British Columbia
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Memoirs of J. R. Anderson: précis
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.
British Columbia collection
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.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton papers
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.
John S. Hawkins letters
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.
Kirke E. Johnson letters
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.
Douglas Leechman collection on 19th century fur trade posts
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.
Quine family letters
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.
Cleveland Rockwell papers
David Thompson sketches of mountains in the Pacific Northwest
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."
John Work papers
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.