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
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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Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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 86 colour prints of various locations. Includes scenic views, Johnson Lake with views of Rundle Mountain and the hoodoos [BM-2], wildlife, waterfalls and hot springs [Roll 18 &19], rivers & streams [Roll 20], portraits of undientified men on a mountain overlooking the foothills [Ro…
File pertains to 86 colour prints of various locations. Includes scenic views, Johnson Lake with views of Rundle Mountain and the hoodoos [BM-2], wildlife, waterfalls and hot springs [Roll 18 &19], rivers & streams [Roll 20], portraits of undientified men on a mountain overlooking the foothills [Roll 21], the Bow River area near Banff in winter, and production shots for an unknown film project [possibly called "First Hello"].
File pertains to 91 colour prints of various locations. Includes production shots from an unidentified project, buildings and cabins, portraits of hikers [Roll 27], waterfalls & natural hot springs [Roll 23], scenic views, rivers & streams, an unidentified person hanggliding, frozen waterfalls, Yam…
File pertains to 91 colour prints of various locations. Includes production shots from an unidentified project, buildings and cabins, portraits of hikers [Roll 27], waterfalls & natural hot springs [Roll 23], scenic views, rivers & streams, an unidentified person hanggliding, frozen waterfalls, Yamnuska, forests [BM-11], a crashed plane, and avalanche control.
5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside list…
5 Banff/Lake Louise souvenir dollar coins in vinyl case. 5 silver dollar coins dating 1979 to 1983, all with lake scenes, Moraine Lake 1979, Lake Minnewanka 1980, Bow Lake 1981, Lake Louise 1982, Vermilion Lakes 1983. All are set in a beige and brown case,a white card is included on the inside listing the 5 scenes and the price 15.00. The case is 13.5 x 11.0,the coins 3.2 in diameter.
BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".
BOW LAKE with cabin and trees, solid piece of wood. Incised into the wood, centered is a log cabin, with a path leading up to the door, 3 windows and smoke coming out the chimney, trees around the cabin. Along the bottom 2.4 high branch-like letters spell out "Bow Lake".
Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
Direction sign: Bow Lake -- Lake Louise. Weathered wooden sign, carved letters "BOW LAKE" with 2 arrows point to the right, "LAKE LOUISE" with 2 arrows pointing to the left.
Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.
Circular plates with pictures, gold lipped. (a) Three Sisters on the base, roses pattern on lip, gold trim on outer rim. (b) Harmon picture of Bow Lake with tepee, floral pattern, gold on outer rim.
A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian nam…
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”
Blue lake [Bow Lake?] spanning width of bottom fifth of canvas. Large rocky cliff rising out of lake at left. Lake continues behind this cliff with larger mountains with glacier at far shore. Clouds in blue-green Sky above. “SITTING WIND” at bottom right. On back: “In the Mountains. $25.00. July, 1…
Blue lake [Bow Lake?] spanning width of bottom fifth of canvas. Large rocky cliff rising out of lake at left. Lake continues behind this cliff with larger mountains with glacier at far shore. Clouds in blue-green Sky above. “SITTING WIND” at bottom right. On back: “In the Mountains. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”
