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British Columbia

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 10 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 Columbia collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1242
Abstract

Collection includes miscellaneous publications about British Columbia; a certificate for a stock share of the Fort Steele Waterworks Company, Ltd.; photocopy manuscript correspondence of Harry Jones, relating to mining in Cariboo, B.C.; and a photocopy manuscript report of coal deposits in the Nanaimo, B.C., area.

Dates: 1822-1941

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

John S. Hawkins letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1558
Abstract

Photostat manuscript letters from Lt. Colonel (later General) John Summerfield Hawkins, Royal Engineer, of Her Majesty's Boundary Commission, concerning the marking of the International Boundary at the 49th parallel between British Columbia and the Washington Territory.

Dates: 1859-1862

Kirke E. Johnson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2611
Abstract

Manuscript letters, 1897-1899, primarily to Kirke E. Johnson's mother in Wisconsin, regarding his experiences as a telephone line construction worker, surveyor and prospector in Alaska and British Columbia during the 1898 gold rush.

Dates: 1897-1899

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

Quine family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1559
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript letters between brothers Radcliffe Quine, Francis Quine, Frederick Quine, and John Quine. Most are from Radcliffe Quine, regarding his experiences in British Columbia and in Seattle, Washington.

Dates: 1861-1882

Cleveland Rockwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2163
Abstract Small collection consisting primarily of pencil and watercolor drawings and sketches made by Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907), a cartographer and Oregon artist. The bulk of the sketches depict landscape scenes in Oregon, Washington, California, and Alaska, as well as British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The collection also includes a significant number of watercolor drawings of Pacific Northwest and California wildflowers, some of them made by Cornelia F. Rockwell (née Russell, 1856-1922),...
Dates: 1862-circa 1965; Majority of material found within 1862-1905

David Thompson sketches of mountains in the Pacific Northwest

 Collection
Identifier: Mss5012
Abstract

Three pen and watercolor sketches by the English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857), depicting: "Mountains South of Saleesh of Flathead Lake, Montana," "Rocky Mountains, East of the head of the Columbia River, B.C.," and "Nelson Mountains, West of the head of the Columbia River, B.C."

Dates: circa 1800-1857

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