Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to…
Item consists of a small photo album bound in maroon leather with "Photographs" stamped on the front. Written on the inside of the front cover is "Tressa Brewster Banff, Alta" in black ink - Lade "Tressa" Brewster (nee Bagley) was Jim Brewster's first wife and mother of Fern. Photographs pertain to landscapes taken throughout Alberta, mostly in and around Banff National Park, mounted on pages with built-in windows - some are annotated.
File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, …
Selected slides series III Can R reel II show Fall 1977. -- [before 1977]
V225 / 24
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1977]
Physical Description
40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake.
Titles:
1. R178-7 L.G at Crowfoot GLacier
2. B28-29 Mt Aberdeen - girls on rocks
3. B28-30 Rainbow at L.L.
4. B74-23 Abbots Pass
5. B73-38 Horses at Mirror Lake
6. CH '49 Birds nest, portrait lens 13in
7. CH Ducks nest
8. CH '51 Birds nest
9. CH '51 Chalice cup
10. R171-8 Calice cup
11. CH White vetch
12. CH '51 Turks cap lily Toby Creek
13. CH Vetch
14. CH Black Hornets
15. CH Nest of Black Hornets
16. CH Moth on pink flower
17. CH '58 Butterfly blue green & black border
18. CH '58 [Butterfly] yellow w. [black] spots
19. CH '58 [Butterfly] black & white
20. CH Pink heather
21. CH Calypso - Rungius
22. CH Purple Hedysarum
23. CH '51 Purple Hedysarum
24. R169-23Avalanche lily
25. CH '56 Flower gardens on island Palliser Pass
26. CH '55 Corral Creek
27. B31 19 Ski meet - View towards L.L.
28. B31 20 [Ski meet] Trail until flower
29. B31 21 [Ski meet] Horse on glacier
30. B31 22 Ski meet - crowd on rock 1960
31. B31 23 Skiers on snow
32. B31 24 Ski meet
33. B31 25 [Ski meet] & slopes Abbot Pass in b.g
34. B31 26 [Ski meet]
35. B31 27 Slalom poles & skiers
36. B31 28 [Slalom poles & skiers]
37. B31 29 [Slalom] slope
38. B31 30 [illegible] 6 people
39. B31 15 Flowers - stone crop
40. B31 32 Watyeks 8 people
41. B31 33 Teepees in meadow
42. B31 38 MacArthur & reflections
43. Reel 99-17 [Blank]
44. B73 29 Mary at Lake
45. B72 38 Icefield Chalet
46. B1 36 Tourists at Peyto Lookout
47. B2-10 Canyon at Bow Lakes
48. R179-3 Murray [illegible] fishing chephroe[?]
49. R175 5 Mt Shaeffer from Moose Lake
50. B2-17 MSC & Polly at Mary Lake
51. B2-21 Pool near Mary Lake
52. B2-15 [Pool near Mary Lake]
53. B2-8 Coveney on Trail Bow L.
54. R178-14 Bow Lake
55. R106-9 [Bow Lake]
56. R178-8 [Bow Lake]
57. B9-11 Numtijah Lodge
58. B9-10 Bow Lakes
59. B73-16 Mitchell Hut
60. B73-14 Skyline Camp
61. B30-38 Edw & Martha
62. B23-14 2 on rock
63. B23 23 Party on Opabin
64. B23-1 O'Hara & cabins
65. B23-25 Frozen L. Opabin
66. B23-24 Two & lake frozen
67. B23-27 L.G - opabin
68. B23-32 Fr Goat Cabin I
69. B24-11 Crowd oesa
70. B24-12 Vallances oesa
71. B24-14 Oesa frozen & L.G
72. B24-16 [illegible] on Oesa Ledges
73. B24-18 Falls near Oesa
74. B24-9 Enroute to oesa
75. B24-22 A at oesa frozen
76. B269-13 Party at Schafer cairn
77. B24-26 Party & Ringrose
78. B24-31 Water Lake & fishermen
79. B25-6 O'Hara fr. odaray
80. B24-30 Aileen, lake & odaray
Notes
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File consists of a summit record from Dolomite Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1998 and 2004. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1998-2004
Physical Description
1 volume
1 cm of textual record
History / Biographical
Dolomite Peak is located in the Bow Valley of Banff National Park, Alberta. It is near the Continental Divide/Great Divide, and is part of the Canadian Rockies. Nearby are Cirque Peak, Observation Peak, Peyto Lake, and Bow Lake.
