Japanese Canadians--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

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Alec Lucas interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Yugoslavian community RECORDED: Sechelt (B.C.), 1977-08-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lucas discusses: Strathcona School system and teachers at Strathcona, especially Miss Fanny Grant; learning English and Yugoslavian languages; Nurse McLellan; diets of students at Strathcona; selling peanuts with his brother; Japanese baseball team; cutting logs for firewood; Japanese on Powell St.; memories of the Depression -- shantytown, breadlines, soup kitchen; his paper route for the 'Sun'; racial/ethnic relations in Strathcona neighbourhood; sports in the neighbourhood- track, basketball, soccer; Japanese evacuation during WW II. TRACK 2: Mr. Lucas discusses: ethnicity of neighbours; crime in neighbourhood; good influence of Strathcona School. (End of interview)

Amy Leigh interview : [Covernton, 1973]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Amy Leigh : a pioneer social worker in B.C. interested in public welfare PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-30 SUMMARY: Amy Leigh was born in 1897 and discusses her immigration to Canada from England in 1913; Girl Guides; childhood; recollections; early jobs as a secretary; probation work; training at the University of Toronto School of Social Work; various social work jobs. TRACK 2: Jobs: Director of Welfare, Vancouver. Discussion of the Depression and radicalism. Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Director of Welfare, Vancouver, 1937-1943: decentralization; South Vancouver Experiment; Japanese evacuation. Assistant Director of Welfare for the province. Comments on social work. Retirement in 1958. Other jobs: teaching public welfare, University of Washington; Welfare Department in the Yukon; CNIB, Winnipeg and Ottawa, 1960s. General comments on public welfare: role of government; limits of financial aid.

Irma and Ramon Benedetti interview

CALL NUMBER: T2678:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: A discussion of Ramon's Italian background: his parents' emigration from Italy in 1920s; Alphonso Benedetti's store at Union and Princess (Benny's Market). TRACK 2: Social life in the neighbourhood: winter sports; local animals; picnics; foods; kids' games; roller skating; ethnic rivalries. CALL NUMBER: T2678:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of: McLean Park summer programs; Boccia; Strathcona School; Japanese evacuation during WW II; other ethnic groups; prostitution. TRACK 2: Discussion of: bawdy houses and prostitution; more about teachers and students at Strathcona School; music; Italian societies; Sacred Heart Church; dubious improvements of urban renewal. CALL NUMBER: T2678:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Movement of Italians out of community. New immigrants. Main Street shopping area. Geography of area. Sewer problems. (End of interview)

Ivy Kaji McAdams interview

CALL NUMBER: T2700:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Eurasian girl growing up in Mount Pleasant and Strathcona neighbourhoods PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams talks about some random recollections: born Ivy Kaji in 1920 of Japanese-Canadian father and British mother; father's background in Japan and Canada; father's service in WW I; his death in 1928; Ivy's schooling in Mount Pleasant area; difficult conditions of childhood because of mother's TB; racist taunts; Orientals in Mount Pleasant; East Indians; becoming a part of the Chinese community; dances for Japanese-Canadians; Powell Street; Japanese baths. TRACK 2: More recollections: public baths; problems in WW II; end of schooling at Fairview Commerce; move to Strathcona in 1938-39; she and her brother were only Eurasians at school; conditions in the Depression; youthful activities and living quarters; conditions in WW II; evacuation; permit to visit mother until her death in 1942; refusal to register as an enemy alien. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese-Canadians in Strathcona : WW II and evacuation PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 & 06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams discusses: her arrest for refusing to register as an enemy alien in World War II; an exception being made in the case of herself and her brother; conditions for Japanese and Italians during World War II. TRACK 2: Discusses: Japanese evacuation; stores along Powell Street closed; description of Powell Street's Japanese stores; description of Japanese reaction and social life there; panic sales as evacuation approached; response of Japanese to evacuation. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese and Chinese-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Japanese evacuation (cont'd); property never returned; fear of reprisals; support of friends; evacuation of children a cause of her mother's death; Powell Street after evacuation; Shanghai Theatre in Chinatown; Sam Kee building; Chinese opera; Chinese women; immigration policy for Chinese; work and social life among the Chinese; occidental interest in Chinese businesses and restaurants; Chinese school; myths about the dangers of Chinatown; help from a Chinese friend of the family; Chinese hostility to East Indians and whites. TRACK 2: Discusses: the raising of Chinese children; problems with the new generation of Hong Kong immigrants; Cordova and Hastings Streets in the 1940s; skid row; crime and prostitution; prostitution in Chinatown; few Indians in the area; gypsies around Main and Prior; Japanese Day feasts. (End of interview)

