-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909-1926, 2.5 cm; B. Minutes, 1915-1918, 1923, .5 cm; C. Financial papers, 1912-1913, 3.5 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
V. Brewster Hotel Company Ltd. (series-level description)
Reference Code
M82 / 36 - 44
Physical Description
6.5 cm of textual records : includes oversize.
Scope & Content
-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909-1926, 2.5 cm; B. Minutes, 1915-1918, 1923, .5 cm; C. Financial papers, 1912-1913, 3.5 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909, 1918-1926, 1 cm; B. Minutes, 1909-1918, 1923, 3 cm; C. Financial papers, 1907-1921, 58 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
IV. Brewster Trading Company Ltd. (series-level description)
Reference Code
M82 / 28 - 35
Physical Description
62 cm of textual records : includes oversize.
Scope & Content
-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909, 1918-1926, 1 cm; B. Minutes, 1909-1918, 1923, 3 cm; C. Financial papers, 1907-1921, 58 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909-1912, 3.5 cm; B. Minutes, 1909-1915, 3.5 cm; C. Financial papers, 1909-1916, 16 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
III. Brewster Transfer Company Ltd. (series-level description)
Reference Code
M82 / 20
M82 / 22 - 27
Physical Description
23 of textual records : includes oversize.
Scope & Content
-- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909-1912, 3.5 cm; B. Minutes, 1909-1915, 3.5 cm; C. Financial papers, 1909-1916, 16 cm. -- Title based on contents of series.
-- Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Formally organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company expanded in 1904 into commercial development in Banff and acquired the Canadian Pacific Railway livery concession at Banff in 1905. Fro…
VI. Brewster Transport Company / Grayline (series-level description)
Reference Code
M82 / 45 - 259
V92 / PA
V92 / PD
V92 / NV
Physical Description
146.5 cm and ca.50 vol of textual records. -- ca.700 photographs : prints, 2 albums. -- ca.100 sets of plans and blueprints. -- 1 motion picture.
Scope & Content
-- Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Formally organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company expanded in 1904 into commercial development in Banff and acquired the Canadian Pacific Railway livery concession at Banff in 1905. From 1909 until his death in 1947, Jim Brewster guided the company, with Lou Crosby handling finance. Beginning in 1917, Brewster Transport entered the motorized era with touring cars, later replaced with a succession of buses. From 1920 to 1933, Bill Brewster was general manager and during this period the company acquired Royal Hawaiian Transport and the Sunshine Ski development. The company amalgamated its transportation interests with Rocky Mountain Tours in 1957, and in 1965 the company passed out of the Brewster family's hands, being sold to Greyhound Lines of Canada. Brewster Transport continues to operate as a diversified transportation and accommodation company in the Rocky Mountains. -- This major series of the Brewster Transport Company fonds consists of: A. Agreements, 1915-1974, ca.31 cm; B. Minutes, 1915-1963, 6 cm; C. Financial papers, 1915-1966, 38.5 cm and ca.50 vol; D. Operating, ca.1900-1988, ca.50 cm and oversize, ca.700 photographs; E. Properties, 1906-1974, 14 cm and ca.100 set of plans and blueprints; F. Subsidiaries, 1924-1962, 6 cm; G. Other, 1943-1977, 1 cm. Operating sub-series pertains to bus operations, equipment, proposed mergers, agents commissions, organizations and livery tariffs, vehicle licensing, advertising and tours, other. Photographs, ca.1900-ca.1970, pertain to advertising and tours and are mainly publicity photographs relating to Brewster Transport vehicles, tours, facilities, Sunshine Ski Lodge and area, Canadian Rockies hotels and scenic views, also Brewster family and Banff personalities. -- Title based on contents of series.
