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Item is an illustration depicting seventeenth (17th) century Eskimos (Inuit) trading with a Hudson's Bay Company ship.

Booklet entitled A Brief History of the Hudson's Bay Company, published by the Hudson's Bay Company (Third Revised Edition).

Text of an address given by Mr. McKay at a meeting of the Old Timers Association, Duck Lake, July 15, 1948. Mr. McKay (1858-1952) reminisced about his early experiences in the west. Also letter to Mr. McKay from Chief Factor L. Clarke in which McKay was appointed an officer in charge of Fort Pitt in place of his father, William McKay, who had just died and about arrangements for his father's funeral, December 27, 1883.

Items are images depicting:
An animal hide being stretched out on a log frame, in the process of being scraped and tanned.
A close-up view of the tools used which are probably hand-crafted.

Illustration of Anthony Henday, a Hudson's Bay Company labourer, upon arrival at a Blackfoot camp in 1754.

Records accumulated by Augustus Ball pertaining to the fur trade period including a letter from David Brass to W.J. Christie dated October 22, 1862 regarding a gun; a letter from Charles Pratt to W.J. Christie dated April 21, 1858 regarding seed and supplies; an agreement of employment between the Hudson's Bay Company and J.R. Sutherland; a letter from Angus McBeath to Joseph Finlayson dated 1870 regarding supplies; an undated price list; a Fort Pelly invoice; a Canibalis account from Shoal River, January 1867; an undated 33rd resolution temporarily appointing Thomas Taylor in charge of the Saskatchewan District; and an undated account ledger.

Article from the Prince Albert Daily Herald entitled Builders of the Northland: Son Follows in Footsteps of Illustrious "Ten Horse Power" Lamb. Article on "Ten Horse Power" Lamb of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

Biographical sketch of Joseph Fournier of Connell Creek, written by his daughter, Jeanne Noonan, and a newspaper clipping from the North-East Region Community Booster, November 1974, with biographical information and a description of Fournier's collection of woodcarvings. Fournier (1890-1978) was a farmer and trapper.

Produced for the 1949 Hudson's Bay Company calendar, item is an illustration depicting the building of Fort Yukon between 1847 and 1848.

Selected reports from the Manuscript Report Series. Includes bibliography and unedited manuscripts of the Parks Canada Research Division (with appendices A-E, incomplete).

File 25 relates to buffalo pounds. File 55 (306) includes manuscript report no. 306 by R.R. Rostecki relating to architecture in Saskatchewan. File 40 (252) relates to the structural history of Fort Battleford. For fur trade, see files nos. 17 (131), 22 (159), 29 (202), 32 (207) and 62 (355). For Fort Walsh, see files nos. 5 (62), 26 (174), 28 (200), 34 (213), 46 (281), 48 (286), 66 (374), 75 (400) and 79 (409). File nos. 41 (264) and 68 (378) relate to Grey Owl. File 12 (92) relates to the Cypress Hills Massacre. File nos. 47 (285), 49 (288), 50 (289), 51 (290), 52 (293), 53 (294), 54 (295), 55 (306), 56 (310), 57 (311) and 58 (312) relate to courthouses. File nos. 23 (164), 35 (219), 42 (267), 43 (275), 44 (276) and 60 (320) relate to Lanark Place, Abernethy. File 12 (92) relates to Indian artifacts.