Fur Trade Department history record sheets (summarized accounts) Help

 

Title 

 

Fur Trade Department history record sheets (summarized accounts)

 

Dates of Creation 

 

1932-1950

 

Physical Description 

 

25 cm of textual records

 

Scope and Content 

 

This series consists of history record sheets, also called summarized accounts, which provide detailed analysis of the operations of district offices, posts, outposts, fur farms, Raw Fur Departments and transport vessels. The number and type of furs acquired at each post are also given, as are the names of post managers and masters of transport vessels..

 

Restrictions on Access 

 

There are no restrictions on access to these records.

 

Terms For Use and Reproduction 

 

Researchers are responsible for observing copyright legislation. Permission may be required for any form of publication or exhibition where records are not in the public domain.

 

Custodial History 

 

The Archives Department of the Hudson's Bay Company was created in London in the 1920s. The Archives Department had custody of the records until they were transferred on deposit to the Archives of Manitoba in 1974, according to the 1973 Agreement between the HBC and the Province of Manitoba. In 1994, the HBC donated the records to the Province to be maintained permanently by the Archives of Manitoba.

 

Arrangement 

 

The sheets are arranged by district and the sheets for each district are preceded by a table of contents listing every unit in the district.

 

Former Codes 

 

RG3/35

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Entity or entities that created these records

These records were created by the following Hudson's Bay Company entity or entities. Click on the name of the entity for information about this entity and other records it created.

1932-1950 :

Fur Trade Department

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How to proceed

Records must be consulted in the Archives Research Room. Consult listings database to find location codes and microfilm numbers.

This material is available for microfilm loan.

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