David & Jennifer Chance and Associates

Historical Research And Writing

Archival Research

National Archives, Washington DC and Suitland; National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian; Library of Congress (Jefferson & Madison libraries); Indian Claims Commission; New York Public Library (Manuscripts).

Hudson's Bay Company, London and Winnipeg; British Museum Manuscripts; British Museum Ethnology Division; Public Records Office, London.

British Columbia Provincial Archives; University of British Columbia Manuscripts; Manitoba Provincial Archives.

Bancroft Collection, U.C. Berkeley; Huntington Library, San Marino; Young Research Library, UCLA; Southwest California Repository, UCLA; Sutro Library, San Francisco.

Washington State Historical Society; Eastern Washington State Historical Society; University of Washington Manuscripts and Special Collections; Washington State Library; Washington State Archives; Washington Supreme Court Library; Seattle Federal Records Center; Holland Library Special Collections; Colville Confederated Tribes; William L. Davis Archive; auditor's archives in several Washington counties.

Oregon Historical Society; Oregon State Archives; University of Oregon Manuscripts; Canyon City Museum; historical society archives of Wasco, Umatilla, Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, and Crook counties in Oregon.

Idaho Historical Society; Idaho State Archives; University of Idaho Special Collections; Montana Historical Society; Nevada Historical Society; Nevada State Archives; University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia; American Baptist Historical Society, Rochester; Jesuit Northwest Province Archives, Spokane.

Historical Writing

• The structure of Fort Colvile.
• The evolution of intent at Fort Lawton.
• A brief history of Fort Spokane.
• The Kootenay fur trade of the northern Rockies: the trading posts and forts.
• Sources for the history of St.Paul's Mission.
• The lumber industry of the Pend d'Oreille country, Washington.
• Homestead settlement in northeastern Washington.
• The fur trade of the Upper Columbia River.
• Settling with the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company.
• A history of the Snake Indian War, 1859-68.

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