Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) collection

Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) collection

Description

Title Proper Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) collection
Date(s) 2012
General material designation
This fonds has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
The collection consists of one sound recording of Sumi Tanaka (nee Sasaki) recounting her and her family's experiences.
Name of creator
Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) was born in April, 1918. At the age of two she moved to Japan to live with her grandparents for fourteen years. At sixteen, she returned to Vancouver, BC to work on Powell Street in shops owned by her father.
Immediate source of acquisition
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

Metadata

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Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) 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.