Inventory listing:
Box 44 Crosby House, Office Closet
Newspaper, The Standard, missing cover page, article on skiing on Mt. Athabasca
Rolled Photo: 13th Annual Session, Grand Chapter of Banff, AB – June 4-5th, 1924 (Mt. Rundle in behind)
Cardboard tube: Rolled Certificates for completion at West Kent Street School for Louis Crosby, 3rd-5th year, 1897-1899
Photo (large, rolled) of group for people, fancy dress, Cascade Mtn. behind
Certificate to Mr. Crosby 1971 taking part in Royal Nepal Airliner Corporation Daily Mtn. Flight to Mt. Everest
Envelope addressed to Mr. Crosby: 5 large negatives (speed skating), also some newspaper clippings in envelope – envelope and negatives removed, labeled ‘Box 44, Mr. Crosby’.
Souvenir folder of the Canadian Rockies, 10 photo cards double sided
Booklet: Waterton Lakes Park by Department of Interior, undated
Booklet: The National Parks of Canada, A brief description of their scenic and recreational abilities, Department of the Interior, c. 1935
Rolled photo: group shot, American Society of Travel Agents, Gala Banquet ad Reception, New York, Nov 7, 1958
Empty Bank of Nova Scotia folder (pocket sized)
Small Cardboard roll: panoramic view (1907) of Seattle Washington seafront
Cardboard pieces with hand drawn advertisement image between
Large Cardboard roll – 2 large panoramic photos - hand colored (possibly copies), Deer Lodge. Caution: mouse excrement
Shoebox:
1939-40 list of officers and committees of Rotary Club of Banff
‘Ideals of an Idol Breaker’, A poem of the new philosophy, 1921. Photo negative of horse and wagon inside
1939 letter pertaining to banking
1957 letter pertaining to general election
Map – Canada Air Mail Routes
Blank paper and envelopes
Handwritten pages of prose
Personal letters to Louis Crosby
Pamphlet for Alfred’s Ice Skates, c. 1937
Banff Springs Golf Club Constitution and By-Laws
Booklet: Grand Lodge of Alberta – Ceremony of Laying a Corner Stone, 1919
Travel Documents for L.H. Fenerty and L. Crosby
Typewritten copies ‘God Bless Canada’
Photos – Deer Lodge Construction
Booklet – Golf Penalties and Etiquette
Envelope of 59 blank postcards, including many of Banff, Canadian Rockies, also some Mackenzie River
3 Photos: L. Crosby, Al Azhar
Horse and Carriage, Banff Windermere Road, Castle Mountain
Family photos – ice skating, trophies
Red box: full of written of 100+ postcards
2 film canisters (metal) labeled ‘Grayhound’ 1 & 2
Cream Box: Opera Miniature Series full of postcards, written on, 200+
Framed photo: 3 men in hats, Louise Crosby likely one of them
Booklet: St. John’s Anglican Church, St. Elenor’s P.E.I.
Photo 1957 in Kilarny – Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley
1941 record listings from Victor Records, listings of Columbia Classics
2 booklets: Official Registrar of Princeton University, 1939. General Information for Graduate School, Courses of instruction
The Observer’s Handbook for 1940 – Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Publication (Booklet): Veteran’s of the Present War, 1941
Instructions for using Nixe Cameras
2 Publications: Canada at War, A Summary of Canada’s part in the war, April 1942; Canada at War, Supplement to Booklet, No. 9, Feb 1942
Publication: Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs, Who Hitler is, 1939.
Map: Northwest United Stated and neighboring provinces
Booklet: What to do at Lake Louise
Map: Europe and the Near East, 1929
Booklet: Notes by the way through the Canadian Rockies, 1941
Stapled pages: Agricultural Reconstruction, 1944 – Postwar planning information
Publication: MacKenzie King, Canada and the War: Canada’s Contribution to Freedom, 1941
Publication (booklet); Canadians All: A Primer of Canadian National Unity, 1941.
