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Brett family fonds

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Part Of: Brett family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds contains six series: I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional pap…

Date Range: [ca.1860]-1965

Reference Code: M1 / V83

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Brett family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M1 V83

Sous-Fonds: M1 V83

Accession Number: 5, 20, 58, 78, 102, 354, 1164, 1532, 5042, 2022.35

Reference Code: M1 / V83

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1860]-1965

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs (ca.320 prints, 28 negatives)

History / Biographical: Robert George Brett, 1851-1929, was a prominent physician, hotel-hospital owner, businessman and politician Banff, Alberta from 1883 until 1929. Brett was born in Strathroy, Ontario, son of James Brett and Catherine Mallon. He was educated as a physician at the University of Toronto (M.D., 1874), and practiced medicine at Arkona, Ontario. He moved to Winnipeg in 1880, where he helped found the Manitoba Medical College.; R. G. Brett moved to Banff in 1886, founding the Banff Sanitarium. In 1909 he established the Brett Hospital. Brett also had numerous other businesses and real estate in Banff (including the National Park Drug Store, the Sanitarium Bottling Co., the Bretton Hall Hotel, Lithia Bottling Co.) and elsewhere.; In 1878, Brett married Louise Theodora Hungerford, 1855-1935, of Waterford, Ontario. Of their five children, only two survived infancy, Reginald H. "Harry", 1879-1925, and Robert Earle, 1887-1912. Earle Brett was survived by Maidie (Stacpole) Brett, whom he married in 1910, and by an infant daughter. Dr. Harry Brett was married to Helen Brett, 1877-1964, who outlived the rest of her family by many years. Associated closely with the Brett family was Dr. Brett's nurse, Annie McLauchlin.; From 1881 to 1901, R. G. Brett was Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the North-West Territories, and from 1889 to 1891 he was president of the executive council. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1915 to 1925. He died in Calgary.

Scope & Content: Fonds contains six series:; I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional papers, 1889-1925 (1. Political correspondence, 2. Official correspondence, 3. Other material);; II. Louise H. Brett series, [between1855 and 1935], 10 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Writing, betw.1885 and 1935; B. Scrapbooks, ca.1900, ca.1910; C. Diaries and letters, 1912-1925; D. Other, ca.1870-1924.; III. Reginald H. "Harry" Brett series, ca.1910-1921, 10.5 cm of textual records, print material and photographs. Consists of: A. Personal papers, ca.1910 (1.Scrapbooks, 2. Ephemera); B. Business papers, 1912-1921.; IV. Helen Brett series, 1925-1965, 4.5 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Correspondence, 1927-1950; B. R. G. Brett estate papers, 1925-1949; C. Financial and business records, 1936-1962; D. Other, 1935-1965.; V. Brett family series, [ca.1860-ca.1935], consisting of : A. Photographs albums, ca.1860-ca.1910; B. Photographs, ca.1875-ca.1935.; VI. Other material series, [before 1928], 2 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Annie McLauchlin papers, 1914-1928; B. Other, before 1925.

Name Access: Brett, Helen; Brett, Louise; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Brett, Robert G.; McLauchin, Annie

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Health services; Politics

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid; microfilm copies of albums

Creator: Brett, Robert George and Louise; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry) and Helen

Category: Family and personal life; Health services; Politics

Biographical Source Notes: Earlier version of fonds description.

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Brett family fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to Brett family; Banff and area; and mountain travel, especially Kootenay Plains

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1934

Reference Code: V83 / PD 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph, print

Part Of: Brett family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V83

Series: V.A. Brett family series : photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V83

Reference Code: V83 / PD 8

GMD: Photograph, print

Date Range: [ca.1900]-1934

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (309 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to Brett family; Banff and area; and mountain travel, especially Kootenay Plains

