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…
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
File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Sim…
44 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 13.5 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds-level entry for Jimmy Simpson family fonds [M78 / S16 / V577]
Scope & Content
File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Num-Ti-Jah Lodge.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates provided are estimate by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
File consists of photographic prints pertaining to Maud Woodworth [later Maud MacAulay and Maud Kidney] and various family members and friends between 1901 and 1920. Includes images of the Brett family including Dr. R.G. Brett of Banff, John Wilson, several of Maud's siblings and her parents, Benja…
49 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 30 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographic prints pertaining to Maud Woodworth [later Maud MacAulay and Maud Kidney] and various family members and friends between 1901 and 1920. Includes images of the Brett family including Dr. R.G. Brett of Banff, John Wilson, several of Maud's siblings and her parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Woodworth, and unnamed friends; images of Maud working at the Bottling Works company in Banff and the Alberta Hotel, ca. 1910 - ca. 1915; images of Maud visiting the Cave and Basin and Calgary; and Maud with her twin sons, Jack and Ted MacAulay, as infants.
Notes
Some individuals in photographs could not be identified
Alternate name spellings on photographs ['Maud' and 'Maude', sometimes with last name 'Woodworth' or 'MacAulay' depending on date of photograph]
Three images are on thicker cardboard backing
One photograph of Maud Woodworth sitting with Jimmy Simpson [ca. 1915] moved to V324 / IV / E to be kept with its physical duplicate
File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more.
Also includes 1 negative depicting a g…
File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more.
Also includes 1 negative depicting a group of skaters, probably a club.
File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; P…
178 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; Park Wardens, artists, politicians, musicians, businessmen, and more.
File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 101 Aug 946
2. Lake Louise - crowd watching fish being put in lake
3. Mr. Martin by tank on truck
5. Upper trail to Plain - Jimmie and Miss Michael[?]
7. Balsom blue cones - Lefroy in b.g
8. Englemann spruce [blue ones] Aberdeen in b.g.
9. Acralacycle[?] from Lefroy
10. Blue balsam cones
11. Red spruce cones Aberdeen in b.g.
12. Blue balsam cones - close up
16. Salomons seal - beta
18. Pine cones against the metre game Aileen
21. JImmie taking photo flowers on table
23. Birds in mud hole on drive
25. Poppies and lawn of Chateau
32. Poppies against windows
35. [Reflections in} one [window] and people inside
38. Staff house and Bow Valley
Reel 102 August 1946
1. Don M[?]day
4. Edee, Polly and Phyl on trail to Agnes
6. Avalanche from Lefroy
7. Mrs. M[?]day taking picture
9. [Marmot] by spruce
10. Ground squirrel on rock
11. Aberdeen
13. Not printed
14. Agnes Lake through [illegible]
Reel 103 "R3" Aug 13-1946
3. White flower and stump [Emerald Lake]
7. Party for East Past on Bordeau
10. 4 climbers
11. 2 girls
13. [Crescent Peak and climbers]
15. Brenta Mt
18. View from Summint East Ast
19. Same further to the right
20. Cook rings gong - Irene Norris [?]
21. Photographer
Reel 105 Ready Mts Aug 22-1946
1. Glacier Tour. Rex gibon by crevasse
7. Party on wide snow bridge
9. Bea Martin[?] by crevasse
11. Rex on snowfeild (better)
12. Same vertical
13. Snow patch and Pigeon
15. Descent on far side - glacier slope
16. Party going down snow below glacier
17. [Party going down snow] lower down
18. Party at Boulder camp
19. [Party at Boulder camp] different
20. [Party at Boulder camp different]
21. Picnic on river flat near camp. party on log
Reel 106 Sept 16-1946
2. Edward and Measeurolls[?]
3. Measurolls[?] and Polly on porch Mitchell Hut
4. Polly at lake below Kiwetinok Pass
6. Falls just above Hut in [illegible] valley
7. From Emerald Pass towards Em. Lake
10. Peyto Lakes towards Bow Glacier
13. Caldeon Lake - Polly and Aileen H.
14. [Caldeon Lake] trail back - Kay
15. [Caldeon Lake] first[?] view (on last) fr. [Kay]
16. [Caldeon Lake] above Lake looking towards Bow
17. Bow glacier and Mt Rhonda
18. Polly on lakeshore (above Narrows) Dolomite Peak
19. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot gl.
21. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot [illegible]
Reel 107 Sept 13-1946
1. Kay on boulder-bridge over canyon
2. L.G. [on boulder-bridge over canyon]
4. Lake Mary from far end
5. [Lake Mary from] nearer end - Polly
6. [Lake Mary from nearer end] vertical
9. [Kay and Polly on top] facing Yoho? [Yoho crossed out]
10. [Kay and Polly on top] and Bow Lake
11. [Kay and Polly] along ridge on snow
13. Kay taking drink at lake on glacier
16. Mr and Mrs Jim Simpson
17. Mrs. Simpson and Mary
18. Mary Simpson
21. Sheep on bank above Louise Road
22. Sheep on ridge above Louise Road
24. Banff R.R. station
27. 202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate
28. [202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate] nearer
29. Back door - Mother and boy cutting wood
30. L.G. and cabin
31. BHG in cahir on lawn
35. Sheep - Lake Louise Road
37. [Beaver in pond]
38. [Beaver in pond]
Reel 108
1. View toward Mt Royal Hotel from 202
2. Buffalo and Fairholme Mts - baby
11. [Mt. Cascade] and delphiniums
17. Mt Edith fr. Sundance Creek and Rd.
19. Same fr. road, toward fishing creek
Reel 109 Sept 18 '46
1. Bow Valley from upper Hot Springs
2. Airplane at airport
6. L.G on Sulphur Mt
8. Town of Banff and Mt Cascade fr. Sulphur
10. Caroline below observatory closer
11. [Caroline below observatory] closer
13. Mt. Rundle fr [Sulphur Mt.]
15. Bow Valley fr. [Sulphur Mt] and Lake Minne.
16. Tea House on Sulphur
17. Caroline and trail down
18. Flag on Admin Bldg. and aireplane
20. Sunshine Resorder[?]
21. Scotty Wright's house
22. 202 Muskrat and BHG
23. BHG and Sig in chairs
Reel 110 Oct 1-1946
1. Bow Falls from distance
4. 2 buffalo through trees
10. Bear coming towards camera
12. [2 bears near box] b.g. better
14. View down Bow and Hoodoo
15. Sid and June at Hoodoo Lookout
16. Sid (and June) [at Hoodoo Lookout]
18. [BHG on chair on lawn] front view
21. [Pair canithus] near view
22. [Pair canithus] near porch
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
Reel 104 entirely used for other slide shows.