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Crosby family fonds

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of business records of Deer Lodge, Lake Louise Trading Company, Inglenook restaurant, including lodge receipts, 1931-1941; accounts, 1929-1934; tourist agency accounts, 1936-1943; menus, 1940-1945; rationing records, 1943-1947; Inglenook advertising, 1958-1962; maintenance and…

Date Range: [188-]-1971

Reference Code: M486 / V152

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Plan; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 486; V 152

Sous-Fonds: M 486; V 152

Accession Number: 3117, 3266, 3422, 3933, 4086, 5017, 5069, 5128, 5224, 5450, 5892, 5956, 6748, 6764, 7066, 7212 (unproc)

Reference Code: M486 / V152

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Plan; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [188-]-1971

Physical Description: ca.2 m textual records. -- ca. 3000 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.180 prints); some copies. -- 1 cartographic record: plan. -- 2 motion pictures

History / Biographical: The Crosby family of Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada was involved with the development and operation of businesses at Lake Louise from 1923, when Louis S. and Gertrude Crosby built the Lake Louise Trading Company, a general store and dining room. Over the years they acquired Deer Lodge (1924); Triangle Inn, the YWCA and Inglenook Lodge (1941); and operated a gas station (1926). Deer Lodge was expanded in 1925, 1931, 1939, 1941 and staff quarters were added. Gertrude Crosby managed the businesses, while Lou Crosby was involved with Brewster Transport Company from 1907 to 1964. From 1947 until his death in 1964, Crosby was President of Brewster's and prior to that had handled the financial operations for the firm. The Crosby family was actively involved with the Banff Winter Carnival.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of business records of Deer Lodge, Lake Louise Trading Company, Inglenook restaurant, including lodge receipts, 1931-1941; accounts, 1929-1934; tourist agency accounts, 1936-1943; menus, 1940-1945; rationing records, 1943-1947; Inglenook advertising, 1958-1962; maintenance and other records. Records were generated during period of ownership by the Crosby family.; Fonds also includes Lou Crosby personal and professional papers and Crosby family papers.; Photographs pertain to Crosby family; Deer Lodge; Banff Winter Carnival; Brewster Transport Company and Jim Brewster; Banff events; winter sports, especially skiing and skating; vacations; scenic views. Photographs taken primarily by Lou Crosby and companions including Byron Harmon, ca. 1910-1950. Photograph album pertains to Lou Crosby's hunting and climbing trips, ca. 1907-1915.; Plan of Anthracite with annotations re status of properties, ca. 1930.; Motion pictures are of Banff Winter Carnival

Notes: Crosby fonds textual records arrangement: Series I : Louis and Gertrude Crosby - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Correspondence - Subseries C : Louis Personal and collected - Subseries D : Organizations and Community Involvement -subseries E : Gertrude Collected and Personal Series II : Deer Lake Lodge and Lake Louise Trading Company or Crosby Company Ltd - Subseries A : Correspondence - Subseries B : financials: ledgers & payroll & charge accounts & receipts &invoices -subseries C : building plans o.s and blue prints -subseries D : Inventories and Reservations -subseries E : procedural and staff papers Series III : Other Business Papers - Subseries A : Property and Investments (smaller ones, if big list as a subseries -subseries B : correspondence -Subseries C : Brewster Series IV : Education -Subseries A: Marion Crosby -subseries B: Fred Crosby -subseries C : Douglas Crosby -subseries D : Marjorie Crosby -subseries E : Robert Crosby -subseries F : Charlie Sweet Series V : Crosby family papers -Subseries A: Marion Crosby -subseries B: Fred Crosby -subseries C : Douglas Crosby - subseries D : Marjorie Crosby -subseries E : Robert Crosby -subseries F: Speed Skating Series VI: Stamp Collection -Subseries A: Correspondence -subseries B: Stamps -subseries C : Published - subseries D : Newspapers and Collected -subseries E : Awards and Certificates; Visual records (photograph prints, negatives, transparencies) and some oversize textual are UNPROCESSED

Name Access: Crosby, Lou; Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Marion; Crosby, Fred

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: preliminary inventory; accession record copies for unprocessed material

Related Material: Brewster Transport material is related by provenance to Brewster Transport fonds (M82/V92)

Creator: Crosby, Lou

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Kidney family fonds

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges. Fonds consists of six series: Series I - Maud (Wo…

Date Range: 1886 - 2013

Reference Code: M74 / V324

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Sous-Fonds: M74; V324

Accession Number: 452; 629; 798; 929; 1843; 2143; 2177; 2275; 2780; 2983; 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / V324

