File 629, Part 1: Repatriation - Transportation, Freight and Baggage. 1945-1946.

File 629, Part 1: Repatriation - Transportation, Freight and Baggage. 1945-1946.

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 18 FILE 629-1
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 contains correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the transportation of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals being deported in 1945 and 1946. Specifically, these records discuss the handling of freight and baggage during the deportation. It includes the following: drafts of notices to deportees and records on baggage restrictions and the transfer of funds; correspondence with United States authorities on transportation details; correspondence with the United States War Relocation Authority on the deportation of Japanese persons in America; discussions of maintenance and food for "repatriates" and escorting these persons; correspondence from those who wish to be "repatriated" together; records requesting the transfer of specific property items (e.g., blankets, tools, sewing machines); correspondence on the transfer of funds and personal effects; discussion of storage of excess property and effects; records on the inspection of baggage; correspondence regarding Habeas Corpus proceedings of individuals against the deportation; and further correspondence on the legality of the "repatriation" and Orders-in-Council P.C. 7355, 7356 and 7357.
Name of creator
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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File 629, Part 1: Repatriation - Transportation, Freight and Baggage. 1945-1946.
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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.