File consists of 2 business expense journals from 1937 - 1938 and a record book for guests in Kidney Kabins between 1939 - 1953; a marriage certificate for Maud and Forest Kidney dated 1923; invoices for Banff Grocery and expenses pertaining to Elizabeth Woodworth's funeral; land sale agreements fo…
File consists of 2 business expense journals from 1937 - 1938 and a record book for guests in Kidney Kabins between 1939 - 1953; a marriage certificate for Maud and Forest Kidney dated 1923; invoices for Banff Grocery and expenses pertaining to Elizabeth Woodworth's funeral; land sale agreements for properties in the town of Banff, and related financial documents and correspondence; a transfer of land agreement granting joint ownership of the Quaker Cafe in Banff between Forest and Maud Kidney; tax notice documents from 1945 and 1947; a cheque receipt in Forest Kidney's name for $3500 from 1946; a building permit granted for Forest Kidney by Cyril Childe in 1946; numerous lease renewal documents sent by J.F. Woodworth on behalf of Forest Kidney, 1945 - 1948; and a document granting power of attorney over Russell Exton Wilson's estate to his sister, Alice Mona Wilson in 1943.
Notes
Kidney Kabins journal's dates [1939 - 1953] extend past date range of subseries M74 / V / B : 1921 - 1950. Item has been kept in this subseries as majority of content falls within date range and cannot be separated
File consists of documents and records pertaining to businesses owned by Forest and Maud Kidney in the town of Banff [Pop's Bakery Ltd., Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop]. Contents include a Quaker Coffee Shop meal card from ca. 1950, an information card for guests at Kidney Kabins ca. 1950 - 1…
File consists of documents and records pertaining to businesses owned by Forest and Maud Kidney in the town of Banff [Pop's Bakery Ltd., Kidney Kabins and Quaker Coffee Shop]. Contents include a Quaker Coffee Shop meal card from ca. 1950, an information card for guests at Kidney Kabins ca. 1950 - 1953, a menu from Quaker Coffee Shop from 1961, a lease agreement for the expansion of Pop's Bakery Ltd. from 1961, and a letter pertaining to a lease agreement between Pop's Holdings Ltd. and the estate of William Austin Standish from 1969.
File consists of one red and green bound expense book. Pertains to records from 1956 - 1974 of various businesses owned and managed by Forest "Pop" Kidney in Banff, including Pop's Bakery and Quaker Coffee Shop. Approximately 270 of 300 pages in expense book are annotated.
2.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 300 pages ; 35.5 x 22 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one red and green bound expense book. Pertains to records from 1956 - 1974 of various businesses owned and managed by Forest "Pop" Kidney in Banff, including Pop's Bakery and Quaker Coffee Shop. Approximately 270 of 300 pages in expense book are annotated.
Notes
Two-page mortgage and account balance statement found between pages 102 and 103 of expense book.
File consists of 6 negative photographs pertaining to Kidney Kabins, an accommodation rental business which was owned and run by Forest and Maud Kidney from the late 1930s until 1953. Photographs depict interior and exterior views of multiple cabins.
6 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm and 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 6 negative photographs pertaining to Kidney Kabins, an accommodation rental business which was owned and run by Forest and Maud Kidney from the late 1930s until 1953. Photographs depict interior and exterior views of multiple cabins.
Notes
Exterior views confirmed to be Kidney Kabins, interior views presumed to be from the same business based on content and original location of images [kept together with some of the exterior view negatives before processing].
The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains th…
The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains the same dark green, and light violet-grey found in the background. The violet-grey is used to indicate: the snow covering the dark violet-grey mountain on the right; the rock forming the more distant peak on the left; and a lighter tint of this colour forms the clouds in the upper left corner. A separate area of blue-grey clouds occupies the upper right corner.
View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-…
View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-grey mountainside slopes downwards and on the right is a rounded summit with a line white snow dividing the crown from the lower slopes. In the right foreground, a brown cabin (with a red-brown roof and an open front door) sits in a meadow surrounded by tall evergreens. To the left of the front of the cabin, a brown horse is tied to a wooden railing.
The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.
Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outli…
Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outlines made from a graphite pencil. These flowers are also pink. They have green and yellow stems and centers. The remainder of the paper is blank.
Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the ri…
Along the top edge of the paper is a green leaf with three stems that have purple and pink flowers at the ends. The flowers are hanging down toward the bottom of the paper. Located in the tlc is a pink and yellow flower facing the left edge of the paper. In the middle and positioned a bit to the right there is another flower light green/brown, pink and yellow in colour with a medium to dark blue center. A small square shape has been drawn with graphite at the center left of the paper. The remainder of the paper is blank.
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 18 textual records pertaining to Forest "Pop" Kidney's involvement with local businesses, clubs and events in Banff. Includes membership cards for the Senior Friends Club in Banff; newspaper articles pertaining to Forest Kidney's election as President of the Calgary branch of the C…
File consists of 18 textual records pertaining to Forest "Pop" Kidney's involvement with local businesses, clubs and events in Banff. Includes membership cards for the Senior Friends Club in Banff; newspaper articles pertaining to Forest Kidney's election as President of the Calgary branch of the Canadian Restaurants Association, his involvement with the Banff Shrine Club, his attendance to a reunion of the 51st Battalion in World War I, an interview which Forest Kidney participated in discussing the Calgary Stampeders sports team, and his obituary; certificates which name Forest Kidney as an honorary member of the Canadian Restaurants Association the Knights Templar Orphans' and General Welfare Fund; a certificate for completing an effective speaking course; a certificate for donating to the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children; a mailing list and notes discussing the 51st Howitzer Battery Association reunion in 1977; and printed copies of World War I documents from Library and Archives Canada pertaining to Forest Kidney's military service.
File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-wr…
Some items published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald
Date Range
1946
[ca. 1950]
1952
1955
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1965]
1961
1963 - 1965
1967
1968
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-written recipes; 8 notes, poems and other writings; and 4 event programmes. Content pertains to family and friends of the Kidneys (including the Hobkirk family, Mona and Gordon Houghton, the Meeker family, Tom Lonsdale, and Catharine Whyte), community events in Banff (including an open house at the Summit Tea House on Sulphur Mountain, the 25th anniversary of the Rundle Memorial Church and the opening of the Mineral Springs Hospital), local marriages, Mac's Sport Shop in Banff, correspondence between Maud Kidney and other former members of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, and Canadian centennial celebrations.