MG 437 – A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection Dates: [187-]-1950 Extent: 11 m of textual records, photographs, and maps Biography: Arthur Silver Morton was born on 16 May 1870 at the village of Iere, Trinidad, British West Indies, the son of Nova Scotian missionaries. With a scholarship from the Government of the Island, he entered the University of Edinburgh, eventually receiving both an MA and a BDiv. In 1896, after a summer of study at the University of Berlin, Morton arrived in Canada and was ordained by the Presbytery of St. John, New Brunswick. He served as a minister until 1904 when he started his career as a lecturer in church history, first at the Presbyterian College in Halifax, and later Knox College in Toronto. Morton came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1914 and served both as head of the History Department and University Librarian until his retirement in 1940. Upon arriving in Saskatoon, Morton embarked on the study of Western Canadian History and the preservation of the region's historical documents and historic sites. Over the next four decades he published several books; among his best known works are A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71, History of Prairie Settlement, Under Western Skies, and The Life Sir George Simpson. Morton received many honours during his career including a Doctor of Divinity from Pine Hill College (1922); an LLD from the University of Saskatchewan (1941), election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1932), and appointments as Keeper of Provincial Records (1937) and Provincial Archivist (1943). Upon his retirement he was named Professor Emeritus. Morton died 26 January 1945. Scope and content: This fonds contains original manuscripts, copies, and photographs, created and collected by A.S. Morton as University Librarian. The records focus on the history of western Canada, especially Saskatchewan. It includes material on the fur trade and exploration, white settlement and interaction with native people, and the Riel Rebellions. Originals of the copied material date from 1623. Note that this finding aid used the term Rebellion when referring to the events of 1885, which was the term used at the time and when this finding aid was original written. The preferred term now is resistance, however the original term has been retained in order to preserve historical context. Custodial history: In 1977, some of the material in this fonds was transferred to the University of Saskatchewan Archives, the Saskatchewan Archives, the Provincial Archives of Manitoba and to the Shortt Manuscript Collection of University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, as was deemed appropriate. Associated materials: Related material: See also A.S. Morton fonds (MG 2 - University of Saskatchewan Archives). Morton manuscript material is also found in the Adam Shortt Library collection. Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access. Finding aid edited for formatting by Amy Putnam, 2018. Table of Contents MSS C500/2/1 Hudson's Bay Collections 1 MSS C500/2/2 Maps of Hudson Bay and the Northern Portion of North America. 1 MSS C500/2/3 Hudson's Bay - State Papers, 1673-1696* 2 MSS C500/2/4 Peter Fidler’s Map of Rupert's Land (8 photostat sheets) 3 MSS C500/2/5 The Career of Henry Kelsey, by James F. Kenney. (58 pp) 3 MSS C500/2/6 H.M.S. Hampshire 4 MSS C500/2/7 The Hudson’s Bay Company & the North West Company, 1808-1811. 4 MSS C500/2/8 The Hudson’s Bay Company & the Worth West Company, 1819-1820 4 MSS C500/2/9 Selkirk Transcripts, 1811-1821. (319 + xxix pp) 5 MSS C500/3/1 French Maps of North America and La Nouvelle France 5 MSS C500/3/2 Canada: Correspondence Générale, I668-I689. (225 + xvii pp) 8 MSS C500/3/3 Search for the Western Sea and La Verendrye Documents, 1679-1750 8 MSS C500/3/4 Additional La Verendrye 9 MSS C500/3/5 La Verendrye Maps (Photostats) 9 MSS C500/4/1 English Maps of North America and the North-West (Photostats) 10 MSS C500/4/2 Indian Trade Licences (3 vols.) 11 MSS C500/4/3 Michilimackinac Fur Trade Licences (Photostats) 11 MSS C500/4/4 Oakes, Ermatinger, Gray 12 MSS C500/4/5 Letters of Alexander Mackenzie, 1786-1819. 