The item is an agreement dated October 4, 1848 between William Calder and the Hudson's Bay Company. In the agreement, Calder is to serve the Company as a bowsman for three years.

The series consists of a microfilm copy of letters of Samuel Beeman to his brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Sarah Beeman, Cranbrook, Kent, England; one letter (copy) from Thomas to Samuel, 1868. Beeman discusses contemporary events in Victoria and British Columbia and his wish to return to England to marry. The collection contains a sketch map of Victoria, May 1864, and a plan of his house and garden in Victoria.

Series consists of correspondence between Donald Ross and other Hudson's Bay Company officials and employees, private correspondence between Ross and members of his family, and a variety of other documents, including accounts, invoices, memoranda, marriage certificates, and trade reports. All items are letters inward to Donald Ross unless otherwise indicated in the finding aid. Also included are typewritten transcripts prepared by the BC Archives (BCA).

Blank form of agreement between the Company and employee respecting terms of employment.

The collection consists of six letters by James Douglas to James Yale or Donald Manson, three agreements between the Hudson 's Bay Company and four employees, and a bill of lading for the Hudson's Bay Company ship Cadboro.

These records relate to McKay's career as a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company including correspondence, a journal, notes regarding ceremonies and traditional beliefs of Indigenous people of BC, and his recollections as Chief Trader.

The item is a typescript copy of a letter from Francis N. Annance to Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer (Governor in Chief of Canada), dated 20 March 1831 requesting a grant from the government to colonize the territory between the Fraser and Columbia rivers.

The item is a memorandum of agreement for employment between the Hudson's Bay Company and Michael Boyle dated 1 June 1812.

The file consists of a Hudson's Bay Company miner's indenture for Edwin Gough, and a typescript of the diary of Cornelius Bryant, 1856, describing voyage from England (?) to Nanaimo via Victoria.

Records of work performed by Indian and white labour at Fort St. James and surrounding areas, showing type and amount of work and payment in goods. Some entries show ration allowances for work crews.

The fonds consists of two series : Charles Ross papers (MS-3427) and the Charles Ross collection (MS-3428). The Charles Ross papers consist of both inward and outward correspondence from Charles Ross, as well as a letter from his wife Isabella (Mainville) Ross. The series also consists of Ross's appointment to Chief Trader of the Hudson's Bay Company. Records in MS-3428 were found in the Old Manuscript Collection at the BC Archives and had originally been cataloged as the "Charles Ross collection." The provenance of these records is unclear. The majority of the records in the Charles Ross collection relate tangentially to Ross, and consist mostly of records relating to Ross's in-laws.

Correspondence discusses both personal business and matters related to HBC forts. Some correspondence includes reference to Indigenous peoples, namely the Heiltsuk and Nuxalk.

The fonds consists of Lowe's account book of sales to the Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company; journals kept by Lowe at Fort Vancouver; journals of trips from Fort Vancouver to York Factory and Walla Walla; journal of trip from London to Fort Tako via the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); correspondence and Masonic certificates.