Jisaburo Wakabayashi to Custodian of Enemy Property letter

Jisaburo Wakabayashi to Custodian of Enemy Property letter

Description

Title Proper Jisaburo Wakabayashi to Custodian of Enemy Property 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 letter, dated January 14, 1946 from Jisaburo (Jack) Wakabayashi to the Office of the Custodian, Vancouver. Wakabayashi asks if his goods, which were stored at 8722 Selkirk St., Vancouver, are still there or if they have been moved. The letter contains a list of the goods which were stored in the house. It also asks if listed goods which were being stored at the Buddhist temple on W. 1st Ave., Vancouver, were still there. He notes that he has no receipt for those goods.
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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Jisaburo Wakabayashi to Custodian of Enemy Property letter
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