Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions.
Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports …
Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions.
Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people.
List of prints:
1 27000 Banff, Canada. Deer on edge of Banff
2 27001 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka, Indian Name - "Spirit Water", near Banff.
3 27002 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Hole, Tunnel Mountain. [Banff Springs Golf Course].
4 27003 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Green, Part of Mt. Rundle, 8600 ft. [Banff Springs Golf Course].
5 27004 - Banff, Canada. Looking from golf links along Bow River to C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur Mountain. [Banff Springs Hotel].
6 27005 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs]
7 27006 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off]
8 27007 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off]
9 27008 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off]
10 27009 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off]
11 27010 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Women teeing off]
12 27011 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Tunnel Mt. in background]
13 27012 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Cascade Mt. in background]
14 27013 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Man and woman teeing off]
15 27014 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background]
16 27015 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background]
17 27016 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Tunnel Mt. in background]
18 27017 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs]
19 27018 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs]
20 27019 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background]
21 27020 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background]
22 27021 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background]
23 27022 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off, Rundle Mt. in background]
24 27023 - Banff, Canada. Golf : [Banff Springs Hotel golf course]
25 27024 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof.
26 27025 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof.
27 27026 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel]
28 27027 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel]
29 27028 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel]
30 27029 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel]
31 27030 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker. [View by pool at Banff Springs Hotel with Cascade Mountain in background. Image is reversed]
32 27031 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker by pool, Banff Springs Hotel, Cascade Mountain Background.
33 27032 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber and William Barrett. Aeroplane Dive.
34 27033 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber of Chicago doing aeroplane dive. Background Cascade Mt.
35 27034 - Banff, Canada. Freshwater pool, Banff Springs Hotel. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. William Barrett, swimming instructor formerly amateur champion of New Zealand. Inventor of the aeroplane dive.
36 27035 - Banff, Canada. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl of Chicago, New York and San Francisco, and her horse, "Peter Pan", leaving Banff Springs Hotel for a ride in the mountains.
37 27036 - Banff, Canada. Captain John Standly and Peter, his black and white collie, on the deck of his boat, "The Daughter of the Peaks." Lake Minnewanka, Indian name, "Spirit Water", near Banff.
38 27037 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka.
39 27038 - Banff, Canada. Road to Lake Minnewanka, Mt. Girouard. [Sightseers in touring car]
40 27039 - Banff, Canada. Falls and reservoir near Lake Minnewanka. Mt. Girouard, 3785 ft.
41 27040 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse]
42 27041 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse]
43 27042 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse]
44 27043 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning canter. [Catherine Barber riding "Peter Pan"]
45 27044 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning ride. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan," right]
46 27045 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel pool. Hotel in background. Aeroplane dive. [Catherine Barber and William Barrett]
47 27046 - Banff, Canada. Government Swimming Pool at the Sulphur Springs. [Cave & Basin]
48 27047 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle.
49 27048 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle.
50 27049 - Banff, Canada. Tunnel Mountain, Bow River. [Women on horseback along the shore]
51 27050 - Banff, Canada. View of Bow River Valley from "Hotel Banff Springs."
52 27051 - Banff, Canada. Motor boat on upper Bow River. [View from Bow River]
53 27052 - Banff, Canada. Bus at Banff Springs Hotel, and Mount Rundle. [Horse- drawn vehicle, Tunnel Mountain and Cascade Mountain, not Rundle Mt.]
54 27053 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Mt. Rundle. [Man and woman on horseback]
55 27054 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mt. and bus. [Sightseers in touring car]
56 27055 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle, Spray River. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan"]
57 27056 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Banff Springs Hotel, Sulphur Mountain.
58 27057 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Valley from Hotel. [View from Banff Springs Hotel]
59 27058 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. Mt. Bourgeau, 9375 ft. [Borgeau not visible]
60 27059 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
61 27060 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls.
62 27061 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls.
63 27062 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls.
64 27063 - Banff, Canada. Bow River and Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
65 27064 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback]
66 27065 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
67 27066 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback]
68 27067 - Bow River, Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
69 27068 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River.
