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Fred Cobb family correspondence and documents
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, legal and personal documents, and receipts belonging to Fred "Ty" Cobb. Correspondence mostly by Fred Cobb, referring to his dismissal from a job constructing the Icefields Highway and complaints of lost wages. Some correspondence also refers to a case between 1931 …
- Date Range
- 1931 - 1933
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / B / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- 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 / B : 1921 - 1945
- Accession Number
- 2275
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / B / 2
- Date Range
- 1931 - 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Frederick "Ty" Cobb (1887 - 1969) of Banff worked as a labourer during his adult years. Cobb was enlisted in the 82nd Battalion in World War I, and he was stationed in England and France from 1915 - 1916. Fred Cobb did not marry and there are no records of him having children. In the early 1930s, Fred Cobb worked on a construction project along the road leading to the Mt. Norquay ski area. Following World War II, Fred Cobb worked on constructing and repairing boats and docks in Vancouver, B.C. Fred Cobb's grave could not be located in any records of cemeteries in Banff and his burial place is unknown.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, legal and personal documents, and receipts belonging to Fred "Ty" Cobb. Correspondence mostly by Fred Cobb, referring to his dismissal from a job constructing the Icefields Highway and complaints of lost wages. Some correspondence also refers to a case between 1931 and 1933 in which Fred Cobb was charged in a case involving the Alberta Liquor Board which was later dismissed. File also contains a certificate for financial relief under the government of British Columbia in Fred Cobb's name, membership cards for the Workers' Ex-Servicemens' League in Canada and The People's Movement, records from Fred Cobb's stay at a financial relief camp in British Columbia, receipts from various stores and cafes, including the Dominion Cafe in Banff and several from Banff Grocery; arrest records for Fred Cobb, and a notice that the charges for this arrest were revoked.
- Notes
- Letter dated July 3, 1931 possibly signed by Bob Liggat [d. 1941], who is buried in Banff Town Cemetery.
- Name Access
- Cobb, Fred (Ty)
- Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
- Liggat, Robert
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Personal and Family Life
- Legal and Financial
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items have been stored in acid-free tissue due to fragile nature
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.terrys.org.uk/charts/c/cobb401.htm
- Most information drawn from contents of file
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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