Rosebery Japanese Committee to Pedro E. Schwartz Letter

Rosebery Japanese Committee to Pedro E. Schwartz Letter

Description

Title Proper Rosebery Japanese Committee to Pedro E. Schwartz Letter
Date(s) 1943
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
A two-page letter, dated November 18, 1943, from the Rosebery Japanese Committee to Pedro E. Schwartz, Esq., Consul General of Spain (Montreal). The letter outlines a list of grievances related to conditions in the Rosebery camp, to be passed along to other authorities. Grievances include: poor to non-existent water provision to houses, the need for adequate water supplies to the community, and the distance to schools and to stores. The letter ends by noting that is any other individuals were to move to Rosebery, they would surely have the same complaints as the ones already living there.
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
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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Rosebery Japanese Committee to Pedro E. Schwartz Letter
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