Interview with Sam Yamada

Title
Interview with Sam Yamada
Accession number
2010.001
Interviewer
Connie Sugiyama, Bill Hashizume, Peter Wakayama
Videographer
Tak Yano
Date of Interview
Language
English
Description

Sam Yamada was born in 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The interview is about Sam Yamada and his family life in Vancouver, British Columbia (prior to the war); Hastings Park, British Columbia (during the war), and Toronto, Ontario (during and after the war). He discusses his arts, photography and sculpting, and how sculpting allowed him to leave the camps to study in Toronto. He attained a school education through the Ontario College of Art. 

Format
Videotape
Video File
Length of Interview
1 hr 25 min
Transcript
2010-001 Sam Yamada Transcript Final.pdf
Period
Pre War
Post War
World War II
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Event
World War II
Forced Removal
Internment
Location
Vancouver, BC
Hastings Park, Vancouver
Toronto, ON
USA
Topic
education
photography
family
employment
Japanese language school
travel
internment camp
curfew
small business
Jewish community
sports
travel
work
Number of Physical Tapes
2
Permission
For uses other than research or private study, researchers must submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Citation
Sam Yamada, interview by Connie Sugiyama, Bill Hashizume, and Peter Wakayama, November 8, 2003, 2010.001, Sedai: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project Collection, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.