Brewster, Sam F. (Sam Finley), 1904-1996
Dates
- Existence: 1904 - 1996
Biographical History
Sam F. Brewster (1904-1996) was the director of campus planning and development at Brigham Young University.
Sam Finley Brewster was born on November 17, 1904, in Texas. He recieved a bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture at Texas A&M college and an MLA degree in landscape architecture in 1932 at Massachusetts University.
Brewster was superintendent of buildings and grounds and director of campus planning and development at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama. In 1957 Brigham Young Universities director of campus planning and development resigned. Ernest L. Wilkinson, President of BYU, went on a search for a new director. He discovered Brewster and asked him to take the position. Brewster was the director of physical plant operations at BYU from 1957 to 1974.
Citation:
Oral history interview with Sam F. Brewster, 1983 November 29Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Apr. 8, 2009 (Sam F. Brewster; Sam Finley Brewster, Sr.; Sam Brewster; director of physical facilities at Brigham Young University, 1957-1974)
Ancestry.com, viewed Apr. 8, 2009 (Sam Finley Brewster; b. Nov. 17, 1904 in Temple, Tex.; d. Dec. 23, 1996 in Orem, Utah)
FamilySearch, via WWW, Oct. 1, 2014 (Sam F. Brewster; b. Nov. 17, 1904, Texas)
Brigham Young University, 1975 (Sam F. Brewster; recieved BS in landscape at Texas A&M; MLA in landscape in 1932 at Massachusetts University; superintendent at Alabama Polytechnic Institute; 1957 Wilkinson looking for new director; 1957-1974 Brewster was BYU's director of physical plant operations)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Inside the Wilkinson era
Interview by Heber G. Wolsey with Ben E. Lewis, Robert K. Thomas, Harvey Taylor, Sam Brewster, and Bruce L. Olsen concerning their personal experiences with Ernest L. Wilkinson. Wilkinson's resignation as president of Brigham Young University had been announced in March 1971, and the inteviews were recorded as a tribute to him.
Oral history interview with Sam F. Brewster
Interview by John Quist with Sam Brewster who speaks about his recruitment by Ernest Wilkinson, and his experiences and administration as director of the BYU Physical Plant. Includes sound recordings and transcript.
Photograph of Ben E. Lewis and Sam F. Brewster
Photograph of ribbon cutting for the opening of Campus Drive
Physical Plant Department chronological correspondence, 1947-1976
Contains correspondence from the Physical Plant Department, including inter-campus mail, inter-office mail, date files, morning reports, weekly progress reports, and memos. Included are Sam Brewster's director files of chronological correspondence, 1947-1976.
Physical Plant Department scrapbook, 1962
Contains a scrapbook containing photographs detailing the planning and construction of the Physical Plant Building in 1962. Includes photographs of the planning and blueprint stages, committee and staff meetings, all personnel involved, as well as the finished building, 1962.
Paul G. Rasmussen memorandum to Sam Brewster
Memorandum from Paul G. Rasmussen, Construction Center Supervisor, to Samuel F. Brewster. Memo lists proposed time schedules for the construction of the J. Reuben Clark Library, the Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building, and the east zone utility tunnel.
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