File 29-1: Kagetsu, Eikichi re Hompa Buddhist Temple - Correspondence, 1947-1952

File 29-1: Kagetsu, Eikichi re Hompa Buddhist Temple - Correspondence, 1947-1952

Description

Title Proper ARC-1407 BOX 29 FILE 29-1
Date(s) 1947
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file consists of correspondence regarding the "voluntary" liquidation of the Hompa Buddhist Temple and its property at 604 East Cordova Street, Vancouver. Included are records pertaining to Eikichi Kagetsu (as the last president of the temple prior to the internment) and the sale of the property. Issues of legal property ownership and the release of funds derived from the property's sale (in order to fund a new organization, the Toronto Buddhist Church) are raised.
Name of creator
Norris, Thomas Grantham created this archive during his time as a lawyer and donated it to the Legal Archives of B.C. in 1989. The larger portion of this archive was transferred to RBSC in 1990.
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.

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Title

File 29-1: Kagetsu, Eikichi re Hompa Buddhist Temple - Correspondence, 1947-1952
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Terminology

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