Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Brett family fonds |
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Brett family, ca.1910
(Brett family fonds - V83/PA -21)
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Brett family fonds. -- [ca.1860]-1965. -- 73 cm of textual records. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs (ca.320 prints, 28 negatives). -- Robert George Brett, 1851-1929, was a prominent physician, hotel-hospital owner, businessman and politician Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1883 until 1929. R. G. Brett and Louise Theodora Hungerford, 1855-1935, had two children, Reginald H. "Harry", 1879-1925, and Robert Earle, 1887-1912. R. G. Brett served as Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1915 to 1925. -- Fonds contains six series: I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926; II. Louise H. Brett series, [between1855 and 1935]; III. Reginald H. "Harry" Brett series, ca.1910-1921; IV. Helen Brett series, 1925-1965; V. Brett family series, [ca.1860-ca.1935]; VI. Other material series, [before 1928]. -- Location: M1 / V83. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database I. Robert G. BrettRobert G. Brett series. -- 1873-1926. -- 36 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926, 11 cm of textual records; B. Business papers, 1897-1925, 15 cm of textual records; C. Professional papers, 1889-1925, 8 cm of textual records. Personal papers: 1. Correspondence, 1890-1927; 2. Financial papers, 1873-1925; and, 3. Other papers, 1896-1912?. Business papers: 1. Banff businesses, 1904-1925 (The Sanitarium, Bretton Hall, National Park Drug, Brett Hospital, Grand View Villa, Brett Block and other properties); 2. Businesses outside Banff, 1901-1925 (Halcyon Hot Springs, Canadian Lubricants Ltd. and other properties). Professional papers: 1. Political correspondence, 1889-1890; 2. Official correspondence, 1917-1925; 3. Other material, 1914-1925. -- Constitutes series I of the Brett family fonds. II. Louise H. BrettLouise H. Brett series. -- [between 1855 and 1935]. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of four sub-series: A. Writing, betw.1855 and 1935, 1 v. and .5 cm of textual records; B. Scrapbooks, ca.1900, ca.1910; C. Diaries and letters, 1912-1925, 1 v. and 9 items of textual records; D. Other, ca.1870-1924. -- Constitutes series II of the Brett family fonds. III. Reginald H. "Harry" BrettReginald H. "Harry" Brett series. -- [ca.1910]-1921. -- 10.5 cm of textual records. -- Consists of two sub-series: A. Personal papers, ca.1910, 9 cm of textual records; B. Business papers, 1912, 1921, 1.5 cm of textual records, 9 photographs. Personal papers: 1. Scrapbooks, before 1920; 2. Ephemera, ca.1910. Business papers: 1. Business papers, 1912; 2. Business papers, 1921. -- Constitutes series III of the Brett family fonds. IV. Helen BrettHelen Brett series. -- 1925-1965. -- 4.5 cm of textual records. -- Consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1927-1950, 1 cm of textual records; B. R. G. Brett estate, 1925-1949, .5 cm; C. Financial and business records, 1938-1962, 2 cm of textual records; D. Other, 1935-1965. -- Constitutes series IV of the Brett family fonds.
V. Brett familyBrett family series. -- [ca.1860-ca.1935]. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs : prints, negatives. -- Consists of two sub-series: A. Photograph albums, ca.1860-ca.1910; B. Photographs, ca.1875-ca.1935. -- Lists available for portions of the photographs. -- Constitutes series V of the Brett family fonds.
VI. Other material Other material series. -- [before 1928]. -- 2 cm of textual records. -- Consists of two sub-series: A. Annie McLauchlin papers, 1914-1928, 7 textual records; and B. Other, before 1925, 3 textual records. -- Constitutes series VI of the Brett family fonds. |
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The Brett family fonds was processed with financial support of the Archives Society of Alberta, 2000-2001. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |
