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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 Arthur Ikeda | 2011.013 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Tashme, BC, New Denver, BC, New Westminster, BC, Toronto, ON, Kaslo, BC | language, family, housing, employment, education, housing, canneries, farming, fishing, religion, Jewish community, travel, Buddhism, family, food, deportation, immigration, bathhouse, gardening, clothing, children, marriage, transportation |
| 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 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 Chiyo Seko | 2010.051 | Post War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s | Japanese | World War II, Centennial, Internment | Japan, Toronto, ON, Port Credit, Mississauga, ON, Montreal, QC, USA | family, living conditions, dance, temple, living conditions, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), music, internment camps, nisei, Nikkei Voice newspaper, immigration, agriculture, children, social activity, marriage, farming, employment, Buddhism, odori, military, Momiji, gardening, health, agriculture, sports |
| 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 Dr. Arnold Arai | 2011.061 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Internment | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Tashme, BC, Hope, BC | immigration, housing, family, gardening, discrimination, bathhouse, language, food, censorship, education, religion, United Church, health, marriage, curfew, sports, British Columbia Security Commission, deportation, health |
| Interview with Eleanor Maruno (nee Tsuchiya) | 2011.159 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress | Vancouver, BC, USA, Revelstoke, BC, Japan | immigration, Asahi Baseball Team, marriage, family, fishing, employment, health, housing, transportation, canneries, food, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), farming, food, travel, curfew, music, military, Buddhism, religion, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), sports, bathhouse, clothing, odori, children |
| 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 Fumi Kono | 2011.237 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Hiroshima, Japan, Japan, USA, Vancouver, BC, Kitsilano, BC, Fraser Valley, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Hamilton, ON, Ottawa, ON, Toronto, ON | children, immigration, United Church, education, discrimination, social activity, Japanese language school, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Prisoner of War (POW), road camps, communities, small business, newspaper, community, Asahi Baseball Team, travel, Buddhism, bathhouse, music, employment, photography, teaching, censorship, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social life, career, odori, nuns/sisters |
| 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 George Nakamura | 2011.049 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Salt Spring Island, BC, Vancouver Island, BC, USA, Victoria, BC, Chatham, ON, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Popoff, BC | employment, bathhouse, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), family, housing, immigration, health, sports, martial arts, travel, transportation, language, marriage, food, farming, Anglicanism, United Church, discrimination, radio |
| Interview with Hajime Sawada | 2014.106 | Post War | English | Toronto, ON | Japan, family, immigration, work, discrimination, social life, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) | |
| Interview with Harold Miwa | 2011.279 | English | Vancouver, BC, Japan, New Denver, BC, Kaslo, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Tashme, BC, Hope, BC, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Neys, ON | small business, agriculture, education, issei, living in Japan, food, career, work, teaching, employment, living conditions, health, logging, internment camp, dance, music, community, recreation, martial arts, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), baseball, children, curfew, police, Asahi Baseball Team, language, fishing, volunteer, immigration, enemy alien, housing, family, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), United Church, Buddhism | ||
| Interview with Harry Yoshida | 2010.060 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Atomic Bomb, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Japan, Toronto, ON, Vancouver Island, BC, USA, Tashme, BC | education, immigration, family, Prisoner of War (POW), marriage, military, food, employment, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan) |
| Interview with Hideo Takahashi | 2010.076 | Pre War, World War II | English | Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Vancouver, BC, Petawawa, ON, Toronto, ON, Winnipeg, MB, Angler, ON, Port Credit, Mississauga, ON | housing, immigration, mining, employment, language, family, Prisoner of War (POW), education, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), military, music, ghost towns, Asahi Baseball Team, language, discrimination, martial arts |
| Interview with Honourable John Allen Fraser | 2014.266 | Post War, World War II, World War I | English | Redress, World War II, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Ottawa, ON, Japan | Japan, communities, discrimination, employment, education, family, immigration, internment camps, logging, work |
| Interview with Jean Nagata (nee Nobuko) | 2010.031 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s | English, Japanese | World War II | Alberta, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON, Kitsilano, BC, Shaughnessy Heights, BC, Vancouver, BC | family, travel, education, church, food, gardening, agriculture, fishing, festivals, temple, living conditions, music, discrimination, bathhouse, Buddhism, family, immigration, Japan, living in Japan, propaganda, social life, travel, United Church, work |
| Interview with Joanne Sugiyama | 2013.361 | World War II, 1900s, 1910s, 1940s, 1950s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Slocan City, BC, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Japan, Toronto, ON | Anglicanism, Asahi Baseball Team, bathhouse, Buddhism, children, marriage, immigration, issei, nisei, sansei, employment, family, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Japanese language school, nuns/sisters, Shinto, religion, teaching |
