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Brewster Family Papers, 1907-1964
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Brewster family
- Title
- Brewster Family Papers
- Dates
- 1907-196419071964
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 331, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Brewster Family Papers contains financial documents, photographic materials, literary productions, and legal documents. All the items are associated with ranching operations of the Brewster family. The material pertains to the operation of the Brewster Arnold Ranch Company, Quarter Circle U Ranch, X Diamond Bar Cattle Company, and Lyman Brewster and his activities in livestock organizations and political appointments. Some topics of interest are brucellosis and foot-and-mouth diseases, over 50 years of ranch accounts, efforts to change the federal brand inspection law during the 1950s, and price analysis of sale cattle from 1912 to 1962.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Lyman and Burton Brewster are brothers and prior to 1947 operated the Brewster Arnold Ranch Company and G.W. Brewster Estate along with family members John and Grace (Brewster) Arnold and George Brewster, Jr. In 1947, the operations split; Lyman Brewster and his wife, Anne became the X Diamond Bar Cattle Company and took over the Quarter Circle U Ranch. The ranches are in Rosebud County, near Birney, Montana. Lyman Brewster ran for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary in 1964. Prior to that he was active in Montana agriculture at the state and national levels.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection is arranged in four series, financial documents, photographic materials, literary productions, and legal documents. All the items are associated with ranching operations of the Brewster family. Materials within the series are arranged by topic then chronological within the topic. All oversize items have been placed in Box 4. The material pertains to the operation of the Brewster Arnold Ranch Company, Quarter Circle U Ranch, X Diamond Bar Cattle Company, and Lyman Brewster and his activities in livestock organizations and political appointments. Some topics of interest are brucellosis and foot-and-mouth diseases, over 50 years of ranch accounts, efforts to change the federal brand inspection law during the 1950s, and price analysis of sale cattle from 1912 to 1962.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series 1 Financial Documents
Series 2 Photographs
Series 3 Literary Productions
Series 4 Legal Documents
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Financial DocumentsReturn to Top
Ledgers, bills and receipts, mortgages and notes, land leases with the Brown Ranch Company, and taxes related to Lyman and Anne Brewster, X Diamond Bar Cattle Company, Quarter Circle U and Brewster Arnold Ranch Companies. There are some miscellaneous financial records for other businesses and government agencies that Lyman and Anne Brewster were associated with. There is a spread sheet of cattle sale prices analysis from 1912 to 1962 in Box 4, Folder 2. Ledgers covering 1907 to 1964 are found in Box 1, Folder 1-5 and Box 4, Folder 1. Brucellosis and anaplasmosis tests on ranch cattle are in Box 2, Folder 5. Oversize materials are in Box 4, Folders 1-3. Folders from which oversize materials have been removed are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Ranch records on ledger paper |
1907-1928 |
| 1/2 | General ledger |
1913-1925 |
| 1/3 | General ledger |
1929-1938 |
| 1/4 | General ledger |
1939-1964* |
| 1/5 | Labor accounts ledger |
1928-1929 |
| 1/6 | Miscellaneous account notes and checks |
1919-1920 |
| 1/7 | Livestock sales receipts and sale price
analysis* |
|
| 1/8 | Brewster Arnold Ranch Company and Quarter Circle U
Ranch audit reports, inc. |
1932-1951 |
| 1/9 | X Diamond Bar Cattle Company audit reports |
1948-1956 |
| 1/10 | Brewster financial analysis for the division of the
Brewster Arnold Ranch Company |
1947 |
| 1/11 | Brewster financial accounts with the Brown Cattle
Company, inc. |
1949-1957 |
| 1/12 | Land leases with the Brown Cattle Company |
1947-1956 |
| 2/1 | Mortgage loans |
1946-1957 |
| 2/2 | Promissory notes |
1946-1956 |
| 2/3 | Miscellaneous financial documents |
|
| 2/4 | Registered Hereford certificates |
1947-1956 |
| 2/5 | Results of brucellosis and anaplasmosis
tests |
1950-1956 |
| 2/6 | Ties from Montana business papers |
1958 |
| 2/7 | Rosebud and Big Horn Counties tax assessments and
bills paid |
1947-1959* |
| 2/8 | Lyman and Anne Brewster's U.S. income tax returns and
related correspondence, inc. |
1946-1952 |
| 2/9 | Lyman and Anne Brewster's U.S. income tax returns and
related correspondence, inc. |
1953-1961 |
| 2/10 | Lyman and Anne Brewster's Montana income tax,
