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Dr. Jacob Edwin Brouse fonds
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8 notebooks.
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Dr. Jacob Edwin Brouse was an early New Denver physician, and graduate of McGill University. His father and sons were all also doctors. In 1895 he moved to New Denver, British Columbia, where he opened the communities first hospital. In 1896 he became a coroner for the Slocan Mining division of West Kootenay electoral district. In 1897 he built the Slocan Hospital, which remained in use until the 1980s. By 1917, he left New Denver, passing in 1925, but not before leaving his name and legacy throughout the area. The town of Brouse is named for him, as well as Brouse Lodge, an independent living facility built on the site of his hospital. Two biographies have been written about Dr. Brouse: “Early Years: Dr. J.E. Brouse & his Slocan Hospital” by G.H von Krogh, 2023, and “New Denver’s frontier doctor: Doctor Jacob Edwin Brouse, 1868-1925” by John Brighton, 1984.
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Materials were house in the UBC Woodward Library collection after having been donated. Dates of donation and direct source of acquisition prior to the library are uncertain. The notebooks were transferred to Rare Books and Special Collections in 2023.
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Fonds includes 8 notebooks, 7 of which are manuscripts of lecture notes taken by the Doctor’s father, also named Jacob Edwin Brouse, while studying at McGill University between 1858 and 1961. The last item, an appointment book created in 1898, shows records of Brouse’s hospital patients after opening the Slocan Hospital.
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Some notebook covers are flaking, with some ripped pages.
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Immediate source of acquisition is the UBC Woodward Library.
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Material associated with the life and work of Dr. J.E. Brouse may be found at the Slocan Valley Archives.
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Arrangement and description completed by Matthew White, August 2023