title

 

Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) collection

 

general material designation

 

[sound recording]
extent

 

1 digital file

 

date

 

2012-2012

 

scope and content

 

The collection consists of one sound recording of Sumi Tanaka (nee Sasaki) recounting her and her family's experiences.

 

biography

 

Sumie Tanaka (nee Sasaki) was born in April, 1918. At the age of two she moved to Japan to live with her grandparents for fourteen years. At sixteen, she returned to Vancouver, BC to work on Powell Street in shops owned by her father.

 

number

 

2012.9

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
access

 

Open