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 28 photographs pertaining to Banff and Canmore minor hockey teams and downhill skiing. Includes group photographs of the Banff Juveniles and Canmore Junior Legionnaires teams, individual players, and a hockey awards ceremony. File also includes 10 "Sceneograph" brand photographs, t…
"Sceneograph" photos [set of 10] produced by Gowen Sutton Co., Ltd. in Vancouver
Date Range
1921
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]
1934
[ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
1941 - 1942
1944 - 1945
Physical Description
28 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 28 photographs pertaining to Banff and Canmore minor hockey teams and downhill skiing. Includes group photographs of the Banff Juveniles and Canmore Junior Legionnaires teams, individual players, and a hockey awards ceremony. File also includes 10 "Sceneograph" brand photographs, titled "Skiing in the Canadian Rockies".
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidne…
64 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidney's 71st birthday, social events in Calgary, and the Girls Flower Club in Banff.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates are estimates provided 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.
Some photographs with large volumes of annotations in ink, and one item with adhesive residue, have been placed in mylar to prevent transference onto adjacent items in file.
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1…
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 31.5 x 37 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1910, and a class photograph of students, possibly from Banff High School.
Notes
Most dates are estimates provided 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.
Names provided by previous researcher:
V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 (O.S.) :
Front row: Louis Holmes, Wes Watts, Jack Edwards, Art Michaeluk, Wilfred Hoggard
Back row: Walter Jensen, Bill Wilson
"Canmore Team"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 2 (O.S.) :
"Benjamin Woodworth in Buffalo Paddocks Banff National Park"
V324 / IV / E / PA - 5 (O.S.) :
Doris McLeod, Jean Ross, Elsie Burkett, Edith Language, Olive Dingal, Jack Howard, Alex Clark, Jim Roots
File consists of 32 photographs pertaining to Bow Valley Minor Hockey League teams from Banff and Canmore, and the Montreal Canadiens NHL team. Includes photographs of minor hockey league members receiving awards, team/group photos with players and coaches, a signed photograph of Jean Beliveau from…
32 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 22 x 25.5 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Jean Beliveau (1931 - 2014) was born in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, later moving to Victoriaville where he first began to play hockey. Beliveau joined the Quebec Citadelles team and later the Quebec Aces before joining the NHL as a member of the Montreal Canadiens in 1953. Beliveau married his lifelong partner, Elise Couture, the same year (1953) and the two had a daughter together, Helene Beliveau.
Jean Beliveau had an 18-year career as a player for the Montreal Canadians before retiring as a player and becoming an executive in 1971. During his career, Beliveau played 1,225 games, scoring 507 goals and 712 assists and was voted as the Montreal Canadian's Most Valuable Player twice. Beliveau's team won the Stanley Cup playoffs 10 times during his playing career. Beliveau was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.
Beliveau worked as Senior Vice-President of Corporate Affairs for the Montreal Canadiens until 1993. I 1994, he was offered the position of Governor General of Canada, but turned down the position due to family commitments. In 1998, Beliveau received the title of Companion of the Order of Canada.
Scope & Content
File consists of 32 photographs pertaining to Bow Valley Minor Hockey League teams from Banff and Canmore, and the Montreal Canadiens NHL team. Includes photographs of minor hockey league members receiving awards, team/group photos with players and coaches, a signed photograph of Jean Beliveau from the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, and photos of a float by the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League [possibly for Banff's Christmas parade].
Notes
File contains some duplicates
Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake L…
Produced by Byron Harmon, Canadian Postcard Co. Ltd., Valentine - Black Co. Ltd, G & W Fear Photographers, Dexter Press Inc.
