Conference held Nov. 1-3, 1965, and sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and others
Contents:
Introduction, by R.R. Gilman.--The fur trade and its historians by D.L. Morgan.--The North West Company; pedlars extraordinary, by W.L. Morton.--From competition to union, by K. G. Davies.--Some American characteristics of the American fur trade, by D. Lavender.--Fur trade sites: Canada, by J.D. Herbert.--Fur trade sites: the Plains and the Rockies, by M.J. Mattes.--Symbol, utility, and aesthetics in the Indian fur trade, by W.E. Washburn.--Archaeology as a key to the colonial fur trade, by J. Witthoft.--The growth and economic significance of the American fur trade 1790-1890, by J.L. Clayton