Objects relating to Nikkei Reunions

This series has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.

The series consists of memorabilia such as coasters and paperweights that commemorate the 1974 Slocan Reunion, the 1977 Japanese Canadian Centennial, the 1978 Angler Camp 101 Reunion and the 1992 Victoria Nikkei 50th Anniversary Reunion.

Toyoaki Takata was born in 1920 at Esquimalt near Victoria, British Columbia. With his parents Kensuke and Mitsuyo Takata he travelled to Japan in 1925 returning in 1927 to Gorge Park at Victoria, where a Japanese garden with teahouses was established by the family. In 1938 Toyo graduated from Esquimalt high school and in 1942 was interned at Hastings Park, Vancouver, where he was employed briefly by the B. C. Security Commision. Takata was reunited with his family in Sandon, BC, and then relocated to Ontario first to Mimico and in 1945 to Toronto. From 1948 to 1952 he was the English editor of the New Canadian newspaper. Takata's interest in Japanese Canadian history led to his research on the first known Japanese immigrant to Canada, Manzo Nagano, and inspired his intiative for a Japanese Canadian centennial celebration across Canada in 1977, as well as inspiring his book on Japanese Canadians, Nikkei Legacy. Takata was active in the Japanese Canadian community in Toronto, where he served as president of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Takata died in 2002.

No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.