File 40: A. MacNamara - 1942-1945

File 40: A. MacNamara - 1942-1945

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 02 FILE 40
Date(s) 1942
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file contains correspondence of A. MacNamara, primarily with T.B. Pickersgill and Austin C. Taylor, concerning the activities of the Department of Labour, Japanese Division and British Columbia Security Commission. Included are reports from Pickersgill to MacNamara outlining the activities of the Department of Labour, from the purchase of equipment to larger initiatives concerning Japanese labour (particularly the question of sugar beet farms). The file also includes early correspondence from 1942 concerning the initial stages of "evacuation" (e.g., placement in Hastings Park, within or outside British Columbia, work camps).
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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.
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File 40: A. MacNamara - 1942-1945
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