Sedai Oral History Collection Catalogue
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| Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interview with Teruo “Ted” and Joyce Izukawa | 2010.068 | Pre War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Mission, BC, Fraser Valley, BC, New Westminster, BC, Alberta, Canada, Ontario, Canada, Chatham, ON, USA, Toronto, ON, Japan | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Japan town, education, career, church, Buddhism, beet fields, Japanese language school, marriage, transportation, curfew, displacement, discrimination, living conditions, teaching, Asahi Baseball Team, children, Nikkei Voice newspaper, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), festivals, odori |
| Interview with Elsie Toguri (nee Iwasaki) | 2013.035 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, New Denver, BC, Toronto, ON, Japan, Ontario, Canada, Nelson, BC | nisei, newspaper, teaching, picture bride, community, communities, immigration, sports, odori, dance, ghost towns, curfew, religion, nuns/sisters, music, police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), family, education, marriage, radio, food, funeral, Buddhism, United Church, Anglicanism, language, discrimination, displacement |
| Interview with Henry Shimizu | 2010.026 | World War II, 1940s, 1950s | English | World War II, Forced Removal, Internment | New Denver, BC, Alberta, Canada, Slocan City, BC, Prince Rupert, BC, Kaslo, BC, Popoff, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Sandon, BC, Greenwood, BC | displacement, baseball, social activity, United Church, education, internment camps, Asahi Baseball Team, recreation, bathhouse, enemy alien, gardening, sports, British Columbia Security Commission, religion, Buddhism, food, odori, fishing, housing, living conditions, logging, nuns/sisters, radio, detention camps |
| Interview with Roy Akira Nagamatsu | 2010.074 | World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Hamilton, ON, New Denver, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON | agriculture, detention camps, displacement, family, funeral, food, ghost towns, issei, Japan, logging, marriage, military, nisei, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), social life, sports, travel, work, Jewish community, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), religion, fishing, road camps, health, deportation, British Columbia Security Commission, employment, newspaper, Nikkei Voice newspaper, sansei, yonsei |
| Interview with Roy Kazuyoshi Nakagawa | 2019.205 | World War II | English | Internment | Ocean Falls, BC, Slocan City, BC, Ontario, Canada, Japan, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB | education, career, teaching, family, logging, immigration, language, living conditions, employment, discrimination, gardening, housing, food, community, Japanese language school, recreation, church, social life, Christianity, martial arts, sports, curfew, displacement, United Church, dance, social activity, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) |
| Interview with Sidney "Sid" Ikeda | 2010.023 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Centennial, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Tashme, BC, New Denver, BC | road camps, education, career, communities, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social activity, displacement |