File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…
Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.
Notes
One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…
Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald
Date Range
1933
1935 - 1940
1947
1950
1956
1960 - 1965
1968
1969
1974
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.
Notes
Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.
Some articles are loose in scrapbook
Material Details
Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.
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 12 photographs depicting Maud Kidney with various friends and by herself in Calgary, outside her Banff home and in other locations within the Bow Valley. Includes friends Rose and Bea Stafford, Minnie Wheatley, Mary Reid, Florence Hutchins, and Maud's husband, Forest Kidney.
12 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 10 x 12.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 12 photographs depicting Maud Kidney with various friends and by herself in Calgary, outside her Banff home and in other locations within the Bow Valley. Includes friends Rose and Bea Stafford, Minnie Wheatley, Mary Reid, Florence Hutchins, and Maud's husband, Forest Kidney.
Notes
Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photo of Billie Simpson and Maud Kidney in Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [ca. 1964] moved to file V324 / IV / E to be stored together with its duplicate
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 9 colour transparency slides pertaining to Forest "Pop" Kidney and other unidentified members of the Banff Shrine Club travelling aboard a Canadian Pacific ship and participating in a parade [location and specific dates unknown].
File consists of 9 colour transparency slides pertaining to Forest "Pop" Kidney and other unidentified members of the Banff Shrine Club travelling aboard a Canadian Pacific ship and participating in a parade [location and specific dates unknown].
Notes
Dates are estimated by Processing Archivist based on information from photograph prints in same fonds with similar theme/content
Transparencies originally stored in white negative/transparency envelopes labelled "Pop" and "Pop Kidney" in pen [see "Conservation"]
Transparencies individually labelled "Pop" or "Kidney"
File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the B…
19 photographs : b&w prints ; 22 x 26.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the Bow River; and early school and community group portraits in Banff, one of which has attached annotations/notes. Some items are annotated on back.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format of individual photographs.
All items [excluding item V324/IV/A/PA-81, image with attached typed notes] are from accession 2016.8581
File consists of 42 photographs depicting friends and members of the Kidney and Woodworth families, and local events in and around Banff. Content pertains to hiking and social events in the Canadian Rockies; other trips including a boat cruise; a Jubilee celebration; installation events for the Spr…
Some photographs produced by R.A. Bird [Central Photo Studio, Calgary], Ted MacAulay and Steve Nemeth
Date Range
1946
1948
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1951
1956
1958
1964 - 1965
Physical Description
42 photographs : b&w prints ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 42 photographs depicting friends and members of the Kidney and Woodworth families, and local events in and around Banff. Content pertains to hiking and social events in the Canadian Rockies; other trips including a boat cruise; a Jubilee celebration; installation events for the Spray Valley chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star; portraits of unidentified children; the construction of the Mt. Norquay chairlift in 1948; and Jim Deegan working and hiking in Snow Creek Pass in 1958.
Notes
Two of photographs are printed copies [paper]
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
File consists of 58 photographs, mostly black and white. Content pertains to various birthday and anniversary parties, weddings, memorials and other events which Maud and Forest Kidney attended, including Forest "Pop" Kidney's 70th birthday party, weddings for Geoff Hand and Bernice Wilson, Beryl a…
58 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 58 photographs, mostly black and white. Content pertains to various birthday and anniversary parties, weddings, memorials and other events which Maud and Forest Kidney attended, including Forest "Pop" Kidney's 70th birthday party, weddings for Geoff Hand and Bernice Wilson, Beryl and Peter Hand and others [including Norma McKinnon], a Centennial celebration in 1967, the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peyto, a memorial at the Banff Cemetery, and the 83rd birthday party of Eva Atkin.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
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 49 photographs pertaining to the Woodworth family, the LaCasse family, the Kidney family, events and friends in Banff. Includes photos of Benjamin Woodworth Sr., the Natural Bridge at Yoho National Park, family members at the Kidney home and Woodworth family residence in Banff, mem…
Some photographs produced by Duke Photo in Banff and Onions Photography in Calgary
Date Range
[ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]
1928
1937
1939
1944
[ca. 1960]
1966 - 1970
1973
[ca. 1975]
Physical Description
49 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 49 photographs pertaining to the Woodworth family, the LaCasse family, the Kidney family, events and friends in Banff. Includes photos of Benjamin Woodworth Sr., the Natural Bridge at Yoho National Park, family members at the Kidney home and Woodworth family residence in Banff, members of the Al Azhar Banff Shriners Club, Forest Kidney receiving a certificate from the Canadian Restaurant Association in 1973, Banff Indian Day celebrations in 1969, Maud Woodworth as a young girl, Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary party, and LaCasse family members at home.
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.
File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a gov…
21 photographs: b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a government water wagon, Joe Woodworth and Jo Wardell with family on a trip to Oakville, Ontario, Maud Woodworth Kidney as a teenager and ca. 1970 with her son Jack, a lunch party, a Christmas party, events hosted by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Order of the Eastern Star, a community play from 1911, the first CPR Depot [1908], ski jumping in Banff, the Banff Royal Canadian Legion war memorial cenotaph, and other community events involving the Kidney family.
Notes
File contains some duplicates
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 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