Michael Brook papers, 1941, 1965-1968.

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Michael Brook papers, 1941, 1965-1968.

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Correspondence and notes concerning Brook's research in Great Britain (1967) on manuscript sources for the fur trade, done as part of a Minnesota Historical Society project to identify and locate sources of information on the fur trade between Montreal, Minnesota, and western Canada from 1770 to 1820.

0.8 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

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