May Ishikawa collection

May Ishikawa collection

Description

Title Proper May Ishikawa collection
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1943
General material designation
From this fonds, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
The collection consists of a catalogue of real property for sale by public tender - Sept 1, 1943. Published by The Department of the Secretary of State - Office of the Custodian - Japanese Evacuation Section, 506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver BC. The catalogue lists addresses and block numbers of properties in the Vancouver, Burnaby, North and West Vancouver areas which were owned by Japanese Canadians and offered for sale to the public. The addresses primarily consist of Powell Street, Cordova Street, Alexander Street, Selkirk Street, Trinity Street, Victoria Drive, West 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th Avenues. It is a good reference for addresses owned by Japanese Canadians and sold by the custodian in 1943.
Name of creator
May Ishikawa created this collection.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

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May Ishikawa collection
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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.