Nishihata Family collection

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.
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 (143)

Metadata

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Nishihata 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.