Rosebery Japanese Representatives Report to Ferdinando de Kobbe

This item contains a textual record.

A three-page letter/report, dated January 15th, 1943, from the Rosebery Japanese Committee to Ferdinando de Kobbe, Consul for Spain, (Vancouver). The report welcomes de Kobbe to his new position as Spanish consul for Vancouver, and it begs him to look after the interests of the Japanese Nationals in Rosebery and elsewhere. The report outlines general information about the Japanese communities in the interior of BC, and draws attention to the poor condition of many of the houses in the camps. It notes that winter is particularly difficult in such poor housing. It also notes the poor water supply in the Rosebery camp and lack of heating and wood fuel. It is signed by J. Wakabayashi, H. Nagano, and I. Yamakawa, Spokesmen for Japanese Nationals, Rosebery,

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.

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.