Speech given to the PNE Board of Directors

Speech given to the PNE Board of Directors

Description

Title Proper Speech given to the PNE Board of Directors
Date(s) 1987
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
A photocopy of an address given to the PNE Board of Directors on July 22, 1987 by Tom Tagami. The speech appears to have been written on a type writer in a serif font and is Toms personal account of his experience living in Hastings Park during the internment.
Name of creator
Tom (Itsuro) Tagami was born on February 10, 1920 in Koksilah, BC. He was the son of Jirosaku Tagami from Higashimuro in Wakayama-ken, Japan and Koyoshi Tagami (nee Yamamoto) from Nishimuro, Wakayama-ken.
During the internment, Tom and his family were sent to Hastings Park, where they stayed for three months before relocating to Slocan. In Slocan, he continued his trade and worked at various lumber companies.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Speech given to the PNE Board of Directors
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