70 27069 - Banff, Canada. Bow River, Cascade Mt. [Rider on horseback]
71 27070 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mountain and Bow River.
72 27071 - Banff, Canada. Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
73 27072 - Banff, Canada. Bow River : [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback]
74 27073 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River.
75 27074 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River.
76 27075 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River.
77 27076 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River.
78 27077 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River.
79 27078 - Banff, Canada. Group on board deck of boat.
80 27079 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy holding rifle outside tent]
81 27080 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove]
82 27082 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy holding rifles beside tent]
83 27083 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening]
84 27081/27084 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group posed outside tent]
85 27085 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy and woman cooking at a free-standing stove]
86 27086 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car]
87 27087 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening]
88 27088 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove]
89 27089 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove]
90 27090 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car]
91 27091 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy collecting pine boughs]
92 27093 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car]
93 27094 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man building wood stool]
94 27095 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove]
95 27096 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Government Pool - near the main pool.
96 27097 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool.
97 27098 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool.
98 27099 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool.
99 27100 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride.
100 27101 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride.
101 27102 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride.
102 27103 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride.
103 27104 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride.
104 27105 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse.
105 27106 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse.
106 27107 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Government Pool, warm sulphur water.
107 27108 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
108 27109 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
109 27110 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
110 27111 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
111 27112 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
112 27113 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water.
113 27114 - Pack Train crosses a stream.
114 27115 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp.
115 27116 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp.
116 27117 - Mrs. Grantland Rice.
117 27118 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a shored boat]
118 27119 - [Image missing] Mrs. Grantland Rice.
119 27120 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse]
120 27121 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol]
121 27122 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a raft]
122 27123 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol]
123 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse]
124 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse]
125 27126 - Mr. and Mrs. Grantland Rice and horses. [In front of Royal Northwest Mounted Police, No. 2: Kananaskis Lake]
126 27127 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass.
127 27128 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass.
128 27129 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin.
129 27130 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin.
130 27131 - In Camp at White Man's Pass.
131 27133 - In camp at white manspass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge]
132 27134 - In Camp at White Man's Pass.
133 27135 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. [Mrs. Wheeler on horse outside Royal Mounted Police No. 11 cabin]
134 27136 - In Camp at White Man's Pass.
135 27138 - In the canyon, White Man's Pass - Mr. J.M. Gibbon.
136 27139 - White Man's Pass, where we camped.
137 27140 - At White Man's Pass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge]
138 [Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass]
139 27144 - Mrs. John Wheeler & Horse.
140 27145 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler.
141 27142 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & Horse.
142 27143 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [At a picnic]
143 27147 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler.
144 27146 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [In front of tent]
145 27149 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler and their ponies. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake]
146 27148 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & horse.
147 27150 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent]
148 27151 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent]
149 27152 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake]
150 27153 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler.
151 27154 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler.
152 27155 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread).
153 27157 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread).
154 27156 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread).
155 27158 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt.
156 27159 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt.
157 27160 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis.
158 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis.
159 The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus.
160 27164 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath
161 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis
162 27163 - The Cave and Basin, Government Springs Bath, Banff.
163 27166 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus.
164 27167 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus.
165 27168 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus.
166 27169 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus.
167 27170 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada
168 27171 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada
169 27173 - Bill, the guide.
170 27172 - Bill the guide takes a nap.
171 27174 - Bill, the guide.
172 27175 - Bill, the guide.
173 27177 - Bill, the guide.
174 27176 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide.
175 27178 - Bill, the guide.
176 27179 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide.
177 27180 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass.
178 27181 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass.
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Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, ev…
Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. Captions accompany many images
Includes:
1 38887 - Canada. Hudson Bay. The Nastapoka Falls.
2 38886 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. Esquimos trading their white foxes at a Revillon Freres Post.
3 38885 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimo family building their igloo. The man and woman on the roof are filling in with snow the chinks between the blocks of ice. Below, the boy is closing the door.
