J.E. Tonomura travel and correspondence

J.E. Tonomura travel and correspondence

Description

Title Proper J.E. Tonomura travel and correspondence
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1954–1970
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized 44 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
This file consists of correspondence to John Eiji Tonomura in the 1950s. Despite being born in Canada, John was deported with his family to Japan in 1946. John returned to Canada after high school. This folder contains immigration and travel documentation from this voyage in addition to correspondence (letters, postcards, and Christmas cards) from his family in Japan. These is also correspondence from family members who returned to other parts of Canada and the United States after the Second World War.
Name of creator
The Tonomura family created these records.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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J.E. Tonomura travel and correspondence
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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.