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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡. Records of the Russian-American Company, 1802, 1817-1867.
BANC MSS P-K 225 box 1; BANC MSS P-K 225 box 2; BANC MSS P-K 225
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Title:

Records of the Russian-American Company, 1802, 1817-1867
Korrespondentsii︠a︡ Sitka Alaska

Creator/Contributor:

Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡, creator

Abstract:

This collection consists of microfilm of records held at the National Archives and Cyrillic transcripts of portions of the microfilm made for Robert J. Kerner. The original documents were held at Sitka, and were transferred to the U.S. State Department in 1869. In Russian longhand, they consist of 40 v. of Letters Sent by the Governors General, 1818-1867; 25 v. of Letters Received by the Governors General, 1802, 1817-1866; and 20 logs of vessels and journals of exploring expeditions, 1842-1867. Cyrillic transcripts are of Letters Sent by the Governors General, 1818-January 17, 1822 and Letters Received by the Governors General, 1802, 1817-September 4, 1821.

Date:

1802 (issued)

Subject:

Fur trade -- Alaska
Alaska -- History -- To 1867
Alaska -- Social life and customs

Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Records of the Russian-American Company, Record Group 261.2 National Archives and Records Administration; College Park, MD
The Russian American Company, created in 1799 by Czar Paul I as a monopoly to carry on the Russian fur trade on the North American continent, had political as well as economic control of Alaska until its purchase by the United States in 1867.
Fisher, Raymond H., Records of the Russian-American Company, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1971, is classified as F910.9 US in the book collections of The Bancroft Library.
Microfilm: for contents of microfilm, see microfilm notebooks at Reference Desk, Bancroft Library.

Physical Description:

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)
77 reels: positive and negative of reels 17-25 (Rich. 115:2-10)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-K 225 box 1
BANC MSS P-K 225 box 2
BANC MSS P-K 225

Origin:

Alaska

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.