Collection consists of 140 photographs pertaining to the life and pursuits of James Joseph Claxton over the course of sixty years. Subject areas identified within this collection include: quartz and placer mining in the Cariboo; Kingcome Village; the Royal Irish Contabulary; Roderick's Jewelers, New Westminster; the "M.S. Columbia III"; Kwakiutl petrographs in Fort Rupert; totem poles at Alert Bay; and the Salmon Arm Boy Scouts of Canada group.
Claxton, James JosephElements area
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Individuals and communities of native ancestry
North American indigenous peoples, Metis and Inuit
Records pertaining to and created by First Nations individuals, families, bands, agencies
Government agencies and treaties
First Nations organizations and businesses
First Nations schools and education
Issues pertaining to First Nations peoples or history
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