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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 Alex and Donna Yanoshita | 2012.110 | World War II | English | Forced Removal | Vancouver, BC, Mission, BC, Alberta, Canada, Chatham, ON, Japan, USA, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Kitsilano, BC | Buddhism, Momiji, displacement, funeral, marriage, relocation centres, canneries, employment, family, military, work, living conditions, internment camp, agriculture, Nikkei Voice newspaper, newspaper, farming, food, housing, immigration, festivals, fishing, community, canneries, Japanese language school, religion, health, transportation, martial arts, United Church, Christianity, military, War Measures Act, nisei, relocation centres, clothing, bathhouse, self-supporting camps, festivals |
| Interview with Arthur Shogo Kobayashi | 2011.327 | Pre War | English | Attack on Pearl Harbour | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Petawawa, ON, Toronto, ON | Japan, military, immigration, discrimination, picture bride, work, family, community, religion, recreation, Japanese language school, housing, gardening, fishing, War Measures Act, Asahi Baseball Team, baseball, police, displacement, road camps, living conditions, festivals, Buddhism, Ikebana, fishing, detention camps, deportation, travel, agriculture, internment camp, odori, health, volunteer |
| Interview with Connie Sugiyama | 2025.011 | Post War, 1970s, 1980s, 2020s | English | Redress, Internment | Slocan City, BC, Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC, Ottawa, ON, USA, Hamilton, ON, Winnipeg, MB, Angler, ON, Japan | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), community, food, sansei, career, discrimination, education, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), internment camp, War Measures Act, nisei, family, deportation, military, displacement, agriculture, farming, social activity, social life, buildings, issei, yonsei |
| Interview with Dr "Rick" Ryoichi Nishikawa | 2012.180 | Post War | English | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Tashme, BC, Ottawa, ON, Tashme, BC, Chatham, ON, Japan, Neys, ON, Ottawa, ON, Chatham, ON | immigration, family, marriage, family, education, language, Christianity, United Church, Buddhism, small business, British Columbia Security Commission, relocation centres, displacement, social life, work, music, sports, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), martial arts, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) | |
| 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 Fumiko Kanbara (nee Shimoda) | 2011.303 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver Island, BC, Vancouver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Sandon, BC, New Denver, BC, Angler, ON, Victoria, BC, New Westminster, BC, Hamilton, ON, Japan | logging, family, travel, small business, work, commerce, Asahi Baseball Team, community, Japanese language school, Japan town, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), detention camps, living conditions, discrimination, internment camp, displacement, censorship, marriage, housing, bathhouse, gardening, food, deportation, education, recreation, fishing, immigration, travel, religion, health, small business |
| 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 Kay Mitsui | 2011.305 | Pre War | English | Redress, World War I, World War II, Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Steveston, BC, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Greenwood, BC, Toronto, ON | fishing, canneries, work, family, food, children, gardening, housing, bathhouse, living conditions, clothing, community, education, Japanese language school, language, immigration, travel, Japan, issei, marriage, festivals, religion, Christianity, Buddhism, displacement, transportation, farming, relocation centres, beet fields, health, social life, recreation, volunteer, sports |
| Interview with Kay Shimizu | 2012.310 | 1920s, 1940s | English | Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Victoria, BC, Vancouver, BC, Ottawa, ON, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC | fishing, canneries, logging, education, children, language, church, Buddhism, United Church, transportation, career, Japanese language school, social life, gardening, family, festivals, social activity, religion, Anglicanism, food, newspaper, propaganda, living conditions, recreation, marriage, work, discrimination, enemy alien, displacement, relocation centres |
| Interview with Lemon Creek Harmonica Band | 2010.069 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Fairview, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Kaslo, BC, Tashme, BC, Bay Farm, BC, New Denver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Hope, BC, Hiroshima, Japan, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Ocean Falls, BC, Alberta, Canada, Japan, USA | immigration, family, education, newspaper, music, Japanese language school, social activity, nisei, health, employment, education, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), issei, men-only work camps, road camps, displacement, internment camp, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), radio, propaganda, living conditions, displacement, career, sansei, transportation, travel, communities, recreation, discrimination, children, photography |
| Interview with Manabu Doi | 2011.265 | Post War | English | Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, Victoria, BC, Cumberland, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Slocan City, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Toronto, ON | The Great Depression, work, living conditions, food, gardening, living conditions, education, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), British Columbia Security Commission, War Measures Act, discrimination, military, displacement, travel, sports, agriculture, food | |
| Interview with Mary Yaeko Ebata (nee Mori) | 2012.116 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Kelowna, BC, Japan, Vancouver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Bay Farm, BC | family, Japan, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), living in Japan, family, picture bride, farming, agriculture, community, education, festivals, agriculture, community, food, Buddhism, internment camp, sports, social activity, nisei, curfew, living conditions, displacement, British Columbia Security Commission, police, nuns/sisters, employment, community, sports, Buddhism, marriage |
| Interview with Molly (Iwasaki) Aihoshi | 2012.212 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, New Denver, BC, Toronto, ON, Ottawa, ON | education, food, family, immigration, discrimination, sports, Buddhism, Japanese language school, social life, work, language, displacement, British Columbia Security Commission, living conditions, United Church, marriage, social life, newspaper |
| 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 |
| Interview with Tin Teruji Goto | 2011.322 | Pre War | English | Japan, Burnaby, BC, Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Lethbridge, AB, Slocan City, BC, Prince Rupert, BC, New Denver, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Bay Farm, BC, New Westminster, BC, London, ON, Chatham, ON, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Bridge River, BC, Osaka, Japan | family, Japan, farming, fishing, housing, living conditions, community, internment camp, British Columbia Security Commission, bathhouse, Anglicanism, education, nuns/sisters, church, recreation, communities, sports, Japanese language school, road camps, canneries, social life, food, radio, agriculture, children, displacement, logging, teaching, discrimination, Buddhism, language, dance, odori, baseball, Japan town, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) | |
| Interview with Tom Takashima - Nipponia Home | 2012.123 | Post War | English | World War II | Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC, New Westminster, BC, Victoria, BC | social life, issei, nisei, education, discrimination, Christianity, United Church, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), displacement, work, farming, education, immigration, marriage, The Great Depression, fishing |
| Interview with Tomi-Taro (Tom) Nishio | 2012.292 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Alberta, Canada, Nanaimo, BC, Kitsilano, BC, Japan, Nanaimo, BC, Montreal, QC, Ottawa, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Bridge River, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Alberta, Canada, London, ON, Toronto, ON | commerce, small business, War Measures Act, relocation centres, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), nisei, immigration, education, issei, Japanese language school, religion, Christianity, Japan town, community, internment camp, self-supporting camps, military, career, work, sports, sports, food, fishing, living conditions, War Measures Act, self-supporting camps, housing, Prisoner of War (POW), censorship, displacement, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Momiji, community, volunteer, children, family |