| scope and content | The collection consists of 30 bound volumes of the New Canadian ranging from 1942 until 1977. They are as follows:
January 1940 - March 1940, 1939-1941, 1942 (vol V), 1942 - 1943 (vol VI), 1943 - 1944 (vol VII), December 1944 - July 1945, January 1948 - April 1949, May 1949 - December 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956 - 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977. |
| biography | The New Canadian (1938-2001) was a small newspaper of national historic importance. Tom Shoyama served as New Canadian editor from 1939 to 1945. Takaichi Umezuki served as the Japanese-language editor from 1942, and later publisher from 1948, until his death in 1980. Umezuki's first wife, Chiyo (Masui) Umezuki, provided much support for Umezuki's commitment to the Japanese Canadian community.
The paper moved from Vancouver to the small Kootenay town of Kaslo, where 1200 Japanese Canadians were interned during and after the WWII years. |