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Jim Brewster family fonds
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- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs of James Irvine (Jim) Brewster, Fern Brewster, Dell Brewster and the Brewster family. I. James Irvine Brewster papers and photographs, before 1948 and ca.1959, consist mainly of professional papers and photographs relating to guiding and outfitting activitie…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875-ca.1978]
- Reference Code
- M436 / V90
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Diary
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 436
- V 90
- Sous-Fonds
- M 436
- V 90
- Accession Number
- 79, 85, 108, 357, 451, 1618, 3350, 3808, 5274, 6019, 2021.26, 2023.09
- Reference Code
- M436 / V90
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Diary
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1875-ca.1978]
- Physical Description
- 24 cm of textual records. -- ca.830 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 12 photograph albums (ca.1000 prints). -- 1 motion picture
- History / Biographical
- James Irvine Brewster, 1882-1947, came to Banff with his parents in 1888. While still boys, he and his brother Bill started guiding fishing parties and later formed an outfitting partnership. With silent partners Fred Hussey and Phil Moore, they established Brewster Brothers in 1904. Jim Brewster and Hussey left the business in 1906. In 1909, Jim returned to guide the business. Under his control, it became a major transportation supplier, Brewster Transport Company. Fern Brewster, 1902-1967, daughter of Jim Brewster and Lade Brewster (d.1915), was a sportswoman, businesswoman and homemaker. She was involved in the operation of Sunshine ski area and was a director of Brewster Transportation after her father's death. Fern Brewster's married names were Clarkson and Dooley. Adele (Dell) Brewster (Sibbald), 1896-1983, Jim Brewster's second wife, was also a director of Brewster Transportation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs of James Irvine (Jim) Brewster, Fern Brewster, Dell Brewster and the Brewster family.
- I. James Irvine Brewster papers and photographs, before 1948 and ca.1959, consist mainly of professional papers and photographs relating to guiding and outfitting activities, and to Brewster Transport Company records, including Sunshine ski area records. Series includes correspondence, diaries, legal papers, Sunshine Lodge addition papers, Brewster house plans and other material. Correspondence is incoming and outgoing letters between Brewster and Hussey, clients, and associates regarding guiding and outfitting, real estate speculation and personal matters, etc. 1906-1907. Diaries pertain to guiding, hunting and horse trips, 1897-1901, 1904-1906; entries mainly record clients, territory covered and game observations and records. Also includes articles and hand-drawn map by Brewster on hunting, 1903-1906. Includes 54 photographs pertaining to Brewster Transport after Jim Brewster period.
- II. Fern Brewster papers and photographs, before 1967, includes mainly personal papers, correspondence, recipes, press clippings and photographs regarding friends and family, education, Jim Brewster's death and cooking. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, Les Peters, Charlie Beil and Fern Bedaux.
- III. Dell Brewster papers, 1925-1967, pertain mainly to Jim Brewster's death. Dell Brewster photographs pertain to the Sibbald, Grier and McDougall families.
- IV. Brewster family papers and photographs pertain to Jack Walker Brewster, and Brewster family and friends.
- V. Other material, before 1978, consists of greeting cards.
- VI. Later Acquisitions, pertain to various Brewster family members including Fern Brewster, Jim Brewster, and Pat Brewster.
- Subject Access
- Brewster Transport Company
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- photographic copy of map
- video copy of motion picture
- Creator
- Brewster, Dell
- Brewster, Jim
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
- Unprocessed
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Glen Harper fonds
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- Part Of
- Glen Harper fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Glen Harper, Dell Brewster, Rita Crick and Kina Shaw at Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
- Date Range
- [196-]
- Reference Code
- V266
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Glen Harper fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 266
- Sous-Fonds
- V 266
- Accession Number
- 3796
- Reference Code
- V266
- Date Range
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- Glen Harper, b.1947, also known as Glen Walls, lived in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1955 until 1978. In 1968, Harper worked as a bellhop at the Mount Royal Hotel
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Glen Harper, Dell Brewster, Rita Crick and Kina Shaw at Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
- Name Access
- Brewster, Dell
- Crick, Rita
- Harper, Glen
- Shaw, Kina
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Harper, Glen
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Yuk Soy Goon fonds
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- Part Of
- Yuk Soy Goon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of menus for the Mount Royal Hotel, 1958-1965; a menu for a Gray Line dinner party at Hawaii in 1952, signed by Fern and Henry Dooley; and photographs pertaining to Yuk Soy Goon, the Goon family and members of Brewster family. Also included are coloured photocopies of Yuk Soy Goon's…
- Date Range
- [ca.1911]-1965
- Reference Code
- M479 / V233
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Yuk Soy Goon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 479
- V 233
- Sous-Fonds
- M 479
- V 233
- Accession Number
- 3878, 5067, 5100, 7832 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M479 / V233
- Date Range
- [ca.1911]-1965
- Physical Description
- 53 items textual records. -- 18 photographs: prints
- History / Biographical
- Yuk Soy Goon, 1896-1978, was born in Kwan Tung, China. Yuk Soy left China in 1911 to find work in Canada in order to help support his family. He made six extended trips back to China to visit his family. Yuk Soy worked in Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary, Alberta before moving to Banff where his cousin Goon Sir Wing was working. Yuk Soy worked for Dr. Robert Brett at the Sanitarium Hotel and in 1930 went to work for Jim Brewster as a house servant until 1947. During his employment with Jim Brewster, Yuk Soy was occasionally hired out and in the summer of 1937 he worked as camp cook for Erling Strom at Mount Assiniboine. Yuk Soy then worked at the Mount Royal Hotel as a chef, retiring in 1965 as head chef. In 1955, Yuk Soy's wife and son Howie Chung Hing Goon (b.1948) arrived in Banff from China and the family lived in a house on Beaver Street behind the Mount Royal Hotel until 1960 when they purchased a new house on Lynx Street.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of menus for the Mount Royal Hotel, 1958-1965; a menu for a Gray Line dinner party at Hawaii in 1952, signed by Fern and Henry Dooley; and photographs pertaining to Yuk Soy Goon, the Goon family and members of Brewster family. Also included are coloured photocopies of Yuk Soy Goon's passport, ship's ticket, Canadian registration cards, head tax certificate, and Canadian citizenship certificate.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Dell
- Brewster, Fern
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for photographs
- Creator
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Biographical Source Notes
- We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Robert Fleming fonds
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- Part Of
- Robert Fleming fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic material accompanied by media coverage and articles written by Robert Fleming pertaining to Chief Walking Buffalo's 1960 world journey with Chief David and Mrs. Crowchild and five other Stoney and Sarcee people, sponsored by International Moral Rearmament. Travel incl…
- Date Range
- 1960 - 1997
- Reference Code
- M216 / V249
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Robert Fleming fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M216
- V249
- Sous-Fonds
- M216
- V249
- Accession Number
- 8112 (unprocessed)
- Reference Code
- M216 / V249
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1960 - 1997
- Physical Description
- ca. 500 photographs: negatives, prints, transparencies. -- ca. 30 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic material accompanied by media coverage and articles written by Robert Fleming pertaining to Chief Walking Buffalo's 1960 world journey with Chief David and Mrs. Crowchild and five other Stoney and Sarcee people, sponsored by International Moral Rearmament. Travel included Aboriginal people in Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, and Kenya.Fonds are unprocessed held in 3 boxes and 1 oversize print mounted on foamcore
- Subject Access
- Education
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Moral Rearmament
- Politics
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- basic list for unprocessed material in finding aid
- Creator
- Fleming, Robert
- Category
- First nations
- Education
- Politics
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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