Nishihata Family collection
Description
| Title Proper | Nishihata Family collection |
| Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1922–1946 |
| General material designation |
From this fonds, LOI has digitized 143 textual records and other records.
|
| Scope and content |
The collection consists of three series
dealing with the Nishihata family. The first series consists of copies of official
papers exchanged between Saburo Nishihata and Canada's Department of the Secretary
of
State Office of the Custodian and the City of Vancouver. The second series is comprised
of family photographs. And the third series is a certificate and identification cards
belonging to Kishi Nishihata. |
| Name of creator |
Komajiro
Nishihata was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town
of Echigawa cho, Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo
and
Jiro were born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school
education in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada
together on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened
and
the boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and
lived
with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port
Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.
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| 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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Structure
| Repository | Nikkei National Museum |
Digital Objects (143)
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Title
Nishihata Family collection
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Terminology
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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.
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