Accession 2023.07 - Greater Toronto Chapter of the National Association of Japanese Canadians accession

60 Boxes in total.
Textual Records: 11.06 linear meters
Colour Prints: 2757
Colour Transparencies: 150
Colour Negatives: 966
Black & White Prints: 60
Black & White Transparencies: 77
Black & White Negatives: 57
Video Cassettes: 6
Audio Cassettes: 30
Floppy disks: 4
CD-ROM: 1
Posters: 41
Maps: 1
Architectural Drawings: 6
Ephemera Items: 7

47 boxes were donated to the Library in 2015 by Ron Shimizu, member of the Greater Toronto Chapter. Official transfer was not completed at this time, lacking a Deed of Gift. The material rested with the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library until an Archivist was hired at the East Asian Library in 2022. Material was processed and was officially transferred by the 2023 President of the association, Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi. Some additional material was donated in 2022 as well, which was added to the original accrual.

Contains membership lists, meeting minutes and agendas from many of the committees the Toronto NAJC had, and participated in. Much of the material covers the period when the community organized and sought redress for the internment of Japanese Canadians during WWII. Records relating to and created by the Redress Advisory and Assistance Committee are also included.

Material had begun to be processed by a student at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in 2016 but was never completed. When processing began again in 2022, it was unclear who the custodian was an thus the material was numbered following the Thomas Fisher Rare Book system, where the unique identifier is the box and file number.

Original order has attempted to be preserved. Material has been intellectually arranged to draw material with similar subjects or creators together, often not reflecting the physical arrangement. Titles, unless given in square brackets, have been taken from the original material / containers. The titles Greater Toronto chapter of the NAJC, Greater Toronto NAJC, and Toronto NAJC are used interchangeably, with the first being the proper title of the organization. The majority of the arrangement and description was completed by the archivist at the East Asian Library once the material was transferred to their care.

All researchers much complete a Research Agreement to access any material in this accession due to sensitive information held in many of the records.

Sub-series 5.1 Rejected Applicant Case Files and Sub-series 5.2 Redress Application Case Files are closed for 100 years from creation.

Copyright is held by the Greater Toronto Chapter of the National Association of Japanese Canadians.

Absolutely no copies (photographs, scans, etc.) can be made, for personal use or otherwise, without explicit consent from the Greater Toronto Chapter of the National Association of Japanese Canadians.

• English
• French
• Japanese

The creation of this finding aid was made possible with generous funding from the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation, as well as other grants and donations.

Created April 27, 2023 by E Carroll.
Finding Aid updated October 31, 2023 by E Carroll.