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 Dr. Robert Hironaka and Mas Maki Nishimura

Date: 1976-10-11
Name(s): Hironaka, Robert, Dr., Nishimura, Mas Maki, Wakayama, Tamio
Description: Two interviews on one set of tapes, only one of which is in English so all information listed her and on the interview form is from the Dr. Hironaka interview. The interview is characterized by a clash of opinions between interviewers and interviewee. The result is a somewhat reserved and reluctant set of answers to questions which are thoroughly coloured by the feelings of the interviewers.

Interview with Eiji Tashiro and H Saka

Date: 1976
Name(s): Saka, H, Tashiro, Eiji, Wakayama, Tamio

Interview with Eiko (Maikawa) Ogino

Date: 1989-12-25
Name(s): Ogino, Eiko (Maikawa)

Interview with Ethel Kanaye Okura

Date: 1994-10-13
Name(s): Okura, Ethel Kanaye, Shozawa, Katherine Megumi
Description: An interview of Kiyoko Kay Takahara at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre in New Denver, BC. They walk around a photography display while Mrs. Takahara points out things she recognises. She discusses buildings, businesses, how the seasons were, etc. She also talks about her experience during internment.

Interview with Frank Araki

Name(s): Araki, Frank, Hariatsumari, Y., Hattori, Minnie

Interview with Frank Chickens (singing duo)

Name(s): Chickens, Frank
Description: First 15 minutes of this recording is inaudible

Interview with Frank Genichiro Yada

Date: 1989-09-02
Name(s): Yada, Frank Genichiro

Interview with Fukuyo Chiba,

Date: 1983-11-25
Name(s): Chiba, Fukuyo

Interview with Fumiko (nee Endo) Greenaway

Name(s): Greenaway, Fumiko Endo

Interview with Fumiko Endo Greenaway

Date: 1985-07-09
Name(s): Greenaway, Fumiko Endo

Interview with Fumiko Ezaki

Date: 1997-07
Name(s): Ezaki, Fumiko, Holroyd, Carin
Description: The first tape in this interview was damaged and did not work. The limited recording comes the second half of the interview.

Interview with Fumiko Greenaway

Date: 1990-07-16
Name(s): Greenaway, Fumiko Endo, McAllister, Kirsten Emiko

Interview with G. Hayashi

Date: 1983-12-27
Name(s): Hayashi, G.

Interview with George Kayos Kaput

Name(s): Holroyd, Carin, Kaput, George Kayos, Sokugawa, Erik