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Object Description

Object Name

Oral History

Recording

Object ID

SR-139

Title

Isamu "Sam" Edward Eto oral history interview conducted by Warren Sommer on 25 Aug. 1990.

Extent

1 audio cassette.

Date

25 Aug. 1990.

Description

SR-139: Tracks 1 - 3 discuss the Eto family and farm, including Banjiro Eto and his wife, Nitta Isurue. The farm and house are described.
Track 4 discusses other Japanese families in Langley and a Japanese school on the Eto property.
Track 5 describes Eto's education at West Langley Public School.
Track 6 discusses the lack of Japanese customs observed in the Eto house.
Track 7 discusses provisions and shopping in Walnut Grove.
Track 8 discusses discrimination and the increasing resentment towards Japanese people after Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Track 9 describes leisure activities such as picnics and fishing.
Track 10 discusses World War II and internment of Japanese people. The Eto family's moves to Jasper and then Slocan, and finally Toronto, are described. Reparations from the Canadian government to the Japanese victims of internment are mentioned.

People/Subject

Eto, Isamu "Sam" Edward Eto

Isamu "Sam" Edward Eto was born on September 23, 1930, in Kelowna, to Banjiro Eto (b. Hiroshima, Japan) and his wife Nitta Isurue (b. Vancouver, BC), who had married in Kelowna in 1930. Banjiro's occupation at that time was listed as Tomato Grower. The family moved to Langley around 1932. The Etos were relocated to eastern BC during World War II, and later settled in Toronto.

Japanese Canadians

Japanese Internment

West Langley Elementary School

West Langley School started out as a one-room school at 208 Street and 96 Avenue. More classrooms and other rooms were added to the school at various times including 1924, 1948, 1957 and throughout the 1950s and 60s. A fire destroyed the building in 1978. A new building was erected in 1981 at 9403 - 212 Street.

World War, 1939-1945

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