File 16-2: Tokikazu Tanaka Collection: Correspondence, Memos and Records

Description

Title Proper	ARC-1288 BOX 16 FILE 16-02
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 contains letters and memos arising from Tokikazu Tanaka's role as the spokesperson for the Japanese Canadians interned at Petawawa in Angler, Ontario. Correspondence is primarily with the Spanish Consul Pedro E. Schwartz (Spain was the "protecting power"), in addition to letters of appeal to the government. The work of the Custodian is discussed at some points, and allusions are made to unrest in the spring of 1943.
Name of creator	University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections collected this archive.
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 in full.

Structure

Repository	University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections
Fonds	Japanese Canadian Research Collection
Series	ARC-1288 BOX 16

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File 16-2: Tokikazu Tanaka Collection: Correspondence, Memos and Records - 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.