Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter

Description

Title Proper Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1951
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
A letter, dated August 14, 1941 (though likely from 1951) from the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to Jisaburo Wakabayashi, congratulating him on his attainment of Canadian Citizenship.
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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Title

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to Jisaburo Wakabayashi letter
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