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Thomas D. Thiessen Collection
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CA RBD MSG 319
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8 cm of textual records (approximately 700 pages)
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(born 1947)
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Thomas D. Thiessen was the research assistant for W. Raymond Wood. He was an archeologist with the United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service.
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Deposited by Thomas D. Thiessen in August 1980.
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Typed transcriptions of Charles McKenzie’s narratives about the Indigenous people of MIssouri, draft and revised draft before publication; Alexander Henry’s account entitled: “Account of a visit to the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians in 1806”; and John Macdonell’s “The Red River”. Also includes drafts for work entitled, "Early fur trade on the Northern Plains : Canadian traders among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, 1738-1818 : the narratives of John Macdonell, David Thompson, Franc̦ois-Antoine Larocque, and Charles McKenzie" / edited and with an introduction by W. Raymond Wood and Thomas D. Thiessen. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
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- Wood, W. Raymond (Subject)
- North West Company (Subject)
- Macdonell, John, 1768-1850 (Subject)
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota (Subject)
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