4 38884 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimos eating in the interior of their igloo. Notice the soap stone kettle hanging over the soap stone dish full of burning blubber.
5 38883 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo child with his bow and arrow.
6 Hudson Bay: A very old Esquimo / 38882
7 38881 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. The Revillon Freres trading station at Cape Dufferin. Notice the banks of snow against the walls of the house to keep the drifts away. In the foreground are two Esquimo igloos which the natives who came to trade furs built as their stay, may last several days.
8 38880 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo drilling a large piece of soap stone to make a kettle.
9 38879 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Father and son. This Esquimo has taken his child out to sea in his kayak (canoe made of seal hides) to teach him how to jig for rock cod.
10 38878 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo mother and child.
11 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies.
12 CN83 - Canada. Lake Superior. Drying fishing nets.
13 CN110 - Canada. Ontario, Brampton. Main street of Brampton.
14 CN121 - Canada. Ontario, Port Arthur. Great Lakes Cruise, Thunder Cape.
15 CN106 - Canada. Ontario. Flowerpot Island off Tobermorry.
16 CN202 - Canada. Ontario. Georgian Bay. Beansoleil Park.
17 CN201 - Canada. Ontario. Lake of Bays. Yachting at Bigwin Inn.
18 CN108 - Canada. Ontario. Kirkland Lake district.
19 CN107 - Canada. Ontario. North Bay. Street scene.
20 CN253 - Canada. Ontario. The highway bridge over the Welland Canal opening to permit a steamer to pass.
21 CN250 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer passing through the Well and Canal.
22 CN252 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer in the Welland Canal passing a bridge which has been opened to permit its passage.
23 CN251 - Canada. Ontario. A set of locks on the Welland Canal.
24 CN192 - Canada. The Welland Ship Canal. General view of the lower entrance, Lock No. 1, looking south.
25 CN170 - Canada. Ontario. Welland Canal, shipping at Lock No. 3.
26 CN191 - Canada. Ontario. The "Naronic" at the Soo Locks.
27 Untitled : [unidentified building] / "1 X 46 R"
28 CN181 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. These little Ottawa people know their business already. Refusing to be harnessed for "mushing" along the hillside near Canada's capital and winter carnival city. Bozo nevertheless does not object to helping out with what is neither dog-back riding nor skiing
29 CN162 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Rockcliffe Park.
30 CN175 1 x 46 R - Rideau Hall, Ottawa, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada.
31 CN179 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skating champion.
32 CN184 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skiing on Dome Hill.
33 [Print missing] / CN109 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa Parliament Buildings.
34 CN104 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Big buildings of Toronto.
35 CN105 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Bay Street.
36 CN23 - Canada. Toronto. Bathing in the Humber River.
37 CN23 - Canada. Ontario.
38 [Page missing] / CN45 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara in bloom.
39 CN52 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara.
40 CN51 - Canada. A Niagara fruit orchard in blossom time.
41 CN58 - Canada. Ontario Province. Schumacher Canaurum Mine. 700 foot level.
42 CN88 - Canada. A railroad engineer at his post.
43 CN139 - Canada. Beaver felling a tree.
44 CN21 - Canada. Ontario. Fishing at Devil's Hole, Algonquin Park.
45 CN50 - Canada. Ontario. Washagami Section. Bass fishing.
46 CN137 - Canada. Beavers at work
47 [Print missing] / CN49
48 CN28 - Canada. Harvest time.
49 CN25 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada.
50 CN29 - Canada. Harvesting.
51 CN27 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada.
52 CN102 - Canada. Alberta, Leduc. Raccoon on the Grathside Farm.
53 CN126 - Canada. Alberta, Jasper National Park. Squirrel at Jasper Park Lodge.
54 CN127 - Canada. Alberta. "A cat and dog existence" has its pleasures. according to Bowser, the faithful household canine of Caretaker Andrews at Jasper Park Lodge, who looks after this famous hostelry in the heart of the Canadian Rockies during the months when its grounds are no longer thronged with tourists, and to prove it, Bowser has adopted a homeless kitten which he found on the streets of Jasper town and took home with him. Here he is rocking his chum to sleep in front of the Andrew's home
