Fonds/Collection Description
| Title |
Maxwell family fonds |
| Description Level |
Fonds |
| Fonds No. |
MSS 042 |
| Creator |
Maxwell (family)
Maxwell, Clara Eleanor
Maxwell, Alice Louise |
| Material Type |
textual record
graphic material |
| Date Range |
1868, 1913-1945 |
| Title Source |
Title based on content of fonds. |
| Physical Description |
3 cm of textual records.
12 photographs
1 book
1 drawing
ephemera |
| History/Biographical |
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. |
| Scope & Content |
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,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 |
| Finding Aids |
No finding aid is available |
| Accession No. |
IH 2007.212
IH 1966.42
IH 1955.32 |
| Name Access |
Maxwell, Clara Eleanor
Maxwell, Alice Louise
New Westminster Symphony Orchestra
Central School
Royal City High School |
| Subject Access |
Schools
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Performing Arts |
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