Browsing 10 items in the Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Item 1
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Broadside announcing debate on Japanese exclusion from Canada.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 02/21/1908
Subject: Debates ; Race discrimination ; Broadsides ; Japanese--Civil rights
Description: Broadside announces a debate on the topic 'Should the Japanese be Excluded from Canada?' to be held at the White Church in Caledon on February 21, 1908.
Item 2
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Sino-Japanese Conflict Elucidated.
Creator: Canadian Japanese Association
Date: 10/1/1937
Subject: Japanese--War ; Propaganda ; Japanese--Political acitivity ; Chinese--War ; Race relations
Description: Informational pamphlet speaks out against anti-Japanese propaganda that stemed from the Sino-Japanese conflict (also known as the Second Sino-Japanese War which was fought between 1931 and 1945).
Item 3
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Documents related to Japanese fisherman.
Creator: B.C. Packers Association
Date: 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926
Subject: Japanese--Industries ; Fishing industry ; Canneries ; Race relations
Description: Includes list of fisherman from British Columbia canneries in August 1916: (B.C. Packers Association) Acme Cannery, Brunswick Cannery, Terra Nova Cannery, Imperial Cannery, Ewens Cannery; (Nanaimo Canners and Packers Ltd.) Nanaimo Cannery; (Glen Rose Canning Company) Glen Rose Cannery; (J.H. Todd & Sons Company) Richmond Cannery; (Jarvis Inlet Canning Company) Lighthouse Cannery; (Gosse Millerd Packing Company) Vancouver Cannery, Burrard Cannery; (A.B.C. Packing Company) Phoenix Cannery; (Steveston Canning Company) Steveston Cannery; (Defiance Packing Company) Great Northern Cannery; and (Great West Packing Company) Great West Cannery. These lists include fishing license numbers, names or initials of fisherman, and the nationality of each fisherman (Japanese, 'Indian', or White). Includes two letters written by Japanese importers to canning companies advertising fishing nets and rope. One letter, written to E.E. Penzer by A.R. Leary, suggests employing Newfoundland fisherman because 'the Canneries have got enough of Japs'. The predominance of Japanese fisherman in the industry is evident in the cannery lists of fishermen.
Item 4
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Documents related to Japanese fisherman.
Creator: B.C. Packers Association
Date: 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1924; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926
Subject: Japanese--Industries ; Fishing industry ; Canneries ; Race relations
Description: Includes list of fisherman from British Columbia canneries in August 1916: (B.C. Packers Association) Acme Cannery, Brunswick Cannery, Terra Nova Cannery, Imperial Cannery, Ewens Cannery; (Nanaimo Canners and Packers Ltd.) Nanaimo Cannery; (Glen Rose Canning Company) Glen Rose Cannery; (J.H. Todd & Sons Company) Richmond Cannery; (Jarvis Inlet Canning Company) Lighthouse Cannery; (Gosse Millerd Packing Company) Vancouver Cannery, Burrard Cannery; (A.B.C. Packing Company) Phoenix Cannery; (Steveston Canning Company) Steveston Cannery; (Defiance Packing Company) Great Northern Cannery; and (Great West Packing Company) Great West Cannery. These lists include fishing license numbers, names or initials of fisherman, and the nationality of each fisherman (Japanese, 'Indian', or White). Includes two letters written by Japanese importers to canning companies advertising fishing nets and rope. One letter, written to E.E. Penzer by A.R. Leary, suggests employing Newfoundland fisherman because 'the Canneries have got enough of Japs'. The predominance of Japanese fisherman in the industry is evident in the cannery lists of fishermen.
Item 5
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Japan: The Octopus of the East and It's Menace to Canada.
Creator: F. Thomas Leighton
Date: 1932
Subject: Racism ; Race relations ; Ethnic groups ; Japanese--War ; Propaganda
Description: Racist informational pamphlet about the 'Japanese Menace' to British Columbia and Canada as a whole. Chapters include: 'The Truth about the Japanese Present Occupancy [of Manchuria] and What it Will Mean to Canada Within the Next 25 Years', 'And What, Under Jap Domination, It Will Mean to Canada: Some facts re the continuous menace of of Jap espionage on the B.C. coast and the proposed absorption commercially of the whole of B.C. in the not distant future', 'How the Japs Grabbed the Fishing on the B.C. Coast: The Jap occupation of Manchuria and what it will mean to Canada when that huge territory has a 25 million population of virile, aggressive and militant people', 'Japanese Espionage in Washington, Oregon and California', 'The Menace of the Japs Today--In the Industrial Life of British Columbia', and 'The Chinese versus the Japanese in their Business Dealings'.
Item 6
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: The Japanese Contribution to Canada: A summary of the role played by the Japanese in the development of Canadian commonwealth.
Creator: Canadian Japanese Association
Date: 1940
Subject: Race relations ; Ethnic groups ; Japanese--Political activity ; Racism
Description: Essay written by the Canadian Japanese Association to refuse anti-Japanese propaganda and reverse negative opinions about Japanese in Canada. Discusses Japanese immigration to Canada; Japanese in the fishing, lumber, mining and railroad industries; and the 'Canadianization' of the Japanese via religion, social service, and their part in the war effort. Facts include statistical support.
Item 7
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: No trespassing sign for the 'Japanese Section'.
Creator: Secretary of State of Canada
Date: 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947
Subject: Relocation camps ; Concentration camps ; Japanese--Civil rights ; Japanese--Capture & imprisonment ; World War II--Civil rights
Description: Sign for the ""Japanese Section"" states that ""This Property is under the Custody of the Secretary of State of Canada acting in his capacity as Custodian. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Enquires should be addressed to the Authorized Deputy of the Secretary of State and/or Custodian 506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.""
Item 8
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Grand Japanese festival.
Creator: Grandview United Young People's Society
Date: 6/13/1927
Subject: Ethnic groups ; Japanese--Exhibitions
Description: Advertisement card for the Grandview United Young People's Society's Japanese Festival to be held in the gymnasium at Union Street and Victoria Drive. The festival had a musical programme, orchestral selections, and light refreshments. Annotation on back suggests that Mrs. Cutler brought her class to the festival and got a reduced admission rate.
Item 9
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Item 10
Collection: Chung Collection - Japanese Canadian materials
Title: Japanese directory for British Columbia.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1939
Subject: Telephone directories ; Japanese--Communication ; Japanese--Commerce
Description: Directory includes British Columbia addresses in English next to names in Japanese characters. Also includes advertisements in Japanese.
