irvine)Todd
2a Jane (Donaldson) Thompson
2b Joseph Donaldson
3 William Donaldson and Catherine (Scott) Donaldson
4 Mrs. John Brewster and family, ca.1887
5 Portrait of William Andrew Brewster (brother of John) and his family, ca.1905
6 Portrait of John Brewster, 1929
7 Portrait of James I. Brewster, ca.1940
8 St. John's College football team, Fred Brewster second from left, middle row, ;ca.1900
9 Portrait of Harold Alderson Anderson, 1901 - 1903, St. John's College School, Winnipeg
10 Queen's University Football Team, 1907, Fred Brewster top right
11 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
12 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
13 Fred Brewster and three of his classmates at Queen's University, ca.1908
14 Fred Brewster's Queen's University graduation portrait, 1909 (NA66/483)
15 Portrait of K. R. Daly
16 Portrait of W. M. Campbell
17 Portrait of unidentified graduate
18 Portrait of G. J. McKay
19 Portrait of Frank N. B lagen
20 Portrait of Ed W. Brown Queen's, 1907
21 Portrait of Shirley King Queen's, 1907
22 Portrait of Karl Twitchell Queen's, 1907
23 Portrait of Gwynn G. Gibbins Xmas, 1908
24 Portrait of Ronald Hooper Queen's, 1908
25 Portrait of A. Y. Jackson Queen's, 1909
26 Portrait of Jno. K. Osborne April, 1909
27 Portrait of Andy, nephew of Mrs. John Brewster
28 Portrait of Charles E. Parke
29 Professor John Guillim, Professor of Mining Engineering, Queen's University (Fred Brewster his assistant along B. C. coast working for Consolidated Mining and Smelting, 1907)
30 [Fred Brewster?] in uniform on horseback, ca.1917?
31 [Fred Brewster?] and unidentified man in uniform on horseback. ca.1917?
32 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River, ca.1919
33 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River near Roche de Smet, ca.1919
34 Unidentified canyon, ca.1919
35 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
36 Looking down into [Athabasca River Valley] from unidentified creek, ca.1919
37 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
38 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
39 Unidentified stream in winter, ca.1919
40 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
41 Man with toboggan, ca.1919
42 to 44 Two men on snowshoes, ca.1919
45, 46 Man on snowshoes pulling toboggan up unidentified pass, ca.1919
47 View toward (Athabasca River Valley?] from top of unidentified pass, ca.1919
48 Fred and Jack Brewster with hunting trophies from Fowler party at Brewster and Moore corrals, 1919
49 Hunting trophies from Fowler party, 1919
50 First Nation grave (Cree) on Big Grave Flats, Sulphur River, 1920
51 Unidentified log structure
52 Party from camping trip Brazeau River and Icefield 1923. Left to right - David Guggenheim III, Fred Brewster, ? Hamilton, Hector Graham, George (Grader'., Joe Healy, Isaac Plante
53 Jack Brewster, Courtnay Ryley Cooper and Irving Cobb in camp, 1929
54 Camp scene with game on trip to Hay River with Fred Brewster, Harry Rowed, Charlie Borolin and Pete Withers, 1939
55 Packing up in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
56, 57 Horses in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
58 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp?], n.d.
59, 60 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp, 1927
61, 62 Horses in Medicine Lake corral, n.d.
63 to 71 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], ca.1930
72 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster third from right, ca.1930
73 Construction crew on [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster second from right front row, ca.1930
74 American Nature Association party with Fred Brewster, 1930
75 Sir Frederick Banting, M.D., painting at Medicine Lake Chalet, ca.1930
76 Tom McDonough, General Passenger Agent CNR, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Fred Brewster, Dick Langford and Digby Harris, ca.1925
77 Lewis Swift?] in front of cabin, n.d
78 Living room of Fred Brewster's Home, ca.1920
79 Group with cars in front of Fred Brewster Limited Trading Company, ca.1925. Left to right: Harvey MacDougall, Fred Brewster, Ken Alexander, unidentified, Eaton Woolley, unidentified. Photographer: Joe Weiss
80 Fred Brewster and dog, ca.1922
81, 82 Fred Brewster, Fern Brewster and dog, ca.1922
83 Group of skiers in front of car; first party of women skiers to visit Columbia Icefield and Snowdome, March 1939. Left to right - Fred Brewster, Harold Taylor, Dorrie Horsfal, Jack Brewster, Merle Brewster, Doris Kensit. Photographer: Morris Taylor
84 Fred Brewster and Mrs Ewan (Ivan) Moberly, age 79, July 1941
85 Jack Brewster at mouth of Castleguard Cave, n.d
86 Jack Brewster and Columbia Icefield Chalet sign, ca.1940
87 Jack Brewster at Columbia Icefield, ca.1940
88 Jack Brewster in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies marquis tent, n.d., Photographer: F. W. E. Round
