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Anglican Archives in Rupert's Land by WILMA MACDONALD
Anglican Archives in Rupert's Land by WILMA MACDONALD Until 1870 the vast area which is now northern Quebec and Ontario, the prairies, Northwest Territories, Yukon, and portions of British Columbia was known as Rupert's Land. Prince Rupert, with sixteen associates, who were incorporated by Letters Patent as the Honourable the Hudson's Bay Company, was granted this vast territory in 1670 by King Charles 11. The new trading company acquired a region extending over 2,700,000 square miles. To protect its lucrative and increasing fur trade, the company successfully resisted attempts to colonize the territory. No effort was made to minister to the few Christian people in the widely scattered forts of the Hudson's Bay Company or to evangelize the native peoples until the early nineteenth century. In 1820, some six years after the tenacious Orkney Islanders established an agricultural settlement on the banks of the Red River, guided there by the Earl of Selkirk, the company sent out an Anglican chaplain, the Reverend John West (1778-1846). Although West was appointed to minister to the company's officers and servants, he also looked after the needs of the small Scottish colony and took great interest in the Indians. He established a school in the Red River settlement on a lot of land set apart for church purposes by thecompany (on which the Cathedral Church of St. John now stands in Winnipeg). West's efforts laid the foundations for missionary work and also marked the beginning of formal education in Manitoba. The small school he began in 1820 was followed by the Red River Academy, founded by John Macallurn and revived by Bishop David Anderson. -
24Th Annual Report to the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation
2018 24th Annual Report to the Hudson’s Bay Company History Foundation COVER PICTURE: PEGUIS SELKIRK 200 EVENT, 18 JULY 2017 HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY ARCHIVES | Archives of Manitoba Cover photo courtesy of the Peguis Selkirk 200 planning committee (https://peguisselkirk200.ca) Contents Transmittal ................................................................................................................. 3 Financial Expenditures, 2017-2018 ........................................................................... 4 Actual to Projected 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Financial Expenditures, 2017-2020 ........................................................................... 5 Actual to Projected 2017-2019 and Requested 2019-2020 Program Report, 2017-2018 ....................................................................................... 6 Acquisition Client Service Description Digitization Promotion and Outreach Indigenous Peoples and Remote Communities Initiatives Preservation Appendix A ..............................................................................................................12 Staff, October 2018 Appendix B ..............................................................................................................13 HBCA 3-Year Operating Expenditures, 2015-2018 Appendix C ..............................................................................................................14 Non-Capital 5-Year Expenditures Appendix D ..............................................................................................................15 -
Transportation and Transformation the Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1885
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Quarterly Great Plains Studies, Center for Summer 1983 Transportation And Transformation The Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1885 A. A. den Otter Memorial University of Newfoundland Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly Part of the Other International and Area Studies Commons den Otter, A. A., "Transportation And Transformation The Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1885" (1983). Great Plains Quarterly. 1720. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/1720 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSFORMATION THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1857 .. 1885 A. A. DEN OTTER Lansportation was a prime consideration in efficiency of its transportation system enabled the business policies of the Hudson's Bay Com the company to defeat all challengers, includ pany from its inception. Although the company ing the Montreal traders, who were absorbed in legally enjoyed the position of monopoly by 1821. Starving the competition by slashing virtue of the Royal Charter of 1670, which prices, trading liquor, and deploying its best granted to the Hudson's Bay Company the servants to critical areas were other tactics the Canadian territory called Rupert's Land, this company employed to preserve its fur empire. 1 privilege had to be defended from commercial The principal means by which the Hudson's intruders. From the earliest days the company Bay Company defended its trade monopoly, developed its own transportation network in nevertheless, was to maintain an efficient trans order to maintain a competitive edge over its portation system into Rupert's Land. -