55 CN26 - Canada. Alberta, Rockford. Gathering stooks.
56 CN180 - Canada. Alberta. Bear in Jasper National Park.
57 CN182 - Canada. Alberta. Buffalo and elk in Wainwright (Buffalo) National Park.
58 CN178 - Canada. Alberta. Bear up a tree in Jasper National Park.
59 CN138 - Canada. Alberta. Beaver house near Jasper.
60 [Print missing] / CN148 - Canada. The Rockies. Lakes in the Clouds seen from Little Beehive.
61 CN145 - Canada. The Rockies. View of Chalet Lake Louise from the top of Little Beehive.
62 CN147 - Canada. The Rockies. Scene at Lake Louise.
63 CN144 - Canada. The Rockies. Early morn at Lake Louise.
64 Canada. the Rockies. Lake Louise. The Lake Louise Hotel seen from the air
65 CN157 - Canada. Alberta. Banff. (The Rockies) A view showing the Springs Hotel and a Grayline Bus. Banff Springs Hotel.
66 CN156 - Canada. Alberta, Banff. (the Rockies) Indian Days. The Springs Hotel. Banff Springs Hotel.
67 CN146 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Louise. Chalet Lake Louise, the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel.
68 CN87 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Feeding the swans in the park.
69 CN84 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. A dove cot in the garden of a Victorian home, a real English touch.
70 56860 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Trimmed shrubbery on an estate. It has been the hobby of the owner for over 30 years to trim these trees (yew, barberry, white thorn, and golden holly.) into the shape of animals, birds, and figures. -- Owner: W. J. Pendray.
71 [Print missing] / CN82
72 48470 - Canada. British Columbia near Westminster. Salmon fishing fleet on the Fraser River near Westminster.
73 CN81 - Canada. British Columbia. Spence's Bridge. Indian graveyard.
74 CN48 - Canada. British Columbia. Kelowna. Apple orchard in bloom.
75 CN141 - Canada. British Columbia. Inside passage.
76 CN221 - Canada. British Columbia. Kitwanga. A dog totem.
77 CN120 - Canada. Western Canada. Old shepherd watching flock of sheep.
78 CN128 - Canada. Sheep grazing.
79 CN287 - Lake Louise, Mount Saddleback.
80 CN291 - Lake Louise, The Chalet of the Swiss Guides, in midwinter.
81 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies.
82 CN151 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake 0' Hara, Victoria Glacier and the Seven Sisters Falls in the background. Date: 1927
83 56861 - Canada. Drive by stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in pine forest, mountains with glacier ahead.
84 CN149 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake Chalet.
85 CN150 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake seen from the Chalet veranda.
86 CN153 - Canada. The Rockies. Morraine Lake in the Valley of Ten Peak. [Correction: Moraine Lake]
87 [Print missing] / CN154 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Morraine and the Tower of Babel.
88 CN152 - Canada. The Rockies. Sinclair Canyon.
89 48871 - Canada. Royal Mounted Policeman.
90 CN85 - Canada. The Rockies. "Bad man" of the Kananaskis.
91 CN86 - Canada. The Rockies. A Cowboy and his steed.
92 CN78 - Canada. Lake Louise at sunset.
93 CN12 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson.
94 CN10 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson showing the glaciers and Berg Lake.
95 [Print missing] / CN7 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies). Mt. Robson showing the two glaciers and Berg Lake.
96 Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) One of the glaciers of Mt. Robson.
