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, 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, 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
File consists of letters, legal papers, receipts, typescript, newsclippings, ephemera including Fred Brewster, Jack Brewster, Jim Brewster, Willie and James Brewster, Bill Brewster, Pearl B. Moore, Philip A. Moore, Dalton Gordon Brewster, Sarah I. Brewster
File consists of letters, legal papers, receipts, typescript, newsclippings, ephemera including Fred Brewster, Jack Brewster, Jim Brewster, Willie and James Brewster, Bill Brewster, Pearl B. Moore, Philip A. Moore, Dalton Gordon Brewster, Sarah I. Brewster
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Life Insurance certificate for George Alexander Brewster, 1888. Held in Oversize storage "B"
Window display card from Teepee Inn in old Brett building, ca.1950.
Drawing of two men titled "Here is my tip" by P. Spohn, ca.1971. Reverse is Paris restaurant paper mat showing view from Mount Norquay.
Ink drawing of bears scaring pack train titled "Wuff" by Stan J. Carr, 1974, also signed "Windy"
Ink drawing titled "Swimming the Bow at Hillsdale 1913" by Stan J. Carr, 1974. Carr writes about event to Pat Brewster on the reverse side.
Pencil drawing of Bassett Hound by Eadie, ca.1975.
Pencil cartoon of cow wrangling by W. Eadie, ca.1975.
Pencil cartoon animal heads by W. Eadie, ca.1975, reverse has various ways of writing W. Eadie.
Land title photocopy re John Brewster title to land in the 40th township, 26 range West, 4th meridian in the District of Alberta, NWT, ca.1890?
Held in oversize "H"
File consists of letters and telegrams from various people including Jimmy Simpson, Christian Hasler, Harrison Powderface, Marquis degli Albizzi, J. W. A. Hickson, William McCardell, Wilf Carter, R. H. Palenske, Enos Hunter, N. R. (Buck) Crump, Karl Richter, Jim Cromwell, William Twin, W. G. (Georg…
4 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs : prints. -- 13 print material items
Scope & Content
File consists of letters and telegrams from various people including Jimmy Simpson, Christian Hasler, Harrison Powderface, Marquis degli Albizzi, J. W. A. Hickson, William McCardell, Wilf Carter, R. H. Palenske, Enos Hunter, N. R. (Buck) Crump, Karl Richter, Jim Cromwell, William Twin, W. G. (Georgie) Donaldson. Includes correspondence between Pat Brewster and L. S. Amery. Also letters regarding proposed trips and talc mines. Letters are annotated by Pat Brewster and arranged chronologically. Also includes guide's reports, guide's list of equipment and horses, publicity releases pertaining to trips and costs, accounts outstanding. Print material includes publicity pamphlets for camping, hunting and fishing trips and camps offered by Brewster Mountain Pack Trains and Pat Brewster's Pack Trains; and ephemera
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Advertising sign, n.d., for Brewster Mountain Pack Trains, consists of three photographs. Held in oversize "H"
Item is Dominion Parks Outfitters Tourist Register; includes Brewster Mountain Pack Trains regarding company name, starting location, date, name and number of party members, head guide, packers, camp helpers, firearms, route and destination, supplies
Item is Dominion Parks Outfitters Tourist Register; includes Brewster Mountain Pack Trains regarding company name, starting location, date, name and number of party members, head guide, packers, camp helpers, firearms, route and destination, supplies