William Downie papers relating to exploration of British Columbia 1858-[19--?]

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William Downie papers relating to exploration of British Columbia 1858-[19--?]

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Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, writings, printed works, photographs, maps, and other materials that document William Downie's life, interest, and travels in the Northwest, particularly during the 1850s and 1860s. The papers offer evidence of early exploration and mining operations in British Columbia, particularly in the Quesnel Forks area by the Quesnelle Mining Company. Downie's interest and encounters with indigenous inhabitants are recorded. The papers include a ledger (528 p.) with entries by John Shofer of Newcastle, California, mostly dated in 1863. The ledger also records entries after 1865 by the Sacramento grocer firm of Booth and Company. Half of the ledger has been used as a scrapbook with clippings from the 1860s to the early part of the 20th century on varied subjects. There is also a set of postcards from the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, and a fold-out postcard of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Total Boxes: 3; Other Storage Formats: 1 broadside; Linear Feet: 3.01 linear ft.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349118

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)

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Register sign-in for visitors to the Alaska Building at the AYP Exposition, University of Washington, Seattle, summer 1909. From the description of Visitors' register, Alaska Building, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 Jun-Nov. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50018045 Anna Earnest appears to have been an employee at Ezra Meeker's Pioneer Exhibit during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. Meeker, who was then active in promoting ...

Quesnelle Mining Company.

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Bulkeley, E.

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Booth and Company.

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Duncan, William, 1832-1918

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Anglican lay missionary to the Tsimshian Indians in Metlakatla, B.C., 1857-1887, and in New Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska, 1887-1918. From the description of Letters : on board steamer Ancon and Metlakahtla [i.e. Metlakatla], Alaska, to Mr. [Edward E.] Ayer, 1889-1890. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36896579 ...

MacDonald, Calvin B.

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Tevis, Robert.

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Pioneer Association of B.C.

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McDonald, Alexander

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Alexander McDonald [MacDonald] studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1840, he participated in the British Whaling and Exploring Expedition, sailing to Baffin Island in Bon Accord under Captain William Penny. In 1845, he was appointed assistant surgeon in HMS Terror under Francis Crozier on the ill-fated British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848 (leader Sir John Franklin), sent by the Admiralty to complete the search for a Northwest Passage beyond Lancaster Sound and Bar...

Waage, Chris.

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Downie, William, 1819-1894

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Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, Downie worked as a sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he also studied the Canadian Indians and made reports about the topography of the land around the Skeena River), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893, by the California Publishing Company in San F...

Lippincott, Charles E.

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

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