97 CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies.
98 CN79 - Canada. A beautiful scene in the Canadian Rockies.
99 CN79 - Canada. Stoney Indians of the Canadian Rockies
100 [Print missing] / CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies - Modern ways are slow in creeping upon this small settlement of Stoney Indians
101 CN18 - Canada. Reindeer of the Canadian Rockies. [Correction: bull elk]
102 CN3 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Pack-train on the Badge Pass at twilight
103 CN5 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain sheep "posing" for the camera.
104 CN13 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Twin Falls, Yoho National Park]
105 CN11 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Three Sisters, Canmore]
106 CN18 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Lake Louise with Mt. Lefroy]
107 CN19 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Maligne Lake, Samson Peak on left]
108 CN17 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River and Mount Rundle, Alberta]
109 CN16 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Suspension bridge over Eraser River Canyon, B.C. Hell's Gate]
110 CN15 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River looking east from Banff Springs Hotel area]
111 CN14 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [view from Mount Victoria, above Lake Oesa, looking north toward Ringrose Mountain]
112 CN4 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. The mirror-like surface of Lake Louise serves to reflect the riot of nature's splendor prevailing on all sides.
113 24419 - Canada. Sheep grazing.
114 PD65 - [Man seeding a field, possibly Ontario].
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.
Page 32 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 38 missing ; Page 47 missing; Page 60 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 71 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 87 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 95 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 100 not scanned, photograph missing.
File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detail…
1.3 cm of textual records (151 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detailed description of interior], the first ski party, the ski visit of Russel Robb Jr. and group, the death of Edwin Noble, daily life in Banff, people in Concord, and meeting and working with various locals and Skoki guests [including Tex Woods and his daughter Ruth Woods, Vic Kutschera, Norman Knight, Cyril Paris, Ike Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Rupe Edwards, Bill Niche, Waddy [Wattie?] Potts, Kingman ski party, Ulysses LaCasse, Bill Oliver, Russel Robb Jr., Charlie Pierson, and Faith Donaldson] and going to see Noel Odell speak about Everest.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. It appears that one letter is unfinished or has missing pages.
Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, wa…
1.7 cm of textual records (89 pages ; 21.5 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, watching hockey games and curling matches, weather, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, going to Skoki to ski, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first child Gale in late February [Edith's first grandchild], watching ski races at Norquay, converting an outbuilding from a garage/one bedroom into a garage/darkroom, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], sketching/painting, discussions of operas Edith has seen, Pete going to Vancouver for a few days in mid-April to help his parents [Dave was advised to go to sea level by doctors to help with ailments he'd been having], wildlife, developing photos and print-making, various holidays [both Canadian and American], descriptions of meals and various recipes, yardwork and redoing the driveway, Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-May to mid-June], construction of a new road to Norquay ski camp, Pete constructing a cover for the back of their truck to be used for camping, going to Calgary for the Stampede, Banff Indian Days, and camping trips around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed - typed letters often have hand-written post scripts.
A few letters written on lodge/hotel 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 or red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.
97 - 16 contains a sketch of the garage outbuilding and the plans to convert half of it into a darkroom.
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
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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 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 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document.
Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, …
1973 Can R series IV No 1. -- [before 1973]
V225 / NS 21
Date Range
[ca. 1953-1973]
Physical Description
80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, and birds], Lillian and her friends [Polly and Phyl, as well as ACC camp members], lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, camps, and various other activities.
Titles:
