Grace Reiko Tanaka (nee Ozawa) Interview

Grace Reiko Tanaka (nee Ozawa) Interview

Description

Title Proper Grace Reiko Tanaka (nee Ozawa) Interview
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 2011
General material designation
This series has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
The interview discusses Grace's experiences on Powell Street after she returned from Japan at the age of seven in 1937. Her and her brother returned to live with their father, who owned K Ozawa Shoe Store on 244 Powell Street, after her mother, her older sister Mary, and her youngest sister Miyoko all passed away in Japan. Her memories of returning to Canada were not happy ones as she went to the all speaking English Strathcona School and could only speak Japanese.
Name of creator
Grace Reiko Tanaka created this collection.
Immediate source of acquisition
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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Grace Reiko Tanaka (nee Ozawa) Interview
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