Mitsuru Shimpo fonds. 1960-1983.

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Mitsuru Shimpo fonds. 1960-1983.

The fonds consists of correspondence (1960-1983), scrapbooks (1970- 1977) and diaries (1962-1976). In addition there are eight sound recordings (1971) with Japanese-Canadian pioneers about their early experiences in this province and the period of the Japanese evacuation during World War II.

4.7 m of textual records.8 sound recordings.

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Shinpo, Mitsuru, 1931-

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Mitsuru Shimpo was born in Manchuria. He graduated from the International Christian University in Japan (1957) and then received his M.A. in Sociology from the Tokyo Educational College. After his graduation, Shimpo returned to I.C.U. as a lecturer (1959-1962). He then emigrated to British Columbia and completed an M.A. in Sociology in 1963. Shimpo then worked as a research sociologist at the Centre for Community Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. After returning to the University of Bri...