Scope & Content
File consists of a summit record from Dolomite Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1998 and 2004. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
File:
M200 / V / A / 205: Dolomite Peak July 30, 1998 - Sept. 6, 2004
File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction ha…
File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction have been pulled from varius Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips taken in the Canadian Rockies between 1940 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include a broad selection of images pertaining to Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates.
Titles:
1. Jasper Lake Beauvert & Cavel R33-15
2. [Jasper] Lake Beauvert 39-5
3. [Jasper Lake Beauvert] & Pyramid 40-18
4. [Jasper] golf course [& Pyramid] R40-16
5. [Jasper golf course] R40-15
6. Mt. Edith Cavel & Clouds 39-16
7. On steps of Lodge 33-19
8. Rock garden of Lodge 39-4 [MISSING]
9. [Rock garden] & flag 39-17
10. Bear in the Lake 40-20
11. [Bear] on trail (L. Louise) 76-8
12. [Bear]s at Dump Jasper 40-2
13. [Bear] on road (Deer Lodge) 76-11
14. Jasper rodeo 40-4
15. [Jasper rodeo] 40-5
16. Ram by the road 32-15
17. [Ram by the road] eating 32-17
18. [Ram] on cliff 79-3
19. Two rams on rocks 79-2
20. Deer in sandpit (Jasper) 38-18
21. [Deer] on Bow River 82-18
22. Two bucks (Banff) 112-9
23. Baby Fawn (Dan)
24. Whistler Mt Trail 39-12
25. Engelman spruce & cones 102-2
26. [Engelman spruce] cones 101-1
27. Avalanche fr. Lefroy 101-15
28. Mt. Athabaska & A1 R32-20
29. Mt. Kitchner 36-8
30. Natural Bridge Field 44-18
31. Takkakaw Falls 60-10
32. Polly above Twin Falls 52-14
33. Trail into Little Yoho 45-13
34. Fireweed – Mt Balfour 45-8
35. Lake Louise & Poppies 101-28
36. [Lake Louise] & horseman 101-26
37. Chateau fr. Fairview Lake Trail 76-21
38. On lawn of Chateau 102-20
39. Reflections in window 101-34
40. [Reflections] in shiny ball 101-33
41. Giant Steps R75-15
42. [Giant Steps] R75-17
43. Reflections Opabin Lake J6-4
44. Lunch Sheol Valley 83-7
45. Arnica 56-2
46. Queen Cap R103-2
47. Ptarmigan & chick 86-5
48. Chick in hand & mother 86-9
49. [Chick in hand] R93-17
50. [Chick in hand] R93-19
51. Gopher & lunch box 12-5
52. At Peyto Lookout R106-11
53. Kay & Polly St Nick Glacier 107-7
54. Party at lake opabin Pass 81-1
55. Opabin Pass 55-10
56. Edward on needles 102-16
57. Polly [on needles] 102-19
58. Lake Agnes fr. [needles] 102-15
59. Our tent at O’Hara Camp 81-4
60. Sun on Bugaboos 103-4
61. More sun on [Bugaboos] 103-5
62. Climb of Yukness D.R. 81-14
63. Rope on [Yukness] 81-19
64. Cliff on Mt Forbes 37-18
65. Party on Eiffel 94-13
66. Eiffel Tower 94-16
67. AAC Party on Paradise 87-2
68. Glacier Peak fr. Yukness 81-14
69. Goodsirs fr. Temple 88-4
70. On Paradise Pk. Daver C.H. 95-5
71. Sunday Service 87-13
72. Summit St. Nicholas 107-12
73. Party on E. Post Trip 103-8
74. [Party on E. Post] R103-9
75. Top cliffs Snow Patch 103-14
76. Howser Spire 105-10
77. Party for Mt. Pigeon 105-14
78. Snow slope on Baker 128-29
79. Looking down crevasse 105-14
80. Pinnacle E. Post 103-16
81. Summit Mt. Christian 35-4
82. On Top – St. Nicholas 107-8
83. Indigenous people at Banff Springs 57-18
84. Two Indigenous Chiefs 57-5
85. Indigenous woman & girl 57-9
86. Tepee tops in sky 58-12
87. Hoodoos 73-15
88. Storm on Fairholme Mts 89-6
89. Deer at 202 Muskrat 107-19
90. Deer at garbage pail 107-20
91. Doe by corral 100-3
92. Mt Edith & beaver dam 122-14
93. The Beaver Show 144-12
94. Beaver 114-14
95. Tree cut by brawn R42-8
96. [Tree] over trail R42-7
97. Mt Rundle & gardens 75-4
98. Columbine R73-17
99. Close-up pool & flowers R58-5
100. Bow Valley view R51-8
Notes
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.
