John H. Stanger Archive
The John H. Stanger Archive consists of letters, photographs, and business documents created by a long-time Hudson’s Bay Company clerk. It is an archival collection that provides insight into the experiences of a settler and his family living in the prairies in the late 1800s and early 1900s. John Heddle Stanger (1846-1929) had a 50-year career with the Hudson’s Bay Company, beginning as a labourer before becoming a postmaster at Upper Fort Garry. He was working at Fort Garry during the Red River Resistance, and his archive contains copies of the Métis List of Rights and the Declaration Of the People of Rupert's Land and the North West. Stanger became the manager of the Sainte Anne des Chênes company post in 1874 and remained there until 1880. Later, while working as a clerk at Lower Fort Garry, he met his wife, Eugenie Elmire Lecourt, the daughter of Joseph Pierre Michel Lecourt, a renowned architect from Ottawa. Their daughter, Alice Jean Stanger was the creator of some of the items in the collection, including embroidery charts and teaching materials. Researchers can consult the online finding aid to learn more about the collection.
This collection is a strong addition to the Peel library's Fur Trade Collections. Related collections include the Roger Pocock Archive and the Samuel Benfield Steele Family Archive.
Collection Formats: 19th Century, 20th Century, Correspondence, Ephemera, Photographs -- click to see other collections with this format