Image of a postcard depicting a group of men dressed in winter coats and hats, one with a large camera on a tripod, with "Banff Winter Carival Phil making a date with the movie man" written in white in the bottom right corner - Catharine Whyte has written on the back in pencil: "Left to right Jim W…
Image of a postcard depicting a group of men dressed in winter coats and hats, one with a large camera on a tripod, with "Banff Winter Carival Phil making a date with the movie man" written in white in the bottom right corner - Catharine Whyte has written on the back in pencil: "Left to right Jim Wardle, ?, Mr Stewart Clerk in Gov't office, Byron Harmon, Col P.A. Moore, ?, Leslie Mather, Pete Whyte [/] Swimming at Cave & Basin during Winter Carnival"
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern …
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern (Brewster) Clarkson, Jim Brewster, Adele Brewster, June Brewster (Pat's wife), and Mrs. R.S. Harvey
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern …
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern (Brewster) Clarkson, Jim Brewster, Adele Brewster, June Brewster (Pat's wife), and Mrs. R.S. Harvey
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
Image of two small children, an unidentified young woman, Catharine Whyte, and Phil Moore sitting on wooden bleachers - more people are visible in the background
Image of two small children, an unidentified young woman, Catharine Whyte, and Phil Moore sitting on wooden bleachers - more people are visible in the background
Image of Pearl Moore, Col. Phil Moore, Catharine Whyte, Carl Rungius, Peter Whyte, and John Murray Gibbon posed in a line in front of a hitching post with mountains in the background - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back …
Image of Pearl Moore, Col. Phil Moore, Catharine Whyte, Carl Rungius, Peter Whyte, and John Murray Gibbon posed in a line in front of a hitching post with mountains in the background - their names and "at Ptarmigan Valley Sky Line Trail Hikers camp, 1939 [/] Photo: J.M. Wardle" written on the back in pencil
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 pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints …
1.2 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 17 x 26.2 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 26 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to March 13, 1934. Topics include New Yea's Eve celebrations, going to the movies, spending time on the beach, painting/sketching [including experimenting with watercolour paints and different kinds of paper], people and events in Concord and in Banff, descriptions of Honolulu and the local people [including dress, food, and boats], weather, watching US Navy ships and planes come in and out of Pearl Harbor, listening to the radio [mostly news and operas], sketching people on the beach, the other guests at their hotel, going out for meals, celebrating Pete's birthday, descriptions of meals, planning their trip to Japan, painting portraits of locals, making canvases and easels, developing films [photographs], the Moores and the Rungiuses arriving in early February, shopping, watching various military Reviews and parades [usually as part of ceremonies for visiting dignitaries], descriptions of various ships in port, flowers and trees, birds, showing some of their work at the Art Academy at the invitation of the Honolulu Art Association in early March, going to cocktail parties and dances with the Moores and Rungiuses, booking their passage to Japan with Canadian Pacific, and leaving Hawaii in mid-March.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Few letters written on hotel/ship letterhead. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details.
Most letters are numbered in red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first page as part of an unknown project.
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.
93 - 05 page 5 contains a sketch of the Moana Hotel's placement and general laylout in relation to the beach.