Rev. D.H. Telfer interview

CALL NUMBER: T2643:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A United Church minister on the Prairies and in B.C., ca. 1904-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reverend D.H. Telfer was born in 1886 and recalls his earliest memories of London, England. His father's work in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in London. Family decision to settle in Canada, 1904. Settling on a section of land at Belvedere, Alberta. Father's role as a local Methodist preacher. His own early jobs. More about his father's life as a preacher, and his death in 1908. TRACK 2: ;Other local denominations. His own studies for the ministry. Effects of World War I. University studies and ordination, 1915. Marriage and a sales job. Effects of the Great Depression. How the churches helped in the 1930s. Church Union, 1925. Move to West Point Grey United Church, 1940.

CALL NUMBER: T2643:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A United Church minister and World War II in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Church in the community during World War II. Conscientious objectors. Changes in congregations and church participation. Church extension, 1951-58. Outstanding individuals: Chown. The World Won for Christ. Japanese re-location.

Strathcona School teachers interview

CALL NUMBER: T3162:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : teaching at Strathcona School PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1950s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Introductions of the four teachers interviewed, their birthdates, plus years teaching at Strathcona School (in aggregate, from 1923 [Miss Doyle, the earliest] to 1969 [Miss Farrington, the latest]). First impressions of the school, and loyalties to it. Size of classes, discipline, excellent principals, student-teacher relationships. Teaching generations of same family. History of buildings at the school. Sports days on Cambie Street and Powell Street grounds. Early school concerts and speakers. Canadianizing the students. Number of nationalities represented. Gypsies. Miss Roberts the music teacher. TRACK 2: More on Miss Roberts. Nurse McLellan: on Hogan's Alley, respect and care for students. Petty crime. Wartime concerts and bazaars. Father Cooper. Students coming to teachers' homes, teachers going to students' homes. Depression story. Japanese Navy visits school in 1930s. How teachers and principal helped families during Depression. Teachers' salaries over the years. CALL NUMBER: T3162:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : teaching at Strathcona School PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1950s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Prostitution and bootlegging in district. Teachers' middle-class backgrounds and residences. Esther Fung-Dickson: first trained Chinese teacher and she could not get a job in B.C. Sports day at Oppenheimer Park. Teachers following careers of certain students. Japanese evacuation during the war. 'Square Mile of Crime': Strathcona. Italian internment: political propaganda from Italy tied in with learning language. Andy Roddan. Attitude to police. Fire regulations. Relationships with principal/school inspector. Hygiene concerns: bathtub installed at school; Japanese children immaculate. Mr. Brown's visit to Japan. (End of interview)

The tides of war : the story of Japanese-Canadians in World War II

The item is a documentary video from 1977 about the treatment of Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia during World War II. Includes film footage shot at the time by Rev. Canon G.G. Nakayama (footage now at Public Archives in Canada) and interviews with Ken Adachi, David Suzuki, Rev. Canon Nakayama, Howard Green, and many other witnesses to the period. Modern location footage includes Vancouver and Slocan City. The October Crisis of 1970 is discussed as another application of the War Measures Act.

Toragoro and Rui Nimi interview

CALL NUMBER: T2399:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early life in Canada and discrimination during the war PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1946 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Nimi talk about their marriage; sawmills; their drugstore business on Powell St.; and the internment camps.;

CALL NUMBER: T2399:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese and Canadian culture PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Nimi discuss Japanese and Canadian culture. Japanese "mafia". Changes in discrimination. (End of interview);