File 23-2-17-20: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Reception of Canadian Repatriates in Japan. 1946 - 1947/06.
Description
Title Proper | RG27 O1 VOLUME 0660 FILE 23-2-17-20 |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1946 |
General material designation |
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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Scope and content |
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding the "repatriation"
of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals to Japan. It primarily concerns the financial arrangements of those being deported. It includes:
extensive correspondence concerning the arrival of Japanese repatriates on the S.S.
Marine Falcon, the S.S. General Meigs, and the S.S. Marine Angel (in particular their
poor condition upon arrival); discussions of damaging affect of the yen exchange rate
upon those being deported; and correspondence regarding baggage (including lost baggage)
and the transfer of other belongings and household effects. Also included are news
clippings of Japanese Americans which present these individuals as loyal to the Japanese
Emperor. Also in this file are documents related to the role of Oscar Orr (Lt. Col. Officer in Charge, Canadian War Crimes Liaison Detachment, Japanese Theatre) as witness to the immediate disastrous effects of the "repatriation."
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Name of creator |
Canada. Department of Labour
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 in full.
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Structure
Repository | Library and Archives Canada |
Fonds | Department of Labour Fonds |
Series | RG27 O1 |
Sub-series | RG27 O1 VOLUME 0660 |
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Title
File 23-2-17-20: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Reception of Canadian
Repatriates in Japan. 1946 - 1947/06.
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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.