Notes: Images are mainly unidentified

Title Source: Title based on contents of album

Content Details: LIST OF IMAGES (V83/PD 8) :; 1-16 [Group on pack trip, Rocky Mountains region?]; 17 Camps on the Red Deer [Harry Brett, Mary Sibbald, Hughie Sibbald]; 18 Camps on the Red Deer; 19 Camps on the Red Deer Sandhill Flats, Red Deer River; 20 Camps on the Red Deer [from right-Hugh Sibbald, Harry Brett, Howard Sibbald]; 21 On the Red Deer River; 22 On the Red Deer River Mt. St. Bride and Mt. Douglas; 23-24 On the Red Deer River; 25-28 At Horseshoe Lake-Red Deer River; 29 [Campsite]; 30 At Clearwater Pass (Devon Lakes); 31 Drummond Glacier 1913; 32 [Teepee, teepee frame]; 33 Clearwater Pass Area-Devon Lakes; 34 Ptarmigan Lake-Mt. St. Bride; 35 In Clearwater River Valley; 36 [Mountain pass]; 37 [Mary Sibbald]; 38 [Harry Brett's horse]; 39 [Harry Brett canoeing on Bow River]; 40 [Harry Brett driving horse & buggy]; 41 [Dog standing in front of snow pillars]; 42 [Harry Brett on horse]; 43 At "Buffalo Paddock" [Animal Paddock, Banff]; 44 [Teepee in trees]; 45 Castle Mountain [Teepees in trees]; 46 Massive Range & Banff; 47 [Harry Brett and ladies boarding Daughter of the Peaks boat]; 48 [Mt. Rundle]; 49 [Harry Brett with ladies]; 50 [White dog with black patch over eye]; 51 [Mountain range]; 52 [Catherine Brett? on right and friend]; 53 [Harry Brett, centre]; 54 [A man and woman fishing from row boats]; 55 [Picnic]; 56 [Lindsay and friend]; 57 [Unidentified woman]; 58 [Lindsay]; 59 Falls on Bighorn Creek, Ya-Ha-Tinda; 60 [People with dog]; 61-65 Kootenay Plains; 66 [Harry Brett on horse]; 67 [Men outside teepee]; 68 [Harry Brett, left]; 69 [Packtrain]; 70 [Harry Brett, centre]; 71 [Fording a river]; 72-73 [A horse]; 74-76 [Scenes at camp]; 77 [Fishing]; 78 [Men holding string of fish at camp]; 79-83 [At camp and on trail]; 84 [Woman standing in front of house with dogs]; 85 [People at camp]; 86 [Unidentified man wearing blanket coat]; 87 [Unidentified man standing between teepee frames]; 88 [Women]; 89 [Harry Brett, left]; 90 [Women sitting by teepee]; 91 [Woman wading in water]; 92 [Camp meal]; 93-94 [Man on horseback]; 95 Crossing the Sask. R. at head of Kootenay Plains; 96 [Man on horseback]; 97 [Mary Sibbald, right]; 98 [Bighorn Creek, Ya-Ha-Tinda]; 99 [Teepees on Kootenay Plains]; 100 [Fording a river]; 101-105 [At camp and on trail]; 106 [Howard Sibbald]; 107-108 [Packtrain]; 109-113 Kootenay Plains; 114-119 [Kootenay Plains]; 120 [Harry Brett in front of tent]; 121-123 [Packtrain]; 124-128 Clearwater River Valley; 129 [Jack Fuller's head carved in tree]; 130 Pipestone Pass-view to south towards Drummond Glacier]; 131-133 [Kootenay Plains]; 134 [Fording the Saskatchewan River at head of Kootenay Plains]; 135 [Saskatchewan River]; 136 [Buffalo in Saskatchewan River]; 137 [Teepees by cabin]; 138 [Women with dog]; 139 [Group at campsite]; 140 [Fording Saskatchewan River at head of Kootenay Plains]; 141 [Helen & Harry Brett]; 142 [Helen and Dr. Robert Brett]; 143 [Unidentified woman]; 144 [Helen Brett on right]; 145 [Woman standing in front of Lake Louise Chalet]; 146 [Harry Brett, Catherine behind]; 147 [Women with boy curling]; 148 [Group on Pacific Sightseeing bus, Harry Brett in back, 3rd from left]; 149 [Brett Hospital]; 150-151 [Unidentified location]; 152 [Man in uniform skating at Banff skating rink]; 153-154 [Unidentified island?]; 155 [Brett family: Helen, Catherine, Maidie, Harry]; 157 [Catherine Brett]; 158 [Harry Brett]; 159 [Mrs. Louise Brett]; 160 [Harry Brett holding Catherine]; 161 [Harry Brett? in uniform with white dog in car]; 162 [House in Banff with view of Cascade Mountain]; 163 [Group under palm tree, Mrs. Louise Brett at far right]; 164 [Group standing by car]; 165 [Women curlers]; 166 [Dog]; 167 [Group on porch]; 168 [People picking fruit, Mrs. Louise Brett? at right]; 169 [Unidentified view-California?]; 170 [Maid? & gardener? on lawn, California?]; 171 [Stream]; 172 [Women]; 173 [Women and driver in car]; 174 [Unidentified house]; 175 Doris; 176 [Unidentified woman sitting on branch]; 177 [Unidentified man