Interview with Midge (Mitchiko) Ayukawa

Date
2000-09-14
Interviewer: McAllister, Kirsten Emiko
Interviewee: Ayukawa, Michiko Midge, 1930-2013
Description

Midge lived in Vancouver until she was sent to an internment camp when she was12 years old. She talks about how she took photographs when they were not allowed to have cameras. She also discusses about how the education system worked while she was at internment camps. She claims she had a relatively easier time in school than her older brothers, because the education system was not stabilized until she started going to school.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (a) 00:56:35 b) 00:24:09))
Business/company discussed
Canadian Office Training Corps
Time period discussed
1940s
Names mentioned
Alfred's siblings: Ayako, Akiko, George, Saburo, Noboru, Haruo, Keiko, Matsuzaki, Sue Honma, Fujie Terakita, Fred Iano, Haida
Topic discussed
Education; Internment Camps; Photographs; World War II
Addresses of concern
Georgia street, Powell Street, Gilliard Street
Accession Number
1995.133.4.1
Location
Broadway and Granville
Subject (Geographic)
Lemon Creek (B.C.)
Bay Farm (B.C.)
Popoff
Slocan (B.C.)
Vancouver Island (B.C.)
Vernon (B.C.)
Tashme (B.C.)
New Denver (B.C.)
Québec (Province)
Hamilton (Ont.)
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection
Identifier
johc_437
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Japanese Canadian National Museum

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