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1886 - 2013

Physical Description: 66 cm of textual records -- ca. 963 photographs : 870 prints, 62 postcards, 30 negatives, 1 tintype (31.5 x 37 cm or smaller) -- 7 photograph albums (26 x 33.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Ella Maud [Woodworth] Kidney (1894-1977) was born in Banff as the fourth of 11 siblings. Her parents were Benjamin Woodworth and Elizabeth [McIntire] Woodworth. Growing up, Maud worked briefly for the Alberta Hotel and the Bottling Works company in Banff. Maud was married to John A. MacAulay in 1917, and widowed later that year. Her twin sons, John A. [Jack] and Thomas A. [Ted] MacAulay, were born in 1918. Maud married Forest H. "Pop" Kidney (1889-1979) on February 14, 1923, and the new family settled into the Kidney home on Wolf and Muskrat Street. The Kidney residence was originally located in Bankhead, but was moved to Banff and sold following the town's closure in 1922. Maud and Forest operated several local businesses including Banff Grocery, Quaker Coffee Shop, Pop's Bakery and Kidney Kabins. The Kidneys were also active in community affairs throughout their lives. Maud Kidney was a long-time member of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club in Banff [and the club's president for over a decade spanning across the 1940's], as well as the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire [I.O.D.E.] and Rebekah Lodge, and she was matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Banff in 1950. Forest Kidney was involved in the Banff Shriners Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Independent Order of Oddfellows and the Canadian Restaurants Association [CRA], among other groups; in the early 1960's, Forest also served as the President of the Calgary branch of the CRA. Jack and Ted MacAulay grew up together in Banff, where they were involved in Banff's Boy Scouts program and local hockey teams. Jack in particular was an avid hockey player, until an accident in 1940 caused damage to his right eye which kept him from competing. From 1943 to 1945, Jack worked for Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd., and in 1946 he was appointed as the Chief Inspector of War Assets for Alberta and the Yukon Territories. Jack married Karin Wallensteen in 1946, and the couple had 6 children together: sons Herb and John, and daughters Karen, Shelley, Jodi and Julie-Ann. Jack served as a coach for the Banff Minor Hockey League for 46 years. Jack also took on several other positions within the Bow Valley community, including working as a volunteer with the Banff Figure Skating Club, a co-founder of the Banff Recreation Board, and a member of the Banff Advisory Council, the Banff Hospital Board and the Banff School Board.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal, professional and legal documents and photographs pertaining to Maud and Forest Kidney, Jack MacAulay, Kidney and Woodworth family members, friends and the Banff community. Items are organized by subject and date ranges. Fonds consists of six series: Series I - Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1977 ] Series II - Forest Kidney records: contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1889 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 2008 ] Series III - Jack MacAulay records: contains 3 sub-series [A) 1920 - 1945, B) 1946 - 1980, C) 1981 - 2000 ] Series IV - Family, friends and community records: contains 5 sub-series [ A) 1886 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1945, C) 1946 - 1970, D) 1970 - 2013, E) Maude Kidney Collection ] Series V - Legal and business records : contains 3 sub-series [ A) 1894 - 1920, B) 1921 - 1950, C) 1951 - 1980 ] Series VI - Collected materials Series I content pertains to Maud Woodworth Kidney. Includes scrapbooks, photographs of Maud and her siblings and parents, trips to Calgary and local activities with family and friends, Maud working for the Alberta Hotel and the Banff Bottling Factory [ca. 1905 - 1915], and local clubs and societies which Maud was involved in between 1930 - 1977 including the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, the Senior Friends Club of Banff, Rebekah Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star. Series II content pertains to Forest Kidney during his World War I military service in Petawawa, Ontario; swimming with friends at the Cave and Basin and other social activities; travelling with family; local newspaper clippings noting Forest's achievements and community involvement; and Forest participating in events as a member of the Banff Shriners Club and the Canadian Restaurant Association. Series III content pertains to Jack MacAulay at the Kidney family home with his twin brother, Ted; coaching for the Banff Minor Hockey League; participating in other community meetings and programs; personal, professional and medical correspondence [1940 - 1992]; Jack's wife, Karin MacAulay, and their children; and Jack's awards and achievements. Series IV content pertains to extended family and friends of the Kidneys and the wider Banff community. Includes sports and outdoor activities [including swimming, hiking, trail riding, camping, snowshoeing, skiing, and track and field]; early Banff [including businesses, Banff Elementary School and Banff High School, the Woodworth family residence, and construction of the Icefields Parkway]; family friends of the Woodworths and Kidneys [including the Brett family, the Stafford family and the Simpson family]; personal correspondence pertaining to Fred "Ty" Cobb (1931 - 1933); clubs and societies [including the Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Senior Friends Club, and the Order of the Eastern Star]; community events [including dances, meetings, dinners and award ceremonies]; weddings and anniversaries; a visit to Num-Ti-Jah Lodge in 1964; and biographical and genealogical information about Maud Kidney, Forest Kidney and the Woodworth family. Series V content pertains to businesses owned and operated by the Kidney family [ca. 1930 - 1970], including Kidney Kabins, Quaker Coffee Shop and Pop's Bakery; mortgage agreements and property contracts; and government documents. Includes receipts, log books and financial records, photographs of Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop, and receipts for land purchased by Forest Kidney, George Noble and others. Series VI contains commercial postcards collected by the Kidney family. Postcards mostly produced by Byron Harmon, and some by G & W Fear and other photographers, and mostly pertain to Banff and the surrounding area [winter sports, wildlife, Banff Zoo, Banff Avenue, scenic views and mountain landscapes, etc].

