Arctic cruise : a trip on the Hudson's Bay Company supply ship Rupertsland, September 1958, 1958.

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Arctic cruise : a trip on the Hudson's Bay Company supply ship Rupertsland, September 1958, 1958.

Typescript of Mrs. Washburn's journal of her experiences on board the ship Rupertsland. Journal includes descriptions of the living conditions of the Eskimos and of the Baffin Island and Hudson Bay area.

99 p. ; 1 box (0.2 ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7445119

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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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...

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Cornell University Class of 1936. From the description of Mary Elizabeth Fessenden papers, 1932-1936. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64068374 ...

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Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913-2009

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