Angus MacInnis Memorial Collection

Angus MacInnis Memorial Collection

Description

Title Proper Angus MacInnis Memorial Collection
Date(s) 1936-1964
General material designation
This fonds contains 10 textual records.
Scope and content
This fonds comprises four series pertaining to the following: Japanese Canadians in British Columbia; the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; assorted correspondence of and newspaper clippings maintained by Angus MacInnis; correspondence and records pertaining to the Bird Commission claim of Eikichi Kagetsu and the Deep Bay Logging Company; a submission to the Bird Commission by the National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association; a “Submission to the Prime Minister and Members of the Government in the Matter of Japanese Canadian Economic Losses Arising from Evacuation”; records pertaining to immigration problems faced by Canadian citizens of Indian origin; and a brief concerning immigration laws prepared by the Chinese Benevolent Association.
Name of creator
MacInnis, Angus created this archive, mostly of material created during his time as a member of the C.C.F. MacInnis won several awards for his work "on the Japanese-Canadian situation during the Second World War."
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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Angus MacInnis Memorial 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.