inc. |
1948-1955 |
| 2/11 | Lame Deer Trading Company U.S. and Montana partnership
income tax returns |
1946-1950 |
| 2/12 | Financial statements of Montana Livestock
Commission |
Fiscal Year 1947; Fiscal Year 1951; Fiscal Year 1954 |
Series 2: PhotographsReturn to Top
Photographs are of Crow Indians, female wolf, and Lyman and Anne Brewster. Each photograph is individually number and placed in an envelope. Photos vary in size. Date or photographer are unknown for most of the photographs.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/13 | Photographs #1-3 |
|
#1: Portrait of Lyman and Anne Brewster |
||
#2: Portrait of Anne Brewster |
||
#3: Lyman Brewster bronco riding |
1926 | |
| 2/14 | Photographs #4-8 |
|
#4: Crow Chief |
||
#5: Old Wolf, Crow Indian |
1910 | |
#6: Crow Indian children |
||
#7: Grace, Indian maiden |
||
#8: Wolf with pups, Charles Flory,
photographer |
Series 3: Literary ProductionsReturn to Top
Articles, reports, minutes, presentation, diary, and correspondence related to Brewster cattle operations and Lyman Brewster's activities in organizations and political appointments. Materials include articles about the X Diamond Bar Cattle Company and brucellosis, and Lyman Brewster's diary while lobbying Congress.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/1 | Autobiography of Lyman Brewster, candidate of
Republican Primary for U.S. Senate |
1964 |
| 3/2 | X Diamond Bar Cattle Company articles and related
correspondence |
1955 |
| 3/3 | Articles written by Lyman Brewster, Reindeer in
Alaska, Brucellosis, and other topics |
|
| 3/4 | Presentation by Lyman Brewster, President of Montana
Livestock Sanitary Board to the Montana Hereford Congress |
1950 |
| 3/5 | Correspondence, minutes, regulations and other related
materials during Lyman Brewster's presidency of Montana Livestock Sanitary
Board |
|
| 3/6 | Minutes, correspondence, and other related materials
of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Industry Advisory Committee |
1951-1955 |
| 3/7 | Brucellosis materials collected by Lyman
Brewster |
|
| 3/8 | Diary of Lyman Brewster lobbying Congress to amend the
Packers and Stockyard Act |
1956 |
| 3/9 | Correspondence related to changing the federal brand
inspection law of the Packers and Stockyard Act |
1954-February 1956 |
| 3/10 | Correspondence related to changing the federal brand
inspection law of the Packers and Stockyard Act |
March 1956-1961 |
| 3/11 | Minutes, membership letters, and related materials of
the National Livestock Brand conferences of the American National Cattlemen's
Association |
1954-1961 |
| 3/12 | Miscellaneous brand inspection materials |
|
| 3/13 | Miscellaneous printed materials |
Series 4: Legal DocumentsReturn to Top
Laws, regulations, and congressional bills related to brand inspection; court documents on various topics; and deed and insurance policies of Lyman and Anne Brewster. Legal materials related to Lyman Brewster's work on the brand inspection laws are in Box 3, Folder 16.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/14 | Home owners and automobile insurance
policies |
1955-1957 |
| 3/15 | Grizzly Peak Mountain Homes property deed |
|
| 3/16 | Laws, court documents, congressional bills and
legislation on brand inspection laws of the Packers and Stockyard Act of
1921 |
|
| 3/17 | Court hearing of Ben Arnold held in Forsyth, Rosebud
County, Montana |
1928 |
| 3/18 | Court document investigating the competency of
Inspectors Eddie O'Donnell and Buster Farnum |
1938 |
| 3/19 | Court appeal to operate a livestock market in Baker,
Montana |
1959 |
| 4 oversize/1 | General ledgers |
1954; 1957-1961; 1964 |
| 4 oversize/2 | Cattle price analysis |
1912-1962 |
| 4 oversize/3 | Rosebud and Big Horn County tax
assessments |
1952; 1953; 1956-1959 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Brucellosis in cattle
- Cattle trade-Montana
- Crow Indians-Photographs
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Livestock brands-Law and legislation-United States
- Livestock-Inspection-Montana
- Ranchers-Montana-Rosebud County
- Ranches-Montana-Rosebud County
- Ranching-Montana
Corporate Names
- American National Cattlemen's Association
- Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
- United States-Packers and Stockyards Act
Family Names
- Brewster family
Geographical Names
- Quarter Circle U Ranch (Mont.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Business records-Montana-Rosebud County
- Family papers-Montana-Rosebud County
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Brewster, Anne, 1907-1984 (creator)
- Brewster, Burton, 1902-1984 (creator)
- Brewster, Lyman (creator)
Corporate Names
- Brewster-Arnold Ranch Co (creator)
- X Diamond Bar Cattle Co (creator)
Kim Allen Scott, 2009
September 21, 2015
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