Sedai Oral History Collection Catalogue
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Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
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Interview with Aiko Murakami (nee Kondo) | 2010.014 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment | Steveston, BC, Kaslo, BC, Victoria, BC, New Denver, BC, Toronto, ON, Hamilton, ON, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Sandon, BC, Calgary, AB | Momiji, career, family, fishing, education, teaching, language, marriage, The Great Depression, United Church, discrimination, curfew, ghost towns, Japanese language school, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social life, social activity, festivals |
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 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 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 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) |