Interview with Tom Shoyama

Date
1991-01-11
Interviewer: Hoffman, Mrs.
Interviewee: Shoyama, Thomas Kunito
Description

Conversation begins with the introduction of the interviewer and her own interests, interview is focused on the Powell Street community prior to internment .Mr. Shoyama's newspaper business, processes of internment, the latter part of the interview concerns Mr. Shoyama's personal life.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (01:20:37))
Business/company discussed
Publications: The New Canadian, Manchurian Daily News, Nikkei Voice; Powell Street businesses - Fujiya Fish Market, Atomic Energy Canada
Time period discussed
1890s; 1930s; 1940s
Names mentioned
Buck Suzuki
Topic discussed
Powell Street; Powell Street Festival; Railway construction; civil rights; political activism; employment; segregation; sports; internment; newspaper publishing; community; worker's movements
Place of birth
Kamloops, BC
Addresses of concern
Kingsway, Powell Street, Granville St.
Accession Number
1994.70.071a
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection
Identifier
johc_56
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Japanese Canadian National Museum

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