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Peter and Catharine Whyte collection

  • WHYTE whyte-148
  • Collection
  • 1906-1969

Collection includes a variety of items collected by the Whytes. Two albums include views of personalities, places, winter sports and other events, wildlife and scenic views at Banff and area, ca.1915-1925. Most views were made with Kodak 3A camera and at least some are attributed to Dan McCowan and George Paris. Third album is mainly scenes in Yoho National Park; includes numbered, annotated prints (perhaps postcards). Other items in collection include: manuscript, "The Canadian Rockies" by A. P. Coleman, n.d. letter, by T. Zouave to R. G. Brett, 1917; Park Hotel account book, Banff, 1906-1907, with records of Canmore house project, 1968-1969; receipt, 1919, and letter, 1966, re piano owned by Norman Luxton and Iva Smith; plan for CPR stop-over log cabin at Sunshine Valley, 1927; signatures of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, n.d.. Canadian Jr. [ski] champions from Alberta [poster], 1962.

Whyte, Catharine

Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-146
  • Fonds
  • 1856-1980

Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of four sous-fonds: I. Peter and Catharine Whyte, 1862-1980, ca.21 m of textual records, ca.39,000 photographs and 178 sound recordings (Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers and photographs; B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte photographs; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings). II. Robb and Morse families, 1856-1959, ca.2 m of textual records, ca.3560 photographs; III. White and Curren families, 1869-1958, ca.2 m of textual records, ca.3100 photographs.

Whyte, Peter