The fonds consists of R.C. Hardisty's HBC correspondence, related to operations at various posts (1870-1887), and personal correspondence (1845-1889). Also includes some correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and personal papers of Eliza, Richard G., and other family members. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS AND FOR A MORE EXTENSIVE NOMINAL INDEX: Charles Adams, Charles Anderson, William Armit, Peter Ballendine, J.J. Barter, Horace Bellanger, Joseph Benoit, William Bird, James Bissett, Sedley Blanchard, William R. Brereton, John Brown, John Bunn, William Calder, William J. Christie, Laurence Clarke, eclipses, J. David, George Emmerson, Joseph Favell, Sandford Fleming, Joseph Fortescue, Angus Fraser, James Grahame, J. Hargrave, James Hector, influenza, Hugh Inkster, William King, David Laird, Sir Hector Langevin, Charles Levey, J. Levey, Robert Logan, James A. Lougheed, Roderick MacFarlane, William McKay, George McTavish, John McTavish, Walter Moberly, Louis Montagnais, John Norris, John Palliser, Peter Pambrun, Charles H. Parlow, William Pearce, Basil Plante, Louis Riel, Louis Roule, RCMP posts, George Simpson, James Simpson, John Sinclair, Sitting Bull, Donald A. Smith, Isabella Smith, Elizabeth Spence, Henry Bird Steinhauer, Russell Stephenson, Thomas Taylor, Treaty 6, Treaty 7, William E. Traill, William Leslie Wood, Thomas Woolsey, Joseph Wrigley, and Harrison Young. POSTS: Bow River, Buffalo Lake, Carlton House, Cumberland House, Edmonton House, Fort Alexander, Fort a la Corne, Fort Assiniboine, Fort Calgary, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Dunvegan, Fort Ellice, Fort Garry, Fort Pitt, Fort St. John, Fort Saskatchewan, Fort Simpson, Fort Whoop-Up, Green Lake, Isle a la Crosse, Jasper House, Lac La Biche, Lac La Nonne, Lac Ste. Anne, Lesser Slave Lake, Long Lake, Norway House, Pakan, Pigeon Lake, Portage la Loche, Prince Albert, Rocky Mountain House, Slave Lake, St. Albert, Tobacco Plains, Victoria Post, Whitefish Lake and York Factory.