Fonds consists of four series: I. Personal, II. Professional, III. Activities, IV. Brewster family. I. Personal series, 1905-1982, 18 cm of textual records, 160 photographs, 2 sound recordings. Includes correspondence, interview and recorded conversation, address/notebook, artwork, other textua…
ca.80 cm of textual material. -- ca.900 photographs : prints, postcards, transparencies, negatives, copy negatives. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- 3 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
History / Biographical
Forrest Oliver "Pat" Brewster, 1896-1982, was a trail guide, outfitter and businessman in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Pat was a native and life-long resident of Banff. As a boy, he was an active Boy Scout and, by age seventeen, was a big game guide. After serving in World War I, Brewster established the first permanent camp at Lake O'Hara for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1926, he took over the Brewster Transport Company outfitting business from his brothers, Bill and Jim. In the 1930s, he became involved in skiing explorations in the Assiniboine, Skoki and Sunshine areas. Pat Brewster was active in community affairs and, in his later years, was an avid historian of the region. He published three books of reminiscences between 1975 and 1982.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of four series: I. Personal, II. Professional, III. Activities, IV. Brewster family.
I. Personal series, 1905-1982, 18 cm of textual records, 160 photographs, 2 sound recordings. Includes correspondence, interview and recorded conversation, address/notebook, artwork, other textual records, photographs.
II. Professional series, 1892-1982, 47.5 cm of textual records, 266 photographs, 1 sound recording. Includes papers pertaining to various Brewster family and other businesses, writing papers and sound recording, and photographs pertaining to guiding and outfitting, tourism promotion and other.
III. Activities series, 1841-1983, 6.5 cm of textual records, 262 photographs. Pertains to genealogical research, other activities and collected material.
IV. Brewster family series, 1841-1981, 2.5 cm of textual records, 132 photographs. Pertains to Brewster family, Jack Brewster, John Brewster, Pearl Brewster Moore and the Moore family.
File contains photographs used for research and production of Wild Cards and cartoons by Tim Nokes similar to ones used in book. One cartoon signed by Nokes family as a present to their Uncle Pat. Also includes portraits of the Marquis d'Albizzi, Fred Tabuteau and Joe Johnson
9 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 8 textual records
Scope & Content
File contains photographs used for research and production of Wild Cards and cartoons by Tim Nokes similar to ones used in book. One cartoon signed by Nokes family as a present to their Uncle Pat. Also includes portraits of the Marquis d'Albizzi, Fred Tabuteau and Joe Johnson
File consists of letters regarding Arthur Oliver Wheeler, Middle Springs packshack, Mount Assiniboine Public Walking and Riding Tour, Hillsdale Meadows, Banff National Park, Banff Advisory Council. Includes maps of camps. Annotated by Pat Brewster
File consists of letters regarding Arthur Oliver Wheeler, Middle Springs packshack, Mount Assiniboine Public Walking and Riding Tour, Hillsdale Meadows, Banff National Park, Banff Advisory Council. Includes maps of camps. Annotated by Pat Brewster
Content Details
Sketch Plan of Banff Townsite, 1940 shows west half, villa lot 6, block 16. Held in oversize "F"
File consists of letters, postcards and newsclippings from various people, including N. R. Crump, Peter Lougheed and Dorothy Whyte, congratulating Pat on his book
File consists of letters, postcards and newsclippings from various people, including N. R. Crump, Peter Lougheed and Dorothy Whyte, congratulating Pat on his book
Files consists of letters, genealogical charts, historical data sheets, typescript, newsclippings and magazine articles regarding Brewster, Donaldson, Hutton, Irvine, McLean and Thompson families. Includes family tree of Pearl Moore. Photographs transferred to V91/409-445; photocopies retained in …
Files consists of letters, genealogical charts, historical data sheets, typescript, newsclippings and magazine articles regarding Brewster, Donaldson, Hutton, Irvine, McLean and Thompson families. Includes family tree of Pearl Moore.
Photographs transferred to V91/409-445; photocopies retained in file
Content Details
Plan of Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, 1971 50'=1" re Thompson and Revelle families related to Pat Brewster family. Held inoversize "F"
Genealogy chart re Brewster family and various relatives, ca.1970. Held in oversize "H"
File consists of letters from Arthur Oliver Wheeler to Stanley H. Mitchell and Major W. R. Tweedy regarding clientele; correspondence between Pat Brewster and Banff National Park superintendents regarding dispute over relocation of business from west half, villa lot #6 (Middle Springs) to Hillsdale…
File consists of letters from Arthur Oliver Wheeler to Stanley H. Mitchell and Major W. R. Tweedy regarding clientele; correspondence between Pat Brewster and Banff National Park superintendents regarding dispute over relocation of business from west half, villa lot #6 (Middle Springs) to Hillsdale Meadows; building permits, cancelled cheques, and applications for land. Annotated by Pat Brewster. Related to : Photographs, [between 1919 and 1942], 17 photographs : prints, negative (V91/189-205)
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Plan showing proposed Corral Site in sec.17, tp.26, rge.13, west of 5 mer., 1939, 1"=200' [Hillsdale area]. Held in oversize "F"
File consists of letter from President Pat Brewster to James Boyce regarding prize, part of a ticket and list of Banff Winter Carnival Queens from 1918 written on 1957 letterhead paper
File consists of letter from President Pat Brewster to James Boyce regarding prize, part of a ticket and list of Banff Winter Carnival Queens from 1918 written on 1957 letterhead paper
File consists of letters, typescript, souvenir programme regarding Boy Scouts of Canada. Programme is titled: "A Boy Scout's Journey to the Coronation of King George VI and to the Investiture of Edward, Prince of Wales, June 1911." One item is letter of sympathy written to Dorothy Cranstone after …
File consists of letters, typescript, souvenir programme regarding Boy Scouts of Canada. Programme is titled: "A Boy Scout's Journey to the Coronation of King George VI and to the Investiture of Edward, Prince of Wales, June 1911." One item is letter of sympathy written to Dorothy Cranstone after Pat's death