| Interview with John Yoshioka | 2011.234 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Kelowna, BC, Lethbridge, AB, Montreal, QC, Greenwood, BC, Japan, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Oakville, ON | employment, family, religion, martial arts, military, language, sports, road camps, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), travel, censorship, children, education, immigration, censorship, discrimination, career |
| 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 Josie Yoshioka (nee Yano) | 2011.231 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Tashme, BC, Toronto, ON, Kelowna, BC, Slocan City, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Montreal, QC, Vancouver, BC, Greenwood, BC, Japan | travel, education, housing, discrimination, family, employment, immigration, marriage, children, health, food, language, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), education, religion, bathhouse, Buddhism, church, transportation, The Great Depression, farming, housing, clothing, United Church, men-only work camps, radio, music, newspaper, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), career |
| Interview with Kathryn 'Kay' Honda (nee Yamamoto) | 2010.043 | Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Internment | Japan, USA, Vancouver, BC, Lulu Island, BC, Steveston, BC, New Denver, BC, Hamilton, ON, London, ON, Sandon, BC, New Denver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Toronto, ON, Fingal, ON, Neys, ON | farming, agriculture, family, Buddhism, church, employment, education, nuns/sisters, church, festivals, dance, odori, Momiji, community, food, housing, gardening, internment camps, sports, photography, road camps, transportation, language, boat works, discrimination, fishing, War Measures Act, Prisoner of War (POW), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), military, teaching, living conditions, health, road camps, issei, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), radio, fishing, boat works, children, discrimination, language, radio, ghost towns, nisei, dance, immigration, language, marriage, discrimination, picture bride, photography, church, employment |
| 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 Kimiko "Rose" Aihoshi (nee Kato) | 2010.050 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment | Fairview, BC, New Denver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Kaslo, BC, Greenwood, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Mississauga, ON, Japan | family, food, United Church, education, Japanese language school, family, employment, immigration, travel, military, discrimination, community, social activity, religion, living conditions, bathhouse, language, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), children, newspaper, detention camps, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), curfew, radio, music, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), marriage, children |
| Interview with Kunio Suyama | 2011.235 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver Island, BC, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON | farming, mining, logging, immigration, education, marriage, food, children, social activity, baseball, Japanese language school, community, housing, living conditions, internment camp, Asahi Baseball Team, bathhouse, newspaper, relocation centres, military, language, employment, work, Buddhism, temple, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), festivals, martial arts, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), Japan town, community |
| 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 Lillie Reiko Yano | 2010.061 | Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Ruskin, BC, Vancouver, BC, Japan, USA, Alberta, Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Whonnock, BC, Burnaby, BC | family, fishing, language, immigration, picture bride, farming, logging, transportation, discrimination, immigration, employment, British Columbia Security Commission, travel, curfew, police, Prisoner of War (POW), marriage, internment camps, road camps, photography, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), agriculture, education, teaching, living conditions, festivals, dance, boat works, children, marriage, employment, discrimination |
| Interview with Margaret Suyuko Adamson (nee Kimura) | 2011.069 | Pre War, Post War | English | Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | USA, Japan, Toronto, ON | family, employment, mining, immigration, language, food, internment camps, curfew, bathhouse, The Great Depression, discrimination, farming, education, health, family, police, transportation, travel, housing, gardening, volunteer, marriage, children |
| 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 Matsui | 2010.059 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 2000s, 2010s | English | Japan, Alberta, Canada, Kitsilano, BC, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Toronto, ON | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), work, immigration, small business, Japanese language school, education, discrimination, curfew, relocation centres, Momiji, social activity, social life, education, career, religion, food, teaching, communities, issei, nisei | |
| 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 Masako Okawara (nee Isoshima) | 2011.196 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Haney, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, USA, Japan | teaching, immigration, United Church, Buddhism, family, travel, language, bathhouse, Ikebana, religion, immigration, education, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, clothing, travel, music, odori, housing, food, marriage, health, children, travel, transportation, farming, employment, boat works |
| Interview with Mickey Maikawa | 2011.102 | Pre War | English | Vancouver, BC, Japan, Victoria, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC | family, immigration, education, employment, travel, sports, Asahi Baseball Team, clothing, bathhouse, food, housing, dance | |
