Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…
Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.
File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Most letters 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.
Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
File consists of notes, advertisements and other documents pertaining to multiple businesses owned by Norman Luxton in Banff. File includes: advertising cards depicting the "Man Fish" of Lake Minnewanka at the Banff Indian Trading Post; a list of names of Stoney Nakoda community members commissione…
File consists of notes, advertisements and other documents pertaining to multiple businesses owned by Norman Luxton in Banff. File includes: advertising cards depicting the "Man Fish" of Lake Minnewanka at the Banff Indian Trading Post; a list of names of Stoney Nakoda community members commissioned to make souvenirs for the Indian Trading Post [1945-1950?]; flyers and tickets for film showings of “Mighty Lak’ a Rose”, “The Dawn Patrol”, “Captain of the Guard”, "Lilies of the Field" and "Make Me a Star" at the Lux Theatre between 1923 and 1938; a pamphlet pertaining to the King Edward Hotel; and stationery with letterheads promoting the King Edward Hotel and the Luxton Museum.
Notes
Full names of individuals listed on typed paper slip in file are provided under "Full Text" and "Name Access" fields in this entry; correct spellings under "Name Access"