Notes: Contains duplicate photographs; Duplicate commercial postcards have been kept in separate folder within file box containing other commercial postcards [V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20 and V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 42]; Sub-series IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection was donated with existing numbering system [Items 1 to 47] prior to processing; original order and corresponding annotations have been transferred to database entries from original handwritten notes

Name Access: Cobb, Fred (Ty); Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Ted; MacAulay, Herb; MacAulay, Julie-Ann; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Woodworth, Adelia; Woodworth, Annie; Woodworth, Ben; Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick; Woodworth, Elizabeth; Woodworth, Ethel; Woodworth, Fred; Woodworth, Percy; Woodworth, Joe; Woodworth, Maude; Brett, Robert G.; Harmon, Byron; LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; Canadian Restaurant Association

Subject Access: Businesses; Property; Family and personal life; Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Independent Order of Oddfellows; Girls Flower Club Banff; Rebekah Assembly Banff Lodge No. 34; Quaker Coffee Shop; Kidney Kabins; Travel; World War I; Military; Community events; Club; Sports; Winter sports; Landscapes; Wildlife; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff Jasper Highway; Banff High School; Genealogy

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Cave and Basin; Bankhead; Calgary; Lake Louise; Ontario; Quebec; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Related Material: Woodworth family fonds [M286 / V628]

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Environment; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration; Law and justice; Military; Natural resources; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Woodworth family fonds entry; Most information based on contents of fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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50th wedding anniversary guest book

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 50th wedding anniversary guest book

Date Range: 1961

Reference Code: M486 / I / E / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / I : Louis and Gertrude Crosby and family

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / I / E : Gertrude Crosby Personal and Collected

Reference Code: M486 / I / E / 2

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1961

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 50th wedding anniversary guest book

Name Access: Crosby, Gertrude; Crosby, Louis

Subject Access: Personal

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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1960 B.N.A.P.S Convention in Banff

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of collected and written information related to the 1960 B.N.A.P.S Convention in Banff

Date Range: 1960

Reference Code: M486 / VI / A / 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / VI

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / VI / A

Reference Code: M486 / VI / A / 22

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1960

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of collected and written information related to the 1960 B.N.A.P.S Convention in Banff

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Stamps; British North America Philatelic Society

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Account statements

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of records and correspondence realting to Crosby Company Limited's bank loan and account statements

Date Range: 1953; 1954; 1956; 1960; 1961; 1963; 1964; 1965

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 61

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Crosby Company Ltd

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 61

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1953; 1954; 1956; 1960; 1961; 1963; 1964; 1965

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of records and correspondence realting to Crosby Company Limited's bank loan and account statements

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou; Crosby, Gertrude Elizabeth

Subject Access: Administration; Finances; Deer Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Accounting books

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts.

Date Range: 1871 - 1939

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 25 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Crosby Company Ltd

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / VI / A

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 25 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1871 - 1939

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records (24 volumes)

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts.

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Accounting books

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 folders of samples from accounting books. Accounting books or ledger from Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts.

Date Range: ca. 1923; ca. 1935; 1937; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955; 1961

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 25 to 37 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Crosby Company Ltd

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 25 to 37 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1923; ca. 1935; 1937; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955; 1961

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 folders of samples from accounting books. Accounting books or ledger from Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts.

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances; Lake Louise Trading Company; Deer Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Adelia Woodworth scrapbook and Banff minutes book

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook produced by Adelia Woodworth and dated 1915. Scrapbook was previously used as a minutes book for community meetings held in Banff. First 10 pages contain news clippings and various typed poems and songs, as well as paper images of King Edward VII, flags of the world …

Date Range: 1892 - 1895; 1915

Reference Code: M74 / IV / A / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: M74 / IV / A / 2

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1892 - 1895; 1915

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 88 pages ; 21 x 32 cm)

History / Biographical: Adelia Woodworth Nickerson (1902 - 1977) was the ninth child of Elizabeth and Benjamin F. Woodworth, and was born and raised in Banff. Adelia married Nick Nickerson and later moved to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook produced by Adelia Woodworth and dated 1915. Scrapbook was previously used as a minutes book for community meetings held in Banff. First 10 pages contain news clippings and various typed poems and songs, as well as paper images of King Edward VII, flags of the world and a loose page from the Artistic Publishing Co., Ltd in London. The following 76 pages contain minutes and general notes from meetings in Banff from 1892-1895, naming R.G. Brett, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. and others. Two pages near end of book have additional notes on Australian Cadets.

Notes: First page of early meeting minutes/original notes from minutes book are obscured by news clippings pasted on top; Notes on Australian Cadets in book possibly added ca. 1915 by Adelia Woodworth.