Letter from the BC Security Commission to Masao Kobayakawa; Ontario, BC

Letter from the BC Security Commission to Masao Kobayakawa; Ontario, BC

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Title Proper Letter from the BC Security Commission to Masao Kobayakawa; Ontario, BC
Date(s) 1945
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
A letter with the Department of Labour Canada crest, subtitled British Columbia Security Commission. File: 06228
Return address from: 206 Grain Exchange Building, Fort William Ontario, dated April 3, 1945.
The letter is in regards to travel permits for work for Masao Kobayakawa and Mr. Miyamoto to Montreal Quebec.
Name of creator
Mrs. Haruko Ivy Kobayakawa (nee Yokota) was born at Takeni-mura Hiroshima, Japan, March 20, 1902. In 1921, Haruko traveled to Canada to marry Masao Kobayakawa who was born in Cumberland BC March 10, 1898. The couple resided at Courtenay, BC on a farm that Masao owned.
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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Letter from the BC Security Commission to Masao Kobayakawa; Ontario, BC
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