Odamura Family collection

Odamura Family collection

Description

Title Proper Odamura Family collection
Date(s) 1909–1946
General material designation
This fonds contains 41 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The collection consists of two series of material. The first series relates to a photographic collection of images of Steveston and Slocan, BC and the second series consists of one textual record, , a certificate of naturalization.
Name of creator
Mr. Toshio Odamura was born at Steveston, BC March 10, 1911. He attended Steveston Japanese Language School. Mr. Odamura moved to Haney [ca. 1928] and got married to his wife Naraye, January 18, 1936. From Haney, he and his wife were temporarily interned in Hastings Park and then Slocan in 1942. From Slocan, he and his wife moved to Penticton and then to Vancouver.
Mr. Odamura's occupations included being an employee at Wood Fibre, BC, a truck driver at Slocan and various other occupations.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

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Odamura Family collection
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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.