Tom Yamaura collection

Tom Yamaura collection

Description

Title Proper Tom Yamaura collection
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this fonds, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
The collection consists of a washboard belonging to Tom Yamaura that was used by his family during the internment period in Ontario. Before the internment, his family had a washing machine but being forced to leave their house and things, they had very little money and so had to use this washboard to launder their clothes. The washboard was used when the family followed Tom to Ontario.
Name of creator
Tom Yamaura was one of the first men to be shipped to a Prisoner Camp in 1942. Before, he was training to be a mechanical engineer but once the war started the army stepped in and he was demoted to the position of labourer. Quickly fed up with the situation, Tom soon quit and moved back home.
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 (1)

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Tom Yamaura 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.