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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Special Collections Collection
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Neil Bell collection : [1953, ca.1961]

  • WHYTE whyte-102
  • Collection
  • Copies made in 1981

Photographs pertain to filming of the movie "Saskatchewan" near Banff; also Marilyn Monroe at Banff during filming of River of No Return. Includes one view of Bruno Engler during filming of German production, ca.1961.

Bell, Neil (collector)

Kerry Guenter collection

  • WHYTE whyte-1035
  • Collection
  • [ca.1902-1962]

Fonds consists of historical postcards from a wide variety of photographers and postcard publishers including Byron Harmon, Raphael Tuck, W.G. McFarlane, William Notman & Sons, Associated Screen News, F.M. Bell-Smith, J.H. Clarke, Detroit Photographic Co., Nerlich & Co., S.H. Baker, J. Howard A. Chapman, John Innes, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Valentine & Sons, S.J.Thompson, H.G. Peabody, G.&W. Fear, Bailey Brothers, Edward Goodall, Frederik Priddat and others. Images include Canadian Pacific Railway, Sir Donald, Banff Springs Hotel, Mount Stephen, Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy, Spray Valley, the Selkirks, the Great Divide, Chateau Lake Louise, The Lounge and Log Dining Room at Deer Lodge, Victoria Glacier, Mount Macdonald, Cascade Mountain, Castle Mountain, Cathedral Mountain, The Three Sisters, Mts. Sheol, Aberdeen, Saddleback, Fairview, Beehive, Whyte, and Niblock, Ross Peak, Glacier Hotel, Banff Avenue, Mount Assiniboine, Eagle Peak Glacier, Illecillewaet Glacier, Mount Eisenhower, Kicking Horse Canyon, Mount Burgess, No. 2 Tunnel, The Loop, snow sheds, Lake Minnewanka, Bow Falls, and Bow Lake, ca.1902-1962. Also included are 1 b&w print of Mount Stephen; 1 colour print of Peyto Lake by Bill Gibbons; 1 photogravure titled "Peak of Sir Donald" (from the Illecillewaet near Ross peak) from painting by John A. Fraser.

Guenter, Kerry (collector)

P.R. Lockie collection

  • 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.

Roy Jantzen collection

  • 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

First ascent and summit note collection

  • 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

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

Ron Duke collection

  • WHYTE whyte-171
  • Collection
  • [ca.1870-ca.1970]

Collection includes: certificate of general resolution of appreciation commending Jack Curren, Frank Betteridge, Frank Gombert, F. Wells, Reno Fitten, William Child and Ralph Rink for aid in the rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone, July 24, 1921, and recovery of the body of Dr. W. E. Stone, d. July 17, 1921, on Mount Eon; and various photographs collected by Duke from unknown sources. Included is a Dave White & Sons Ltd. poster of eight prints, showing store 1894 to 1948; also a poster of male descendants of John Brewster, ca.1965, with ten images.

Duke, Ron (collector)

Marie Dorsey collection

  • WHYTE whyte-200
  • Collection
  • [before 1980]

Collection pertains mainly to Jasper National Park area and includes series of prints of Press Berry pack trip. Berry was a Jasper, Alberta outfitter who, with brother Charlie Berry, made yearly pack trips to the Yellowhead region beginning ca.1910.

Dorsey, Marie (collector)

Frederick Birchard collection

  • WHYTE whyte-236
  • Collection
  • [ca.1920]

Photographs are large views of mountain scenes in Banff, Yoho and Prince Albert National Parks; also Mount Robson and Mount Assiniboine areas, British Columbia. One print is credited to Associated Screen News.

Birchard, Frederick (collector)

Bob Holscher collection

  • 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)

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