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 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 consists of photo album created by Maud Woodworth in 1912, containing 158 black and white print photographs. Pertains to Maud Woodworth with family members and friends, unidentified Indigenous communities and individuals (possibly Stoney Nakoda in Morley), landscape views, animals (including b…
1 album (158 photographs : b&w ; 9.5 x 14 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of photo album created by Maud Woodworth in 1912, containing 158 black and white print photographs. Pertains to Maud Woodworth with family members and friends, unidentified Indigenous communities and individuals (possibly Stoney Nakoda in Morley), landscape views, animals (including bears, deer, and dogs), one view of Banff Springs Hotel, swimming in sulphur hot springs, hunting, hiking, and camping in the Bow Valley. Individuals are unnamed, or captions have faded and become illegible.
Notes
Inside front cover reads: "1912 Maudie Woodworth Banff, Alta."
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
File consists of 8 photograph prints depicting Maud Kidney, ca. 1935 and ca. 1945. One image pertains to a trip within the Canadian Rockies attended by Maud and two unidentified women, possibly at Peyto Lake. Other photographs depict Maud Kidney posing outside of the Kidney family home in Banff.
8 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 x 12 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photograph prints depicting Maud Kidney, ca. 1935 and ca. 1945. One image pertains to a trip within the Canadian Rockies attended by Maud and two unidentified women, possibly at Peyto Lake. Other photographs depict Maud Kidney posing outside of the Kidney family home in Banff.
Notes
Dates provided for photographs are estimates made by the Processing Archivist
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 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two iden…
8 photographs : b&w prints ; 8.5 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two identical portrait photographs, possibly used as passport photos or for other legal identification.
Notes
Most dates are estimations provided by the Processing Archivist.
Image of Forest Kidney and two friends posing by pool [ca. 1920 - 1925], possibly at the Cave and Basin, has been moved to V324 / IV / E to be kept with its identical copy
File consists of 5 black and white and 5 colour photographs of Forest Kidney with family and colleagues. Content pertains to Forest Kidney at an Al Azhar Shriner's club event in 1963, and a visit to Niagara Falls with sister "Mayme", likely from 1973.
10 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 black and white and 5 colour photographs of Forest Kidney with family and colleagues. Content pertains to Forest Kidney at an Al Azhar Shriner's club event in 1963, and a visit to Niagara Falls with sister "Mayme", likely from 1973.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist.
Photograph of Forest Kidney accepting a certificate at a dinner hosted by the Canadian Restaurant Association in 1973], previously stored in this file, has been moved to V324 / IV / E for storage with duplicate photograph.
One photograph has been placed in mylar due to adhesive residue on back
Related Material
Original copy of Canadian Restaurant Association certificate presented to Forest Kidney in 1973 [pictured in photograph V324 / II / C / PA - 10] is located in file M74 / II / C / 1
File consists of 7 photograph prints [including one duplicate] pertaining to Jack MacAulay's childhood and young adult years, and 6 photographs of Mary and Margaret Simpson gifted to Jack by Mary Simpson. Photographs depict Jack and his twin brother Ted MacAulay at the Kidney family home in Banff w…
Simpson Sisters photographs produced by Murray Norman (New York)
Date Range
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
1937 - 1938
[ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
Physical Description
13 photographs : b&w prints ; 23 x 28 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
John ["Jack"] MacAulay (1918 - 2000) was born in Banff to parents Ella Maud [Woodworth] MacAulay and the late John MacAulay. Jack also had a twin brother, Thomas ["Ted"] MacAulay (1918 - 1984). Jack and Ted's father, John, died in an accident in November 1917, prior to their birth. Following the marriage of their mother, Maud, to Forest Kidney in 1923, Jack and Ted were raised together in the Kidney family residence in Banff. Jack was an avid hockey player during his teenage years; following an accident in 1940, however, a serious injury to Jack's right eye prevented 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. In March 1946 he met Karin Wallensteen, and the two were married in October of that year. Jack and Karin had 6 children together: sons Herb and John, and daughters Karen, Shelley, Jodi and Julie-Ann.
Throughout his life, Jack remained an active member of Banff's sports community. 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 work 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
File consists of 7 photograph prints [including one duplicate] pertaining to Jack MacAulay's childhood and young adult years, and 6 photographs of Mary and Margaret Simpson gifted to Jack by Mary Simpson. Photographs depict Jack and his twin brother Ted MacAulay at the Kidney family home in Banff with their trained cat, 'Bill'; Jack and Ted outside of Kidney Kabins in Banff; Jack posing with four male friends, two of which are holding rifles; Jack posing with friends 'Al' and 'Dick' in Banff in 1937; Jack presenting an award to hockey player Art Krowchuk early in his coaching career; and 6 professional photographs of the 'Simpson Sisters' Mary and Margaret Simpson, including some portrait style images and two images with the sisters skating together [ca. 1937 - 1938].
Notes
Images of Jack and four friends with rifles (V324 / III / A / PA - 4) are attached to matboard bases. Two identical photographs similar in content and style to V324 / III / A / PA - 4 have been moved from this file and relocated next to an exact duplicate copy in file V324 / IV / E.
Photographs of Simpson sisters were mailed together to Jack MacAulay from Mary Simpson. One photograph has handwritten note to Jack from Mary Simpson (see 'Content Details' section)