snowshoeing]; 178 [Harry Brett & ? in car]; 179 [Harry Brett in New York]; 180 [Harry Brett surrounded by children]; 181 [Harry Brett, left front]; 182 [Mt. Temple]; 183 [Group of children, Catherine at right]; 184 [Harry Brett, centre front]; 185 [Harry & Helen Brett in front of Burns Meat Market, corner of Banff Ave. & Buffalo Street]; 186 [Harry Brett]; 187 [Devil's Head Canyon]; 188 [Banff Springs Hotel, centre portion being built]; 189 [Devil's Head Canyon]; 190 [Grand View Villa at Upper Hot Springs, Banff]; 191 [Lake Minnewanka]; 192 [Harry Brett]; 193 [People in front of the Brett Drugstore]; 194 [Horse & buggy in front of the Brett Drugstore]; 195 [Catherine Brett in baby buggy]; 196 [Catherine Brett and friend]; 197 [[Catherine Brett in baby buggy]; 198 [Harry Brett golfing]; 199 [Curling in Banff, Harry Brett, centre back]; 200 [Harry Brett golfing]; 201 [Harry and Helen Brett in horse & buggy]; 202 [Ice boating on Lake Minnewanka]; 203 [Curlers include George Hunter, 2nd from left, and Harry Brett, 3rd from left]; 204-208 [Harry Brett and friends at Lake Louise Chalet?]; 209 [Unidentified couple]; 210-212 [Harry Brett and others at Lake Louise Chalet?]; 213 [Group includes nurses and Harry Brett, at back, on steps of Brett Hospital]; 214 [Group on lawn]; 215 [Nurses on steps of Brett Hospital]; 216 [Group sitting in front of old museum]; 217 Dr. Lillian Mitchell A fish story [at Lake Minnewanka]; 218 [Harry Brett, centre, sitting with others in front of old museum]; 219 [Group with car on mountain road]; 220 [Harry Brett in front of tent]; 221 [Group in front of tent]; 222 [Father with children swimming]; 223 [At campsite]; 224 [Flooded field]; 225 [Group having tea by car]; 226 [Group with car on mountain road, ca.1915]; 227 [Woman on horseback]; 228 [Car & trailer near Frank Slide, 1915]; 229 [House in Vancouver? 1935]; 230 [Group with car on mountain road, ca.1915]; 231 [Campsite]; 232 [Car with flat tire]; 233 [Group in front of tent]; 234 [Waterfall]; 235 [Fixing flat tire]; 236 [Unidentified couple]; 237 [At campsite]; 238 [Couple standing by house]; 239 [Ice palace, Banff Winter Carnival]; 240 [Dr. Robert G. Brett standing in front of Brett Hospital]; 241 [Catherine? Brett]; 242 [Catherine Brett with friend]; 243 [Ice carving near bridge on Bow River]; 244 [Polar bear at Banff Zoo]; 245 [Along old 1A Highway, Castle Mountain in background]; 246 [Bow River]; 247 [Unidentified woman standing by shore]; 248 [Ceremony-official party on stage]; 249 [View of ocean]; 250 [Ceremony-Dr. Robert G. Brett with other officials on stage]; 251 [Unidentified scene]; 252 [Picnic]; 253 [Woman sitting in rocking chair, California?]; 254 [Brett Hospital, Banff]; 255 [Harry Brett]; 256 [Sanitarium Hotel]; 257 [Harry Brett and unidentified woman]; 258-260 [Unidentified people]; 261 [Picnic, Harry Brett on right]; 262 Bretton Hall, Banff; 263 [Unidentified island]; 264 [Bow River Boat House in winter]; 265 [Lake Louise]; 266 [Woman sitting in flower garden]; 267 [Man and child standing on path near pond]; 268 [Picnic along the Banff-Windermere Highway]; 269 [Girl on horseback on path, Tunnel Mountain?]; 270 [People sitting on bench in garden]; 271 [View of solarium]; 272 [Dr. Robert G. Brett on right]; 273 [Dr. Robert G. Brett on lawn with puppy]; 274 [Couple in horse drawn sleigh]; 275 [Unidentified building]; 276 [St. George's-in-the-Pines, incl. Tully H. Montgomery]; 277-288 [Unidentified people]; 289 [Harry Brett's horse]; 290-293 [Unidentified people]; 294 ["Stairway to the Stars" float]; 295 [Women standing in garden, view of Banff Avenue & Cascade Mountain in background]; 296-297 [Buildings]; 298 [Banff townsite]; 299 [Old museum, Banff]; 300 [House in California?]; 301 [Round family: Mrs. Elsie Round, Doreen Round, Bill Round]; 302-303 [Unidentified people]; 304 [Bedroom with Christmas tree]; 305 [Woman on board ship, H.F. Alexander]; 306 [Chain lightning]; 307 [Couple sitting on deck of ship]; 308 Visitors in 1934 [Banff area]; 309 Mountain School [Includes: Mr. Green, A. Wakelyn, Florence Edith Robinson, another Wakelyn]

