Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern …
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern (Brewster) Clarkson, Jim Brewster, Adele Brewster, June Brewster (Pat's wife), and Mrs. R.S. Harvey
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern …
Image of members of the Brewster family posed sitting in the grass, possibly during a pack trip - back row: Bill Brewster, Tead Brewster (Bill's wife), Jack Brewster Sr., Pat Brewster, Jack Brewster Jr., Jack Jr.'s wife / front row: Col. Phil Moore, Pearl (Brewster) Moore, Edmee (Moore) Reid, Fern (Brewster) Clarkson, Jim Brewster, Adele Brewster, June Brewster (Pat's wife), and Mrs. R.S. Harvey
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and fr…
File pertains to photographs of Jim Brewster and family; other Brewster family members including John & Bella Brewster, Bill Brewster, Lade Bagley Brewster, Fern Brewster, George Clarkson, Edmee Moore (also Edmee and Charlie Reid's wedding), Pearl Moore, Philip Moore, George Brewster family and friends, Jack Brewster; also Rudolf Aemmer, Joe and Don Brewster, hockey team photos; views of Jim Brewster's house on Bow Avenue; Bow Falls, Banff townsite, Mount Royal Hotel, Mount Norquay Ski Lodge and ski school, Jim Brewster with school class, Banff Station; Irvine Castle, Ireland. One item is tintype
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author.
122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are read…
2.3 cm of textual records (138 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are reading, day to day life, weather, slide-making, skiing at Norquay, visits from friends and visitors, descriptions of meals, wildlife [often in the yard], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, the Winter Carnival, construction of the Mount Temple Chalet finishing and subsequent trips to Temple to ski, cleaning and household chores, trips to Skoki to ski, painting/sketching, photography, updates on Dave White's health, errand trips to Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], planning a new additon to the back of the house, going to Victoria and back in April-May [they stayed in Lethbridge, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kamloops, and Vancouver before arriving in Victoria by car and then took the train back to Banff from Prince George through Revelstoke and Golden], preparing the house for renovations [includes deep cleaning and having the floors sanded], the King and Queen visiting in late May, the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, Russ' health concerns, short trips around the mountains to paint/sketch [mostly up to Bow Lake/Saskatchewan River Crossing and into Yoho National Park], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, progress on the construction of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake, and preparing for the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
106 - 47 contains details of the 1939 Royal Visit.
Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents
Notes
LIST OF PRINTS:
1a Sarah (Irvine) Brewster
1b Margaret (Irvine)Todd
2a Jane (Donaldson) Thompson
2b Joseph Donaldson
3 William Donaldson and Catherine (Scott) Donaldson
4 Mrs. John Brewster and family, ca.1887
5 Portrait of William Andrew Brewster (brother of John) and his family, ca.1905
6 Portrait of John Brewster, 1929
7 Portrait of James I. Brewster, ca.1940
8 St. John's College football team, Fred Brewster second from left, middle row, ;ca.1900
9 Portrait of Harold Alderson Anderson, 1901 - 1903, St. John's College School, Winnipeg
10 Queen's University Football Team, 1907, Fred Brewster top right
11 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
12 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908
13 Fred Brewster and three of his classmates at Queen's University, ca.1908
14 Fred Brewster's Queen's University graduation portrait, 1909 (NA66/483)
15 Portrait of K. R. Daly
16 Portrait of W. M. Campbell
17 Portrait of unidentified graduate
18 Portrait of G. J. McKay
19 Portrait of Frank N. B lagen
20 Portrait of Ed W. Brown Queen's, 1907
21 Portrait of Shirley King Queen's, 1907
22 Portrait of Karl Twitchell Queen's, 1907
23 Portrait of Gwynn G. Gibbins Xmas, 1908
24 Portrait of Ronald Hooper Queen's, 1908
25 Portrait of A. Y. Jackson Queen's, 1909
26 Portrait of Jno. K. Osborne April, 1909
27 Portrait of Andy, nephew of Mrs. John Brewster
28 Portrait of Charles E. Parke
29 Professor John Guillim, Professor of Mining Engineering, Queen's University (Fred Brewster his assistant along B. C. coast working for Consolidated Mining and Smelting, 1907)
30 [Fred Brewster?] in uniform on horseback, ca.1917?
31 [Fred Brewster?] and unidentified man in uniform on horseback. ca.1917?
