George Takeyasu Fonds

George Takeyasu Fonds

Description

Title Proper George Takeyasu Fonds
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1987–1999
General material designation
From this fonds, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
The records in this fonds pertain to George Takeyasu's family history, including a personal narrative regarding his family's forceful relocation inland during World War Two, as well as negatives and photo replications of Takeyasu's family.
The fonds consists of two series. The first series is in regards to George Takeyasu's publications. The second series consists of photo replications of original family photographs.
Name of creator
George Takeyasu was born in 1925 in Hiroshima, Japan. His parents, Shizuyo and Nobuich had moved to Canada in 1920, the year they had married, but later returned to Japan in 1922, the year in which Yoshiaki, George's brother was born. Two years following George's birth, the family returned to Canada and established a tailor/dry cleaning shop on Broadway, in Vancouver B.C. In 1928 Yoshiaki passed away and the family business was sold off. Nobuichi then established a chiropractic office. In 1930 Shigeto, another son, was born. Later the family moved to Ruskin, B.C. and in 1934 a daughter, Matsuko was born.
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

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George Takeyasu Fonds
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Terminology

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