File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in thi…
File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in this collection have been pulled from various Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips between 1943 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include images pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates.
Titles:
1. Three Sisters R93-1
2. Juncture Bow & Spray R. R84-13
3. Banff Ave & Gardens 89-5
4. Gardens - Mt Rundle 107-34
5. Poppies & Mt Cascade 82-9
6. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-14
7. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-10
8. Summer house in Gardens 108-8
9. Sunshine Recorder 108-15
10. From Healy Creek Road 92-18
11. Beaver Dam 85-18
12. Cow Moose at Stream 43-3
13. [Cow Moose] n. highway 43-4
14. [Cow Moose] and calf 92-6
15. [Cow Moose] in Vermillion Lake 92-9
16. Two moose & calf 92-6
17. Moose – Mt Rundle 92-7
18. Sheep in Paddock 110-8
19. [Sheep in Paddock] 110-9
20. Fawn (dan)
21. Doe and fawn 113-30
22. Polly at Norquay Hut 70-20
23. L.G on Rundle Ridge 89-4
24. Mary Read on Sulphur Mt. 85-17
25. Banff & Lakes fr. Tunnel Mt 113-6
26. [Banff] Springs Hotel [fr. Tunnel] 133-5
27. Party on Sulphur Mt. 85-14
28. Emmie [on Sulphur Mt.] 85-16
29. Caroline at [Sulphur Mt.] Hut 109-4
30. Ram on Sulphur Mt. 79-4
31. [Ram on Sulphur Mt.] 79-7
32. Indigenous Chiefs 57-1
33. Indigenous woman on horseback 57-2
34. Indigenous Boy on horseback 57-12
35. Indigenous Encampment 58-8
36. Indigenous Encampment 58-7
37. Trail-Riders Fatigue Pass 88-12
38. [Trail-Riders] down [Fatigue Pass] 88-18
39. [Trail-Riders] on Skyline 88-16
40. [Trail-Riders] cross Brewster Ck. 88-8
41. Skyline Hikers Camp 96-18
42. [Skyline Hikers Camp] 96-14
43. Tepees and Mt. Cathedral 97-15
44. Lake Louise – poppies – horses 101-27
45. [Lake] O’Hara fr. Plateau 98-11
46. Opabin Lake & meadows 55-9
47. Whistling Marmot 102-8
48. Ptarmigan 55-7
49. Twin Falls 52-13
50. Forest Fire 33-3
51. View up Consolation Valley 71-5 [MISSING]
52. David Woods & gopher hole 104-21
53. [David Woods & gopher hole] 104-22
54. Rock Rabbit & Lake Louise 83-11
55. Chalice cup 81-6
56. Dryas by rock 53-9
57. Alpine savifrage 96-6
58. Hare’s Tail sedge 83-3
59. Delphiniums & butterflies 47-1
60. Just a Trail 75-11
61. Mt. Athabaska 42-18
62. Num-Ti-Gah Lodge – Bow L. 107-15
63. Kay – glacial Lake below Nich. Pk. 107-14
64. L.G at Lake Kimetonk 106-5
65. Witty on Paradise Pk. 86-17
66. Alpine Party on Mt. Bell 72-8
67. From Mt. Odaray 56-15
68. On Forbes glacier 37-9
69. [On Forbes] Trip 37-12
70. [On] ridge Mt. Temple 95-8
71. Christ on Mt. Chris 35-3
72. Climbers slopes of Astley 113-14
73. Summit Mt. Astley 113-22
74. Bugaboo Camp fr. Stream 104-3
75. [Bugaboo] Peaks fr. campfire 104-1
76. [Bugaboo] Ken & Don 104-2
77. [Bugaboo] Mens Tents 104-24
78. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-20
79. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-19
80. [Bugaboo] Quintet No 3 104-10
81. [Bugaboo Quintet] No 3 & moon 104-7
82. Party en route to No 3 104-10
83. Rope on four – Quintet 104-13
84. Brad on Quintet 104-15
85. View fr. [Quintet] No 2 104-11
86. Poll, Mary, Brad – Summit 104-14
87. Party on rocks – Ascent 104-12
88. [Party on rocks] – descent 104-16
89. Three Climbers for Pigeon 104-23
90. Glacier Tour 105-5
91. [Glacier Tour] 105-2
92. Cliffs at Snowpatch 104-26
93. Rex cuts steps 105-6
94. [Rex cuts steps] nearer 104-32
95. Ronny Feuz 99-9
96. In Buttercup Meadow 53-3
97. C.H Waterton Lake 123-9
98. L.G [Waterton Lake] 122-22
99. BHG – Browne living room 78-13
100. Rainbow Emerald Lake 106-8
Notes
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.
