Open Collections

BC Historical Books

BC Historical Books
Featured Collection

BC Historical Books

Report of the Department of Public Archives for the year 1947 Public Archives of Canada; Lanctôt, Gustave, 1883-1975

Description

"Title varies: 1881-1905, Report on Canadian Archives; 1908-1912, Report of the work of the Archives Branch; 1913-1914/15, Report of the work of the Public Archives. No reports issued for 1906-1907, 1911, 1916, 1927. Also found in Canada. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 1873-1924, and in the Annual Departmental Reports, 1925-1929/30. Reports for 1872-1880 were not issued separately but included in the Reports of the Minister of Agriculture. Some reports reprint the text of newly acquired documents. 1886, 1889, 1890 and especially 1892, contain material found significant by Hume Wrong for his biography of Alexander Mackenzie (no.623); 1891 contains important documents concerning Beckwith's secret mission to the U.S.A. re Nootka; 1928 has a copy of Duncan McGiIIivray's Some account of the trade carried on by the North West Company, first published in 1811 as On the origin and progress of the North-West Company (no.421)." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques

Item Metadata

Title
Report of the Department of Public Archives for the year 1947
Alternate Title
[Report on Canadian archives]
Creator
Public Archives of Canada; Lanctôt, Gustave, 1883-1975
Publisher
Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
Date Issued
1948
Description
"Title varies: 1881-1905, Report on Canadian Archives; 1908-1912, Report of the work of the Archives Branch; 1913-1914/15, Report of the work of the Public Archives. No reports issued for 1906-1907, 1911, 1916, 1927. Also found in Canada. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 1873-1924, and in the Annual Departmental Reports, 1925-1929/30. Reports for 1872-1880 were not issued separately but included in the Reports of the Minister of Agriculture. Some reports reprint the text of newly acquired documents. 1886, 1889, 1890 and especially 1892, contain material found significant by Hume Wrong for his biography of Alexander Mackenzie (no.623); 1891 contains important documents concerning Beckwith's secret mission to the U.S.A. re Nootka; 1928 has a copy of Duncan McGiIIivray's Some account of the trade carried on by the North West Company, first published in 1811 as On the origin and progress of the North-West Company (no.421)." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques
Extent
xlvii, 232 pages ; 26 cm
Subject
Canada--History--Sources; Archives--Canada; Public Archives of Canada
Genre
Annual reports
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Alternative title from cover page of 1882 report.

Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40314844
Identifier
FC152 .C13; II-0097-1947
Collection
British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Series
Report on Canadian Archives
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC152 .C13
Date Available
2016-09-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1178335
DOI
10.14288/1.0314272
Aggregated Source Repository
CONTENTdm

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.