Masanobu Kawahira fonds

Masanobu Kawahira fonds

Description

Title Proper Masanobu Kawahira fonds
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942–1997
General material designation
From this fonds, LOI has digitized 185 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of thirteen series of textual records, graphic materials, objects, and a sound recording, relating to Masanobu Kawahira's life including his life as a logger sawmill worker in Paldi, British Columbia and his incarceration in the Petawawa and Angler, prisoner of war camps in Ontario. Included is a photo album of photos taken of Mayo Bros. Timber Company Limited, Paldi, BC. on Vancouver Island 1937-1942 and a book entitled Paldi Remembered by Joan Mayo about 50 years in the life of a Vancouver Logging Town.
Name of creator
Masanobu Kawahira was born to Torazo Kawahira and Yukino Naka, immigrants from Iyeimura, Ibusuki gun, Kagoshima ken. Torazo immigrated in 1907 on the vessel Shawmut, at the time his listed occupation was a miner. Torazo worked in a variety of seasonal occupations such as fishing and logging. In 1920, he was living with friend Iyemon Yanomichi at #220- Main Street prior to returning to Japan to marry Yukino. When they returned in August 1921, Yukino was pregnant and Masanobu was born a few months later on December 20, 1921 at 241 Hastings Street.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

Digital Objects (170)

Metadata

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Masanobu Kawahira fonds
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.