Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
- Date Range
- ca.1895-1975
- Reference Code
- M486 / V152 / Box 5
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- Series
- Inventory listing only
- Reference Code
- M486 / V152 / Box 5
- Date Range
- ca.1895-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 Box
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
- Subject Access
- Family
- commercial
- Education
- sports & leisure
- tourism
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Content Details
- Inventory listing: Box 5 Crosby House – Office Box containing: colour travel slides of Rio De Janeiro; Granada; Miami’s Parrot Jungle, Florida; Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, Turkey; Athens, Greece; Nikko Toshogu Shrine; Bangkok, Thailand; Taj Mahal; Amsterdam; Capital Investment Co. payment cheques of Fred L. Crosby; Souvenir Slides of Pompeii; Vatican; Sistine Chapel; loose slides; Toledo, Spain; unidentified vacation slides; unidentified prints Box of “family pictures” containing: An envelope of negatives – Chateau Lake Louise Fire, 1924 Photographs of exterior of Crosby (?) home An envelope addressed to Dr. Douglas R. Crosby, England including: Lake Louise Trading Co. Statement, 1949 newsclipping; photographs of Douglas and his children; newsclipping re: University of Alberta staff appointment notices – Dr. D.R. Crosby, Professor of Mathematics Envelope of photographs “children of Douglas and Janet Crosby: Kim and Janice Crosby” Envelope of Crosby family photographs at Deer Lodge Photographs of Dorothy Seaton, daughters of Gerald and Bess, 1931 Chicago Parks Beautiful Postcard package Bridges spanning the San Francisco Bay area – postcard package Letter from Marjorie to mother and daddy, 1938 Envelope of photographs “Rob’s Children” R.S. Crosby family photographs Crosby trip to Hawaii photographs Travel photographs – India Photographs of Banff views Photographs and letter from Alice to Lou, 1946 Wholesale Canadian list stamp catalogue, 1957-1958 Envelope of stamps Loose stamps Empty envelopes with cancelled stamps Prints and negatives of Abegweit and garage in winter Redwood Highway California Souvenir Postcards San Francisco postcards Postcards: Salt Lake City, Utah; Boulder Dam; Oregon Caves; California; Pacific Coast; Berkeley; Redwood Forest Package of photograph mounting corners Lock of Janice Crosby’s hair @ 18 months Envelope of b&w photographs: “Rob and Evelyn Crosby Family: Anita – 4 years, Rick – 6-12 months, 1948.” 3 X 3-D colour postcards of Japanese Temples Postcards and stamps 1934 letter to Lou Crosby, unsigned Letter to Lou Crosby from Eleanor (?) of San Mateo, California Postcards – Lake Louise and Chateau Lake Louise Letter to Lou Crosby from Myrtle Matthew B&W photograph of mountain-view Letter to Louis Crosby from cousin Muriel of Cape Province, South Africa, 1935 Note re taxation exemption of CPR property – “Section 16 of 44 Vict. 1881” Letter to Louis from Cousin Muriel, 1934 of South Africa Letter to Lou from Cousin Muriel, 1929 South Africa Letter from Rob, 1937 Rugby, England Letter re stamps and stamp collecting from dealer, 1938 Numerous maps Trésors de mon pays by Marcel Rosset Rambling in Geneva Pamphlets with maps/travel booklets of Vienna; Hawaii’s Flowers, plants and fruits; Alberta Horticultural Guide, 1950-51; “Panjab Impressions” – chapter from a book; Guide to the Ruins of Chichen Itea, 1952; “The Story of Rundle”; 2 X “Self Conducted Nature Walk of Desert Botanical Garden of Arizona,” Tempe, Arizona Maps 4 strips of souvenir colour slides – Hawaii: Maka Puu Point Tour; Hawaii National Park; Kauai; Hilo In the Ypres Salient: The Story of a Fortnight’s Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916 by Beckles Willson Booklet: “Southern British Columbia: Land Recording Divisions South of the Railway Belt” Map: “Auto Circle Tour of the Canadian Rockies” Map: Yoho Park Maps Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Map: Edinburgh Corp Transport Department Pamphlet for the Collegiate Church of St. Andrew, Steyning Northern Ireland by Hugh Shearman, 1946 The Story Sompting Parish Church Bartholomew’s Revised “Half-Inch” contoured maps The Old North Church in Picture and In Story Frontier Guide to the Incredible Roger’s Pass Booklet on St. George’s in the Pines Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship Night, 1956 – awards presentation program Envelope with cancelled postage stamps addressed to L.S. Crosby Maps Colour souvenir postcards: Vienna and the Vatican
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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