Itinerary for trip of Fenerty and Crosby, includes Japan, Delhi, and others
White envelope, handwritten ‘Packard Clipper Books’, contains the same
Brown envelope, Banff – Lake Louise Jasper Highway: contains View Book, Souvenir Views
Brown envelope: contains view book – Scenic Gems from the Canadian Rockies, Banff and Yoho
2 hand colored photos – title of back: ‘A family of Stoneys, The End of A Race’
Hand drawn sketch – Texada Island, B.C., 1897. G.B. Seaton
Large envelope: contains 2 copies ‘The Royal Family’ – George VI, Queen, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret Rose
Menus, May 29 1939, Banff Springs Hotel
Large envelope, photo of Deer Lodge on front: Multiple copies of Western Hotel and Coffee Shop Journal. May 1942, A publication for Hotel and Restaurant Executives.
Envelope Stiffened with cardboard – contains 4 photos, L. Crosby, also of a wedding
Booklet: A Catalogue of Stereoscopic pictures
Green Envelope, contains 3 magazines – Cine Kodak News: Jan-Feb 1940, Dec 1940, Sept-Oct 1941
Inventory listing:
Box 47 Crosby House, Office Closet
Note: There are various loose stamps running wild in this box
1971 Income Tax return and Canada pension plan return for Fred L. Crosby, Client File Copy prepared by H&R Block
Mrs. L.S. Crosby address labels
Small black book, handwritten inside “Marjorie Crosby”, blank pages
Program: Great-West Canadian Folkdance, Folksong Handicrafts Festival. Calgary, March 19-22, 1930
Book, frayed ribbon used to keep it closed, blank pages inside, 1955 calendar on the back
Book, ribbon used to keep it closed, artwork featuring a castle on the front, blank but used as a blotter, 1942 calendar in front cover
Publication, Program (Book): The Charlottetown Centennial (1955) Vol. 45, No. 7, March 1955 “The Maritime Advocate and Busy East”
Souvenir View Book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
Newspaper Page: Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 23, 1948 (page 17)
Paper clipped article: Hawaiian Postal Stationary by Bruce Condé (?), July 21, 1941
Brown Paged books with a stamp collection, lots of ‘small queens’. Inside: Article “Know Your Stamps: Canadian Varieties”, Handwritten letters from Louis Crosby in 1943 re: Stamps, Further loose papers with stamps on them.
Folder: P.E.I. Stamps by Leslie G. Tomlinson
Typed: Postal History of P.E.I.
Correspondence with Leslie Tomlinson, 1956, 1958
2 Deer Lodge Envelopes, 1 labeled “Towns”, 1 labeled “Rail”, both containing stamps
Envelope from Netherlands, including booklets on the Holland Postal/ Stamp
Catalogue for P.A. Wilde Exhibition Private Treaty, 1959. Stamp List.
2 Reports from the Expert Committee of the Royal Philatelic Society, London Publication (periodical): Maple Leaves: Journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain. Vol. 7, No. 8 (Feb 1959)
Envelope from Western Canada Insurance Underwriters Association, containing pages on “Builder’s Risk”
Receipts from buy and sale of stamps
Multiple pages: handwritten notes on stamp display
Stanley Gibbons Instanta Transparent Perforation Gauge
Various Empty Envelopes addressed to Louis Crosby
Loose stamps: mostly ripped off of envelopes, various countries
Envelope of “Foldless” double sided hinges for stamp collecting
Brown envelope containing loose stamps; writing piece from Anita Irene Crosby; Envelopes of Stamps; letters to L.S. Crosby; Envelope from International Press Ltd – Who’s Who in Canada, L.S. Crosby – picture and description, 1995; Envelope of stamped/ addressed envelopes; Letter from Boone and Crockett Club, official scoring instructions for Big Game, 1953; letters to Louis from (brother) Percy; Letters pertaining to buying and selling stamps (receipts, inquiries); letters from Grimmer, Mayor in Quebec
Bundle of letters (tied with string)
Application for Visa to Embassy of Jordan (1962) for Louis and Gertrude Crosby
Correspondence (personal, greetings, family (P.E.I.), friends) – 1962, 1963, 1960, late 1950s
Last Will and Testament (Copy) of James Irvine Brewster
Speech: Banff High School Grad, May 21, 1954 – L.S. Crosby, Reply to Toast to the School Board
Notebook: ‘Amusement Series’, containing stamp collection by country
Envelope: contains Christmas greetings from Crosby family, photos of family, mountain climbing group on top of mountain
Brown Envelope: handwritten title ‘precancelled US’ – contains numerous stamps
Large envelope: handwritten label “G.E.C. Estate” – Copy of Will of Gertrude Crosby, Application for Probate
Newspaper clipping on ‘historic” Twin Falls Lodge
10 Letters from W. MacKenzie King to James Brewster (1920s/30s)
Certificate to James I. Brewster: Life Membership in the Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
Publication (Book): Andrew Suknaski, Wood Mountain Poems, 1973.
