Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds |
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Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. -- 1892-1996. -- 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. -- Brewster Transport Company was a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. Organized in 1900 as W. & J. Brewster, Guides and Packers, the company continues to operate as Brewster Transportation and Tours. -- Fonds consists of eight series: 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. -- Location: M82 / S12 / V92. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database I. James I. BrewsterJames I. Brewster series. -- 1892-1962. -- 16.5 cm of textual records (and oversize items). -- -- From 1909 until his death in 1947, Jim Brewster guided Brewster Transport Company, with Lou Crosby handling finance. -- Series consists of: A. Personal agreements, 1892-1935, 8 cm; B. Financial papers, 1912-1962, 8 cm; C. Other, 1905-1936, .5 cm. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Constitutes Series I of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. II. Brewster BrothersBrewster Brothers series. -- 1905-1909. -- 6 cm of textual records (and oversize items). -- -- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1905-1909, 2 cm; B. Financial papers, 1906-1909, 4 cm. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Constitutes Series II of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. III. Brewster Transfer Company Ltd.Brewster Transfer Company Ltd. series. -- 1909-1916. -- 23 of textual records : includes oversize. -- -- Series consists of: A. Agreements, 1909-1912, 3.5 cm; B. Minutes, 1909-1915, 3.5 cm; C. Financial records, 1909-1916, 16 cm. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Constitutes Series III of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. IV. Brewster Trading Company Ltd.Brewster Trading Company Ltd. series. -- 1907-1926. -- 62 cm of textual records : includes oversize. -- -- 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. -- Constitutes Series IV of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. V. Brewster Hotel Company Ltd.Brewster Hotel Company Ltd. series. -- 1909-1926. -- 6.5 cm of textual records : includes oversize. -- -- 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. -- Constitutes Series V of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds.
VI. Brewster Transport Company / Brewster-Rocky Mountain Grayline Brewster Transport Company and Brewster-Rocky Mountain Grayline series. -- [ca.1900]-1988. -- 146.5 cm and ca.50 v. of textual records. -- ca.700 photographs : prints, 2 albums. -- ca.100 sets of plans and blueprints. -- 1 motion picture. -- -- Brewster Transport Company is a transportation company based at Banff, Alberta. -- 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 D 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. -- Constitutes Series VI of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds.
VII. Brewster Transportation and Tours Company Ltd. Brewster Transportation and Tours Company Ltd. series. -- [ca.1935]-1996. -- 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. -- Material was in the possession of Ed Newport, an employee of Brewster Transport Co., later Brewster Transportation and Tours, from 1970 to 1997, who served in later years as Banff area manager. Newport assembled historical company records as part of his work and for general interest. -- Series consists of 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, especially 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. -- Also known as Ed Newport series. -- Title based on accession record. -- Series is not processed; some access restrictions. -- Constitutes Series VII of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds.
VIII. Other J. J. Brewster personal papers series. -- 1956-1972. -- 1 file of textual records (1 cm) -- Series contains business cards, letters of acknowledgement, records re insurance and employment. Also include 1948 history of the Brewster family and correspondence pertaining to "Telescope" film re Brewster history, 1964. -- Constitutes Series VIII of the Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds. |
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The Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds was processed with financial support of the Archives Society of Alberta, 1994-1995. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |
