Haruko Kobayakawa fonds

Description

Title Proper	Haruko Kobayakawa fonds
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized	1920–1989
General material designation	From this fonds, LOI has digitized 35 textual records and other records.
Scope and content	The fonds consists of nine separate series, with pertinent subseries, including information such as Haruko Kobayakawa's personal records, household financial records, correspondence, collection of scrapbooks, diaries and photographic collection of her life in Canada and in Japan.
Name of creator	Mrs. Haruko Ivy Kobayakawa (nee Yokota) was born at Takeni-mura Hiroshima, Japan, March 20, 1902. In 1921, Haruko traveled to Canada to marry Masao Kobayakawa who was born in Cumberland BC March 10, 1898. The couple resided at Courtenay, BC on a farm that Masao owned.
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

Digital Objects (35)

Haruko Kobayakawa's passport on first arrival to Canada from Japan

Letter from Courtenay district Headquarters; Courtenay, BC

Letter from the BC Security Commission, Graham Pipher; Port Arthur, ON

Letter from the BC Security Commission to Masao Kobayakawa; Ontario, BC

Letter from the Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian to Mr. Masao Ko bayakawa

Haruko Kobayakawa and two women, Vancouver BC

Buddhist Women's Club, Courtenay BC

Yoshio, Kazuji, Haruko, Miyano and Fumie in Hawaii

Welcome party for Prince Akihito at University of Toronto

Haruko's Graduation picture in Japan

Wedding photo of aunt and uncle

Portrait of Haruko and three women, Vancouver BC

Prince Akihito with Toronto Japanese Canadians, Toronto Canada

Prince Akihito meeting Japanese Canadians in Toronto

Nine women posing in an outdoor setting, Cumberland BC?

Two men with hunted deer, Courtenay BC

A truck with lumber, Courtenay BC

A group of men and women with Japanese Language school graduates, Courtenay BC

A group of Japanese Language school graduates, Courtenay BC

A group of men, women and children in front of a building, Vancouver Island

Three adults and 5 children in a field

Woman standing beside stone church, Duncan BC

Mr. Kobayakawa's cousin and others, Courtenay BC

Haruko Kobayakawa and others in a field

Haruko Kobayakawa with a woman on the porch

A Studio Portrait of Haruko Kobayakawa; Toronto, Ontario

A Studio Portrait of Haruko Kobayakawa

Haruko Kobayakawa's Brown Autograph Album

Autograph album belonging to 'Mickey' Yoshikazu Yoshida

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Title

Haruko Kobayakawa fonds

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Terminology

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