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Hudson's Bay Company

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Memoirs of J. R. Anderson: précis

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 812
Abstract

Typescript carbon copies of a summary of "Memoirs of J. R. Anderson," with information about the career of his father, Alexander C. Anderson, with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: circa 1900

British North American Boundary Commission photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 556
Abstract

This collection consists of photographic copy negatives and copy prints taken by the British North American Boundary Commission along the 49th parallel during two separate survey periods, from 1860-1861 and from 1872-1875.

Dates: 1860-1875

Edward Bulwer-Lytton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1578
Abstract

Collection includes photostat manuscript letters regarding the Hudson's Bay Company and the governance of British Columbia; and photostat manuscript records of imports and exports from British Columbia and Vancouver Island to England. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dates: circa 1859-1870

Edward Ermatinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1012
Abstract

Photostatic reproductions and typescript copies of letters written to Edward Ermatinger (1797-1876) by Archibald McDonald, John Tod, and William Todd; and photostatic reproductions of Ermatinger's collection of songs sung by French-Canadian fur trappers ("Voyageurs"). Ermatinger was an employee for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1818 to 1828, and later was a postmaster, merchant, and banker in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

Dates: 1829-1846

The life story of Francis Ermatinger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 820
Abstract

Typescript term paper titled "The Life Story of Francis Ermatinger," by Elizabeth Katt. Ermatinger, born in Portugal in 1798, joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1818 and worked in various Pacific Northwest and Canadian locations until his retirement in 1853.

Dates: 1958 May

The honourable company's Beaver

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2457
Abstract

Photocopy typescript exhibition script, 1977, for the Vancouver Maritime Museum, regarding the steamship Beaver of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: 1977

Alexander Lattie papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 540
Abstract

Reproductions of papers of Alexander Lattie (1802-1849), including a journal he kept while stationed at Fort George (also known as Fort Astoria) in the Oregon Territory. Lattie was a Scot who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: 1846-1851

Douglas Leechman collection on 19th century fur trade posts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2379
Abstract

Collection consists of photocopy typescript notes and comments, 51 pages, undated, on fur trade posts in the mid-19th century, including Fort Langley, British Columbia, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Vancouver, and other Hudson's Bay Company posts.

Dates: circa 1957

John Work papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 319
Abstract

Typescript copies of journals and correspondence of John Work, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1820s and 1830s. The materials were collected by Isaac Burpee in the 1940s for use in a publication. Also included are Burpee's research notes and microfilm containing copies of John Work's original journals of 1823-1835 and a transcription made in 1945.

Dates: 1823-1945; Majority of material found within 1823-1835

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British Columbia 4
Washington (State) 3
Businesses and Corporations 2
Diaries 2
correspondence 2