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Collection 331, MtBC, us
Brewster family
Brewster Family Papers
1907-1964
1.5 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in English
Historical Note
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.
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.
Series 1 Financial Documents
Series 2 Photographs
Series 3 Literary Productions
Series 4 Legal Documents
This collection is open for research.
The Brewster papers were donated by Burton Brewster, Birney, Montana, November 1964 and
Lyman and Anne Brewster, Billings, Montana, November 1964 and September 1965.
This collection was processed 2009 May 4
Brewster, Anne,
1907-1984
Brewster, Burton,
1902-1984
Brewster, Lyman
Brewster family
American National Cattlemen's
Association
Montana Livestock Sanitary
Board
United States-Packers and
Stockyards Act
Brewster-Arnold Ranch
Co
X Diamond Bar Cattle
Co
Quarter Circle U Ranch
(Mont.)
Brucellosis in cattle
Cattle trade-Montana
Crow Indians-Photographs
Foot-and-mouth disease
Livestock brands-Law and legislation-United
States
Livestock-Inspection-Montana
Ranches-Montana-Rosebud County
Ranching-Montana
Family papers-Montana-Rosebud
County
Business records-Montana-Rosebud
County
Ranchers-Montana-Rosebud County
Disease
Ranching
Montana
Photographs
Series 1
Financial Documents
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 (*).
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
Photographs
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.
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 Productions
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.
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 Documents
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.
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