Gordon Goichi Nakayama fonds [multiple media]
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Gordon Goichi Nakayama fonds [multiple media]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:10 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records: (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 to 15 MSS1464 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003693.pdfPhotographs: (Paper) See photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number. FA-500Moving images: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions.Sound recordings: (Paper) Refer to AV Collection file for additional information. -
Record information Gordon Goichi Nakayama fonds [multiple media]
Date:1909-1978.Reference:R8322-0-9-E, MG30-D197Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Sound recordings, Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103890Date(s):1909-1978.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:3 m of textual records.
1050 photographs : chiefly b&w.
25 audio reels (ca. 18 h, 40 min).
14 wire recordings.
41 film reels (ca. 6 h, 38 min).Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, JapaneseScope and content:Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: Notebooks and notes, n.d., 1928-1973; Writings, n.d., 1964-1975; Correspondence, 1936-1978; Church of the Ascension records, n.d., 1930-1952; Church of the Ascension bulletins, reports and announcements, 1927-1978; Serials, n.d., 1934-1977; Books and pamphlets, n.d., 1946-1975; and Other material, n.d., 1941-1946.
Fonds also contains photographs depicting the life and activities of Gordon G. Nakayama. Included are photos of pre-war Vancouver, 1921-1939, photos associated with Nakayama's pastoral duties, and photos of Japanese Canadians, 1909-1971.
In addition, fonds includes sound recordings of church work, sermons, talks, interviews and family events of Gordon G. Nakayama and his son, Rev. Timothy Nakayama in Alberta and Japan, 1949-1970.
Also included in fonds are films, by Gordon G. Nakayama, of missionary trips taken to Eastern Canada and Alberta, the United States, Japan and South America; and films depicting Japanese internment camps of World War II in Canada, and post-war Japanese Canadian communities.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Nakayama, Gordon G., 1901-1995 : The Rev. Gordon Nakayama was born in Okawamura, Ehmiken, Japan. He immigrated to Vancouver in 1919 and, in 1929, was licensed as a missionary at the Anglican Church of the Ascension, which came into being in 1909. In 1932 he was ordained deacon and, in 1934, ordained priest, serving at the new Church of the Ascension built in 1935. In 1942, when Japanese-Canadians were forcibly removed inland from the coast, the Rev. Nakayama and his family were interned at the Slocan Extension, a group of four internment camps for Japanese Canadians in the Slocan Valley of British Columbia. He continued his priestly duties in Slocan, ministering to the Japanese of Slocan and the surrounding area.
In 1945, at war's end, he moved to Coaldale, Alta., which served as home base for his missionary work amongst inhabitants of 16 villages and towns in the Coaldale area. In 1947, the first Church of the Ascension in Coaldale was completed and, in 1955, the parish of Coaldale, including both Orientals and Occidentals, was established. In 1964, under the Rev. Nakayama's guidance, the new Church of the Ascension was built in Coaldale. In 1966, he was elevated to the honour of Deacon of St. Paul's Cathedral Church.
Throughout his lifetime he had been an active missionary, as attested by his many missionary trips across Canada and the U.S. and to Japan, Okinawa, Brazil and Paraguay. Mr. Nakayama passed away in 1995.
Many years following his death, it was revealed that Mr. Nakayama had been molesting children since as early as 1952. In 1994, a year before his death, he wrote a confession letter to the Anglican Church of Canada acknowledging his pedophilia and admitted to child abuse. It wasn't until 2015, however, that the Anglican Church of Canada revealed that it had received this confession from Nakayama in 1994.Additional information:General note:Material received in 1983 from the Rev. Nakayama.
Biographical sketch was amended on January 29, 2024 to address equity and diversity concerns.
Original description:
aThe Rev. Gordon Nakayama was born in Okawamura, Ehmiken, Japan. He immigrated to Vancouver in 1919 and, in 1929, was licensed as a missionary at the Anglican Church of the Ascension, which came into being in 1909. In 1932 he was ordained deacon and, in 1934, ordained priest, serving at the new Church of the Ascension built in 1935. In 1942, when Japanese-Canadians were evacuated inland from the coast the Rev. Nakayama and his family were relocated at Slocan, B.C. He continued his priestly duties in Slocan, ministering to the Japanese of Slocan and the surrounding area.
In 1945, at war's end, he moved to Coaldale, Alta., which served as home base for his missionary work amongst inhabitants of 16 villages and towns in the Coaldale area. In 1947, the first Church of the Ascension in Coaldale was completed and, in 1955, the parish of Coaldale, including both Orientals and Occidentals, was established. In 1964, under the Rev. Nakayama's guidance, the new Church of the Ascension was built in Coaldale. In 1966, he was elevated to the honour of Deacon of St. Paul's Cathedral Church.
Throughout his lifetime he has been an active missionary, as attested by his many missionary trips across Canada and the U.S. and to Japan, Okinawa, Brazil and Paraguay. Mr. Nakayama passed away in 1995.Language note:Many documents are in Japanese, including sound recordings.Subject heading:- Gordon Goichi Nakayama - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., n.d., 1928-1973 The Devine Love, n.d., 1946-1978
- Gordon Goichi Nakayama - Autobiography, n.d., 1964-1975 History of Slocan, n.d., 1946-1978
- Sermons, Canadian, n.d., 1964-1975 "The Church News," 1928-1930
- Vancouver (B.C.) - Property, 1936-1978 "Vancouver Japanese Anglican Churches Weekly Bulletin," ca.1920-1940
- Japanese Canadians - Evacuation and relocation, 1936-1978
- Gordon Goichi Nakayama - Correspondence, 1936-1978
- Missionaries, 1936-1978
- Churches, 1936-1978
- Japanese - Japan, 1936-1978
- Japanese - Brazil, 1936-1978
- Japanese - Paraguay, 1936-1978
- Japanese - Okinawa, 1936-1978
- Japanese - Taiwan, 1936-1978
- Vancouver (B.C.) - Church of England, n.d., 1930-1952
- Slocan (B.C.) - Church of England, n.d., 1930-1952
- Coaldale (Alta.) - Church of England, n.d., 1930-1952
- Slocan (B.C.) - Church newsletters, 1927-1978
- Vancouver (B.C.) - Church newsletters, 1927-1978
- Coaldale (Alta.) - Church newsletters, 1927-1978
- Parishes - British Columbia, 1927-1978
- Parishes - Alberta, 1927-1978
- Anglicans - British Columbia, 1927-1978
- Japanese Canadians - British Columbia, 1927-1978
- Slocan (B.C.) - History, n.d., 1946-1978
- Japanese Canadians, n.d., 1946-1978
- Church of England - Missions, 19-
- Church of England - Clergy, 1927-1978
- Religious literature, n.d., 1934-1977
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Sound recordings: Consultation of material in accession 1984-0216 (MISA) requires written permission of Joy Kogawa. All other material is open for consultation.Moving images (film)[Consultation Restricted]
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