File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…
File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?].
Titles:
Reel 3 1939?
8 - Horses on road near [illegible]
9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds
16 - [Rodeo bucking]
17 - [Rodeo bucking]
18 - Rodeo people on fence
19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes
20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes]
21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes]
Reel 4
2 - Calf-roping
3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry
7 - Meadow of flowers
8 - Shooting star [flower]
9 - Rabbit
10 - Fishermen by bridge
11 - Lower Two Med. Lake
12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar?
15 - [Beargrass] (best)
16 - Queen cup
17 - [Queen cup]
19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail
Reel 5 1939?
1 - Trick Falls best
2 - [Trick Falls] more to left
3 - BH.G. arm on stump
4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail
5 - Old tree above Two Med.
7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder
8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?]
9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west
10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats
11 - Same without Mt. [illegible]
12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl.
13 - Grinnell Lake
14 - Grinnell Lake
15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay
16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel
17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest]
18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly
Reel 6
1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen
2. Crossley Lake and tents
3. [Crossley Lake] no tents
4. Towards Indian Pass
6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake
7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly
8. Polly wading
9. [Polly wading]
10. [Polly wading]
11. Kay [wading]
12. [Kay wading]
13. [Kay wading] w. foot up
14. [Kay wading] near shore
15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley
16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass
17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K.
18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass
Reel 7 1939
1. People under eating fly
2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans
3. Boys pealing potatoes
4. N. Tower w. clouds
5. Aletta[?] at tent
6. Laundry at lady's quarters
7. Sauna
8. Sox and boots near tent
9. Tent and stream
10. Survey station peak - "Black and white"
11. Party leaving camp
12. Same - Ennis party before leaving
13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats
15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats
16. Chancellor in clouds
17. N. Tower and clouds
18. Mt. Hanbury[?]
19. N. Tower
20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp
Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC
1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset
2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux
3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux]
4. N. Tower and G. from same
5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope
6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear
7. Up the route to High Camp
9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier
10. High Camp - Roger in distance
12. Party on glacier
13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background
14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes
15. Lunch on top
16. Chancellor fr. Vaux
17. Church Service
18. [Church Service] sun out
19. N. Tower at sunset
20. N. Tower [at sunset]
Reel 9
1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion
2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns
3. Eric Brooks
4. Grahams and party
5. [Grahams and party]
6. [Grahams and party]
7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler
8. Packers and horse
9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman
10. Woodie Kingman
11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion
12. Woodie Kingman - close up
13. Andrew Kiamer
14. Packer and horse
15. Group watching packing
16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph
17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent
18. Major Tweedy - hand out
19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same
20. Paula Bloch-Hillen
Reel 10
1. Head of Ice RIver valley
2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp
3. Mt Chancellor
4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud
5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail
6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek
7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek]
8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly
9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp
10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col.
11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.]
12. Zinc Mt.
13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge
14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge]
15. Same and Martius Peak
16. View probably towards wash[illegible]
17. Andrew on summit
18. Goodsirs again
19. Rex;s rope
20. Eric on horseback
Reel 11
1. Hans Fuhrer
2. Taking down tent
4. Eating fly supports
5. Pile of duffle
6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly
7. Rangers cabin and guides
8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek
9. Car on road, Yoho in distance
10. Same further to right - less of car
11. Mt. Hector from road
12. Polly and Katie
13. Mt Chephron and road
14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?]
15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley
16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron
18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley
19. Same - but more to left
20. Mt. [illegible] ?
Reel 12
1. Peyto Lookout - view to north
2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout
3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?)
4. Banff and Mt. Cascade
5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl.
7. Jim Whilt
8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl.
9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake
10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake]
11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley
12. Flowers along road to many[?]
13. Annette, Sam and rig
14. [Annette, Sam and rig]
15. Chief Mt. and road
16. Brown eyed Susan
17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan]
19. Mother at Price of Wales
Reel 13
1. Prince of Wales Hotel
2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist.
