Few Canadians have seen a Hudson's Bay Company catalogue and understandably so. The Company's Department Store mail-order business was operated only from 1881 to 1913; today copies of the original catalogue are extremely rare. The Company opened Western Canada's first department store in Winnipeg in 1881, a stone's throw from walled Fort Garry. The treasures of the first store are all here in the Autumn and Winter 1910-11 catalogue. The choicest of prime furs, the best diagonal tweed, and the finest quality beaver are used in the manufacture of ladies' coats. Men's 'Renown' suits of pure worsteds in fashionable shades can be purchased for only $15.00; the finest 9 x 12 Wilton, Axminster, and Brussels rugs from European looms are priced from $24.50 to $36.50. The famous Point blankets, guns, camping equipment, and wines and spirits are prominently displayed. The catalogue is a visual delight?a welcome addition to libraries, a superb teaching aid for schools, and an exciting gift for all those interested in another era.

Hudson's Bay Company Catalogue: Autumn and Winter: 1910-1911

Hudsons Bay Company

J Gordon Shillingford

Business & Money

Watson and Dwyer

From 1870 to 1930 British Home children, over 1000,00 of them, arrived to work on Canadian farms. Travelling in groups of up to 400, their worldly possessions in small metal trunks, they came from the discipline of British Homes to the land that was believed to offer the best hope for their future. Some of them are still living; their personal stories have been compiled and edited by Phyllis Harrison. From childhood memories, the writers tell of the harsh conditions that separated them from family and friends, of the reality of loneliness, of grinding hard work, discrimination, and disappointment.

The Home Children

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

A Partnership of Equals traces the struggle to reform Manitoba's family law to achieve equality for married women. Its main thrust focuses on the years 1975-78 when the Manitoba New Democratic Party government introduced legislation to amend existing law and the Tory government subsequently shelved it to bring in their own watered-down version. The hearings held to receive citizen input over this period provided an insight into the discrimination inherent in the laws and the effect this discrimination had on women. The biases of many of the legal profession and of the judiciary at the time gave abundant evidence of the need for reform.

A Partnership of Equals: The Struggle for the Reform of Family Law in Manitoba

History

Sisler, Berenice B.

Americas

Winnipeg was one of the fastest growing cities in North America during the first decade of the twentieth century. Likewise, the surrounding municipalities witnessed widespread expansion. These neighbourhoods were vibrant and unique, each possessing distinctive patterns of settlement and industrialization. Superbly illustrated and carefully researched, these books include historical photographs and detailed maps to guide both visitors and local residents on a tour of Winnipeg's landmark buildings.

Winnipeg Landmarks: Vol. I

Peterson, Murray

Apprentice clerk Hugh Ross was 18 years old and two weeks out fromScotland when his Ojibway guides took him to Grassy Narrows inNorthern Ontario. From trading furs for the Hudson's Bay Company inthe wild bush country north of Lake of the Woods, Ross wastransferred in 1932 to the tourist areas of Minaki and Lake Temagamiin Northern Ontario. His detailed descriptions of trade goods andpractices are a rare source of information for students of the furtrade and Native studies.

The Apprentice's Tale

Ross, Hugh Mackay

Historical

Dramatic vignettes of life on the tundra highlight this journal, sub-titled Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916, by the Norwegian traveller, Christian Leden. He writes vividly, in the present tense, giving a feeling of intimacy to his accounts of travel and the hunt some eighty years ago.

Across the Keewatin Icefields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916

Leden, Christian

From the first magical amulets and weapons to the world–famous Cape Dorset prints, Inuit art is discussed by authorities such as Sheila Butler (Wall Hangings from Baker Lake, First Printmaking Year at Baker Lake), Charlotte and Edward Lindgren (The Pangnirtung Tapestries), and Jean Blodgett (The Historic Period in Canadian Eskimo Art). For the newcomer, a solid introduction to Inuit art; for collectors and researchers, a gathering of expert knowledge in one volume.

Inuit Art

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Dogtown to Dauphin

Little, Adam S.

With his appointment to Manager of the Saskatchewan District in 1948, Hugh Ross provides a rare look at the fur trade in northern Saskatchewan fifty years ago. He travels by bush plane to deal with the problems of fire, illness, and human foibles, the grading of furs and the collection of debt. A story researched with care and told with the human touch of a born raconteur.

The Manager's Tale

With his appointment to Manager of the Saskatchewan District in 1948, Hugh Ross provides a rare look at the fur trade in northern Saskatchewan fifty years ago. He travels by bush plane to deal with the problems of fire, illness, and human foibles, the grading of furs and the collection of debt. A story researched with care and told with the human touch of a born raconteur.

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Hudson's Bay Company Catalogue: Autumn and Winter: 1910-1911

The Home Children

A Partnership of Equals: The Struggle for the Reform of Family Law in Manitoba

Winnipeg Landmarks: Vol. I

The Apprentice's Tale

Across the Keewatin Icefields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916

Inuit Art

Dogtown to Dauphin

The Manager's Tale

The Manager's Tale