Gordon Goichi Nakayama fonds. [ca. 1930]-1995.

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Gordon Goichi Nakayama fonds. [ca. 1930]-1995.

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The fonds consists of correspondence, printed material, financial records, notebooks, manuscript drafts, and photographs relating to his activities with the Japanese Canadian Anglican Church in Vancouver and Coaldale as well as his missionary activity, conference attendance and other travels. In addition, the fonds contains extensive correspondence with his family, including his daughter, well-known writer Joy Kogawa. Although the English language is evident, much of the material is in the Japanese language.

ca. 15 m of textual records.ca. 1000 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7782259

University of British Columbia Library

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Kogawa, Joy.

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Joy Nozomi Kogawa (nee Nakayama) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1935 to Japanese Canadian parents, Gordon Goichi Nakayama and Lois Masui Nakayama. In addition to the honorary degrees she received from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and the University of Lethbridge in 1991, Kogawa has been granted degrees from Simon Fraser University, Laurentian University, and the University of British Columbia. She won many awards for Obasan including the Books in Canada First Novel Award, Canadian...

Église épiscopale du Canada

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Nakayama, Goichi, 1902-

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Born in Ozu, Japan, in 1900, Gordon Nakayama came to Canada in 1919, was ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Canada in 1939 and served in the Church in Vancouver prior to the evacuation to the B.C. interior in 1942 and Coaldale, Alberta after World War II. He travelled in portions on Canada, United States, Japan, and other parts of Asia on missionary activity on behalf of the Anglican Church. In addition, he wrote ca. 15 books in the Japanese language on theological and philosophical matte...