Barry Friedman is author of Chasing Rainbows: Collecting American Indian Trade & Camp Blankets published in 2002, now out of print. His website is: http://www.barryfriedmanblankets.com/

Lunchip.com. Two page “Warm Blanket Story” on the Bay blanket and an interview with H. Tichenor about writing The Blanket, (April 2004). http://www.lunchip.com/hbb/index.html

The Manitoba Archives, in Winnipeg, also houses the archives of the Hudson’s Bay Company. http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/

The Museum of the Fur Trade (Chadron, Nebraska). http://www.furtrade.org/

Pendleton National Park Blankets, 1916 to 2006. https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-PWM-Library/default/dwd2ec3d0b/assets/files/pdf/press_releases/National%20Park%20s.pdf

Stroud District Museum. https://www.stroud.gov.uk/museum/

Washington State Historical Society. An article in Columbia Magazine Summer 2002; Vol. 16, No. 2. “Indian Trade Blankets in the Pacific Northwest History and Symbolism of a Unique North American Tradition” by W. R. Swagerty. https://www.washingtonhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/summer-2002-swagerty_003.pdf

Wikipedia provides a very good history of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company

The Witney Blanket Story: A superb and very comprehensive website on the Witney blanket industry from its origins in the 13th Century to the closure of the last mill in 2002. http://www.witneyblanketstory.org.uk/wbp.asp

My Small Piece of Canada: The US Military and the ‘point’ blanket by Major van Hari. https://www.chuckhawks.com/point_blanket.htm

To contact Harold Tichenor: info@pointblankets.com