Wallace M. Olson Papers Collection

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Wallace M. Olson Papers Collection

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This collection consists of the research files of anthropologist and author Wallace M. Olson, whose research focused on the Tlingit Indians of Southeast Alaska. The collection contains photocopies of historic documents and photographs that pertain to the history of Alaska from circa 1790 to 2005, with a focus on Tlingit and Euro-American explorers and traders along the Northwest Coast circa 1790 to 1795. The collection also contains some of Olson's archeological work on Tlingit sites, with some focus on the Taku Inlet area.

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Sealaska Heritage Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 8123631

Sealaska Heritage Institute

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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...

Olson, Wallace M.

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Wallace M. Olson worked as an anthropologist which primarily focused on the Tlingit Indians of Southeast Alaska. He authored numerous books and articles on the Tlingit, and is an emeritus instructor of anthropology at University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau. From the description of Wallace M. Olson Papers Collection (Sealaska Heritage Institute). WorldCat record id: 748453026 ...