Leather Folder, Inscribed “The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Louis S. Crosby” – life insurance and other valuable papers, blank
Prince Edward Island Study Group – list of post offices known before Confederation, 1873
2 CIBC Deposit Books, 1 handwritten L.S. Crosby Etate 1969; 1 handwritten L.S. Crosby Estate Banff, 1964-1967
Pamphlets on financing
Statutory Declaration of Transfer of Title and Shares (for Gertrude C. Estate); letter (1971) re Estate of Gertrude Crosby from Doug Crosby to Department of National Revenue
Folder: L.S. Crosby Estate, Items to go to Mr. Hugh Fraser – contains papers pertaining to Kinbasket property in B.C., sale to B.C. Hydro and River Authority
Large Manila Envelope addressed to Mr. Robert Crosby, Executer: Contains 3 copies of financial statements of estate of Louis Crosby for year ended Feb 28, 1969
Large Manila Envelope addressed to F.L. Crosby: x2 copies of Financial Statements for estate LSC for year ended Feb 28, 1970
Large Manila Envelope addressed to Mr. Robert Crosby Executor: x3 copies of Financial Statements for estate of LSC for year ended Feb 29, 1968
2 CIBC Checkbooks for LS Crosby Estate
Accounting tape (from adding machine), multiple sets, handwritten notes of dates, over/short
Folder: details for Group Insurance through Zurich Insurance Company for LS Crosby, 1962 (as part of Brewster Co)
Brewster Co Trip Pass, yearly transportation passes for Gertrude Crosby
Approx. 1 dozen blank postcards
Few personal letters, primarily between family members, early 1950s
Vehicle permit for Mrs LS Crosby, 1954
Numerous empty envelopes, addressed
Folder, Stamps: letters pertaining to buy/ sell, sectioned into communication with individuals
Envelope: contains list of Canadian postal cards and letter cards, 1944
Newspaper clippings: LS Crosby wins Banff Springs Golf Club Championship
Magazine pages pertaining to stamp collecting
Price List for the Alfred H. Caspery collection sales, Oct 9-10, 1956
Catalogue: Canadiana, 1958, Bernard Amtmann, Montreal Canada
Article: The Post Offices, Way Offices of P.E.I. by Leslie G. Tomlinson, July 1962
The Royal Philatelic Society, London: Council for Year 1958-59
Financial statements/ receipts, December 31, 1963
Continental Postage Stamp Album, includes some stamps inside
Map: The City of Charlottetown P.E.I, 1949
Correspondence to LS Crosby, some personal, primarily stamp collecting
Untitled Folder: contents pertain to Motor Carriers Association of B.C., General Order 1942
Stiff Folder (Green): Letters and documents from 1962, Crosby Company Policies through Miller and Beazby Ltd. Insurance Ltd.
