Kenneth Wright

Known as K.W. Wright, he was a lawyer and bureaucrat who served as legal counsel for the Custodian of Enemy Property during World War II. Appointed on 01 June 1942, Wright worked for the Custodian for over 15 years before his retirement in 1958. Wright performed a significant role within the Custodian’s office in the execution and administration of the dispossession. (Source: Kimura Appendix)

Metadata

Surname	Wright
Forename	Kenneth
AddName	W.
Regularized Name	Kenneth Wright

Data

Names (1)

K. Wright

Organizations (1)

Advisory Committee on Rural Properties

Collections

Other Archival Files (23)

MS00689 SERIES 1 BOX 1

File 10: Correspondence, K.W. Wright, Part 10, 1955-56

File 1 Part 5: Correspondence of Frank G. Shears re his career as Director, Custodian's Office (Vancouver Office); his involvement in closing the office; compensation and superannuation. 1942/12-1958/12.

File 10: [Correspondence related to the destruction of records], 1950-1951

File 9: Correspondence, K.W. Wright, Part 9, 1954

F.G. Shears Collection

File 2 Part 5: Correspondence and memoranda from the Office of the Chief Counsel to the Custodian, Mr. K.W. Wright, re the deportation, repatriation of Japanese assets, and property of Japanese Canadians. 1946/12-1948/04.

File 4: Arpin, Eugene, Correspondence, Part 2, 1951-1958

File 1: Correspondence, Private and Confidential, Part 1, 1942-1946

MS00689 SERIES 1 BOX 2

RG117 C-1 VOLUME 0001

MS00689 SERIES 1

File 7: Correspondence, K.W. Wright, Part 7, 1953

File: Correspondence with T.G. Norris and J.C. Osborne, 1954

File 2203: Special Cabinet Committee on Claims by Japanese Evacuees - 1947

File 73-12: Correspondence re: E. Kagetsu and Deep Bay Logging Co. Ltd.

File 1: Correspondence, K.W. Wright, Part 1, 1945-1950

File 11: K.W. Wright, Part 11, 1957-1959

File 8: K.W. Wright, Part 8, 1953

File 11: Vancouver Office - Enemy Accounts. 1946/08.

File 1 Part 6: Correspondence of K.W. Wright, Chief Counsel to the Custodian re staff matters in the Vancouver Office. 1946/04-1952/03.

File 2: Advisory Committee on Rural Properties, [Meeting minutes], June, 1944

File 3: Correspondence, K.W. Wright, Part 3, 1951-1952

Shared Surnames

Wright

Name	See also
Wright
C Wright
C Wright
Catherine Fife-Stewart Wright
Charles Wright
E Wright
Edward Wright
Frederic Herbert Wright
George Wright
George Wright
George Wright
George Wright
George Wright
H Wright
Hamlet D. Wright
Hamlet Davis Wright
Hamlet Davis Wright
Hamlet Davis Wright
Herschell Roy Wright
Jack Wright
Jack Wright
Jack Wright
Jack Wright
K W Wright
K. Wright
Kenneth Wright
Lydia C Wright
Murly Wright
Olive E Wright
R Wright
R Wright
Robert B Wright
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Roy Wright
Russell Lowell Wright
William H Wright

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.