Sedai: Oral History Catalogue
The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project
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| Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interview with Fred Sasaki | 2010.004 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1900s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Hiroshima, Japan, Calgary, AB, Petawawa, ON, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Kaslo, BC, Angler, ON | education, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Prisoner of War (POW), logging, work, Jewish community, social activity, sports, discrimination |
| 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 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 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 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 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 Kay Fujiwara (nee Toyota) (November 24, 2011) | 2011.348 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Victoria, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Slocan City, BC, Popoff, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, St. Catherines, ON, Toronto, ON | food, family, Japanese language school, sports, recreation, transportation, employment, education, odori, discrimination, housing, farming, Jewish community, marriage, British Columbia Security Commission, issei, logging, ghost towns, travel, fishing |
| 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 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 Masashi "Mas" Shin | 2011.019 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Whonnock, BC, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Revelstoke, BC, Chatham, ON, Toronto, ON, Mission, BC, Tashme, BC | education, sports, family, employment, The Great Depression, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), housing, language, travel, farming, food, odori, music, bathhouse, sports, religion, Buddhism, United Church, logging, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan) |
| Interview with Ross Hiroshi Shin | 2010.046 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Deportation, Internment | Tashme, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Toronto, ON, Guelph, ON, Vancouver, BC, Japan | agriculture, farming, employment, education, social activity, martial arts, living conditions, family, bathhouse, logging, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), fishing, baseball, music, religion, Buddhism, clothing, Japanese language school, community, dance, marriage, music, travel, nisei |
| 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 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 Sachiko Takahashi (nee Kodama) | 2010.034 | World War II | English | World War II, Internment | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Marpole, BC, New Denver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Nelson, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Toronto, ON, Guelph, ON, Etobicoke, ON, USA | church, family, education, fishing, children, discrimination, internment camps, living conditions, Japanese language school, teaching, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), health, police, festivals, clothing, travel, transportation, music, discrimination, logging, children, travel, language, dance, marriage, photography, employment, gardening, Shinto |
| Interview with Shigeo "William" Seko | 2010.037 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1900s, 1910s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Hiroshima, Japan, Japan, Haney, BC, Maple Ridge, BC, Angler, ON, Petawawa, ON, Lemon Creek, BC, Oakville, ON, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON, Japan, Lemon Creek, BC, Maple Ridge, BC, Oakville, ON, Vancouver, BC | family, boat works, farming, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, children, employment, logging, education, language, food, internment camps, road camps, bathhouse, military, censorship, sports, health, deportation, travel, housing, religion, transportation |
| 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 Thomas Matsui | 2011.047 | Pre War, Post War | English | Relocation, Forced Removal | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON | family, employment, marriage, education, housing, The Great Depression, discrimination, farming, military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), sports, housing, religion, United Church, Jewish community, sports, religion, language, children, photography, logging |
| Interview with Tokugi "Tok" Suyama | 2010.041 | Post War | English | World War II, Relocation | Japan, Cumberland, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Hope, BC, Slocan City, BC, Vancouver Island, BC | family, mining, education, religion, nisei, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Jewish community, Buddhism, marriage, social activity, dance, Japanese language school, social activity, baseball, martial arts, logging, employment, community, military, relocation centres, road camps, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), living conditions |
| Interview with Tsutomu "Stony" Nakano | 2010.057 | World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s | English | Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Alberta, Canada, Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Chatham, ON, Fraser Valley, BC, Griffin Lake, BC, Hamilton, ON, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Hope, BC, Lethbridge, AB, London, ON, Maple Ridge, BC, Mission, BC, Montreal, QC, New Denver, BC, Ontario, Canada, Revelstoke, BC, Ruskin, BC, Tashme, BC, Three Valley, BC, Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC | agriculture, Asahi Baseball Team, baseball, bathhouse, beet fields, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), employment, enemy alien, family, farming, gardening, logging, men-only work camps, Nikkei Voice newspaper, recreation, road camps, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), travel, work |