File 4: Auction sales. 1942-1944.

File 4: Auction sales. 1942-1944.

Description

Title Proper MS00689 SERIES 5 BOX 12 FILE 4
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file includes an assortment of news clippings and notices of auction sales conducted by auctioneers for the Custodian. Notable clippings discuss the "unlawful" approach to the sales, deportation policy, and an early notice from April 1942 from the Corporation of Langley which states, "It is quite permissible for local farmers to buy or lease Japanese farms without reference to the Custodian [...] It must be understood that Japanese farmers are in no way under any compulsion to dispose of their farms."
Name of creator
Shears, Frank Gould created this archive during his role as director of the Vancouver branch of the office of the Custodian of Enemy Property.
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 selectively.

Metadata

Title

File 4: Auction sales. 1942-1944.
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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.