Processing Status: Processed

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Postcard album

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Part Of: Brett family fonds

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1915]

Reference Code: V83 / PD 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph, print

Part Of: Brett family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: V.A. Brett family series : photograph albums

Reference Code: V83 / PD 10

GMD: Photograph, print

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1915]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (42 postcards)

Title Source: Title based on contents of album

Content Details: LIST OF IMAGES (V83/PD 10) :; 1 Ploughing in Cuba; 2 [Lindsay boys?]; 3 [Harry Brett, at centre of group]; 4-6 [Unidentified buildings]; 7 Dining Room, Strathcona Hotel, Nelson, B.C.; 8 [Harry Brett, 2nd from left]; 9 [Brett Hospital]; 10 [Fire over Lux Theatre]; 11 [Helen Brett with tiny puppy in front of Brett Hospital]; 12-13 [Fighting fire over Lux Theatre]; 14-15 [Unidentified buildings]; 16 [Wild animal park]; 17 Lympne Castle Entrance; 18 Lympne Castle; 19 [People in around town square]; 20 Ludlow Castle & Church; 21 [People on board ship]; 22 Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight; 23 Typical fishing village, Cuba; 24 Guines Road, Cuba; 25 R.M.S. "Royal Edward" private suite-bedroom R.M.S. "Royal George"; 26 Harry Brett, September of 1900; 27 S.S. President, 1913; 28 Hotel Seattle, Pioneer Square, Seattle; 29 Norman Dorway, Leominster Priory Church; 30 A section of the Hotel Seattle Grill; 31 Leominster Parish Church; 32 Princess Elizabeth's Room & Keep Tower, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight; 33 The Courtyard. Carisbrooke Castle; 34 Entrance to Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight; 35 Donkey in the Wheel, Carisbrooke Castle; 36 Great Gateway. Carisbrooke Castle; 37 The Keep Steps. Carisbrooke Castle; 38 King Charles lst. Prison window. Carisbrooke Castle; 39 13th Century Window. Carisbrooke Castle; 40 14th Century Gateway. Carisbrooke Castle; 41 Sanitarium Hotel, Banff; 42 Maple trees of Shintakao, Kyoto

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Scrap Book

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Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Scope & Content: One file containing a scrap book created by A. W. R. Whitman.

Date Range: ca.1900 - ca. 1945

Reference Code: M250 / II / 10 O.S. Category "C"

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M250

Series: II. Reverend A. W. R. Whiteman papers

Sous-Fonds: M250

Accession Number: 6790

Reference Code: M250 / II / 10 O.S. Category "C"

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: ca.1900 - ca. 1945

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history. Reverend Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman was born in 1865 in Teeswater, ON. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Queen’s University and received his Bachelor of Divinity from his studies at the Belfast and Edinburgh Universities. He also attended Robertson College for a year in Edmonton. Rev. Whiteman began his career as a missionary in British Columbia. He worked in Presbyterian churches in Cardston, Cochrane, Calgary and Macleod. At Knox Church in Calgary he was financial secretary and assistant minister for nine years. He was active in the church union question, and organized congregation members at Knox Church and St. Andrew’s, Macleod who voted against union. He married Nina L. Whiteman (nee Grenny) in 1898, and their daughter Dorothy Whiteman was born in 1901. Rev. Whiteman died in 1926 in Macleod, AB.

Scope & Content: One file containing a scrap book created by A. W. R. Whitman.

Subject Access: Professional and Personal Life

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on records.

Content Details: Scrap book contains newspaper articles regarding religious services and speeches, political articles regarding the conflicts at Derry. Loose pages are inserted throughout, containing sermons and religious notes.