Peter A Watson collection

Peter A Watson collection

Description

Title Proper Peter A Watson collection
Date(s) 1942–2017
General material designation
This fonds has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
The collection consists of lists of Japanese Canadians who occupied internment camps during the Second World War. The lists are arranged by internment camp; the simpler lists contain only the name of individuals from Lemon Creek, Popoff and Bay Farm (Bay Farm however has the addition of a hand drawn map). The more complex lists are Greenwood, Sandon, Kaslo, Slocan City and New Denver and include categories like name, age, year, years in Canada, place of birth, sex, spouse, cause of death, occupation. An additional set of lists created by Watson in December 2017 include a list of those who died in Tashme.
Name of creator
Peter A Watson created this collection.
Immediate source of acquisition
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

Metadata

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Peter A Watson collection
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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.