12 MSS C500/4/6 Journals and Letters of William McGillivray 13 MSS C500/4/7 Journals and Letters of William McGillivray 14 MSS C500/4/8 John Macdonald of Garth 14 MSS C500/4/9 John Macdonell 15 MSS C500/4/10 Duncan McGillivray 15 MSS C500/4/11 Duncan McGillivray 16 MSS C500/4/12 Duncan McGillivray’s Journal, 1794-95 16 MSS C500/4/13 North West Company Journals and Papers 17 MSS C500/4/14 W.F. Wentzell 18 MSS C500/4/15 John Thomson 18 MSS C500/4/16 Minutes of the North West Company 18 MSS C500/4/20 Rocky Mountain Fort Journal 19 MSS C500/4/21 Athabasca Journal 19 MSS C500/4/22 J. Dufaut’s Journal 20 MSS C500/4/23 Cross Lake Journal 1805-06 20 MSS C500/4/24 David Thompson 20 MSS C500/4/25 Documents on the Fur Trade between Montreal and the North-West 25 MSS C500/4/26 North West Company, 1321-1830 26 MSS C500/4/27 Documents on the Columbian Enterprise of the North West Company 26 MSS C500/4/28 Peter Pond 27 MSS C500/4/29 Canada Jurisdiction Act, 1803 27 MSS C500/4/30 Identification of the Sites of the first Fort Augustus & the first Edmonton House 28 MSS C500/4/31 Lake Athabasca and the Chipewyans 28 MSS C500/4/32 Donald McKay (Mad McKay) 1786 - 1810. 28 MSS C505/1/1 Selkirk Papers 29 MSS C505/1/2 Journal of Miles Macdonell (Photostats) 29 MSS C505/l/3 is an original typescript of the above journal (Approximately 275 pp) 29 MSS C505/1/4 is a carbon copy of the above typescript. Given to History 4/97. 29 MSS C505/1/5 Robert Semple’s Letterbook, 1815 29 MSS C505/1/6 Andrew Bulger Papers 30 MSS C505/1/7 A calendar to the above prepared by A.S. Morton. 30 MSS C505/1/8 Selkirk Correspondence 30 MSS C510/1/1 Hudson's Bay Company 31 MSS 510/1/2 Journal of Robert Campbell 31 MSS C510/1/3 Diary of James Mackinlay 31 MSS C510/1/4 H.J. Moberley 32 MSS C510/1/5 Canadian News 32 MSS C510/1/6 Extracts from Newspapers 32 MSS C510/1/7 Franklin Expedition 33 MSS C550/1/8 MacKay Family 33 MSS C511/1/1 Fort Chipewyan 34 MSS C511/2/1 Fort Edmonton 34 MSS C511/2/2 [Fort Edmonton (typescript)] 35 MSS C511/3/1 [Journal of Daily Occurrences at the Touchwood Hill Post] 35 MSS C511/4/1 Lower Fort Garry 35 MSS C511/5/1 Fort Pelly 35 MSS C511/5/2 Fort Pelly 36 MSS C511/5/3 Fort Pelly 37 MSS C511/5/3 no.3 Fort Pelly 37 MSS C511/5/4 Fort Pelly 38 MSS C511/6/1 Fort Ellice 39 MSS C511/7/1 Fort `a la Corne 40 MSS C511/8/1 Qu’Appelle Lakes Fort 40 MSS C515/1/1 Hudson's Bay Company Papers 41 MSS C515/1/1.2 additional copy of above (typescript) 41 MSS C515/1/1.3 additional copy of above (carbon copy) 41 MSS C515/1.2 Hudson's Bay Company 42 MSS C515/1/3 Hudson's Bay Company 42 MSS C515/1/4 Hudson's Bay Company 42 MSS C525/1/1.1 Journal of the Red River Settlement 1869-70, by Alexander Begg 43 MSS C525/1/2 The Nor'Wester 43 MSS C525/1/3 Sir John A. Macdonald Papers 44 MSS C525/1/4 Sir John A. Macdonald Papers 44 MSS C525/1/5 Rev. James Taylor Papers 45 MSS C525/1/6 Red River Disturbances, 1869 - 70. 46 MSS C535/1/1 Not used. 47 MSS C535/1/2 Oregon Boundary, Foreign Office Paper. 47 MSS C535/1/3 Oregon Boundary, Foreign Office Papers 47 MSS 535/1/4 Papers and Letters Relating to the Oregon Territory and Boundary. 47 MSS C549/1/1 Bibliography of Period of Settlement 48 MSS C550/1/1 T.C. Power Papers 48 MSS C550/1/2 T.C. Power Papers 49 MSS C550/1/3 T.C. Power Papers 49 MSS C550/1/4 T.C. Power Papers 49 MSS C550/1/5 T.C. Power Papers 50 MSS C550/1/6 to 13 Hillyard Mitchell Papers 51 MSS C550/1/14 Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers 51 MSS C550/1/15 Dr. A.B. Stewart Accounts with Patients 51 MSS C550/1/16 Dr. A B. Stewart Papers 52 MSS C550/1/17 Dr. A B. Stewart Papers 52 MSS C550/1/18 Dr. A B. Stewart Papers 52 MSS C550/1/19 Alameda Agricultural Society 53 MSS C550/1/20 Indian Head and Qu'Appelle Valley Agricultural Society 53 MSS C550/1/21 Dr. T.A. Patrick Papers 53 MSS C550/1/22 Walsh Papers 55 MSS C550/1/23 William Pearce Papers 55 MSS C550/1/24 W.J. Carter Papers 56 MSS C550/1/25 Newspaper Articles Written by Z.M. Hamilton 56 MSS C550/1/26 James Clinkskill Papers. 57 MSS C550/1/27 The Reginald Beatty Papers 58 MSS C550/1/28/1 Cameron (William Bleasdell) Papers 59 MSS C550/1/28/2 Material secured from William MacKay 60 MSS C550/1/28/3 Material secured from H.J.