JIM BREWSTER FAMILY Fonds : FERN BREWSTER Series

Fern Brewster series. -- [before 1967]. -- ca.4 cm of textual records. -- ca.150 photographs : prints, negatives, 3 albums. -- Series consists mainly of personal papers, correspondence, recipes, press clippings and photographs regarding friends and family, education, Jim Brewster's death and cooking. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, Les Peters, Charlie Beil and Fern Bedaux. -- Title based on contents of series. -- File descriptions available. -- Constitutes Series II of the Jim Brewster family fonds.    

M436 / 15

Personal papers. -- [before 1967]. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Papers include letters, cards, certificates and other personal papers pertaining to Fern Brewster. -- Title based on contents of file. -- One certificate is stored in oversize "B"; reference copy in file.

 

M436 / 16

Business papers. -- [ca.1950]. -- 6 items of textual records. - Items pertain to Brewster Transport, Sunshine ski area, skiing and tourism. -- Title based on contents of file.

 

M436 / 17 - 18

Recipes. -- [before 1967]. -- 2 cm of textual records (and 1 volume). -- Includes loose handwritten and annotated recipes and one volume of hand-written recipes with "P.A. Moore" inscribes inside cover. -- Title based on contents of file.

 

M436 / 19

Printed matter and ephemera. -- [before 1967]. -- .5 cm of textual records. -- Includes clippings, magazine articles and ephemera pertaining to Fern Brewster. -- Title based on contents of file

 

V90 / 296 to 350  (PA, NA)

Fern Brewster photographs. -- [1928-1937]. -- 55 photographs : prints, negatives. -- Photographs pertain to camp trips, including Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, camp scenes, on the trail, trail guide Walter Nixon, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius. -- Title based on contents of file.

 

V90 / 351 to 372  (PA)

Photographs. -- [1951?]. -- 22 photographs : prints. -- Photographs include scenic views from trail ride and skiing views, Sunshine ski area views, some views by Nicholas Morant.  Accompanied by letter addressed to Fern from Nicholas Morant, 1951, (see Document File). -- Title based on

contents of file.

 

V90 / 373 to 447 (PA, NA)

Fern Brewster photographs. -- [ca.1920-ca.1946]. -- ca.75 photographs : prints, negatives; 2 oversize. -- Photographs pertain to Fern Brewster, family and friends, portraits of Fern Brewster; activities, includes skiing, trail rides and hunting; Fern Brewster and Peter Whyte with film

crew from "The Valley of Silent Men" swimming at the Cave and Basin; Radium Hot Springs and area (V90/373-387); "Carl's birthday, Sunshine" includes Fern Brewster and others with Carl Rungius at Sunshine region; also Rudolf Aemmer, Edmee Moore, Dell Brewster. -- Title based on contents of file.

 

V90 / PD - 8

Famous beings of Fern Brewster. -- [ca.1910]. -- 1 photograph album (21 prints). -- Pertains to friends, family, toys, etc.

 

V90 / PD - 9

Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1915]. -- 1 photograph album (ca.375 prints). -- Pertains tore family, friends, school mates, etc. -- Approximately loose 25 prints in the album pertain to pack trip, Calgary, etc. -- Title based on contents of item.

 

V90 / PD - 10

Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on contents of item.

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