Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SLOCAN REUNION PAPERWEIGHT

Date

1974

Materials

PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.4

Diameter

6.6

Description

CIRCULAR CLEAN PLASTIC DISC WITH BLACK LETTERING AND IMAGE INLAID IN CENTER. EMBLEM IS OF AN OUTHOUSE WITH "SLOCAN REUNION AUGUST 31, 1974 TORONTO" PRINTED AROUND IT. FACE OF PAPERWEIGHT IS CRACKLING.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

COMMEMORATIVE PAPERWEIGHT WAS GIVEN TO DONOR AS A SOUVENIR OF A REUNION OF JAPANESE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FOLLOWING INTERNMENT IN SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JOY'S FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AFTER LEAVING COALDALE MS. KOGAWA BECAME A WRITER AND LECTURER OF RENOWN IN CANADA. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING "OBASAN" AND "THE RAIN ASCENDS". SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041085

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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