Halford Wilson Papers Japanese Rescue Mission

Halford Wilson Papers Japanese Rescue Mission

Description

Title Proper PR0038 MS0012 BOX 2 FILE 18
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1938
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
Halford Wilson was a Vancouver alderman and well-known anti-Orientalist. This file contains a pamphlet entitled “What God Hath Wrought! A Brief Sketch of the History and the Activities of the Japan Rescue Mission.” Predominantly the pamphlet is written in Japanese with some English captions to pictures. A handwritten note records that William Taylor of Kobe initiated this rescue work for government-licensed prostitutes in 1918.
Name of creator
Wilson, Halford David, 1904-1988 created this archive during his time as a Vancouver politician.
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 in full.

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Halford Wilson Papers Japanese Rescue Mission
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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.