Correspondence - War Time Correspondence

Description

Title Proper	Correspondence - War Time Correspondence
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized	1942–1949
General material designation	From this file, LOI has digitized 4 textual records and other records.
Scope and content	File consists of two folders of incoming correspondence between, in particular the Canadian government and Masao and Haruko Kobayakawa regarding issues surrounding their relocation during the war. The folder dated 1942-1949 includes correspondence tracing Mrs Kobayakawa's journey in Japan and back to Canada, as well as Masao's journey from Royston to Schreiber, White River, Nipigon and Fort William, Montreal, in the line of work.
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.

Structure

Repository	Nikkei National Museum
Fonds	Haruko Kobayakawa fonds
Series	Correspondence

Digital Objects (4)

Letter from Courtenay district Headquarters; Courtenay, BC

Letter from the BC Security Commission, Graham Pipher; Port Arthur, ON

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

Letter from the Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian to Mr. Masao Ko bayakawa

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Correspondence - War Time Correspondence

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Terminology

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