Department of Veterans Affairs Fonds

Department of Veterans Affairs Fonds

Description

Title Proper Department of Veterans Affairs Fonds
Date(s) 1939-1962
General material designation
This fonds contains 17 textual records.
Scope and content
This fonds comprises three series pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs and its Soldier Settlement and Veterans' Land Act branch. Material primarily concerns the Veterans' Land Act, 1942, seized Japanese Canadian farm properties, the transfer of such seized property from the Custodian of Enemy Property to the Soldier Settlement Board, the procedure for obtaining titles to such properties in Haney and Mission for veterans after their settlements, and the voluntary transfer of property for non–Japanese Canadian veterans.
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.

Structure

Digital Objects (17)

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Department of Veterans Affairs Fonds
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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.