Fonds consists of textual and photographic records pertaining to Brewster Transport and its predecessor and subsidiary companies. Series are: I. James I. Brewster, 1892-1962; II. Brewster Brothers, 1905-1909; III. Brewster Transfer Company Ltd., 1909-1916; IV. Brewster Trading Co. Ltd., 1907-1926;…
ca.5 m of textual records : includes ca.50 v. -- ca.1280 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies, proof sheets. -- 2 photograph albums. -- ca.100 sets of cartographic records : plans, blueprints. -- 11 motion pictures (10 videocassettes, 1 film reel). -- 11 sound recordings : audio cassettes
History / Biographical
Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Formally organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company expanded in 1904 into commercial development in Banff and acquired the Canadian Pacific Railway livery concession at Banff in 1905. From 1909 until his death in 1947, Jim Brewster guided the company, with Lou Crosby handling finance. Beginning in 1917, Brewster Transport entered the motorized era with touring cars, later replaced with a succession of buses. From 1920 to 1933, Bill Brewster was general manager and during this period the company acquired Royal Hawaiian Transport and the Sunshine Ski development. The company amalgamated its transportation interests with Rocky Mountain Tours in 1957, and in 1965 the company passed out of the Brewster family's hands, being sold to Greyhound Lines of Canada. Brewster Transport continues to operate as Brewster Transportation and Tours, a diversified transportation and accommodation company in the Rocky Mountains.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and photographic records pertaining to Brewster Transport and its predecessor and subsidiary companies. Series are: I. James I. Brewster, 1892-1962; II. Brewster Brothers, 1905-1909; III. Brewster Transfer Company Ltd., 1909-1916; IV. Brewster Trading Co. Ltd., 1907-1926; V. Brewster Hotel Company Ltd., 1909-1926; VI. Brewster Transport Company / Brewster-Rocky Mountain Grayline, ca.1900-1988; VII. Brewster Transportation and Tours Co. records, 1930s-1996; VIII. Other, 1956-1972.
Series VI is the major series, consisting of 146.5 cm of textual records (and ca.50 col), ca.700 photographs, and ca.100 sets of plans and blueprints. The series includes: Agreements, 1915-1974; Minutes, 1915-1963; Financial papers, 1915-1966; Operating, ca.1900-1988; Properties, 1906-1974; Subsidiaries, 1924-1962; Other, 1943-1977. Photographs, ca.1900-ca.1970, are mainly publicity photographs relating to Brewster Transport vehicles, tours, facilities, Sunshine Ski Lodge and area, Canadian Rockies hotels and scenic views, also Brewster family and Banff personalities; include 2 albums. Plans pertain to properties and facilities.
Corporate records and collected material, including the following: Personnel records re driver performance, seniority, training and agreements, 1968-1992, restricted access. Tours, facilities and service records, expecially tariffs, Columbia Icefields, snow vehicle and chalet history, 1930s-1996. A…
ca.70 cm of textual records. -- ca.525 photographs (ca.385 prints, 60 proof sheets of 12 images each, ca.80 negatives). -- 11 sound recordings : audio cassettes. -- 10 motion pictures : video cassettes.
History / Biographical
Ed Newport was an employee of Brewster Transport Co., later Brewster Transportation and Tours, from 1970 to 1997, serving in later years as Banff area manager. Newport assembled historical company records as part of his work and for general interest.
Scope & Content
Corporate records and collected material, including the following:
Personnel records re driver performance, seniority, training and agreements, 1968-1992, restricted access.
Tours, facilities and service records, expecially tariffs, Columbia Icefields, snow vehicle and chalet history, 1930s-1996.
Advertising print literature, video recordings re advertising and sound recordings of Japanese language tours, 1950s-1990s.
Ed Newport employment records and photographs, 1970s.
Other, 1930s-1971, includes collected records re vehicles, 1956-1961, driver records, 1951-1971, photographs, 1930s-1940s.
Access Restrictions
Access subject to approval of the Head Archivist. Access to personnel files is restricted.
Related Material
Constitutes Series VII of the Brewster Transport fonds. Artifacts transferred to Heritage Collection.