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Publication written by Don McLean and published by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research, Regina, Saskatchewan. Title page signed by Don McLean.

Documentary: A look at the early fur-trading days in the Hudson's Bay Company story, involving Governor Sir George Simpson, Chief Factor John Rowland and the young Oblate priest, Father Albert Lacombe. By: ML

Newspaper article called Fur Traders on the Qu'Appelle by Gilbert Johnson, Marchwell, Saskatchewan published in the Western Producer, October 133, 1949. 3 p.

Article called the Fur Brigade published in Northern Lights, Christmas edition, 1951. 11 p.

A list of furs received at Fort Pelly in 1885, collected by Lewis H. Thomas, Provincial Archivist, Saskatchewan on November 27, 1953. 3 p.

The Beaver Club, compiled by Mr. H.A. Tatro, August, 1959. 7 p. (2 copies).

Clippings accumulated and used by Eric Knowles relating to people and events in Saskatchewan's history. File 17 includes newspaper articles regarding pioneer days in Saskatchewan, early church life, pioneer tariff legislation on the prairies, the fur trade and early fur traders.

Correspondence; speeches re the early history of the north west, Fort Ellice Historic Site and his experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company; diary and notebook; article re his experiences during the Riel Rebellion, 1885; notes re Father Albert Lacombe, William McKay, the Franklin Expedition and forts of French fur traders, etc.

Angus McKay was born in 1858 and died in 1952.

Images accumulated and used by Archibald McDonald (1836-1915), the last Chief Factor for the Hudson's Bay Company in Fort Qu'Appelle.

(1): Exterior view of the Hudson's Bay Company store in Fort Qu'Appelle with seven unidentified men, one dog and one child in front of the store.

(2): Portrait of Archibald McDonald seated in a chair with his legs crossed. Photographer: Maull & Company, London, United Kingdom.

(3): Portrait of Archibald McDonald by Gauvin Gentzel & Company of Winnipeg. McDonald's signature is below the portrait.

(4): Exterior view of Fort Garry.

(5): Composite photograph of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) Commissioned Officers, 1872-1881. Key to picture is included.

(6): Group of unidentified men in room with door in background and furs on floor in front. American Art Gallery, Winnipeg stamped on back.

(7): Group of unidentified men outside the original Fort Garry gate.

(8): Photographic copy of a sketch of Fort Qu'Appelle by Neison, 1877.

GM-DA-6: Watercolour painting of Fort Qu'Appelle by F.W. Lee, October 1899.

TR-205 to TR-206: Charters issued to Archibald McDonald by the Hudson's Bay Company relating to his employment as chief trader and factor dated April 9, 1872 and May 31, 1873.

Records accumulated or transcribed by Ruth M. Buck, entitled, Narratives of John Pritchard, Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun, and Frederick Damien Heurter respecting the aggressions of the North-West Company against the Earl of Selkirk's settlement upon Red River, 1819 (transcribed 1960, 16p.); biographical notes re: John Pritchard, 1777-1856 (5 p.); Glimpses of the Past in the Red River settlement from the letters of Mr. John Pritchard, notes by Rev. Dr. Bryce, Middle church, Manitoba: Rupert's Land Indian Industrial School Press, 1892 (transcribed 196-?, 11p.).

File also includes publication entitled, Clashed of Hudson Bay and North-West Companies, which includes a biography of John Pritchard and his career as a clerk with the North-West Company. Included with publication is correspondence from July 12, 1927 between R.W. Shannon, Legislative Council for the Government of Saskatchewan and John Hawkes, Legislative Librarian.

Also included in file is a photocopy of handwritten notes by Arthur Kelly of Rocanville, Saskatchewan pertaining to Métis leader Cuthbert Grant, and the Fort John massacre.

Collection of student essays from University of Regina classes regarding North-West Territories and Saskatchewan history.

Item component is an article by John Archer that appears in volume 4, issue 2 of Saskatchewan History from page 62 to 78.

Item is the illustration from the 1948 Hudson's Bay Company calendar of the painting "The Spring Brigade leaves Montreal for the West." Image shows loaded canoes on the water in foreground, cheering people and carts along the shores, and buildings in background.