Hudson's Bay Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Views of the Pacific Northwest.
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1817
Abstract:
Photographic prints, drawings, and watercolors chiefly depicting sights on the Northwest Coast, particularly around Vancouver Island. The images were originally housed in a scrapbook kept by an unidentified individual; based on the contents of the scrapbook it is presumed that the person was a member of the joint U.S./British Northwest Boundary Commission. The photographs, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers, depict deck scenes from what may be the H.M.S. Satellite;...
Dates:
1828-1860, bulk 1854-1860
Isaac Ingalls Stevens papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS 442-445
Abstract:
The Stevens papers contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, and maps documenting the 1856 declaration of martial law in Washington Territory and Indian hostilities, relations with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and political events during Steven's administration (WA MSS 442-444). In 1857, Stevens prepared a map of the Washington and Nebraska territories for his report on the railroad survey with information on various Indian tribes, reservations,...
Dates:
1848-1859
Walker Family papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS 501
Scope and Contents:
The Walker Family Papers (WA MSS 501) consist of drafts or copies of
letters written by Elkanah Walker during the years 1839-54. Many of the
letters are unsigned and unfinished. The collection also includes letters
written to Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker and a number of family papers.
Among the papers is a typewritten copy of a diary of Mary Richardson Walker,
covering the period June 10-December 31, 1838, as well as material concerning
the Columbia Maternal Association. The latter...
Dates:
1839-1854