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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
- 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Amateur Speed Skating correspondence and Newspaper clippings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions58872
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Amateur Speed Skating correspondence and Newspaper clippings and winning certificates belonging to Rob Crosby.
- Date Range
- 1929
- 1930
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- 1940
- 1953
- Reference Code
- M486 / I / D / 18
- 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
- Sous-Fonds
- M486
- Sub-Series
- M486 / I / D : Organizations & Community Involvement
- Reference Code
- M486 / I / D / 18
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1929
- 1930
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- 1940
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Amateur Speed Skating correspondence and Newspaper clippings and winning certificates belonging to Rob Crosby.
- Name Access
- Crosby, Louis
- Crosby, Lou
- Crosby, Fred
- Crosby, Doug
- Crosby, Rob
- Crosby, Marjorie
- Crosby, Marion
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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American Society of Travel Agents
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions58773
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding the American Society of Travel Agents
- Date Range
- 1958
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 9
- 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 / A : Correspondence
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 9
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding the American Society of Travel Agents
- Name Access
- Crosby, Lou
- Crosby, Louis
- Crosby, Fred
- Crosby, Frederick
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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American Society of Travel Agents
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions58774
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding the American Society of Travel Agents
- Date Range
- 1958
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 9
- 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 / A : Correspondence
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 9
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding the American Society of Travel Agents
- Name Access
- Crosby, Lou
- Crosby, Louis
- Crosby, Fred
- Crosby, Frederick
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Appraisal and inventory of the Crosby Company Ltd
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions58869
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of appraisal and inventory of the Crosby Company Ltd
- Date Range
- 1977
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / D / 34
- 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 / D : Inventories and Reservations
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / D / 34
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of appraisal and inventory of the Crosby Company Ltd
- Name Access
- Crosby, Louis
- Crosby, Lou
- Crosby, Gertrude
- Crosby, Doug
- Crosby, Douglas
- Crosby, Fred
- Crosby, Frederick
- Crosby, Marion
- Crosby, Marjorie
- Crosby, Rob
- Subject Access
- Deer Lodge
- Crosby Company Ltd
- Lake Louise Trading Company
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Park Citizens Association
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of corresondence regarding the Banff Park Citizens Association and leases in Banff National Park
- Date Range
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- Reference Code
- M486 / V / B / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M486 / V152
- Series
- M486 / V : Crosby Family Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M486
- Sub-Series
- M486 / V / B : Fred Crosby
- Reference Code
- M486 / V / B / 27
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of corresondence regarding the Banff Park Citizens Association and leases in Banff National Park
- Name Access
- Crosby, Frederick
- Crosby, Fred
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Winter Carnival and speed skating
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, entry forms and planning records for the Banff Winter Carnival and Speed skating
- Date Range
- 1934
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1940
- 1946
- 1953
- Reference Code
- M486 / I / D / 31
- 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
- Sous-Fonds
- M486
- Sub-Series
- M486 / I / D : Organizations & Community Involvement
- Reference Code
- M486 / I / D / 31
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1934
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1940
- 1946
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, entry forms and planning records for the Banff Winter Carnival and Speed skating
- Name Access
- Crosby, Louis
- Crosby, Lou
- Crosby, Fred
- Crosby, Doug
- Crosby, Rob
- Crosby, Marjorie
- Crosby, Marion
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bruce Robinson Electricity Company
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions58844
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Bruce Robinson Electricity Company
- Date Range
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 40
- 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 / A : Correspondence
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 40
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Bruce Robinson Electricity Company
- Name Access
- Crosby, Fred
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Calgary Power and the new Banff Library
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Calgary Power and the new Banff Library
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1968
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 39
- 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 / A : Correspondence
- Reference Code
- M486 / II / A / 39
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1968
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Calgary Power and the new Banff Library
- Name Access
- Crosby, Fred
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a certificate honouring Fred Crosby as a distinguished guest during his visit to Yesta City in the Village of Antequera
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- M486 / V / B / 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M486 / V152
- Series
- M486 / V : Crosby Family Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M486
- Sub-Series
- M486 / V / B : Fred Crosby
- Reference Code
- M486 / V / B / 15
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a certificate honouring Fred Crosby as a distinguished guest during his visit to Yesta City in the Village of Antequera
- Name Access
- Crosby, Frederick
- Crosby, Fred
- Subject Access
- Correspondence
- Geographic Access
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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