Official papers addressed to Saburo Nishihata

From this series, LOI has digitized 8 textual records and other records.

The series consists of two files. The first file consists of official correspondence between Saburo Nishihata and the government of Canada (mainly the Custodian) as well as Wilkinson Company. The letters focus on the rental and eventual purchase, in one case, of sheet metal equipment; a steel bending brake no. 818 and 30" sheet metal squaring shears and the return of a confiscated radio. The second file is a receipt for a business licence for Sheet Metal Works, 457 Powell Street for $25.00 paid in January, 1942.

Komajiro Nishihata was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town of Echigawa cho, Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo and Jiro were born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school education in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada together on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened and the boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and lived with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.