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here for you Hudson’s Bay Company 2003 Annual Report Hbc is a shopping solution that offers Canadians superior products, assortments, service and ease of shopping. Supported by 70,000 associates and a retail network that is unparalleled, Hbc’s management team is guided by a single aligned vision. We are “one Hbc”. The Bay is the department store Zellers is the mass merchandise divi- Home Outfitters is Hbc’s specialty division of Hbc, with locations from sion of Hbc, with Zellers and Zellers kitchen, bed and bath decor super- coast to coast and a dominant Select locations in communities store chain with unbeatable selection position in the downtown cores of nationwide. Offering customers value, and service. With locations across Canada’s major cities. The Bay service and price competitiveness on Canada, Home Outfitters offers cus- offers a full line of quality fashion national and private-brand merchandise tomers more choices, more brands merchandise in apparel, appliances, is Zellers’ top priority. There are more and great ideas. Home Outfitters is accessories and home categories at than 300 Zellers stores. Canada’s fastest-growing specialty mid-to-upper price points, accompa- store chain. There are 45 Home nied by traditional department store Outfitters stores. services. There are 99 Bay stores. In 2003, after a thorough analysis of the Canadian retail market and Hbc’s opportunities to achieve growth, the Company outlined a plan for $1.5 billion in incremental sales growth from existing oper- ations by 2008. Six growth objectives, which are managed within our organization, were identified. These initiatives are targeted to deliver comparable store sales increases throughout Hbc’s family of stores: the Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters. -
Hudson's Bay Company 2016
HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY 2016 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS P.3 P.32 CORPORATE SOURCING OVERVIEW ETHICALLY P.7 P.41 INVESTING IN ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY OUR PEOPLE P.23 P.52 CONTRIBUTING TO A SUSTAINABLE REPORTING ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS EXECUTIVE MESSAGE For more than three centuries, Hudson’s Bay Company has been making history by prove to be very effective, reducing lost time injuries over last year. We’re also proud seeing the possibility in tomorrow and bringing it to life. From our first fur trading to report that we’ve made considerable headway in our goal of reducing greenhouse post, to becoming a leading global all-channel retailer, our rich heritage is matched gas emissions by 10% by 2020, with an 8.9% reduction off our baseline. only by our passion for our future—we are continually energized by what we’ve yet to create. Our associates around the world have an exceptional sense of purpose and pride in HBC. Their incredible passion and excitement for the future of our company is 2016 was a year of immense change in the retail sector and once again HBC was an the driving force behind our accomplishments in the past year. We look forward to industry leader, visualizing and creating the department store of the future. While working together for years to come to make a positive impact on the world as we are laser-focused on taking decisive action to ensure continued performance we move forward. and strengthening our balance sheet, we are equally committed to growth that is sustainable, ethical, and good for both people and the planet. -
Royal Ontario Museum TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA Mop of Conference Area
PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS SPNHC SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS 10th ANNUAL MEETING 2-6 JUNE 1995 Royal Ontario Museum TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA Mop of Conference Area I Ii CJ = ROM Botany Dept. Cryptogamic Herbarium, Royal Ontario Museum, Main Building, CD 1 Spadina Crescent (§) 100 Queen's Park Koffler Institute for Pharmacy Management, (j) Gardiner Museum, ® 575 Spadina Avenue 111 Queen's Park U of T Botany Dept., Earth Sciences Centre, ® Victoria University residences ® 25 Willcocks Street @ s~mund Samuel (Canadiana) Building, FaCUI~ Club, R M Botany Dept. Vascular Plant Herbarium, ® 41 Wil cocks Street 14 Queen's Park Crescent Quality Hotel by Journey's End, Innis College, ® 280 Bloor Street West @) 2 Sussex Avenue L~ Subway Station ® Parking ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPNHC '95 Local Committee Chair: Janet Waddington Cathy Ayley Ross MacCulloch Ken Barbour Deborah Metsger Ronnie Burbank Brad Millen Sheila Byers Virginia Morin Helen Coxon Terri Ottaway Karen Ditz Marty Rouse Peter Fenton Kevin Seymour Gary Friedman Diane Wolstenholme Isabella Guthrie-McNaughton Susan Woodward Erling Holm Royal Ontario Museum John McNeill, Director David Brose, Associate Director-Curatorial Department of Museum Volunteers Many others contributed ideas and assistance, and their efforts are greatly appreciated I "Managing the Modern Herbarium" Workshop Sheila Byers Deborah Metsger University of Toronto, Botany Department Financial Assistance The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections was made possible with the generous assistance of: The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation Endowment Fund and The Bay Foundation Huntington T. Block John A. Woods, Appraiser 17 West 94th Street Insurance Agency, Inc. 347 Main Street New York, NY 1120 20th Street, NW South Windsor, CT 10025, USA Washington, D.C. -
