Scope and Contents note
The collection comprises copies of the Hudson's Bay Company records from 1822 to 1846. Included are Barker and Clark's hand-written notes and typed copies of original company documents from archives in the Pacific Northwest and London, England. Most of the documents are copies of journal entries, account books, and correspondence of the Hudson's Bay Company's Pacific Northwest division. Much of the collection focuses on the work of the division's head, John McLoughlin.
Dates
- 1822-1846
Creator
- Hudson's Bay Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
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 who conducted this research as part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the summer of 1936. The two historians traveled to archives around the Pacific Northwest and London, England.
Extent
1.75 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This 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.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Series I. Barker and Clark's notes from Pacific Northwest archives; Series II. Barker's Book; Series III. Typed notes; Series IV. Barker and Clark's notes from London; and Series V. Clark's Book.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Barker, Burt Brown, 1873-1969
- Businesses and Corporations Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Clark, Robert Carlton, 1877-1939
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Hudson's Bay Company
Creator
- Hudson's Bay Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Hudson's Bay Company Collection
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
