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- Textual record
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- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
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1868, 1913-1945 (Creation)
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- Maxwell (family : New Westminster B.C.)
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3 cm of textual records and other material
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Biographical history
The Maxwell family consisted of Fred Maxwell and his wife Mary and their children: George, Clara, Ethel, Alice and John. However, not all the members of the family are represented in the fonds. Most of the records are those of Clara Maxwell. Clara Maxwell was born in New Brunswick in 1895. It is unknown when she arrived in New Westminster. She was a school teacher at F.W. Howay School until her retirement. She died in 1978.
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The collection consists of programmes for the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra, report cards, newspaper articles,registration cards, ration cards, radio licenses, newspaper clippings, a roll of honor certificate, visitors book for the Girls Central School ,a dinner menu from 1958 honouring survivors of the Great Fire, and other miscellaneous ephemera. A copy of a print by Reed, a Canadian artist commemorated the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Phillip Mountbatten and a book entitled a Poetry Book for Schools published in 1868 in London, England are also included.
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Physical description
Includes 12 photographs, 1 book, 1 drawing and ephemera