- AAAB2612
- Item
- 1976 [date recorded]
Part of United Church History Seekers oral history collection
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church missionary to Japan and Soowahlie Indian Band in Chilliwack PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1960 RECORDED: Chilliwack (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss May McLachan was born in Manitoba in 1895. Training as a teacher and missionary. Missionary work in Japan, 1923-1942. Taught Japanese-Canadian children in the internment camp at Tashme, B.C., 1943-1945. Returned to Japan as missionary after World War II, 1947-1963. TRACK 2: Missionary work in Japan continued. Missionary work with Soowahlie Indian Band near Chilliwack, 1964 on.