2.0 Native Land Use - Historical Period
2.0 NATIVE LAND USE - HISTORICAL PERIOD The first French explorers arrived in the Red River valley during the early 1730s. Their travels and encounters with the aboriginal populations were recorded in diaries and plotted on maps, and with that, recorded history began for the region known now as the Lake Winnipeg and Red River basins. Native Movements Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye records that there were three distinct groups present in this region during the 1730s and 1740s: the Cree, the Assiniboine, and the Sioux. The Cree were largely occupying the boreal forest areas of what is now northern and central Manitoba. The Assiniboine were living and hunting along the parkland transitional zone, particularly the ‘lower’ Red River and Assiniboine River valleys. The Sioux lived on the open plains in the region of the upper Red River valley, and west of the Red River in upper reaches of the Mississippi water system. Approximately 75 years later, when the first contingent of Selkirk Settlers arrived in 1812, the Assiniboine had completely vacated eastern Manitoba and moved off to the west and southwest, allowing the Ojibwa, or Saulteaux, to move in from the Lake of the Woods and Lake Superior regions. Farther to the south in the United States, the Ojibwa or Chippewa also had migrated westward, and had settled in the Red Lake region of what is now north central Minnesota. By this time some of the Sioux had given up the wooded eastern portions of their territory and dwelt exclusively on the open prairie west of the Red and south of the Pembina River. -
List of Attendees
ACA 2013 attendees includes delegates, speakers & exhibitors Surname, First name, Organization Dancy, Richard- Simon Fraser University Archives Acland, Erin Dawson, Joanna- Canada's History Agger, Helen- Univ of Manitoba de Szegheo Lang, Tamara- York University Allard, Danielle- University of Toronto Delva, Melanie- Anglican Diocese of New Anderson, Lesley- Ancestry Information Westminster Archives Operations Company Demers, Patricia Ansovini, Daniela- Jewish Public Library Archives Dolyniuk, Maureen- Hudson's Bay Company Arnison, Leanne Archives Arnold, Kim- Presbyterian Church Archives Douglas, Jennifer- Faculty of Information, Avery, Cheryl- University of Saskatchewan University of Toronto (Doctoral Candidate) Archives Drake, Douglas- Yukon Archives Bailey, Catherine- Library and Archives Canada Dryden, Jean Bak, Greg- University of Manitoba Duff, Wendy- University of Toronto - FIS Baltessen, Jody- City of Winnipeg and Records Duranti, Luciana- University of British Columbia Control Branch Duval, Jacinthe- Archives of the University of Bass, Jordan- University of Manitoba Ottawa Bastian, Jeannette- Simmons College, School of Edelson, Cameron- Ristech Information Solutions Library Ltd. Bautista, Darylene- ANAK Inc. Efird, Frank Kim- Illinois State Archives Beattie, Heather- Hudson's Bay Company Elves, Daniel- University of Winnipeg Archives Epp, Kathleen- Archives of Manitoba Beattie, Rachel Farrell, Fred- Provincial Archives of New Beaven, Brian- Library and Archives Canada Brunswick Bernardo-Ceriz, Donna- Ontario Jewish Archives Fernandes, -
Manitoba's Red River Settlement: Manuscript Sources for Economic and Demographic History by DOUGLASSPRAGUE and RONALDFRYE
Manitoba's Red River Settlement: Manuscript Sources for Economic and Demographic History by DOUGLASSPRAGUE AND RONALDFRYE It is possible that the history of the Red River Settlement is the most thoroughly documented of all proprietary colonies in English colonial experience. Surviving Hudson's Bay Company papers document individual employments and expendi- tures, land allotments, land use and the growth of population. Many church registers have also survived as a record of marriages, baptisms and burials. But this is not all. A vast amount of additional information on the same families was generated by the Canadian government after the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to Canada. The government conducted a full-scale census of Manitoba in 1870; and later, the same population was enumerated a second time for genealogical purposes. In all, there are six major groups of manuscript materials which record most of the significant events covering nearly every household in the twenty-four parishes of the settlement. The purpose of this short paper is to describe each group of documents and to outline methods that the authors are currently using to file each item of infor- mation by individual household, and to link households across generations. A. SOURCES HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY ENGAGEMENT REGISTERS Generally speaking, there were two classes of persons employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. One group consisted of low ranking employees who were hired to perform a specific task to be completed in one season (usually the summer of one fiscal year). Of this group, the 'tripmen', very little is known. -
Norttiern Stores Department, Hudson's Bay Company, 1959 - T987
