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

DescriptionTitle ProperARC-1407 BOX 29 FILE 29-1Date(s) of material from this resource digitized1947General material designation

From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.

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.