File 629, Part 2: Repatriation - Transportation, March-May, 1946.

File 629, Part 2: Repatriation - Transportation, March-May, 1946.

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 18 FILE 629-2
Date(s) 1946
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
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. It includes the following: records regarding freight transportation (on Marine Angel, General Gordon, etc.); discussions of conditions at Vancouver Immigration sheds where "repatriates" were held prior to deportation; records concerning transportation arrangements with railways for deportees; correspondence on inspection of baggage; correspondence with the San Francisco War Shipping Administration; documents on passenger rates and other administrative correspondence; as well as concerns of health, transportation, baggage allowances and restrictions (e.g., sewing machines).
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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Title

File 629, Part 2: Repatriation - Transportation, March-May, 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.