| title | Iwasaki Family Collection |
| general material designation | [graphic materials, textual records] |
| extent | 14 cm textual records ; 14 photographs : b&w and sepia. |
| date | 1890-1930 |
| scope and content | The collection consists of photographs, a postcard, a Japanese directory, a publication on the Coronation of Emperor Hirohito, a publication titled Kananda no Sakae, and two autograph albums. The photographs chronicle the early days in British Columbia, the First World War, the Japanese Canadian War Memorial and Japan. |
| biography | The collection was donated by Elsie Toguri whose mother was Midori Iwasaki nee Yamazaki, Yasushi Yamazaki's niece. A story passed down from Elsie reveals that Yamazaki had called a nephew out from Japan to help him run the newspaper, but the nephew refused to relocate. Elsie's mother, Midori left her position as an x-ray technician in Japan and took over the newspaper. Midori later converted to Catholicism and worked with nuns to establish a daycare for Japanese immigrant mothers so that they wouldn't have to carry their children on their backs to work. Midori helped women leave abusive husbands and helped many immigrants settle in Vancouver.
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| number | 2016.21 |
| organisation | Nikkei National Museum |
| access | Open |