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Fur trade-Northwest, Pacific-History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

B. C. Payette collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0078
Summary

Material relating to the fur trade era of the Pacific Northwest, particularly to Francois Payette. Largely copies from the Spokane House journal, Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country journals, and the journals of John McLoughlin, John Work, Nathaniel Wyeth, and William Grey. Also included is correspondence (1958-1964) concerning B.C. Payette's collection of the material.

Dates: 1805 - 1984

Chifford Merrill Drury papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0437
Summary

Drafts of two works by Clifford M. Drury."A Concise History of the Whitman-Spalding Mission" and "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians, 1896-1876"; correspondence, transcriptions and research notes on Marcus Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Rev. Samuel Parker, the fur trade of the Pacific Northwest, and the Nez Perce Indians; clippings and reviews relating to Drury's work.

Dates: 1938 - 1978

J. Neilson Barry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0003
Summary Material consists of correspondence with Idaho State Historical Society officials Gertrude McDevitt, H. J. Sweeney, and Merle Wells from 1932 to 1959 regarding Idaho territorial history, Pacific Northwest fur trade and routes. The correspondence includes historical notes and information about Idaho place names and events, various maps and notes relating to the routes of Lewis and Clark, Pacific Northwest fur trade routes, and the locations of Fort Reed, Fort Henri, and Fort Nez Perce. Also...
Dates: 1932 - 1959