| scope and content | The file consists of 25 documents. The file contains materials related to the pre-war Japanese Canadian community in Tofino, B.C., including photographs of Japanese trollers in Tofino Harbour between 1925 and 1928 ; photographs of children from the Tofino school in 1935 ; photocopies of newspaper articles ; and correspondence from and about Edward and Dorothy Arnet. A handwritten note signed by Midge Ayukawa and dated May 17 2002 is at the front of the file and is written as follows: "Pre-war Tofino JC Community, although the photos are not originals, - computer copies - for a researcher, they are useful. - hence I feel they should be stored." |