Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Notes
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Series 1: Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC
1870)
Series 2: Kanzo Uchimura (AC
1887)
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Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) and Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887) Collection, 1870-2002
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Claudia Gunter, Peter Nelson.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
© 2003
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Creator:
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Niijima, J¯o, 1843-1890 |
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Title:
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Neesima and Uchimura Collection |
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Dates:
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1870-2002 |
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Abstract:
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First Japanese graduates of Amherst College. Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, articles, scrapbooks and other materials by or relating to their lives.
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Extent:
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1 records storage box, 1 half archives box, 1 archives box(1.75 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English and
Japanese |
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1843 Feb 15 |
Shimeta Niijima born Edo, Japan on the estate of Lord Itakura of Annaka, Kozukenokuni. Father Niijima Tamiji was recording secretary to Lord Itakura. |
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1861 |
Niijima enters Tokugawa Naval School, studies mathematics and navigation |
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1864 |
Niijima stows away on American Schooner |
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1865 |
The Wild Rover reaches Boston, Massachusetts. The Hardy family takes custody of Shimeta Niijima; he legally changes his name to Joseph Hardy Neesima |
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1866 |
Neesima baptized in a Congregational Church, Neesima attends Philips Academy Andover |
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1868 |
Neesima enters Amherst College |
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1870 |
Neesima graduates Amherst College |
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1874 |
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1874 Sep 24 |
Neesima ordained, Boston, Massachusetts |
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1876 Jan 3 |
Neesima weds Yage Yamamoto, sister of Kakuma Yamamoto |
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1879 |
First commencement of Doshisha University, fifteen graduates |
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1887 |
Doshisha Hospital and nursing school open. (Closed 1906)
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1889 |
Neesima awarded LL.D. by Amherst College |
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1890 Jan 23 |
Neesima dies near Tokyo, Japan |
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1861 Mar 18 |
Kanzo Uchimura born, Edo, Japan |
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1881 |
B.S., Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan |
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1887 |
Graduates Amherst College |
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1888 |
Hartford Theological Seminary |
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1890 |
Lecturer, Tokyo Training School of Fishery |
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1889 Jul 31 |
Weds Kazu Shizuke two children, Tsuroko, Yushi |
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1894 |
Rutsuko born Kyoto, Japan (d. January 12, 1912) |
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1897 |
Yushi born Sapporo, Japan |
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1899 |
Principal, The Independent School for Girls, Tokyo, Japan |
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1926-1928 |
Editor, The Japan Christian Intelligencer, Tokyo, Japan |
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1930 Mar 28 |
Kanzo Uchimura dies, Tokyo, Japan |
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Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, articles, scrapbooks and other materials by or relating to the lives of Neesima (the first Japanese graduate of Amherst College and founder of Doshisha University in Kyoto) and Uchimura (the second Japanese graduate of Amherst College and a prominent missionary and Christian scholar in Japan).
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This collection is organized into two series:
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Series 1: Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC
1870)
Box
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Folder
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Biographical information on Joseph Hardy Neesima
1870
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Amherst College Commencement 1870
1870
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Original signature of Joseph Hardy Neesima
1874
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Photographs of Joseph Hardy Neesima
ca. 1880s
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Photograph album of Joseph Hardy Neesima
ca 1880s
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News clipping about "The Wild Rover," ship upon which Joseph Neesima Hardy traveled to the United States
n.d.
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Transcript of the address by Baron Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, at Amherst College about Joseph Hardy Neesima
1909
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Letters from Joseph Hardy Neesima
1870-1890
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Letters to Joseph Hardy Neesima
1848-1889
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Correspondence about Joseph Hardy Neesima
1936
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News clippings about a lost drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima
1978
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Drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima
n.d.
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Introduction and preface to J. H. Seelye's The Way, The Truth, The Life, translated to Japanese from the English by Joseph Hardy Neesima
1881
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Ordination of Joseph Hardy Neesima
1874
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Scrapbook about Doshisha University and Joseph Hardy Neesima
ca 1880s
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Presentation of the portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima to Amherst College by the Class of 1870
1903
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Correspondence about the 1903 portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima
2002
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Photographs of and newspapers clippings about the 1936 portrait of Joseph Neesima Hardy presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black
1936
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Correspondence about the Joseph Hardy Neesima portrait of 1936, presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black
1933-1936
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Japanese commemorative postage stamp of Joseph Hardy Neesima
1950
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19th century printed material including an obituary for Joseph Hardy Neesima published in the Springfield Republican June 28, 1885
1885
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20th century printed material about Joseph Hardy Neesima
ca. 1900s
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Japan-America Friendship Concert programs
1993
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Japan-America Friendship Concert banners
1993
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Photographs of historic sites pertaining to Joseph Hardy Neesima
1990s
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Niijima Gakuen High School Catalogs
1990s
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Research paper about the life of Joseph Hardy Neesima by Yukata Dohi
ca 1993
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Reference data on Joseph Hardy Neesima
ca 1993
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Series 2: Kanzo Uchimura (AC
1887)
Box
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Biographical Information
1920
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Portrait Information
1953
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Japanese postage stamp of Kanzo Uchimura
1951
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Letters from Kanzo Uchimura, includes bound book with Letters from Kanzo Uchimura to Joseph Hardy Neesima
1887
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Papers of Uchimura, Kanzo
ca. 1980s
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Printed material by Kanzo Uchimura
ca. 1900s
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Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura
1950
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Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura
1960
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"The Life of Kanzo Uchimura (The Great Christian your University has sent to the world)," Megumi Masaike, translated by Masaharu Murai
1961
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"Kanzo Uchimura: A Summary of His Life and Faith," Naoshi Koike
1963
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Eight-part biography chronicling the life of Kanzo Uchimura from "The Lure of the Litchfield Hills" magazine
1964-1968
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Hokkaido University Catalog of Uchimura Library
1955
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English My Way, by Yoshiyuke Masaki and Virginia Bahe, fantasy novella with references to Kanzo Uchimura
1993
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Scroll written in Japanese calligraphy
n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Neesima
1950-2007
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Box
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"The Young Technocrat of Tokugawa-Japan, Shimeta Niijima (Joseph Hardy Neesima) and his Helpmates" - 5 documentary volumes compiled by Yutaka Dohi
[2009]
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Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Uchimura
1950-2007
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Correspondence, etc. re: commemorative Japanese framed stamp sheets
2007
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