International Social Service, 1957-2006

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

Photocopies of files of International Social Service Japan (ISSJ) and International Social Service America (ISSA) from 1950s - 1980s relating to the welfare agency's program of assistance for mixed-race children in Japan, particularly those residing in or near the city of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, where the BCOF headquarters had been located. the documents are predominantly in English. They include: correspondence between ISSJ and the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, ISS (Australia), ISSA and other interested parties; case reports on the children being assisted; social workers' analysis of the problems of the children and their mothers in and around Kure; and correspondence between social workers and some of the children.

Subjects:

Society and culture
CALD

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