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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 Bob Takagi and Shirley Takagi (nee Usami) 2011.041 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment Haney, BC, Vancouver, BC, Mission, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, Lemon Creek, BC housing, family, immigration, marriage, farming, Christianity, sports, Buddhism, discrimination, language, education, fishing, United Church, bathhouse, road camps, gardening, ghost towns
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 Frank Moritsugu 2010.029 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Internment Port Alice, BC, Vancouver, BC, Kitsilano, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Yard Creek, BC, Okanagan, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Slocan City, BC, Tashme, BC, Kaslo, BC, Toronto, ON, Hamilton, ON, Japan, Manitoba, Canada, Montreal, QC, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa, ON, USA, Steveston, BC family, nisei, church, agriculture, travel, children, Anglicanism, police, mining, employment, sansei, issei, photography, men-only work camps, military, self-supporting camps, baseball, gardening, community, fishing, commerce, internment camps, bathhouse, social activity, children, temple, food, ghost towns, dance, martial arts, sports, Asahi Baseball Team, career, education, employment, issei, Japan, living in Japan, newspaper, Nikkei Voice newspaper, radio, sansei, teaching, work, military, discrimination, Prisoner of War (POW), Christianity, internment camp, yonsei, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), deportation, festivals, language, detention camps, religion, Momiji, Nikkei Voice newspaper
Interview with Gloria and Mits Sumiya 2010.062 Pre War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s English World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Japan, Vancouver Island, BC, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, New Denver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Sandon, BC, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON, Neys, ON, Tashme, BC, Popoff, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Bay Farm, BC family, employment, education, Japanese language school, community, social activity, small business, bathhouse, logging, work, transportation, The Great Depression, food, discrimination, internment camp, Buddhism, housing, ghost towns, road camps, British Columbia Security Commission, teaching, nisei, War Measures Act, religion, Christianity, Prisoner of War (POW), military, curfew, travel, language, transportation, issei, living conditions, recreation, marriage
Interview with Hisako Shin Shinkoda 2010.038 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s English World War II Japan, Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Whonnock, BC, Mission, BC, Montreal, QC, Tashme, BC, Kaslo, BC, Vancouver, BC, Hope, BC logging, housing, family, education, farming, health, marriage, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), odori, volunteer, boat works, food, language, discrimination, music, bathhouse, sports, clothing, religion, Buddhism, United Church, travel, The Great Depression, transportation, children, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), community, Christianity
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 Joy Kogawa 2016.033 1980s English Redress Vancouver, BC volunteer, community, newspaper, Nikkei Voice newspaper, health, family, Anglicanism, Christianity
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 Keo Shibatani 2010.075 Pre War, Post War, World War II English Deportation Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Hope, BC, Tashme, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON family, nisei, education, clothing, deportation, boat works, immigration, The Great Depression, health, language, education, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), children, military, housing, marriage, transportation, Jewish community, food, bathhouse, discrimination, religion, Christianity, Buddhism
Interview with Mary Akiko Kawasaki (nee Mori) 2011.259 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Vancouver, BC, Fairview, BC, Angler, ON, Sandon, BC, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Japan, New Denver, BC, Greenwood, BC immigration, employment, small business, marriage, children, education, family, community, Buddhism, housing, Japanese language school, social activity, festivals, The Great Depression, transportation, Christianity, baseball, food, Jewish community, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social life, Prisoner of War (POW), sports, recreation, religion, farming, fishing, discrimination, newspaper
Interview with Mary Setsuko Katsuno (nee Ishii) 2011.153 Pre War, Post War English Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Japan, Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC, Popoff, BC, Montreal, QC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, USA, Toronto, ON, Slocan City, BC, New Denver, BC family, children, immigration, newspaper, United Church, transportation, odori, church, Buddhism, employment, food, marriage, language, discrimination, education, The Great Depression, religion, farming, Christianity, odori, language, education, The Great Depression, Asahi Baseball Team, teaching, volunteer, health, military, food, sports, bathhouse, radio, music, photography, transportation, housing, church, sports, language, travel, clothing
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 Patricia "Pat" Adachi (nee Kawashiri) (April 14, 2011) 2011.349 Pre War, Post War English World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Popoff, BC, Japan, Kitsilano, BC family, immigration, education, work, employment, agriculture, Anglicanism, Christianity, church, nuns/sisters, religion, Shinto, dance, housing, small business, sports, baseball, language, Japanese language school, food, community, bathhouse, Asahi Baseball Team, social activity, marriage, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), issei, teaching, education
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 Stan and Aileen Yokota 2012.241 Post War English Internment Japan, Victoria, BC, Ocean Falls, BC, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Kelowna, BC, Okanagan, BC family, gardening, work, recreation, community, career, Christianity, religion, church, discrimination, Ikebana, photography, career, sports, Momiji, children, Nikkei Voice newspaper, housing, farming, discrimination, work, sansei, food, clothing, United Church, transportation, language, Buddhism, festivals, social activity, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, work, curfew, Jewish community, health
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
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