File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers tri…
1 cm of textual records (70 pages ; 21.2 x 26.3 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip, photography and cameras, hiking/climbing, wildflowers, activities and people at camp, Pete's work on commission paintings/photography projects, events and people in Concord, trips to Bow Lake to paint, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], overnight camping trips to Lake Louise to paint, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, going back to Lake O'Hara in early September to paint and hike, Russ and Kitty's travels and activities, day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake] to paint/sketch, updates on what Pete and Catharine's friends are doing [mostly as it pertains to Skoki and Assiniboine Lodges], wildlife, an overnight trip to Calgary [and a visit to Morley on the way back] in early October, 3 young Doukhobor fugitives escaping police custody that resulted in a chase and shootout in Banff National Park [October 6 - 7] and the subsequent funerals, developing photos and print-making, politics [mostly pertaining to the provincial and federal elections], various holidays [both Canadian and American], skiing, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, and preparing to leave for a trip to Concord at the end of November.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
A few letters written on lodge letterhead.
Most 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.
Some letters have numbers written in pencil in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.
File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…
2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Some letters 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.
The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.
File pertains to 46 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 7 to December 29, 1938. Topics include returning from a trip to Concord and details about the route taken, cleaning and household chores, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a…
2.5 cm of textual records (97 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 46 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 7 to December 29, 1938. Topics include returning from a trip to Concord and details about the route taken, cleaning and household chores, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a day trip on the new stretch of road between Bow Lake and the Saskatchewan River Crossing, trips to Lake O'Hara to paint and hike [also includes hiking the new trail Tom Link and Jimmy Simpson blazed to Linda Lake, named for Linda Castle of Honolulu], events and people in Concord, photography and cameras, day to day life, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], descriptions of meals, painting/sketching, day trips to Lake Louise [mostly in September to paint], mentions of the threat of war in Europe, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], slide-making, the start of construction on the Mount Temple Chalet, films and film making, Jack and Barbara starting construction on their new house, various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, wildlife [often in the yard], going to Victoria in early November to see Annie and Dave, day trips with Cliff to see the progress on Mount Temple Chalet, Christmas, and various other holiday-related activities, parties, and gifts.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Some letters 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.
File pertains to 81 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 3 to December 29, 1957. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
2.4 cm of textual records (128 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 81 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 3 to December 29, 1957. 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], seeing off Carl Rungius to New York, going to Edmonton for a cataract operation on Peter's right eye [August 23] - Catharine's time in Edmonton mostly consisted of sitting with Peter in the hospital, running errands in the city, and answering letters [she stayed at the Corona Hotel], starting construction of eventual Buffalo Block [consisting of three stores along Buffalo St. and a restaurant on the second floor], concerns regarding Edith's health, a visit to Concord from mid-October to mid-November [travelled by train], a second visit to Edmonton in December for Peter's eye, putting together their annual Christmas card, and other Christmas activities. Some letters are typed and some hand-written. Also includes one postcard.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
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 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
1.8 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. 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], a road trip from north-eastern United States through Canada back to Banff in early August [written mostly on postcards], a trip to Lethbridge in late August, various construction projects [the new Sulphur Mountain gondola, the chimney and basement furnace of their house, and the Trans-Canada Highway], a trip to Concord in late November, and preparation of Chirstmas cards. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards and a Christmas card.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written.
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.
143 - 39 includes a sketch of a shelving unit Catharine hoped to have installed in their bedroom.
143 - 64 is the 1958 Christmas card made by Catharine and Peter