Sedai Oral History Collection Catalogue
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| Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 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 Winston Hayashi | 2022.007 | Pre War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Port Hope, ON, Japan | Anglicanism, church, discrimination, education, nisei, sansei, religion, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), children, commerce, food, work, issei, canneries, Japanese language school, language, family |