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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library Collection
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Patrick Mooney collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-398
  • Collection
  • [ca.1896-ca.1935]

Photographs pertain to Banff views and events, skiing, scenic views, Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Includes photographs by W. J. Oliver of Calgary, Alberta, Kilroy Harris of Cleveland, Ohio, and British Photographic Laboratories of Banff. Some prints have been used for newspaper publication.

Mooney, Patrick (collector)

Marian Goldstrom collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-973
  • Collection
  • [after 1933]

Collection pertains to Skyline Hikers members and activities. Photographs were gathered by Marian Goldstrom during research for "Fifty Years of Trails and Tales, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies", published in 1982.

Goldstrom, Marion (collector)

P.R. Lockie collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-1050
  • Collection
  • 1941-1964

Fonds consists of photographic greeting cards featuring mountain views of the Rockies, Selkirks and Coast Range taken and inscribed by Lockie.

Lockie, P.R.

Whyte Museum Oral History Programme (collection)

  • CA WHYTE whyte-708
  • Collection
  • 1967-1989

Fonds includes recordings of interviews, events, broadcasts, meetings, notes, readings and slide shows produced by and for the Archives of the Whyte Museum. I. Interviews with numerous individuals and groups of individuals. See subject headings for names. II. Events: dedication of Margaret Greenham Theatre; ceremony re Catharine Robb Whyte adoption in Stoney Tribe; Earth Day programme at Margaret Greenham Theatre; dedication of Mt. Jimmy Simpson; dedication of Edouard Deville historic site; Back to Banff Day, 10th anniversary; Louis Trono 75th birthday. III. Broadcasts re: Murray Adaskin, George Clutesi, Allan Jarvis, Kootenay River raft trip, Ottawa Ski Club, Helen Shandruk, Siri Strom, Springtime in the Rockies, Village Lake Louise Project, water pollution, Waterton area. IV. Meetings: Bow Valley Naturalists; National and Provincial Parks Association conference; Indian- Eskimo Conference re George Clutesi. V. Notes by Maryalice Stewart re: Cyril Fuller, Al Johnston, Maude Kidney, Norman Knight, Ulysses LaCasse. VI. Readings by: Ray Bagley, Earle Birney, Jon Whyte. VII. Slide shows: Jon Whyte slide show commentary re Peter and Catharine Whyte. Interviews and recordings were made by Maryalice Harvey Stewart, Elizabeth Rummel, Jon Whyte, E. J. (Ted) Hart, Sue Davies and others.

Whyte Museum Oral History Programme

First ascent and summit note collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-1079
  • Collection
  • 1897-2005

Artificial collection of summit and cairn notes and registers assembled by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Consists of notes and registers recording ascents and routes for various peaks in the mountains of western Canada. Includes notes by prominent mountaineers, guides and personalities, including Rudolf Aemmer, Glen Boles, Eaton Cromwell, Georgia Engelhard, Edward Feuz, Val A. Fynn, Lillian Gest, Christian Hasler, Conrad Kain, Arnor Larson, A. H. MacCarthy, Alex McCoubrey, Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, H. P. Nichols, C. L. Noyes, George M. Weed, C. S. Thompson, Pierre Trudeau and others. Also includes registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society, an organization established to coordinate the climbing of seventy- five Alberta mountains as an Alberta 75th Anniversary Project. The names of individual mountains, peaks and prominent mountaineers represented in this collection are maintained in subject data field.

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library, collector

Bob Holscher collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-289
  • Collection
  • [ca.1895-ca.1935]

Collection consists mainly of postcard views of Banff, Lake Louise and areas by various photographers, including Byron Harmon, J. Howard A. Chapman, S. J. Thompson and R. H. Trueman. Also, includes hand-coloured prints of Lake Louise, one by Alfred Blyth.

Holscher, Bob (collector)

Bini Fuhrmann collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-438
  • Collection
  • 1953

Collections includes views of Hollywood movie sets and actors taken during the filming of "Saskatchewan", "River of No Return" and "The Far Country", all made in the Canadian Rockies during the summer of 1953. Creators of images are unknown.

Fuhrmann, Bini (collector)

Archives General File collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-979
  • Collection
  • [after 1890]

The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc. sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate. Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.

Archives General File

Roy Jantzen collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-1053
  • Collection
  • [1960-1970]

Collection consists of 43 colour transparencies relating to Banff, Radium, Lake Louise and skiing at Sunshine during the period ca.1960-1970.

Jantzen, Roy

James Thomson Edwards collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-713
  • Collection
  • [ca.1905-ca.1925]

Photographs pertain to Brewster store, carriage, employees; also Banff personalities.

Edwards, James Thomson (collector)

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