George B. Roberts recollections : Cathlamet, Oregon, 1878-1882.

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George B. Roberts recollections : Cathlamet, Oregon, 1878-1882.

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A series of letters to Mrs. F.F. Victor, usually in reply to queries, and one to H.H. Bancroft, 1879. A naval apprentice to the Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon from 1830 and for many years clerk at Fort Vancouver, Roberts provides character sketches of many Company people, Oregon visitors by sea and by land, and missionaries and later settlers. The manuscript covers the whole of the old Oregon country, with many sidelights on Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.

Originals : 107 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (111 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:15) and positive.

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Victor, Frances Fuller, 1826-1902

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Elwood Evans (1828-1898), born in Philadelphia, went to Oregon Territory in 1851 as deputy collector of customs at Nisqually. From 1859 to 1861, he served as mayor of the newly incorporated town of Olympia, Washington. In addition to his historical work, A History of the Pacific Northwest, he contributed many historical articles to local papers. From the guide to the Elwood Evans notebook, 1859-1882, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Roberts, George B., 1815-

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