Correspondence and planning material for the Japanese Canadian Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario), jointly organized by the Ontario Centennial Exhibition Committee and the National Gallery of Canada. Letters from many exhibits to Kanbara rejecting the exhibit due to scheduling conflicts with other exhibits, and letters of acceptance and planning to host the exhibit.
Correspondence between Kanbara and various curatorial staff from various galleries regarding the planning and transport of the exhibit. List of works included in the exhibit.
Records created during the organization and fight for Japanese Canadian Redress. Records include NAJC agendas, media reports, and correspondence. Many of the meeting minutes and notes contain marginalia by Kanbara.
Notes and information on the donation of the double you-seal plug in the efforts for Redress. Lists of members of the Hamilton chapter. Notices form the Redress Committee. News releases from the NAJC.
Material collected for the event held at the Toronto Prince Hotel, September 3 & 4. It includes an introduction prepared by the Reparation Committee of the NJCCA, results from the National Redress Committee survey, reports, copies of news articles, agendas, and notes.
Minutes from the War Measures Act committee meeting. Newsletters from Sodan Kai. Handwritten notes from meetings. Sodan Kai meeting reports. Transcription of CBC interview with George Imai.
Information about the youth organization in Toronto, serving the Japanese Canadian community. Meeting minutes, agendas, flyers for events, and notes are collected by Kanbara.
Planning material, notes taken at the conference, and information about a similar conference held in Vancouver. The symposium focused on Japanese Canadians in the arts.
Press kit from the NAJC which includes copies of articles about Redress. Notice from the NAJC on their stance about Redress. Correspondence between Otto Jelink and Art Miki.
Program book for a fundraising dinner held by the NAJC at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. Program book for the 1961 National Conference of the Japanese Canadian Citizens Association, held in Winnipeg. The December 1984 NAJC Negotiation Team Meeting report. Copy of the letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from the NAJC regarding Redress. News release about the NAJC apposing Bill C-77. Thoughts on the Emergency Powers Act from Maryka Omatsu to Art Miki. Minutes from the NAJC council meeting held in the Cambridge Motor Hotel in Toronto. Handwritten telephone script for members of the Hamilton NAJC to call about the Redress Committee. Draft of the NAJC Redress Proposal. Redress questionnaire. Draft of Democracy Betrayed. Media package. Letter to Kanbara from David Crombie regarding Redress and repealing the War Measures Act.
News reports and official statements regarding Redress. Reports from various committees of the NAJC regarding their work after achieving Redress. Letter from David Crombie to Tameo Kanbara regarding Redress. Letter to Otto Jelinek from Bryce Kanbara regarding his remarks on CBC about the splintering of the NAJC. Copy of the letters from David Crombie and Art Miki negotiating Redress. Information on the NAJCs Annual General Meeting. Coordinator's report from Redress the Wrong. Draft papers regarding the Emergency Legislation in Canada and how it affects human rights. Plans for rallies.
Cross-Canada contact lists of the Japanese Canadian Centres. Status reports from the NAJC on Redress. Proposal for Future National Organization after the centennial event and issues of the National JCCA. Sodan Kai information and balance sheets.
Conference package from the NAJC conference held in Winnipeg with handwritten notes. The corporate proposal of the allocation of compensation funds. Report from the War Measures Act Committee with handwritten notes. Statement for Redress. Redress and War Measures Act proposal submitted by Shin Imai. Outline of the Japanese American experience. Proposal for fund raising. Case for Redress from the Educational Symposium. Redress Program Proposal brief to the NAJC council presented by the Japanese Canadian Centennial Project Redress Committee.
Letter to the editor from Kanbara on the speed and quality of the Redress movement. Notice form the Hamilton Chapter of the NAJC regarding these concerns. Information on how to collect information from Issei and how to draft a Statutory Declaration.
Summary of meetings by the Media Relations Group. Letters to the New Canadian. NAJC Presidential Report. Correspondence between the Hamilton and Toronto chapter of the NAJC. Weekly meeting notes from the National Redress Coordinator. Press releases from the NAJC. Confidential letter to Art Miki regarding legal changes advocated in Redress. Letters form the Minister of State Multiculturalism to Art Miki regarding Redress. NAJC Redress statement of receipts. Draft NAJC constitution from Maryka Omatsu. Handwritten notes taken by Kanbara at the National Redress Conference.
List of the Japanese Canadian Centres. Agenda from the Vancouver JCCA Redress Steering Committee. Copy of the Constitution of the Vancouver JCCA. Informational pamphlet about Japanese Canadian internment prepared by the JCCA Redress Steering Committee. Greater Vancouver Redress Coalition organizational outline. Playbook for Yellow Fever, directed by Lane Nishikawa. Medical Aspects of Evacuation Days 1942-1946. Strategy and proposed timetable paper presented to the NAJC by Don Rosenbloom. Outlined goals for the Redress movement. Notes from the NAJC conference held in Winnipeg. Minutes from the War Measures Act committee meeting. Copies of hand drawn flyers for events and ideas shared at the NAJC national conference held in Winnipeg. NAJC National Council Meeting minutes from the Vancouver meeting.
Program book, proposed budget, copies of correspondence with the government regarding Redress, reports from sub-committees, and minutes from the 1986 conference. The 1987 conference was held in Vancouver.
Copies of the Hamilton NAJC constitution, Hamilton Redress Committee report, member lists, Draft of the NAJC Redress Greeting Card Fundraising Project Status Report and Recommendations, highlights report from the NAJC AGM, and agendas for the community meeting regarding the reorganization of the Hamilton NAJC.
Thank you letter from the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library to Kanbara for participating in the event "Embracing Our Art: An Exhibition of Local Asian Canadian Artists."
Material created by the Hamilton Chapter of the NAJC regarding the Redress movement, the constitution of the Hamilton Chapter, and some events organized by the chapter.
Newsletters by Sodan Kai, Newsletters about Momiji, The Japanese Canadian Centennial Art Exhibition, Repartir A Zero, the 1977 JC Centennial pamphlet, Report from the Hamilton Redress Committee, and the sample copy of Japanese Canadians in Manitoba.
Agendas, list of representatives, president's report, constitution of the NAJC from 1985, handwritten notes taken by Kanbara. Material all from the 11th NAJC conference, held in Winnipeg.
Flyer for a Taiko workshop and photographs of the event. Report and flyers for the event Oriental Mix, organized by the Hamilton and Region Arts Council and the Hamilton NAJC. Expense reports for the event.