Fred S. Saiga to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter

Fred S. Saiga to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter

Description

Title Proper Fred S. Saiga to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1946
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
A personal letter dated May 28, 1946, sent from Tashme, B.C. by Fred S. Saiga to Jisaburo (Jack) Wakabayashi. The letter contains a personal account of a family’s last days in Canada before getting on a boat to relocate to Japan. It describes the conditions of their leaving and expresses regret, uncertainty, and a sense of loss, while wishing the recipient the best of luck for the future. Letter is accompanied by an envelope with the addresses “Fred Saiga, Tashme, B.C.” and “Mr. Jack Wakabayashi, to Noulton Sawmills, Pritchard, B.C.”
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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Fred S. Saiga to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter
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