George Takeyasu Fonds

This fonds contains a textual record.

The records in this fonds pertain to George Takeyasu's family history, including a personal narrative regarding his family's forceful relocation inland during World War Two, as well as negatives and photo replications of Takeyasu's family.

The fonds consists of two series. The first series is in regards to George Takeyasu's publications. The second series consists of photo replications of original family photographs.

George Takeyasu was born in 1925 in Hiroshima, Japan. His parents, Shizuyo and Nobuich had moved to Canada in 1920, the year they had married, but later returned to Japan in 1922, the year in which Yoshiaki, George's brother was born. Two years following George's birth, the family returned to Canada and established a tailor/dry cleaning shop on Broadway, in Vancouver B.C. In 1928 Yoshiaki passed away and the family business was sold off. Nobuichi then established a chiropractic office. In 1930 Shigeto, another son, was born. Later the family moved to Ruskin, B.C. and in 1934 a daughter, Matsuko was born.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.