File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cab…
1.3 cm of textual records (173 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 58 handwritten and typewritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between April 1933 and September 1933. Topics include news from Concord, daily life in Banff, the fire at Bretton Hall, Peter out painting and sketching, Sam Ward continuously adding cabinets and cupboards to the Whyte Home, Catharine practicing typewriting and the beginning of some typewritten letters to her mother, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, moving a cabin on the property for their Stoney friends to stay in while they paint portraits, selling two sketches, various baking recipes from Edith, Peter painting Mark Poucette, a visit from children from the Mountain School, Peter and Catharine visiting the west coast [via Bonners Ferry and Spokane] and seeing Fern Brewster in Vancouver, writing Mrs. Paley, attending the Calgary Stampede, painting J.D. Curren, painting David Bearspaw, hiking at Lake O'Hara with Skyline Trail Hikers [with participant names], a visit with Mary Vaux in Banff, a Pacific Relations Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel and cleaning the house expecting visits from participants, Catharine discussing Adolf Hitler with a Swiss man visiting the house, a boat trip with the White Family and Allen Mather to Lake Minnewanka, meeting Mr. Anasaki from the Conference [an old friend of Edward Morse] and looking at Catharine's Japanese collection with Mr. Miyoaka and Mr. Takaki, Peter taking photographs at the Indigenous Camp during Banff Indian Days, Peter receiving a beaded coat from Mrs. Jonie, buying some items from the Indigenous Camp that belonged to Old Hector [Crawler?], Jackie heading east to meet Barbara before the birth of their child, and Peter and Catharine heading east via the United States to attend the World Fair and visit Edith Morse Robb and then family in Gorham, Maine.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive.
Letters are all handwritten and typewritten and include some hotel, business 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 consists of 38 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's school years and activities. Prints document school group activities and sports. Prints also document Catharine's home life including house and grounds, and Russell Robb Jr. with dog on Robb grounds in Concord, Mass. Som…
V683 / I / A : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb
Reference Code
V683 / I / A / PA - 1 to 38
Date Range
ca.1919 - 1923
Physical Description
Photographs: 38 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
File consists of 38 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's school years and activities. Prints document school group activities and sports. Prints also document Catharine's home life including house and grounds, and Russell Robb Jr. with dog on Robb grounds in Concord, Mass. Some prints pertain to sailing with friends on a sailboat in Seal Harbor.
File consists of 27 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities and home. Prints document sailing with friends in Seal Harbor during summer ca.1923 and exteriors of home and garden in Concord, Mass.
V683 / I / A : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb
Reference Code
V683 / I / A / PA - 39 to 68
Date Range
ca.1923
Physical Description
Photographs: 27 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
File consists of 27 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities and home. Prints document sailing with friends in Seal Harbor during summer ca.1923 and exteriors of home and garden in Concord, Mass.
File consists of 37 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities ca.1925-6. Prints document summer activities at Seal Harbor with friends, like sailing and at the beach and includes candid photographs. Some prints also pertain to Salem Day celebration in Mass. ca.1926.
File consists of 37 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities ca.1925-6. Prints document summer activities at Seal Harbor with friends, like sailing and at the beach and includes candid photographs. Some prints also pertain to Salem Day celebration in Mass. ca.1926.
File consists of 43 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's leisure activities ca.1926. Prints document summer activities at Seal Harbor with friends, like sailing and at the beach, and includes candid photographs, landscapes and seascapes.
V683 / I / A : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb
Reference Code
V683 / I / A / PA - 376 to 419
Date Range
ca.1926
Physical Description
Photographs: 43 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
File consists of 43 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's leisure activities ca.1926. Prints document summer activities at Seal Harbor with friends, like sailing and at the beach, and includes candid photographs, landscapes and seascapes.