Brown envelope: Various Crosby Co. Insurance Policies
Stapled pages: Accounting sheets for construction, 1963
Workmen’s Permit: Insurance policy 1963
Brown Envelope addressed to Mr L.S. Crosby: plan of cemetery at Banff, handwritten labels for some plots
Publication (book): A Catalogue of the Catalogues Issued by Bernard Amtmann since 1948, 1964
Manila envelope: addressed to the Crosby Co. Ltd
Insurance papers, mostly for the Crosby Co. from Miller and Beazley Ltd., including certificate and summaries for the Crosby Co. Ltd, Nov 7, 1977
Subscription Policy for the estate of George Brewster
Paper clipped pages with handwritten note “To Digest sometime”
1969 letter from Allen Sulatycky M.P. to Mr. Crosby
Dec 1969 newsletter for Alberta region of Canada restaurant association
I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly (newsletter), Jan 26 1970 Vol. XVIII, No. 2
5 Pamphlets from CCH (Topical Law Report – publishers) for books and booklets
Publication (Periodical): Current Affairs Vol 2, No. 3 (Nov 1972); Vol. 2, No. 10 (June 1972)
1970 letter to Mr Crosby from E.J. Benson Minister of Finance, re: White Paper
Pamphlet: A Statement on National Park Policy made in House of Commons, September 18, 1964 by Hon. Arthur Laing
Copy of Resolution agreed between Calgary Chamber of Commerce and various conservation societies, Oct 29, 1969
Stapled Pages: pertain to historical post offices in Canada including map of Northwest Territories, Manitoba, copies of letters
Letters to Mr. Crosby pertaining to stamp collecting
BNA: Small Queen Study Group, 1951
Pages, Notes and Queries from Small Queen Study Group, Notes on Dots on 3 cent small queen
Pages from Weekly Philatelic Gossip for Oct 11, 1952 (179-182); Dec 20, 1952 (505-506); Oct 4, 1952 (141-42); Sept 27, 1952 (103-104, 117-118); Jan 31, 1953 (567-568); Entire Magazine for Oct 1, 1949
Copy of Bill C-152, An Act to Amend the National Parks Act, First Reading Nov 10, 1969
x3 Banff Crag and Canyon, Vol. 70, No. 5 (Feb 4, 1970), article for last rites for Mrs. G. Crosby
Banff Crag and Canyon, Vol. 70, No. 15 (Apr 15, 1970); Vol. 70, No. 16 (Apr 22, 1970)
Inventory listing:
Box 62 Crosby House Upper Office, LS Crosby Misc papers and stamp collecting
Bronze colored box, contains medal from BNA Philatelic Society (1943)
Brown box: contains small plaque “philatelie” on back L.S. Crosby Banff, ALTA 1956
Plastic bag: contains multiple stamps, Canadian primarily, some American – including 1 roll, 1 tin full, and loose
Manila envelope with string, labeled stamps
Stanley Gibbons’ Color Guide for stamp collectors
London International Stamp Exhibition, July 6-16, 1960 – Catalogue, also booklet Announcement of Awards
Stapled pages, Catalogue of Railroad Cancellation, TPG Show – Addenda June 1946
Brown envelope, contains Bulletin for “Canada Postmarks to 1875”, Addenda Jan 1960 ‘C’
White envelope: addressed to LS Crosby from Frank W Campbell
Contains notes on past – Yukon map, Assorted notes
Stapled pages: Canadian Philatelic Society of GB – Convention Auction Oct 5, 1963 Catalogue
Cardboard piece with handwritten notes pertaining to PEI place names and “Belfast Show”
Blue paper covering an essay “BC Law Stamps” by Judge Thos S. Futcher, Victoria BC
Stapled essay: “Autobiography of a Postage Stamp”, Address delivered by T.P. Murphy, 1934
Clipped pages, anecdotes/ humorous clippings from magazines
Pages (newspaper) form Weekend Magazine Vol. 19, No. 49, 1959: article pertaining to large stamp collection going on sale
Blank sections for stamp album “Naribo Delux” in envelopes
No 16 BUS; No 20-S, US; No. C-22 Canada; No. C-21 Canada; 1935 Supplement “E” Canada
Empty large sized envelope registered to L.S. Crosby from Stamp dealers
Oversized brown envelope addressed to Louis Crosby
Booklet and File: London International Stamp exhibition 1960 (July 9-16)
Catalogue: Public Auction Sale of Postage Stamps, BNA (Jan 30, 31, Feb 1, 1947)
Periodical: BNA Topics, Vol. 3, No. 6 (July 1946)
Numerous empty envelopes, stamped and addressed
Players Cigarettes tin – contains stamps from North Borneo and Malaya
Envelope: “A ‘Different Conference’ in a ‘Different Setting’” – contains 2 programs for Rotary International Conference, District 116, Banff June 5-7, 1938
Booklet: Banff Canada Proposed site for 1968 Olympic Winter Games
2 Programs: Official Opening Ceremony Commemorating the Reconstruction of the Banff-Jasper Highway, Aug 3, 1961
