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 Nikkei National Museum F2282 1997.186.1.2

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This is a 13 page report submitted by Halford D. Wilson and Harry J. DeGraves, Aldermen of the City of Vancouver to H.L. Keenleyside (Chairman, Board of Review, Canadian Immigration Office, Vancouver, B.C.). The authors submitted the report “in support of [their] contention that the Oriental situation in British Columbia is vitally affecting the welfare of not only British Columbia, but the whole Dominion of Canada.” The heading sections are “Immigrants illegally admitted, whether naturalized or not; Canadian born Orientals; occupations pursuits by industries; educational problems occasioned by oriental population.” The authors pose each item as a problem and propose solutions. The report includes list of the 12 documents appended as evidence, concluding membership lists from the Consolidated Cod Fishermen’s Association, letters from white farmers, fishermen, photographs of “typical Japanese dwellings”, and a copy of the report from the “White Canada Research Committee” (1938).

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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DescriptionTitle ProperBrief on the Oriental Situation in British Columbia in the year 1938Date(s) of material from this resource digitizedGeneral material designation

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Scope and content

This is a 13 page report submitted by Halford D. Wilson and Harry J. DeGraves, Aldermen of the City of Vancouver to H.L. Keenleyside (Chairman, Board of Review, Canadian Immigration Office, Vancouver, B.C.). The authors submitted the report “in support of [their] contention that the Oriental situation in British Columbia is vitally affecting the welfare of not only British Columbia, but the whole Dominion of Canada.” The heading sections are “Immigrants illegally admitted, whether naturalized or not; Canadian born Orientals; occupations pursuits by industries; educational problems occasioned by oriental population.” The authors pose each item as a problem and propose solutions. The report includes list of the 12 documents appended as evidence, concluding membership lists from the Consolidated Cod Fishermen’s Association, letters from white farmers, fishermen, photographs of “typical Japanese dwellings”, and a copy of the report from the “White Canada Research Committee” (1938).

Name of creator

R.J. McMaster was a committee member of the Co-operative Committee on Japanese Canadians, while he was employed as an attorney for Campbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors law firm (now Davis & Co.) in Vancouver, BC

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.

StructureRepositoryNikkei National MuseumFondsCampbell, Brazier, Fisher and McMaster Barristers and Solicitors fondsSeriesReports on Japanese Canadians in British Columbia, 1935, 1938