4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales
5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales]
6. Fawn by tree
7. Fawn in bush
8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake
9. Appekunny Falls
10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part
11. Falls aobve Appenkunny
12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny
13. Flowers by falls
14. Same - nearer
15. Fireweed by stream
16. Meadow of flowers by stream
17. Monkey flowers
19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask
Notes
Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp.
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
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
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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 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, Ame…
2.5 cm of textual records (98 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, American newspapers Catharine is interested in, radio programs [mostly news and operas], weather, cleaning and household chores, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [including the construction of a screened-in porch at the back of the house, remodelling the stairs, building a darkroom on the second floor, and building a new garage], events and people in Concord, the opening of the new Administration building on the south side of the river [the Post Office is relocated here], painting/sketching, watching hockey games, skiing, descriptions of meals, the Winter Carnival, going to the movies [and Edith going to various plays], the Dominion Ski Championship being held at Norquay in March, photography and cameras, responsibilities and activities pertaining to the Ski Club, Edith's trip to Florida in March, books Catharine and Edith are reading, various holidays [both Canadian and American], trips to Skoki Lodge to ski and paint [also includes details of people who were also there, meals, and conversations], the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary in May, the death of Catharine's Aunt Jane [Edith's sister?], day trips around the National Park to paint/sketch and have picnics with family, dinner and tea parties, print-making, frame making, and various other community events.
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.
101 - 31 contains a sketch of the newly remodelled stairs in the Whyte home.
101 - 43 insert may or may not belong to this specific letter - no identifying marks can be found on it.
101 - 59 is a brochure advertising Lake Minnewaska Mountain Houses, New York, and does not appear to be associated to a specific letter and so has been scanned as it's own entry.
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)
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 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 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are read…
Date Range
1939
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 106
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
to Lake Louise to take some pictures to
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2.3 cm of textual records (138 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are reading, day to day life, weather, slide-making, skiing at Norquay, visits from friends and visitors, descriptions of meals, wildlife [often in the yard], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, the Winter Carnival, construction of the Mount Temple Chalet finishing and subsequent trips to Temple to ski, cleaning and household chores, trips to Skoki to ski, painting/sketching, photography, updates on Dave White's health, errand trips to Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], planning a new additon to the back of the house, going to Victoria and back in April-May [they stayed in Lethbridge, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kamloops, and Vancouver before arriving in Victoria by car and then took the train back to Banff from Prince George through Revelstoke and Golden], preparing the house for renovations [includes deep cleaning and having the floors sanded], the King and Queen visiting in late May, the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, Russ' health concerns, short trips around the mountains to paint/sketch [mostly up to Bow Lake/Saskatchewan River Crossing and into Yoho National Park], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, progress on the construction of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake, and preparing for the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
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.
106 - 47 contains details of the 1939 Royal Visit.
File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …
1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.
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.
102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.
File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "S…
4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955.
51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965.
51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981.
Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.
File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 101 Aug 946
2. Lake Louise - crowd watching fish being put in lake
3. Mr. Martin by tank on truck
5. Upper trail to Plain - Jimmie and Miss Michael[?]
7. Balsom blue cones - Lefroy in b.g
8. Englemann spruce [blue ones] Aberdeen in b.g.
9. Acralacycle[?] from Lefroy
10. Blue balsam cones
11. Red spruce cones Aberdeen in b.g.
12. Blue balsam cones - close up
16. Salomons seal - beta
18. Pine cones against the metre game Aileen
21. JImmie taking photo flowers on table
23. Birds in mud hole on drive
25. Poppies and lawn of Chateau
32. Poppies against windows
35. [Reflections in} one [window] and people inside
38. Staff house and Bow Valley
Reel 102 August 1946
1. Don M[?]day
4. Edee, Polly and Phyl on trail to Agnes
6. Avalanche from Lefroy
7. Mrs. M[?]day taking picture
9. [Marmot] by spruce
10. Ground squirrel on rock
11. Aberdeen
13. Not printed
14. Agnes Lake through [illegible]
Reel 103 "R3" Aug 13-1946
3. White flower and stump [Emerald Lake]
7. Party for East Past on Bordeau
10. 4 climbers
11. 2 girls
13. [Crescent Peak and climbers]
