Tag Archives: Hudson’s Bay Company Archives

This week’s crème de la crème — December 26, 2020

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGiving the Gift of Family History to the Homeless: Olive Branch Connections by Sarah Clift on Family Locket. Christmas Past Dancing In My Head by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Family History Hound. A … Continue reading →

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First Canadian Keeper of the Hudson’s Bay Company archives passes away

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Gail Dever

In a beautiful tribute to the late Shirlee Anne Smith, who died April 17 in Winnipeg, Canada’s History describes the former archivist of the Hudson’s Bay Company as a “tireless champion of Canadian and Manitoban history.” “She was the first … Continue reading →

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Hudson’s Bay Company records being digitized for Manitoba’s 150th anniversary

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Hudson’s Bay Company History Foundation, with help from the province of Manitoba, is digitizing more than 1,000 reels of microfilm copies of pre-1870 trading post records, making them available online. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives estimates the reels contain close … Continue reading →

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Canadian fur trading employment history online

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Gail Dever

The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives staff have created hundreds of biographical sheets of employees who worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company fur trading companies, and the information is available online. This is not a new resource, … Continue reading →

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160-year-old Hudson Bay Company trader’s letter goes to auction

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Gail Dever

On August 26, 1854, Hudson’s Bay Company trader John F. Kennedy wrote a letter to his daughter Mary. It was addressed “Fort Simpson,” a fur trading post near today’s Prince Rupert. Kennedy mailed it from the brig Ida in Prince … Continue reading →

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40 years of repatriation of HBC archives to Canada and 20 years of donation to Manitoba

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Gail Dever

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA) being shipped from London, England to Canada. Four years earlier, in 1970, the Hudson’s Bay Company had moved its head office to Winnipeg to celebrate the 100th … Continue reading →

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