File 23-1-11-1 Part 1: Japanese Property and Custodian of Enemy Alien Property

From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.

This file consists of a Department of Labour file which contains correspondence between the Department of Labour, Japanese Division, and other various parties regarding the creation of work camps; the selection of work projects; the establishment of the British Columbia Security Commission; the management of conditions within camps; and the management of Japanese Canadian life within camps. This file also contains correspondence with the Soldier Settlement Board, capturing their interest in Japanese Canadian owned property; conversations with G.W. McPherson in 1942 and 1943; letters of protest from Japanese Canadians against the forced sale of their property; correspondence of the Department of External Affairs concerning the "repatriation" policy; and documents concerning the anxieties of the RCMP and others regarding potential for Japanese "sabotage" (particularly on the railroads). Minutes from a meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee on Enemy Interest in Canada and Canadian Interest in Enemy Occupied Territory and notes on persons of Japanese ancestry permitted to remain in the "protected area" (documenting intermarriages) are also within.

Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.

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.