Program: Highland Gathering and Scottish Music Festival – Banff Springs Hotel, Aug 31-Sep 3, 1928
Publication (Periodical): The Gazette, Alpine Club of Canada, Nov 1, 1963
Publication (Periodical): Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol XIII, No. 5, Sept 1936 (Contains article “Canadian Geography and Stamps”)
Clipped letters to/ from Fred Crosby (1969) pertaining to steam cars
Posters for Gillian Weir, Organ Recital in Calgary 1969
Clippings from magazine ‘Argosy’, “Aerospace expert claims flying saucers are Canada’s secret weapon”
Magazine clippings, July 1958 Coronet, “The Triple-Threat Drug that fights high blood pressure”
Clippings, Chinese Zodiac Calendar descriptions; Argosy “Plants are Only Human” June 1969; Guarding House
Other clippings: diving for sunken treasure; modern steam cars; speaker systems/ loudspeakers; drinking and driving; nigh driving; memory pill; sun domes; electronic bongos
File: Stone Reports - I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly, Vol. XVIII, No. 24 (Dec 28, 1970), about 50 other versions (back to 1968)
Booklet: Catalogue of Canadian Railroad Cancellations, Their Classification, Identification, and Value. T.P.G. Shaw (1944) – loose envelopes/ stamps within
Publication (Book): Annual Report of the Postmaster General, year ended March 31, 1855 –[weak binding, taped (scotch), printed in Toronto]
Banff lot ownership, record of leases, transfers, etc for Block ‘A’, Lots W270’14, E100’14, W1/2 13, E1/2 13 – from 1st lease to mid/ late 1960s
Ledger: dark cover, red binding – 1912-1914, description includes Bank House, personal new house
Large envelope addressed to L.S. Crosby, contains records of stamp sale, no stamps themselves
7 empty envelopes addressed and stamped 1950-1951
Booklet: price and checklist of US stamps, 1st 1953 edition
Magazine articles on stamp collecting, Canadian stamps, x rays and philately
Envelope handwritten “Magazines”, other handwritten notes on both sides
contains Official Handbook of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, 1949
Newspaper clippings pertaining to stamps, Mekeel’s Weekly 1959
School notebooks
“Art” contains sketches, ink, paint, GMC
“Horses” report by Fred Crosby
“Art” sketches, painting, Doug Crosby
“Art” sketches, GMC
“Art” 1929, bound shut by ribbons, Marjorie Crosby, includes Grad Diploma from Banff school
“Cattle” report by GMC
Photo negatives, 1 of sheet music, 12 envelopes for F. Crosby (No. 2170), sheet music
Envelope containing 1981 census (completed) for F. Crosby
Publication: Alberta: Glorious Family Vacationland, undated
Assorted correspondence/ business cards
½ photo of group, Mt. Rundle in background, rolled up
Check book “Chase Manhattan” for G. Marion McGill, includes stubs, many unwritten 1977
Telephone index, names/ numbers
Fred Crosby, 1967 International driving Permit
Assorted Christmas Cards
View Master Reel, 7 3D pictures in full color, Banff National Park, Lake Louise [reel opened from original envelope and placed in acid free]
Clipped pages: letter draft to Mr. Fenenty re. James Brewster Estate
Letter Envelope to Doug Crosby from Dr. H.E. Bulyea, 1938
contains letter pertaining to searching for “our dear boy’s body”, also 4 negative strips [undetermined quality but two of them don’t look good, places in acid free envelopes and marked]
Examination Answer papers, envelope for Fred Crosby – contains 2 published essays by R.W. Hedley, “Picture Study” and “Architecture”
Loose handwritten notes “Political Economy”, 1935, unknown author
Drawing book, Marion Crosby, containing hand drawn maps with labeled resources US/ South America
Art Notes 1931-32, notes and sketches, unknown author – Contains also exam for British History VII
Booklet: “Do you know”, series of pictures and facts
Wild flowers – painting book, paintings
Drawing book: pages of pencil sketches
Yellow envelope, 2 pictures of L. Crosby, Shriner
Statement of General Interests/ Activities for application for Rhodes Scholarship, Robert Crosby
1948 proclamation for Al Azhar, newsletter to L. Crosby
Receipts, letters, business cards, postcards, stamps, photos, L Crosby
Wrapped – 1956 plaque to Louis Crosby from American Philatelic Society
Sketch books – pencil
1 labeled Louis S. Crosby; 1 Percy Crosby; 1 Fred Crosby; ‘Birds we know’ Marjorie Crosby, publication; Sketchbook – Marion Crosby Grade VI, paintings/ sketches
Plan of Africa; Booklet (wool) Marion Crosby; “Art” book, bound – Marion, contains 2 drawing books and 1 map book