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 withYoshiharu Kitade

Date: 1983-10-27
Name(s): Kitade, Yoshiharu

Interviews with Mary Seki

Date: 1990-06-22, 1990-07-29, 1990-08-17
Name(s): Seki, Mary
Description: This recording contains three sepearate interviews. Interviewee's family origin is in Tanemura, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Interviewee's father was born in 1896.

Powell Street Festival display "Why We Are In The Community"

Description: Recording represents a project carried out by the Japanese canadian History Preservation Committee which was a Powell Street festival display called " Why We Are In the Community." Project conducted by the Japanese Canadian History Preservation Committee. A Powell Street Festival display.

Recording of Nisei bowling group

Date: 1990-06
Name(s): Lisicar, Thomas, Nisei Bowling
Description: This is the Audio of an outing to Grandview Bowling Alley

Vancouver Japanese School language class taping

Description: Japanese Kindergarten