Japanese Division; Restricted Areas; Intercepted Letters re: Property in Restricted Areas & Custodian

Japanese Division; Restricted Areas; Intercepted Letters re: Property in Restricted Areas & Custodian

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 1527 FILE 23-2-11-02
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file consists of Volume No. 1 of Department of Labour Intercepted Letters Re. Property in Restricted Areas and Custodian files. This file comprises thirty-three intercepted letter documents, from the Department of National War Services, Directorate of Censorship, containing excerpts from the correspondence of Japanese Canadians from 01 January 1945 and onwards. Most of these excerpts include: discussions on the value of property; expressions of sadness and frustration over the forced sales; non-Japanese Canadians and Japanese Canadians attempting to hold property for internees or buy property from Japanese Canadians without the Custodian's knowledge; correspondence between separated family members; and discussions on repatriation. The documents also contain the comments of the examiners of the letters. Some of the documents are labelled as "PRISONER OF WAR MAIL".
Name of creator
Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.
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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Japanese Division; Restricted Areas; Intercepted Letters re: Property in Restricted Areas & Custodian
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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.