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Japan Pavilion

Visitor's brochure to the Expo 86 Japan Pavilion begins its introduction by stating: "'The Pulse of Change,' the theme of the Japan Pavilion, accurately reflects Japan's rapidly evolving transportation systems of yesterday, today, and tomorrow...The exhibition portrays the history of Japan's transportation systems within the framework of our unique climate, natural resources, and culture." Includes diagram of exhibition, available services in the pavilion, and list of events.

Inalienable Rice anthology

File consists of drafts of scripts, interviews, essays, poems, and short fiction works considered for publication in Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology.

Asianadian, Vancouver issue

File consists of typescripts and manuscripts of essays, poems, and stories considered for publication or published in Asianadian vol. 3, no. 2. The file also includes drafts of the introduction to the issue, written by issue editors Paul Yee and Sean Gunn.

Powell Street Revue

File consists of programs for the first Powell Street Festival, the first annual Banana Conference, the Pacific Northwest Asian American Writers Conference, and the Nisei Bar and Grill. The file also includes a partial or full script for "Images of the First Hundred Years" by the Powell Street Revue, and related materials.

Writers Workshop

File consists of typescripts and manuscripts of stories by Paul Yee, including "Prairie nights 1939", and typescripts of stories, scripts, and poems by other writers who participated in the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop. This file also includes a typescript of Acts 7 and 8 of the radio play Super Pender Guy: the banana flu by Barry Wong and Paul Yee.

Powell Street Festival : June 1977

  • AM1523-S6-F09
  • File
  • [June 11, 1977 or June 12, 1977]

    • Part of Paul Yee fonds

File consists of photographs of the first Powell Street Festival, held June 11th and 12th, 1977, at Oppenheimer Park. Glen Nagano, Ken Shikaze, and Takeo Yamashiro are among the individuals pictured.

Vancouver College March 1928

Vancouver College March 1928

Group portrait showing left to right: (back row): J.C. Hunt, E.P. Mulvaney, J.C. Coleman, R.B. Smith and G.I. Power; (middle row): J.C. Roth, J.B. Nolan, Fitzgerald, A. Griffith, Murratt and E.B. Walsh; (front row): Mul Lannon, J.B. McDonald, Januarius Hyasaki, Glavin and C.L. McNeil

King George High School Rugby Team Junior Champions 1933

King George High School Rugby Team Junior Champions 1933

Group portrait showing left to right: (back row): Tom Vance, Frank Crosby, Jack Scott and Bob Scott; (middle row): H.M. Robertson, Ichiro Fujii, Gerry Winkler, Jim Woods, Ben Springer, Al Flowerdew and D.B. Johnston; (front row): Bruce Clark, Gerry Douglas, Bert Watt, Henry Miles, Fred Saunders, Sam Wolfe and Bob Springer

Ex Magee Rugby Team - Winners Miller Cup 1932-33-34

Ex Magee Rugby Team - Winners Miller Cup 1932-33-34

Group portrait showing left to right: (back row): J. Hillier, L. Wright, S. Marrion, A. Applegarth, K. Farina, D. Matheson, J. Kent, P. Ford, R. Pearson, T. Ferris, Hoy Cameron; (front row): R. Gregg, J. Claerke, R. Cotton, Y. Ono, F. Lightheart, C. Pallott, G. Austin, A. Blakey and R. Van Horne

Dai Nippon Tokyo Baseball Club, Tokyo, Japan at Athletic Park, Vancouver, B.C. May 1935

Dai Nippon Tokyo Baseball Club, Tokyo, Japan at Athletic Park, Vancouver, B.C. May 1935

Group portrait: standing (L-R) Shigeru Mizuhara 3B, Eiji Sawamura RHP, Toshihide Hatafuku RHP, Daiske Miyake COACH, Nobuo Kura C, Tadao Ichioka MGR, Sotaro Suzuki General Manager, Takeo Tabe 2B, Kenichi Aoshiba RHP, Hisanori Karita SS, Fujio Nagasawa 1B, Jimmy Horio CF. Kneeling (L-R) Victor Starffin RHP, Yukio Eguchi UT, Usaburo Shintomi OF, Shiro Tsuda 3B, Kumeyasu Yajima OF, Tamotsu Uchibori C, Takeshi Nakayama C, Eiichiro Yamamoto UT.

Yokohama festival, joint concert in Stanley Park

Yokohama festival, joint concert in Stanley Park

Item is a videocassette containing a news presentation from Japanese television about a joint concert [in Stanley Park] with Japanese and Canadian youths leading up to the Yokohama Day celebration at Expo 86.

The broadcast begins with a newscaster introducing the piece, and cuts to performances of Japanese and Canadian musicians playing jazz and band music, followed by short interviews with English speakers reacting to the music and the cultural exchange. Next up is a fashion show with ‘Miss Yokohama’ and a mixture of Japanese and Western women in traditional Japanese clothing, followed by a group of Japanese women playing traditional music on Koto. Street scenes of the grounds are followed by a brief interview with [an unknown politician or organizer] (in English) and then interviews with Japanese youth on the grounds. The band from earlier then plays an evening show, followed by interviews with the young Japanese musicians and some of the audience members (in English). The spot concludes with night footage of the grounds.

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