Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU GBA F2047
Title
George Takeyasu fonds
Date(s)
- 1987 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.5 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Takeyasu, 1925- , was born in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, Japan. His family emigrated to British Columbia. He was 16 years old and living in Ruskin, British Columbia, when the Second World War broke out. In 1942 he and his family were "evacuated" to Picture Butte, Alberta to work on the sugar beet farms.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of George Takeyasu, 1995.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of memoirs of events during the evacuation from British Columbia to Alberta in 1942.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available for the memoirs.
Related units of description
There is an interview with George Takeyasu in the Memories of War, Dreams of Peace Oral History Project, at Glenbow (RCT 903).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.