Calls for Japanese Canadian Internment
Description
| Title Proper | F0 GR1222 BOX 159 FILE 01 |
| Date(s) | 1940 |
| General material designation |
This file contains a textual record.
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| Scope and content |
Correspondence from private citizens regarding registration and internment of “enemy
aliens.” Calls for the confiscation of firearms [Japanese Canadians are not always
mentioned specifically]. Request from the Canadian Legion demanding the registration and internment of enemy aliens and “to curb subversive
activity among Aliens in Cariboo.” Letter from BC police discussing the possible need for internment camps.
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| Name of creator |
The Provincial Government of British Columbia created this archive.
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| Immediate source of acquisition |
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research
Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.
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Structure
| Repository | British Columbia Archives |
| Fonds | Government Records Collection |
| Series | Premier's Papers |
| Sub-series | F0 GR1222 BOX 159 |
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Title
Calls for Japanese Canadian Internment
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Source: British Columbia Archives
Terminology
Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese
Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment
and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes
of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological
choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice.
See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.