AN ARCHIVAL ADMINISTRATTVE HISTORY of the NORTTIERN STORES DEPARTMENT, HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1959 - T987 by GERALDINE ALTON HARRIS A THESIS SUBMITTED TO TTIE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS Department of History University of Manitoba ÌWinnipeg, Manitoba @ October,1994 Bibliothèque nationale !*il ff$onatt-iorav du Canada Acquisitions and Direction des acquisitions et Bibliographic Services Branch des services bibliograPhiques 395 Weìlington $re€t 395, rue Wellington Ottawa, Onlario Ottawa (Onlario) KIAON4 K1AON4 Yout l¡ls vo\rc élércnce Oû lile Nolrc élèrcnce THE AUTHORHAS GRA}{TED A}I L'AUTEUR A ACCORDE UNE LICENCE IRREVOCABLE NON.EXCLUSIVE IRREVOCABLE ET NON EXCLUSIVE LICENCE ALLOWING THE NATIONAL PERMETTA}IT A LA BIBLIOÏIEQIJE LIBRARY OF CAI.{ADA TO NATIONALE DU CAI.{ADA DE REPRODUCE, LOAI.I, DISTRIBUTE OR REPRODUIRE, PRETER. DISTRIBUER SELL COPIES OF HISÆIER THESIS BY OU VENDRE DES COPIES DE SA A}IY MEA}{S AI.ID IN AI{Y FORM OR TIfrSE DE QIJELQIJE MANIERE ET FORMAT, MAKING THIS THESIS SOUS QIJELQIJE FORME QIJE CE SOIT AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED POUR METTRE DES E)GMPLAIRES DE PERSONS. CETTE TTTESE A LA DISPOSITION DES PERSONNE INTERESSEES. TITE AUTITOR RETAINS OWNERSHIP L'AUTEUR CONSERVE LA PROPRIETE OF THE COPYRIGHT IN HIS/TTER DU DROIT D'AUTEUR QIII PROTEGE TIIESIS. NEITI{ER TI{E TI{ESIS NOR SA THESE. NI LA TIIESE NI DES SUBSTA}{TIAL EXTRACTS FROM IT EXTRAITS SUBSTAI.{TIELS DE CELLE. MAY BE PRINTED OR OTTIERWISE CI NE DOIVENT ETRE IMPRIMES OU REPRODUCED WITHOUT HISÆIER AUTREN4ENT REPRODUITS SA}{S SON PERMISSION. -
Grand Portage As a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at "The Great Carrying Place"
Grand Portage as a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at “the Great Carrying Place” By Bruce M. White Turnstone Historical Research St. Paul, Minnesota Grand Portage National Monument National Park Service Grand Marais, Minnesota September 2005 On the cover: a page from an agreement signed between the North West Company and the Grand Portage area Ojibwe band leaders in 1798. This agreement is the first known documentary source in which multiple Grand Portage band leaders are identified. It is the earliest known documentation that they agreed to anything with a non-Native entity. Contents List of Tables ..................................................................................................................... ii List of Illustrations ............................................................................................................. ii Preface ............................................................................................................................... iii Introduction .........................................................................................................................1 Trade Patterns .....................................................................................................................5 The Invention of the Great Lakes Fur Trade ....................................................................13 Ceremonies of Trade, Trade of Ceremonies .....................................................................19 The Wintering Trade .........................................................................................................27 -
Hudson's Bay Company Department Stores, 1910-1930
CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS AND HISTORIES: HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORES, 1910-1930 rrle Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), the quintessential British commercial institu- 1 ~ion, commissioned a series of four monumental department stores across Western Canada in the 1910s and 1920s. Massive buildings rose in Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, and Winnipeg, each dominating its downtown environment. The company's forceful presence was established by an architectural vocabulary of elegant Corinthian columns and classical detailing; the first three stores were clad in a distinctive cream-coloured terra cotta (figure 1). These stores were intended to represent the company as the con tinuing agent of civilization in the young, rapidly changing Dominion. The subject of HBC architecture has received limited scholarly attention in Canada, except as an aspect of archaeological and sociological research at fur trade post sites.1 This paper is thus an initial contribution to the architectural and social history of Hudson's Bay Company department stores. Particular use has been made of the rich and relatively untapped collection of primary documents at the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg, specifically the extensive official correspondence be tween the London Board and the company's personnel in Canada. With these records it has been possible to document the chronology, intentions, and important issues as sociated with the company's ambitious building programme.2 This building programme spanned three significant periods in Canadian his tory: Western Canada's great boom period of immigration, settlement, and urbaniza tion (1900-13) ; the Great War; and the postwar period of nationalism and independence. 3 The company itself underwent a corporate makeover during this period: in 1910-14 the London Board was reorganized and a Canadian committee, which became increas ingly influential in decision making, was established.