Hudson's Bay Company collection, 1822-1846.

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Hudson's Bay Company collection, 1822-1846.

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Collection contains records relating to Burt Brown Barker and Robert Carlton Clark's historical research into the operations of the Hudson's Bay Company's Pacific Northwest division from 1822 to 1846, with a specific focus on the work of Dr. John McLoughlin, the division's head. The collection consists of copies of documents and correspondence in the archives of the Hudson's Bay Company, which were selected by Robert Carlton Clark and Burt Brown Barker in 1936 as part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

1.75 linear ft. (2 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7717169

University of Oregon Libraries

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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...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Barker, Burt Brown, 1873-1969

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Director of the Federal Art Project in Portland, Oregon. From the description of Burt Brown Barker papers, 1935-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454097 Lawyer and college administrator, Barker donated a statue of the Pioneer Mother by Alexander Phimister Proctor to the University of Oregon in memory of his mother, Elvira Brown Barker, in 1932. From the description of Papers, 1932-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122521918 ...

Clark, Robert Carlton, 1877-1939.

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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857

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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) ...