Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection

The collection is comprised of interviews conducted by the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre with Japanese Canadians on topics ranging from early immigration; their participation in pre-World War II industries including fishing, farming, and the lumber industries; and their internment during World War II. The collection is a rich source for the study of ethnic history, BC history, Japanese Canadian history, immigration history, and oral history at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The majority of audio files are in English, but some are in Japanese.

The collection is comprised of interviews conducted by the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre with Japanese Canadians on topics ranging from early immigration; their participation in pre-World War II industries including fishing, farming, and the lumber industries; and their internment during World War II. The collection is a rich source for the study of ethnic history, BC history, Japanese Canadian history, immigration history, and oral history at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The majority of audio files are in English, but some are in Japanese.

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Contributed by National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre in partnership with Simon Fraser University.

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Interview with Takeshi Uyeyama

Date: 1990-12-05
Name(s): McAllister, Kirsten Emiko, Uyeyama, Takeshi

Interview with Tamako Miki

Date: 1991-04-19
Name(s): Miki, Tamako
Description: Low volume recording that ends abruptly before the interview is over.

Interview with Tamio Wakayama

Name(s): Holroyd, Carin, Wakayama, Tamio

Interview with Tatsuo Saito

Name(s): Saito, Tatsuo

Interview with Ted Masumi Ohashi

Date: 1983-08-11
Name(s): Holroyd, Carin, Ohashi, Ted Masumi

Interview with Ted Sakaki

Date: 1983-07-14
Name(s): Sakaki, Ted, Sokugawa, Erik

Interview with Teresa Kobayashi Ohnishi

Date: 1991-03-13
Name(s): Ohnishi, Teresa Kobayashi

Interview with Terry Miyamoto (nee Ikeda)

Date: 1905-07-02
Name(s): Miyamoto, Terry (nee Ikeda)
Description: The interview conducted in Vancouver, BC on December 24, 2010, discusses the history of the Ikeda family. In the interview, Mrs Miyamoto discusses her experience living on Powell Street in Vancouver, BC. Her father was a barber and owned Ikeda Barbershop at 360 Powell Street. During that time she attended Strathcona Elementary School and the Vancouver Japanese Language School.

Interview with Terry Sasaki

Date: 1991-02-12
Name(s): Sasaki, Terry

Interview with Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita

Date: 2011
Name(s): Nakamura, Raymond, Nakamura, Teruye (Terry) (nee Yamashita)
Description: The interview conducted in Toronto, ON in January, 2011, discusses the history of the Yamashita family.

Interview with Thomas Hirose

Date: 1990-07-20
Name(s): Bettinwald, Mary Jane, Hirose, Thomas

Interview with Thomas Kunito Shoyama

Date: 1991-01-11
Name(s): Hoffman, Mrs., Shoyama, Thomas Kunito

Interview with Tokuko Inoue

Date: 1997-03-25
Name(s): Inoue, Judy, Inoue, Tokuko, Sirovyak, Susan
Description: Tokuko discusses about working as a dressmaker in Vancouver. She designed and made clothes herself, and moved to Kelowna for a brief period of time. Discrimination and racism are themes of this interview.

Interview with Tokuko Inoue

Date: 1998-07-16
Name(s): Inoue, Tokuko, Nishimura, Sakuya, Tagami, Reiko
Description: This is an interview conducted for Powell Festival, which asks Mrs. Inoue to talk about what home means to her. She considers Canada to be home and she does not think she could ever go back to living in Japan because of her disinclination for Japanese customs.

Interview with Tom Shoyama

Date: 1991-01-11
Name(s): Hoffman, Mrs., 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.