<idno type="radTitleProper">ARC-1638</idno> BOX 1

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 University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections

From this series, LOI has digitized 15 textual records or images.

This series comprises fifteen files containing various writings by Yasutaro Yamaga. Writings pertain to, or are titled, the following: Yamaga's personal history as a farmer in Maple Ridge, BC; Yamaga's personal history and birthplace in Japan; forms of marriage among Indigenous peoples in British Columbia; British Columbia's oldest Methodist church in Victoria; the rejection of Jewish people in America and Canada and the "Nazi killing of Jews"; cultural assets; the Lillooet-Burrard Inlet Cattle Trail and the Gold rush; the forced uprooting of Japanese Canadians from the coast; "Who Will Inherit the Earth"; "rejecting the immigration of migrant labour"; slavery and "Front Line memoirs"; "The Sacred Love of Florence Nightingale and Rev. John Smithurst"; "The Dutiful Japanese"; "A Brief History of the City of Hamilton"; "The Period of Camp Detention"; people of Japanese descent in Canada from the pioneer era to WWII; "From an Immigrant's Diary"; "Japanese in Canada"; and immigration policy and the Doukhobors. Material is primarily in Japanese.

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

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DescriptionTitle ProperARC-1638 BOX 1Date(s) of material from this resource digitized1930-1958General material designation

From this series, LOI has digitized 15 textual records or images.

Scope and content

This series comprises fifteen files containing various writings by Yasutaro Yamaga. Writings pertain to, or are titled, the following: Yamaga's personal history as a farmer in Maple Ridge, BC; Yamaga's personal history and birthplace in Japan; forms of marriage among Indigenous peoples in British Columbia; British Columbia's oldest Methodist church in Victoria; the rejection of Jewish people in America and Canada and the "Nazi killing of Jews"; cultural assets; the Lillooet-Burrard Inlet Cattle Trail and the Gold rush; the forced uprooting of Japanese Canadians from the coast; "Who Will Inherit the Earth"; "rejecting the immigration of migrant labour"; slavery and "Front Line memoirs"; "The Sacred Love of Florence Nightingale and Rev. John Smithurst"; "The Dutiful Japanese"; "A Brief History of the City of Hamilton"; "The Period of Camp Detention"; people of Japanese descent in Canada from the pioneer era to WWII; "From an Immigrant's Diary"; "Japanese in Canada"; and immigration policy and the Doukhobors. Material is primarily in Japanese.

Name of creator

Yamaga, Yasutaro created this archive as leader of the Japanese Farmer's Union in the Fraser Valley.

Immediate source of acquisition

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

StructureRepositoryUniversity of British Columbia Rare Books and Special CollectionsFondsYasutaro Yamaga Fonds
Digital Objects (15)File 1: My Footsteps in British Columbia, 1958Facsimile: File 1: My Footsteps in British Columbia, 1958File 2: Rirekisho - Personal History, n.d.; Kokyo wa Hiroshima ken toyoda gun toyohama machi - My Birthplace was Toyohama Village, Toyoda County, Hiroshima PrefectureFacsimile: File 2: Rirekisho - Personal History, n.d.; Kokyo wa Hiroshima ken toyoda gun toyohama machi - My Birthplace was Toyohama Village, Toyoda County, Hiroshima PrefectureFile 8: Bishi dojin no kekkon yoshiki - Forms of Marriage Among B.C. Indians, 1966; Bishi saiko no kyokai - B.C.’s Oldest Church, 1953 (Methodist Church in Victoria, 1859)Facsimile: File 8: Bishi dojin no kekkon yoshiki - Forms of Marriage Among B.C. Indians, 1966; Bishi saiko no kyokai - B.C.’s Oldest Church, 1953 (Methodist Church in Victoria, 1859)File 9: Bei-Ka ni okeru yudajin haiseki to nachisu no yudajinsatsu - Rejection of the Jews in America and Canada and the Nazi killing of Jews, n.d.Facsimile: File 9: Bei-Ka ni okeru yudajin haiseki to nachisu no yudajinsatsu - Rejection of the Jews in America and Canada and the Nazi killing of Jews, n.d.File 10: Bunkazai ni tsuite - Concerning Cultural AssetsFacsimile: File 10: Bunkazai ni tsuite - Concerning Cultural AssetsFile 11: Chojutsuka - The Writer; Rirueto barado inretto kyatoru tsureru - Lillooet-Burrard Inlet Cattle Trail; Goru rasshu - Gold RushFacsimile: File 11: Chojutsuka - The Writer; Rirueto barado inretto kyatoru tsureru - Lillooet-Burrard Inlet Cattle Trail; Goru rasshu - Gold RushFile 14: Dai ni sekai taisen toji bisi shu engan zaiju nihonjin so ido no tenmatsu - Details of the Mass Movement of Coast Resident Japanese during WWII.Facsimile: File 14: Dai ni sekai taisen toji bisi shu engan zaiju nihonjin so ido no tenmatsu - Details of the Mass Movement of Coast Resident Japanese during WWII.File 15: Dare ga chi o tsugu mono zo - Who Will Inherit the Earth, n.d.Facsimile: File 15: Dare ga chi o tsugu mono zo - Who Will Inherit the Earth, n.d.File 16: Dekasegi imin okotowari - Rejecting the Immigration of Migrant LaborFacsimile: File 16: Dekasegi imin okotowari - Rejecting the Immigration of Migrant LaborFile 17: Dorei no shikkoku kara dashite - Escaping the Bonds of Slavery, n.d.; Front Line MemoirsFacsimile: File 17: Dorei no shikkoku kara dashite - Escaping the Bonds of Slavery, n.d.; Front Line MemoirsFile 18: Furorensu naichigeru to jion sumaisasuto bokushi to no seiren - The Sacred Love of Florence Nightingale and Rev. John Smithurst, n.d.; Girigatai nihonjin - The Dutiful Japanese, 1955Facsimile: File 18: Furorensu naichigeru to jion sumaisasuto bokushi to no seiren - The Sacred Love of Florence Nightingale and Rev. John Smithurst, n.d.; Girigatai nihonjin - The Dutiful Japanese, 1955File 19: Hamiruton shi no ryakushi - A Brief History of the City of Hamilton, Haisho no tsuki - The Period of Camp DetentionFacsimile: File 19: Hamiruton shi no ryakushi - A Brief History of the City of Hamilton, Haisho no tsuki - The Period of Camp DetentionFile 20: Material on the Japanese in Canada from the Pioneer Era to WWIIFacsimile: File 20: Material on the Japanese in Canada from the Pioneer Era to WWIIFile 22: Imin nikki kara - From an Immigrant's Diary; Yamaga Yasutaro material on the Japanese in Canada, ca 1934Facsimile: File 22: Imin nikki kara - From an Immigrant's Diary; Yamaga Yasutaro material on the Japanese in Canada, ca 1934File 23: Imin seisaku no tenkanki - A Turning Point in Immigration Policy, n.d.; Jukabo no shuto - Doukhobor Followers, n.d.Facsimile: File 23: Imin seisaku no tenkanki - A Turning Point in Immigration Policy, n.d.; Jukabo no shuto - Doukhobor Followers, n.d.