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| Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 Joseph Nakamura | 2012.018 | World War II | English | Relocation | Japan, Prince Rupert, BC, Vancouver, BC, Haney, BC, Schreiber, ON, Slocan City, BC, Toronto, ON | family, immigration, fishing, boat works, canneries, communities, travel, living conditions, housing, recreation, education, martial arts, newspaper, Japanese language school, recreation, British Columbia Security Commission, curfew, radio, road camps, logging, dance, religion, Christianity, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), deportation, funeral, travel, career, recreation, children, festivals, marriage, volunteer |
| Interview with Nana Nishimura (December 8, 2011) | 2011.342 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II | Toronto, ON, New Westminster, BC, Japan, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver Island, BC, Winnipeg, MB | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Japanese language school, food, travel, family, education, marriage, employment, funeral, immigration, Jewish community, religion, housing, bathhouse, discrimination, career, farming, recreation, clothing, sports, Momiji, transportation, dance, Christianity, Shinto, children, festivals, community, church |
| 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 |