1. B55-10 Fool hen walking log 1963 40 Mile Ck.
1. B55-7 [Fool hen] nearer
3. B55-9 [Fool hen] & chick
4. B71-33 Sheep close-up Wilcox Pass 65
5. B71-32 [Sheep] Wilcox Pass
6. B27-38 Two sheep & child on raod 1959
7. B22-3 Elk
8. R183-4 Beaver dam by RR at Wapta
9. R199-10 Marmot
10. B20-22 Polly & gophers
11. A6-6 Two [gophers] on dead tree
12. B30-5 Peka
13. B23-6 Eagle cliff - 14 Eagle on nest (Gmoser Slide)
14. B49-16A L.G. at Moraine Lake - E. Res B Eld.[?]
15. B20-18 L.G. above Oesa
16. B6-27 L.G. & Ax[?] & Sir Donald
17. B19-37 L.G. by alpine stream
18. B6-27 L.G. on trail
19. R209-3 L.G. Cathedral Basin
20. R207-1[crossed out] LG. above O'Hara
21. R207-19 L.G. on Needles
22. R196-30 LG Aberdeen in bg
23. B51-21 Avalanche slides[?] - close-up
24. A6-5 FLower clump - phascelia
25. CH-0 Stonecrop
26. CH-0 Stonecrop
27. CH-51 White Rain orche's[?]
28. CH Shooting star
29. B28-25 Lady slippers?
30. B25-2 White heather on rock
31. R69-13 Queen cup Emerald Lake
32. R175-23 Measle[?] grass of Parnassus
33. R173-22 Clobe flower
34. CH 51 Lyall's Larch in Bbone[?]
35. B69-6 Three on Schaffer L.G Trail Phyl M &
36. B28-24 Yellow flower
37. CH.0 Drunmond's Dryas
38. CH.51 Queen cup Toby Creek
39. CH.0 Wild rhodedendrone
40. CH.6/70 Maligne Lake - sun & shadow & reflec.
41. CH.0 ACC camp Muligne Lake
42. R190-25 Jasper Park Lodge & Pyramid Lake
43. R190-29 Edith Cavel & Lake
44. R183-9 Elk nearest & best
45. B11-5 Goats at Jasper - good
46. B11-8 [Goats] go up bank
47. R185-32 Polly 1953 Maligne Lake
48. CH.0 Maligne Lake
49. R185-37 View from boat
50. R186-24 Logs & back water at Narrows
51. R186-20 L.G. Narrows
52. R186-21 Boat near narrows
53. R206 34 Party from Lynx
54. Pernine 35 Mt Robson
55. R189-12 Party on ice
56. B30-22 Camp Phyl coffee party 1960
57. B30-21 [Camp] coffee party 1960
58. B30-23 Phyl & tent
59. B30-36 High Camp[?]
60. B30-35 Lake & reflections 1960
61. B30-34 Lake & Beth 1960
62. B30-33 Lake & Peaks 2 people
63. B30-32 Olympus & Xerxes
64. B30-31 Pack train leaving camp
65. B30-30 Phyl taking picture nest
66. B30-29 Phyl & Brussels
67. B30-28 Mt Brussels
68. B68-3 Camp & fire circle
69. B68-9 Girls camp fire
70. B14-20 Mrs Krat[?] on Verm. Lake
71. R164-25 Gr. Squirrel back of flower
72. R148-6 [Gr. Squirrel] Peyto Lake camp gr.
73. R175-2 Gopher coming out of hole
74. A10-21 Dennis feeds gopher
75. B32-1 Feeding gopher taken out 3/28/78
76. B20-20 Polly M & gopher taken out 3/28/78
77. R202-2 Spotted Sand pipers best
78. R206-5 Baby spotted sandpiper
79. B15-30 Bitter's nest in [illegible]
80. B29-27 Nest w. 4 spotted eggs
B15-37 & 35 Bitterns in nest taken fr. Series I put in 79 & 80
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 pertains to 78 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1950s to the early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrel…
File pertains to 78 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1950s to the early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, and birds], Lillian and her friends [Polly and Phyl, as well as ACC camp members], lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, camps, and various other activities.
Titles:
1960 1. B31-37 Lake MacArthur - ice
2. grassi 18-59 Mt Huber & larches
1958 3. B20-24 Polly Merrick & Eileen
1951 4. R172-11 Camp & reflections - Opabin Pass in b.g.
5. R171-6 Alpine Party by lake
1963 6. B54-38 My ice ax points to glacier worm cores
1960 7. B31-35 Trail near Lake MacArthur
8. B31-36 [Trail near Lake MacArthur] different
9. B29-32 4 hikers neet John Linn on horse
10. B32-3 MacArthur Lake & reflections
11. B32-4 Big rock by MacA Lake & hikers
12. B32-8 Lake & reflections
13. B32-9 MacA Lake, Mt Biddle & reflections
14. B32-10 [MacA Lake] looking towards Biddle - Park col.
15. B32-11 Tepees in meadow at O'Hara
1963 16. B54-29 Group of hikers across lake Mt Cath in b.g naturalist group
17. B54-31 Diana Park by on Opabin Lake
18. Grassi 16 Larches at O'Hara
1959 19. B24-27 Tree with cones
1960 20. B29-14 Tree with cones - Lake O'Hara in bg
1955 21. R207-25 Abbot Pass
22. R207-24 Eileen & Edward on glacier
23. R207-36 L.G at Abbot Pass Vic ridge in b.g.
24. R208-4 Party below Pass
1951 25. R174-5 Party at Oesa - Lefroy in b.g.
