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From the collection of our founder, Catharine Robb Whyte, we have selected various recently digitized letters from her personal correspondence. From grand travel around the globe, to adventures throughout the Canadian Rockies, there is something for everyone!
Works
Postcards: Canadian Rockies
Pulled from various years of Catharine's letters, these postcards have been chosen as a simple way to start transcribing!
36 pages: 100% transcribed
Travel Letters: Canadian Rockies, Hiking + Painting
Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte explored the Canadian Rockies extensively. Catharine describes these adventures in her letters to her mother, Edith. From Lake O'Hara to Assiniboine, the couple witnessed a variety of landscapes and captured many of them through their paintings.
136 pages: 60% transcribed
Travel Letters: Hawaii, 1933
Join Peter and Catharine as they board the SS Lurline from San Francisco, California, to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
194 pages: 43% transcribed
Travel Letters: Japan, 1934
Follow along with Peter and Catharine as they travel through Japan from March to May 1934. Experience the vibrant and rich culture of Japan.
303 pages: 23% transcribed, 20% needs review