Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors fonds

Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors fonds

Description

Title Proper Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors fonds
Date(s) 1935–1952
General material designation
This fonds contains 18 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of seven series pertaining to the work of R.J. McMaster for Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors, as legal representative for members of the Japanese Canadian community. This material specifically pertains to clients who wished to rescind their deportation applications and to the clients McMaster represented at the Bird Commission. McMaster also coordinated research into the forced sale of Japanese Canadians' property for the Bird Commission. This collection holds material from these research initiatives. The series are described at the file level, indicating the names of specific individuals mentioned in the file. The collection consists of legal documentation, professional correspondence, research materials, and personal research notes. It also contains two photographs.
Name of creator
R.J. McMaster was a committee member of the Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians, while he was employed as an attorney for Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors law firm (now Davis & Co.) in Vancouver, BC
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

Metadata

Title

Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors fonds
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.