| Interview with Miyoko "Miyo" Nakamura (nee Fujita) | 2011.021 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour | New Westminster, BC, Ruskin, BC, Tashme, BC, Kingston, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Whonnock, BC, Hope, BC, Toronto, ON | family, farming, curfew, education, housing, employment, food, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), marriage, Buddhism, radio, photography, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), religion, language, United Church, immigration, travel, discrimination |
| 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 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 Nori and Blanche Kanashiro | 2011.090 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II | Japan, Lethbridge, AB, Steveston, BC, Ocean Falls, BC | immigration, language, family, employment, canneries, travel, farming, bathhouse, discrimination, health, education, housing, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), mining, The Great Depression, marriage, transportation, children, religion, United Church, newspaper, food, military |
| 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 Roy Matsui | 2010.047 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | USA, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Marpole, BC, Sandon, BC, Montreal, QC, New Denver, BC, Ottawa, ON, Etobicoke, ON, Lemon Creek, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON | immigration, marriage, employment, family, travel, education, mining, relocation centres, ghost towns, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), nisei, community, Prisoner of War (POW), career, housing, internment camps, police, photography, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), military, British Columbia Security Commission, curfew, mining, language, social activity, living conditions, music, boat works, language, sports, Asahi Baseball Team, radio, health, food, Momiji, transportation, language, religion, Buddhism, Anglicanism |
| Interview with Roy Sato | 2012.006 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, World War I | English | World War I, World War II, Forced Removal, Internment | Japan, Royston, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Sandon, BC, Slocan City, BC, New Denver, BC, Petawawa, ON, Vancouver Island, BC | issei, immigration, family, farming, agriculture, road camps, ghost towns, health, buildings, internment camps, clothing, food, children, nisei, mining, buildings, teaching, recreation, children, detention camps, communities, education, agriculture, community, police, transportation, logging, health, communities, Buddhism, temple, religion, internment camps, Jewish community, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
| Interview with Roy Takumi Honda | 2010.044 | Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Japan, USA, Whiterock, BC, Vancouver, BC, Cloverdale, Surrey, BC, Chapleau, ON, Hamilton, ON, London, ON, 11 Mile, BC, Woodfibre, BC, Tashme, BC, Hiroshima, Japan | immigration, family, employment, picture bride, marriage, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), communities, language, music, dance, social activity, children, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), church, transportation, discrimination, health, Jewish community, gardening, Trans Canada Highway, travel, road camps, farming, fishing, sports, festivals, living conditions, food, Buddhism, religion, Anglicanism, farming, education |
| Interview with Rubiko "Ruby" Fukumoto (nee Morita) (July 13, 2011) | 2011.350 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s | English | Redress, World War II, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Alberta, Canada, Calgary, AB, Japan, Victoria, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Slocan City, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Revelstoke, BC, Chatham, ON, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON | immigration, Japan, family, work, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Jewish community, career, dance, farming, discrimination, small business, church, community, education, employment, language, marriage, housing, social activity, road camps, bathhouse, Japanese language school |
| Interview with Shigeo Kimura | 2025.012 | Post War | Japanese | Japan, Toronto, ON | sports, martial arts, immigration, work, gardening, food, family, living conditions, living in Japan, children, marriage | |
| Interview with Shizuye Matsui (nee Kosaka) | 2011.048 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Kitsilano, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Lemon Creek, BC, Slocan City, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON, Kaslo, BC | immigration, education, language, marriage, employment, United Church, gardening, ghost towns, family, road camps, food, children, housing, discrimination, music, religion, Buddhism, travel |
| Interview with Shoji Takahashi | 2010.033 | World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Japan, Bridge River, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Montreal, QC, Manitoba, Canada, Ukraine, New Denver, BC, Kelowna, BC, Slocan City, BC | immigration, transportation, discrimination, education, family, road camps, self-supporting camps, Prisoner of War (POW), family, ghost towns, health, food, children, Japan town, Japanese language school, Buddhism, festivals, children, internment camps, police, photography, Asahi Baseball Team, logging, travel, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, language, dance, religion, church, farming, agriculture |
| Interview with Stan Hiraki | 2011.236 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Internment | Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, East Lillooet, BC, London, ON | discrimination, language, Jewish community, family, immigration, employment, Asahi Baseball Team, health, volunteer, transportation, sports, newspaper, The Great Depression, food, British Columbia Security Commission, housing, marriage |
| Interview with Takehiko "Tak" Yoshida | 2013.141 | Post War, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s | English, Japanese | Japan, Toronto, ON | immigration, career, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), family |