26. R172-22 Edwards Party - Opabin Pass in b.g.
27. O Caroline Hinman in 1932
1953 28. R185-27 Polly Prescott & boat by lake
1952 29. R183-14 Miette Pool
30. O CH Maligne Lake
1952 31. R183-6 Lake Beauvert
1953 32. R191-4 Mt Cavel & Jasper Lodge
1951 33. R169-11 Emerald Lake & Mt President & Vice P.
34. Reel 44-9 Mt Burgess
1951 35. R169-15 Kelloggs on rock. Emerald Lake
36. R169-17 Frances on rock
37. CH 6/70 Assiniboine
1952 38. R179-20 Mt Assiniboine w. plume [MISSING]
39. R181-29 Marg, Fleming and Muriel on horses - Mt Assiniboine [MISSING]
40. R181-31 Mt Aye & riders
41. R181-32 End of trail by dam - out of Assiniboine
42. R181-33 Spray Lake by dam
43. R179-9 Trail far side of Wonder Pass
45. R179-39 2 hikers above marvel Lake
46. R180-31 Assiniboine fr. near Sunburst Lake
47. R180-34 Wedgwood Pt.
48. R179-22 Mt Assiniboine & campers
1955 49. R202-35 Strom's Halfway camp
50. R205-21 Party on horses. Mt Assin. in bg
51. R205-10 Stroms w. corral - main Lodge
52. R203-4 L.G. - Lake Magog - Assin & Magog
53. R203-19 Elizabeth Rummel's Cabin and Sunburnt L.
1952. 54. R180.38 Mt Assin. & 2 climbers
55. R181.23 Mt Assin - hikers on Nub
56. R181.22 [Mt Assin] LG on Nub
1951 57. R170-10 Chalice cup
58. O CH Wind flower (on globe)
1952 59. R183-8 Elk - head down
1954 60. R195-39 Wolverine Disney's animal farm
1965 61. B72-10 Porcupine
62. CH.49 3 Does & buck eating oatmeal
63. CH.0 Rams
1965 64. B71-34 Marg, Fleming & ewe
July '52 65. R178-26 Squirrel on rucksack - Lake Agnes
July '52 66. R178-28 Bear at the Clubhouse
1964 67. B67-15 Strom & porcupine on hitching post
68. B67-21 Porcupine on same - boy looks on
1959 69. B26-18 Ptarmigan
70. Ruth B. Water onzel[?] rock - near Assin.
1955 71. R207-12 Cow moose on road to Moraine Lake
1957 72. B11-33 Moose moves off road - good
1953 73. R190-37 Deer crossing river
1956 74. B1-1 Moose at Hilldale
1958 75. B15-33A Phyl's bitterns
1952 76. R177-33 Bear walking back above road
1959 77. B27-33 Sheep on rocks
1954 78. R196-19 SHeep among dead stumps
1960 79. B32-37 A sheep on cliff
1959 80. B22-2 Elk apposite air strip
Notes
Slides 38 and 39 are missing.
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 pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. 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 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. 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], errand trips to Calgary, Catharine's nephew Rusty arriving [he worked at Bow Lake helping with hunting parties in July], trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days, a climbing tragedy on Mt. Temple in July wherein several young boys died, visits to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, attending a Sun Dance ceremony near Fort Macleod, camping and sketching trips around Banff National Park, the Alberta Jubilee celebrations, a trip to Concord in October [they took the train down and drove back in a newly purchased Jeep], construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway through Banff, working on the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas parties. Also includes postcards and notecards.
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.
Some letters written on Num-Ti-Jaw Lodge letterhead, one written on Banff Shell Station letterhead.