(a) Yellow with blue writing: "Royal Canadian Legion Banff No. 26" obverse: blue background with Canada's centennial symbol and 1867/1967 in yellow (b) Red with white writing: "Royal Canadian Legion Branch #26" obverse: "Good for one drink" white on red.
(a) Yellow with blue writing: "Royal Canadian Legion Banff No. 26" obverse: blue background with Canada's centennial symbol and 1867/1967 in yellow (b) Red with white writing: "Royal Canadian Legion Branch #26" obverse: "Good for one drink" white on red.
File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the C…
2.6 cm of textual records (ca. 185 pages ; 21.9 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the Calgary Stampede, weather, and the 1962 space launch. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and notecards.
M36 / 148 - 114 to 120 are not fully dated - unsure of order within other 1961 letters. All are postcards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
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.
M36 / 148 - 29 is missing its second half, indicated by Catharine to be a picture of Bow Lake.
(a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronz…
(a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronze maple leaves around the outer edge of the medal. A band around the edge of the Union Jack reads “British Empire Service League” with a banner at the bottom that reads “Canadian Legion”. The medal is engraved on the back “Frederick Brewster, Jasper Alta no. 31 Branch 1927.(b) circular bronze pin from the Canadian Legion. The outside band is marked “British Empire Service League”. The centre of the pin has a bronze maple leaf on on an enamelled Union Jack pattern with a banner beneath that is marked “Canadian Legion”. Pin has screw-on stud back.(c) pin measuring 1.6cm wide x2.1cm, cut out in the shape of a shield with an enamelled Union Jack under a white maple leaf at the centre containing the letter “G.W.V.”. (Great War Veterans). Pin is surmounted by a silver-coloured crown.(d) pin measuring 2.3cm in diameter with a round bronze-coloured back and the words “For Service at the Front” around the edge border. The centre features an enamelled shield-shaped Union Jack with “C.E.F.” (Canadian Expeditionary Force) above the shield.(e) four brass-coloured metal pips.(f) one very simple gold-coloured round disk pin, maesuring 2.5cm in diameter with the word “Canadian Division, Lest We Forget” around the edge.
Circular bronze pin from the Canadian Legion. The outside band is marked “British Empire Service League”. The centre of the pin has a bronze maple leaf on on an enamelled Union Jack pattern with a banner beneath that is marked “Canadian Legion”. Pin has screw-on stud back. Illegible words on back.
Circular bronze pin from the Canadian Legion. The outside band is marked “British Empire Service League”. The centre of the pin has a bronze maple leaf on on an enamelled Union Jack pattern with a banner beneath that is marked “Canadian Legion”. Pin has screw-on stud back. Illegible words on back.
File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.
Sheila Keough had worked with Pat Brewster on his books
Scope & Content
File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.
A black and white group photograph of Philip Moore's army battalion. The photograph is framed with a white border in a plain black wooden frame. The front of the photograph has an arrow indicating which person is Lt-Col. Philip Moore, and written on the back is: “Original in Legion Hall (Col. Mo…
A black and white group photograph of Philip Moore's army battalion. The photograph is framed with a white border in a plain black wooden frame. The front of the photograph has an arrow indicating which person is Lt-Col. Philip Moore, and written on the back is: “Original in Legion Hall (Col. Moore Branch at Banff).”
Royal Canadian Legion, Ladies Auxiliary uniform. a) Navy blazer. With Legion badge on left breast. Banff Legion badges with yellow text “Banff L. A. Alta Brank No. 26” on both shoulders. b) Blue nametag with legion pin. Reads: “Ladies Auxiliary Banff #26 Phyllis Horpenuk.” Pinned to right lapel. c)…
Royal Canadian Legion, Ladies Auxiliary uniform. a) Navy blazer. With Legion badge on left breast. Banff Legion badges with yellow text “Banff L. A. Alta Brank No. 26” on both shoulders. b) Blue nametag with legion pin. Reads: “Ladies Auxiliary Banff #26 Phyllis Horpenuk.” Pinned to right lapel. c) 25 year pin. Pinned to left lapel. d) Badge of offices held. Medal hangs from red and white striped fabric. Above metal strips list offices held: “Past officer, Vice-President, Treasurer.” e) White blouse with white buttons. f) White pleated skirt. Elastic waist band.g) White pants. Elastic waist band. h, i) Navy bow ties with yellow stripes. j) Navy beret with legion crown in white, red, and yellow and Legion insignia with maple leaf.k, l) White gloves. Woven detail along wrist opening.