Textual Materials

From this series, LOI has digitized 3 textual records and other records.

This series consists of six directories and three immigration identification cards. The first directory is a Japanese Telephone Directory of British Columbia. It consists of advertisements in English and Japanese and the addresses and phone numbers for Japanese Canadians in BC and for businesses (both Japanese-specific and non). The cover has a red, filled-in circle and black bamboo trees. On the cover in pen it reads, "To D Yamaura. 6750 Canada Way. Bby, BC" and two Canadian stamps (17 cent and 30 cent stamps).

The second directory is a forty year reunion directory. The following is printed on the cover: "1942. 1982. 40 Year Reunion. Hammond. Haney. Whonnock, Ruskin, Pitt Meadows. Directory". Typed on a label on the cover it reads, "David Yamaura". This reunion was for students of the Maple Ridge District in 1942. The reunion took place on August 14 and 15, 1982. Addresses and phone numbers of former students are listed alphabetically by last name and sectioned by geographical areas lived in, in 1942.

The third directory is a fifty year reunion directory. On the cover is printed, "1942. 1992. 50 Year Reunion. Haney. Hammond. Ruskin. Whonnock. Pitt Meadows". On the cover on a label in type it reads, "Donated by David Yamaura". The reunion took place on October 3, 1992. Addresses and phone numbers of former students are listed alphabetically by last name and sectioned by geographical areas lived in, in 1942. Also included are printed photographs of Mr and Mrs Jiro Inouye in 1908, Hammon Buddist [sic] Hall Japanese School Class in 1918, leaving kindergarten at Haney Hall in 1937 with Miss De Wolf and Miss Mac Dougall, Maple Ridge Bukkyo Men and Womens [sic] Club in 1938, Haney Hall in 1940, Citizens of Pitt Meadows Hall, 1942 Citizens of Hammond Hall, and Hammond Hall in 1942 Fraser Valley Agricultural Association Directors. On the inside of the back cover is a sketch of the municipality of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

The fourth and fifth directory is a copy of the third.

The sixth directory is a fifty one year reunion directory. On the cover is printed, "51 Year Reunion. 1942. 1993. Japanese Settlement East Lillooet, BC". Printed on a label on the cover it reads, "Donated by David Yamaura". The reunion took place on October 2, 1993. Addresses and phone numbers of reunion guests are arranged alphabetically by last name. Included are printed photographs of "Japanese Settlement East Lillooet, BC", "First Wedding", "Class in Wartime School in East Lillooet", Girls in Kimono", "Ishii, Kitagawa, Nitsui Farming", "Kato Taking a Nap", Hoeing Crew-Fountain Ranch", "Working Girls", "Strong Man Itani", "Sacking Potatoes-Fountain Ranch", "Squash Grew 13" Per Day", "Tending Tomato Plants", "Cultivating Tomatoes", "Kato Family", "Dennis, Kenneth and Glen", "Hasegawa Lil's Wedding", "Pugh Ranch's Worker", "Hasegawa Lil's Guests", "Tsuyuki-Big Sturgeon", "MacWilliam's English Class", "Zucca Melcon's Harvesting", "East Lillooet Swimming Beach", "Loggers at Work", "Ichikawa Family", "Girls at Beach", "Girls at Picnic", "Boys at Seton Lake", "Okuma, Kaminishi and Hattori", "Sewing Class of Mary Nakashima", "Sakai Family", "Boys Attending Lillooet High School", "First Sturgeon", "Celery Grew Well", "Terry and George Posing", "T Itani Family", "Picnic in East Lillooet", "Picnic Serving Ice Cream", "Picnic Finding a Bride", "Picnic Candy Race", "Oshibai-Boys and Girls", "Oshibai", "Oshibai-Kato, Nihei, Kosaka", "Fishing-No Hooks", "Oshibai-Knock-out", "Boating on Seton Lake", "Back of Lillooet Houses", "Pugh Ranch-Planting Tomato", "Two Horse Power-J Yoshizawa", "Cultivating with Wartime Tractor", "Japanese Canadian Tomato Cannery", "Car-loading Tomato", "Hot Tent on Tomato Plant", "Exhibition Display of Tomatoes", "East Lillooet Hall and School 1943". The agenda and menu are included. On the inside of the back cover there is a sketch of the internment site of East Lillooet and the names of the families who lived there.

David Yamaura was born on Townline Road in Port Hammond BC in 1925. His immigrant father, Kinoe Yamaura, was born in Nagano-ken in Japan and his mother, Iwama (nee Iwashita), was Kinoe's second wife. Kinoe had a daughter from his first marriage, and 6 children from his second marriage. David's siblings consist of: Tom (born in 1921), Bill (born in1924), Arlene Kanaye (born in 1926), Rebecca Terumi (born in 1930), and Sumiye (Ebbesen) (born in 1932). Noboko was Kinoe's daughter from his first marriage to a Kitagawa. Kinoe worked as a night fireman at Brown's Brothers Nursery also on Townline Road. His job was to keep the furnace hot for the hot houses.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized selectively.