32 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River, ca.1919
33 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River near Roche de Smet, ca.1919
34 Unidentified canyon, ca.1919
35 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
36 Looking down into [Athabasca River Valley] from unidentified creek, ca.1919
37 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
38 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919
39 Unidentified stream in winter, ca.1919
40 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919
41 Man with toboggan, ca.1919
42 to 44 Two men on snowshoes, ca.1919
45, 46 Man on snowshoes pulling toboggan up unidentified pass, ca.1919
47 View toward (Athabasca River Valley?] from top of unidentified pass, ca.1919
48 Fred and Jack Brewster with hunting trophies from Fowler party at Brewster and Moore corrals, 1919
49 Hunting trophies from Fowler party, 1919
50 First Nation grave (Cree) on Big Grave Flats, Sulphur River, 1920
51 Unidentified log structure
52 Party from camping trip Brazeau River and Icefield 1923. Left to right - David Guggenheim III, Fred Brewster, ? Hamilton, Hector Graham, George (Grader'., Joe Healy, Isaac Plante
53 Jack Brewster, Courtnay Ryley Cooper and Irving Cobb in camp, 1929
54 Camp scene with game on trip to Hay River with Fred Brewster, Harry Rowed, Charlie Borolin and Pete Withers, 1939
55 Packing up in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
56, 57 Horses in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.
58 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp?], n.d.
59, 60 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp, 1927
61, 62 Horses in Medicine Lake corral, n.d.
63 to 71 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], ca.1930
72 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster third from right, ca.1930
73 Construction crew on [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster second from right front row, ca.1930
74 American Nature Association party with Fred Brewster, 1930
75 Sir Frederick Banting, M.D., painting at Medicine Lake Chalet, ca.1930
76 Tom McDonough, General Passenger Agent CNR, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Fred Brewster, Dick Langford and Digby Harris, ca.1925
77 Lewis Swift?] in front of cabin, n.d
78 Living room of Fred Brewster's Home, ca.1920
79 Group with cars in front of Fred Brewster Limited Trading Company, ca.1925. Left to right: Harvey MacDougall, Fred Brewster, Ken Alexander, unidentified, Eaton Woolley, unidentified. Photographer: Joe Weiss
80 Fred Brewster and dog, ca.1922
81, 82 Fred Brewster, Fern Brewster and dog, ca.1922
83 Group of skiers in front of car; first party of women skiers to visit Columbia Icefield and Snowdome, March 1939. Left to right - Fred Brewster, Harold Taylor, Dorrie Horsfal, Jack Brewster, Merle Brewster, Doris Kensit. Photographer: Morris Taylor
84 Fred Brewster and Mrs Ewan (Ivan) Moberly, age 79, July 1941
85 Jack Brewster at mouth of Castleguard Cave, n.d
86 Jack Brewster and Columbia Icefield Chalet sign, ca.1940
87 Jack Brewster at Columbia Icefield, ca.1940
88 Jack Brewster in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies marquis tent, n.d., Photographer: F. W. E. Round
89 Jonas Rider, Jim Brewster and Amos Bigstoney in Banff Indian Days parade, ca.1935
90 Brewster burial plot, n.d.
92 Gathering of 3 generations of John Brewster's family on steps of P. A. Moore home, ca.1940. Left to right, front row - Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, James I. "Jim" Brewster, Fern Brewster Clarkson, Pearl Brewster Moore, John Brewster, unidentified, unidentified; second row - [George Clarkson?] , unidentified , unidentified, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Edmee Moore, Frederick A. Brewster, ; third row - Col. Philip A. Moore, unidentified (with baby) , [George O. Brewster'; Mrs. Jack (Merle) Brewster, Jack W. Brewster; back row - unidentified, unidentified, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, unidentified
93 William A. "Bill" Brewster, Fern Brewster Dooley, unidentified, Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, unidentified , Pearl Brewster Moore at Banff station, ca.1955
94 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right, front row - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Jack "Merle" Brewster, Mrs. George "Barbara" Brewster; back row - Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, unidentified, Mrs. Claude "Ruth" Brewster
95 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster
96 Mrs. Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley at Lake Louise, August 1964
97 Fred Brewster standing beside Pyramid Lake road, November 16, 1967
98 Charles Leroy with first milk cow to come to Banff on Banff Avenue, 1888
99 Portrait of Tom Wilson, 1929
100 Packtrain crossing Jonas Pass, 1924. Photographer: Byron Harmon
101 Portrait of an unidentified woman, n.d.
102 Campanula lasiocarpa (Alpine Harebell) at Big Shovel Pass, n.d.
103 Fern and Harry Dooley, Winter 1958-1959
LIST OF OS PRINTS:
1 Six sons of John Brewster, ca.1906. Left to right, front row - James I. "Jim" Brewster, Forrest 0. "Pat" Brewster, Frederick A. "Fred" Brewster back row - William A. "Bill" Brewster, Jack W. Brewster, George O. Brewster
2 St. John's College Champion Debaters, 1906
3 Queen's University Mining Engineers, Class 1907
4 Carnival Masquerade, Banff Feb. 13th, 1920
5, 6 CPR staff in early days
7 St. John's College Lacrosse Club, 1902. Welford photo
8 St. John's College Junior Hockey Team 1903. Welford photo
9 The First Post Office in Banff ... 1890? [four seated children - left to right: unidentified, Bill Brewster?, unidentified, Jim Brewster?; men standing: Tom McQueen (left) and Dick Donahue [Postmaster]