| scope and content | File consists of a scrapbook, assembled by Jitaro and Sumiko Tanaka, containing newspaper clippings relating to Canadian minorities and to the 1980s formation of the Japanese Canadian redress movement. The file includes some ephermera for a 1983 Sodon Kai redress meeting and for the 1977 Japanese Canadian Centennial "War Measures Act" Conference. The file also includes a brief two-page statement by Jitaro Tanaka, made in 1977, proposing a Japanese Canadian history project. |