Ian Mackenzie Correspondence
Description
Title Proper | PR0211 MS0915 BOX 2 FILE 12 |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1942 |
General material designation |
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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Scope and content |
These three documents are private letters written by Ian Mackenzie: two to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and one to the federal Minister of Mines and Resources, T.A. Crerar. In the first letter, Mackenzie expresses his concern that defense measures on the
Pacific coast are “entirely inadequate,”. In the second letter, Mackenzie suggests
four duties previously under the jurisdiction of the solicitor general be moved to
ostensibly a new department: “the whole problem of interment”; “control and evacuation
of enemy aliens in protected areas in Canada”; Civil Defense; and, Censorship “apart
from the Post Office.” In the final document, Mackenzie recommends that berry farms
on the Pacific coast be purchased by the Department of Mines and Resources “at sacrifice prices” to be reserved for “settler soldiers” returning from the war.
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Name of creator |
Senior, Charles Norman
created this archive during his time as a reporter and then a governmental secretary.
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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 | Charles Norman Senior Fonds |
Series | Correspondence and Other Materials |
Sub-series | PR0211 MS0915 BOX 2 |
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Title
Ian Mackenzie Correspondence
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