89 Jonas Rider, Jim Brewster and Amos Bigstoney in Banff Indian Days parade, ca.1935
90 Brewster burial plot, n.d.
92 Gathering of 3 generations of John Brewster's family on steps of P. A. Moore home, ca.1940. Left to right, front row - Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, James I. "Jim" Brewster, Fern Brewster Clarkson, Pearl Brewster Moore, John Brewster, unidentified, unidentified; second row - [George Clarkson?] , unidentified , unidentified, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Edmee Moore, Frederick A. Brewster, ; third row - Col. Philip A. Moore, unidentified (with baby) , [George O. Brewster'; Mrs. Jack (Merle) Brewster, Jack W. Brewster; back row - unidentified, unidentified, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, unidentified
93 William A. "Bill" Brewster, Fern Brewster Dooley, unidentified, Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, unidentified , Pearl Brewster Moore at Banff station, ca.1955
94 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right, front row - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Jack "Merle" Brewster, Mrs. George "Barbara" Brewster; back row - Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, unidentified, Mrs. Claude "Ruth" Brewster
95 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster
96 Mrs. Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley at Lake Louise, August 1964
97 Fred Brewster standing beside Pyramid Lake road, November 16, 1967
98 Charles Leroy with first milk cow to come to Banff on Banff Avenue, 1888
99 Portrait of Tom Wilson, 1929
100 Packtrain crossing Jonas Pass, 1924. Photographer: Byron Harmon
101 Portrait of an unidentified woman, n.d.
102 Campanula lasiocarpa (Alpine Harebell) at Big Shovel Pass, n.d.
103 Fern and Harry Dooley, Winter 1958-1959
LIST OF OS PRINTS:
1 Six sons of John Brewster, ca.1906. Left to right, front row - James I. "Jim" Brewster, Forrest 0. "Pat" Brewster, Frederick A. "Fred" Brewster back row - William A. "Bill" Brewster, Jack W. Brewster, George O. Brewster
2 St. John's College Champion Debaters, 1906
3 Queen's University Mining Engineers, Class 1907
4 Carnival Masquerade, Banff Feb. 13th, 1920
5, 6 CPR staff in early days
7 St. John's College Lacrosse Club, 1902. Welford photo
8 St. John's College Junior Hockey Team 1903. Welford photo
9 The First Post Office in Banff ... 1890? [four seated children - left to right: unidentified, Bill Brewster?, unidentified, Jim Brewster?; men standing: Tom McQueen (left) and Dick Donahue [Postmaster]
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
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.
109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed.
109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to March 20, 1942. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, the wedding of Edmee More and Charles Reid in January [also includes details on…
0.8 cm of textual records (34 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to March 20, 1942. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, the wedding of Edmee More and Charles Reid in January [also includes details on various showers and parties], visits from friends, matters pertaining to the the store and apartments on Banff Ave, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], watching hockey games, books Catharine and Edith are reading, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war [including black-out drills in Banff], the Banff Winter Carnival [including helping with the set-up, the parade and Carnival Queen, and events like races, ski jumping at Norquay, curling, and skijoring on the river], going to the movies, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, various holidays [both Canadian and American], and various other Banff community activities.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout.
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.
112 - 16 contains sketches of a quilt pattern made by the Red Cross.
File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…
1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout.
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.
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
Date Range
1946
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
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2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on lodge letterhead.
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.
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster. Includes portraits of Jim Brewster, with friends, activities (on the trail, at camp); also Jim with King George and Queen Elizabeth, and with King and Queen of Siam; Jim with Tom Wilson; Tom Wilson with his wife; also portraits from friends and acquanta…
60 photographs : prints, negatives; some oversize.
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster. Includes portraits of Jim Brewster, with friends, activities (on the trail, at camp); also Jim with King George and Queen Elizabeth, and with King and Queen of Siam; Jim with Tom Wilson; Tom Wilson with his wife; also portraits from friends and acquantances, with inscriptions to Jim, including William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1933, and Johnny Coulon; also photograph of George Simpson blaze, 1844.
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 79 Aug 1 - 1943
1. Rams on cliff morning
8. Mt. Rundle and lake shore
13. Cascade and meadow
14. Sheep in swamp
16. Mama sheep and baby - again
17. one baby sheep
18. 2 baby sheeps
19. 2 baby sheeps flaw in film
Reel 80 Aug 15 - 1943
3. Ewe and others [in swamp - Rundle]
4. Ews and lams in swamp [Rundle]
5. Moose in Vermilion sundown
7. Goat at animal paddock
9. Crowd on opabin glacier
10. Crowd at Mac Arthur Lake at lunch
11. Crowd on opabin glacier
13. /Same not so good\ Crowd strung out on glacier
14. Same - end of line of people
16. Emmy[?], Big Tom and Denny near lake
17. Crowd on meadows - opabin
Reel 81 Aug 21 - 1943
3. Crowd around the dining table
7. Mt. Biddle from Yukness ridge
12. Phyl and Aletta on Yukness
13. Towards Yoho and Balfour fr. Yukness over Wiwaxy col.
15. Ronny with pot at fire Linda Lake
16. Ronny with fish at Linda Lake
17. Walter's T. Model Ford - W. and Ronny and Mr. Stewart[?]
Reel 82 Sept 2 -1943
1. Gopher by tree en route to Linda Lake
2. Ronny w. rucksack
3. Tom, Aletta, Phyl starting for Abbot Pass
4. Mother and Sig[?] looking out window
5. Spray River when I fished - Cascade Mt.
7. Mother at bearspaw table better
12. Mother and bear alarms[?] on step
13. L.G. bringing in faggots [sticks] from yard
14. Fish in pond
15. Fish hatchery fr. viewpoint [illegible]
17. Doe in backwater down Bow R. [illegible]
19. View across BOw to Hoodoos and Cascade
Reel 83 Sept 7 - 1943
1. Boe valley fr. Lake Agnes
4. Trail boulders and Lake Agnes
8. Victoria ridge fr. Fairview slopes
10. Same nearer
15. Sig - and Mt. Rundle fr [Admin gardens]
16. Browne porch and BNG reading [illegible]
17. SIg and 2 companions starting fr. Spray V.
19. DH.G. on hammock
20. ALong the Great Divide by B. Browne.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.