15. Brenta Mt
18. View from Summint East Ast
19. Same further to the right
20. Cook rings gong - Irene Norris [?]
21. Photographer
Reel 105 Ready Mts Aug 22-1946
1. Glacier Tour. Rex gibon by crevasse
7. Party on wide snow bridge
9. Bea Martin[?] by crevasse
11. Rex on snowfeild (better)
12. Same vertical
13. Snow patch and Pigeon
15. Descent on far side - glacier slope
16. Party going down snow below glacier
17. [Party going down snow] lower down
18. Party at Boulder camp
19. [Party at Boulder camp] different
20. [Party at Boulder camp different]
21. Picnic on river flat near camp. party on log
Reel 106 Sept 16-1946
2. Edward and Measeurolls[?]
3. Measurolls[?] and Polly on porch Mitchell Hut
4. Polly at lake below Kiwetinok Pass
6. Falls just above Hut in [illegible] valley
7. From Emerald Pass towards Em. Lake
10. Peyto Lakes towards Bow Glacier
13. Caldeon Lake - Polly and Aileen H.
14. [Caldeon Lake] trail back - Kay
15. [Caldeon Lake] first[?] view (on last) fr. [Kay]
16. [Caldeon Lake] above Lake looking towards Bow
17. Bow glacier and Mt Rhonda
18. Polly on lakeshore (above Narrows) Dolomite Peak
19. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot gl.
21. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot [illegible]
Reel 107 Sept 13-1946
1. Kay on boulder-bridge over canyon
2. L.G. [on boulder-bridge over canyon]
4. Lake Mary from far end
5. [Lake Mary from] nearer end - Polly
6. [Lake Mary from nearer end] vertical
9. [Kay and Polly on top] facing Yoho? [Yoho crossed out]
10. [Kay and Polly on top] and Bow Lake
11. [Kay and Polly] along ridge on snow
13. Kay taking drink at lake on glacier
16. Mr and Mrs Jim Simpson
17. Mrs. Simpson and Mary
18. Mary Simpson
21. Sheep on bank above Louise Road
22. Sheep on ridge above Louise Road
24. Banff R.R. station
27. 202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate
28. [202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate] nearer
29. Back door - Mother and boy cutting wood
30. L.G. and cabin
31. BHG in cahir on lawn
35. Sheep - Lake Louise Road
37. [Beaver in pond]
38. [Beaver in pond]
Reel 108
1. View toward Mt Royal Hotel from 202
2. Buffalo and Fairholme Mts - baby
11. [Mt. Cascade] and delphiniums
17. Mt Edith fr. Sundance Creek and Rd.
19. Same fr. road, toward fishing creek
Reel 109 Sept 18 '46
1. Bow Valley from upper Hot Springs
2. Airplane at airport
6. L.G on Sulphur Mt
8. Town of Banff and Mt Cascade fr. Sulphur
10. Caroline below observatory closer
11. [Caroline below observatory] closer
13. Mt. Rundle fr [Sulphur Mt.]
15. Bow Valley fr. [Sulphur Mt] and Lake Minne.
16. Tea House on Sulphur
17. Caroline and trail down
18. Flag on Admin Bldg. and aireplane
20. Sunshine Resorder[?]
21. Scotty Wright's house
22. 202 Muskrat and BHG
23. BHG and Sig in chairs
Reel 110 Oct 1-1946
1. Bow Falls from distance
4. 2 buffalo through trees
10. Bear coming towards camera
12. [2 bears near box] b.g. better
14. View down Bow and Hoodoo
15. Sid and June at Hoodoo Lookout
16. Sid (and June) [at Hoodoo Lookout]
18. [BHG on chair on lawn] front view
21. [Pair canithus] near view
22. [Pair canithus] near porch
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
Reel 104 entirely used for other slide shows.