Date Range
[ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]
1912
1915
[ca. 1920]
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
41 postcards : b&w and col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm and 9 x 14 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, Cascade Hotel and Mount Royal Hotel]; Banff's fish hatchery; hoodoo rock formations; animals at the Banff Zoo including bears and buffalo, and other local wildlife; the Cave and Basin; a military base camp in Petawawa, Ontario where Forest Kidney was stationed in World War I; and the Bank of Commerce building in Toronto.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
File consists of 79 photographs pertaining to various friends and members of the Woodworth family in and around the Bow Valley. Includes group and individual photographs, people on horseback, camping and hiking trips, swimming at the Cave and Basin, unnamed individuals posing by demolished building…
79 photographs : b&w prints ; 18.5 x 24.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 79 photographs pertaining to various friends and members of the Woodworth family in and around the Bow Valley. Includes group and individual photographs, people on horseback, camping and hiking trips, swimming at the Cave and Basin, unnamed individuals posing by demolished buildings on Banff Avenue, and a Masonic Hall dance in 1914. Named individuals include Jack and Ted MacAulay, Emma Hesse, J.D. Anderson, Bill Round Jr., Ada Wilson, Ben Woodworth Jr., George Paris, Bull Ritchie and Margaret Dunsmore.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on format and content.
File consists of 1 framed black and white photograph [8 cm x 14 cm] depicting a child [possibly Forest Kidney] and an unnamed man, and 44 unframed black and white prints depicting Forest Kidney and friends from ca. 1916 and ca. 1920. Content pertains to Forest Kidney's military service with the 51s…
45 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 framed black and white photograph [8 cm x 14 cm] depicting a child [possibly Forest Kidney] and an unnamed man, and 44 unframed black and white prints depicting Forest Kidney and friends from ca. 1916 and ca. 1920. Content pertains to Forest Kidney's military service with the 51st Battalion in Petawawa, Ontario during World War I and some images of Forest with unnamed friends in the Bow Valley post-war. Includes group photographs of the 51st Battalion and some postcard-style prints. Most individuals in photographs are not identified and most images are not dated.
Notes
Some dates are estimations provided by the Processing Archivist
File consists of awards night programmes for the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League from 1971 and 1972, a rules booklet for the Alberta Winter Games in 1976, a booklet pertaining to the 1979 Juvenile 'C' Alberta Provincial Championship Tournament, and an instruction booklet for different hockey techniq…
One item published by the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association
Date Range
1971
1972
1976
1979
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (18 x 18 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of awards night programmes for the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League from 1971 and 1972, a rules booklet for the Alberta Winter Games in 1976, a booklet pertaining to the 1979 Juvenile 'C' Alberta Provincial Championship Tournament, and an instruction booklet for different hockey techniques, ca. 1980.
Notes
Date of hockey instruction booklet is estimate made by the Processing Archivist
File consists of one photograph album containing 224 black and white photograph prints, one newspaper clipping and one pressed plant. Many photographs are annotated in white lettering or on reverse sides.
Content pertains to family members and friends of Maud Woodworth and depicts people posing in …
1 album (224 photographs : b&w) dimensions TBD - see "Admin Notes"
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album containing 224 black and white photograph prints, one newspaper clipping and one pressed plant. Many photographs are annotated in white lettering or on reverse sides.
Content pertains to family members and friends of Maud Woodworth and depicts people posing in military uniforms, horseback riding/packing trips in the Canadian Rockies, portraits of various family members, Maud Woodworth at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace, numerous babies and young children, skiing, children playing, horseback riding and ranching, camping, hiking, swimming, the Bankhead monument, and boating.
Locations include Bear Creek, Brazeau Lake, Nigel Pass, Banff Springs Hotel, the Woodworth home in Banff, Cave and Basin, "The Great Divide" [Alberta/British Columbia border], and Vancouver.
Individuals include Joe Woodworth, Annie and Maud Woodworth, Mary and Margaret Simpson [later known as the "Simpson Sisters"], "Billie" and numerous others who are mostly unnamed.
Newspaper clipping pertains to Will Rogers memorial ice sculpture, n.d.
Notes
Some photographs annotated on reverse side with information re: individuals in photograph, location, etc.
Negatives have been removed from album [see "Conservation" notes]; newspaper clipping and pressed plant kept in album
Condition report completed by Karol Hancik in July 2017.
Pressed plant in album has been encapsulated to prevent damage to other album materials
5 black and white negatives have been removed from album and will be stored with other V324 negatives in separate file box in downstairs vault, processed under V324 / I / A / NA
Album has been interleaved with acid-free tissue paper