Two journals of Robert Campbell (Chief Factor Hudson's Bay Company), 1808 to 1853

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-15-5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The work is an autobiography which details Campbell’s fur trade work with the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Garry, Fort Simpson (MacKenzie River District), Tlingit and Chilkat Indians, Stikine River and Fort Yukon. Includes introduction on origin of journals by John W. Todd, Jr.

Dates

1808-1853

Conditions Governing Access

Manuscript is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Extent

1 Volumes (Bound book, 151 p. ; 35 cm. )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Also included in this collection: From Fur Trade and Exploration Opening the Far Northwest 1821-1852 by Theodore J. Karamanski, “Fur Trade and Exploration on the Yukon River,” pages 260-274.

Also available at: F1060.8C36 1958 Oversize

General

"Early journal, 1808 to 1851 ; later journal, Sept. 1850 to Feb. 1853."

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for Two journals of Robert Campbell (Chief Factor Hudson's Bay Company), 1808 to 1853
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2021 April
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin