6 - Fur trade artifacts

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St. Cloud State University Archives and Special Collections

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6 - Fur trade artifacts

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  • 1960s-2010 (Creation)

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Birk, Douglas A.
(1943-2017)

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This series contains various studies of fur trade artifacts. Notable examples include Birk's multi-decade pursuit of information about the manufacture of trade knives bearing the maker's mark "+ / L," documentation of his work at Voyageurs National Park in the early 2000s leading to publication of the study "From Things Left Behind: A Study of Selected Fur Trade Sites and Artifacts," and studies of glass trade beads relating to 21MO20.

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