Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) and Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887) Collection, 1870-2002
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collection
Neesima and Uchimura Collection
Creation of Neesima and Uchimura Collection
Time of Creation of Neesima and Uchimura Collection
1 records storage box, 1 half archives box, 1 archives box
Niijima, J¯o, 1843-1890
Biographical History for: Neesima and Uchimura Collection
Biographical Notes Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870)1843 Feb 15Shimeta Niijima born Edo, Japan on the estate of Lord Itakura of Annaka, Kozukenokuni. Father Niijima Tamiji was recording secretary to Lord Itakura.1861Niijima enters Tokugawa Naval School, studies mathematics and navigation1864Niijima stows away on American Schooner 1865The Wild Rover reaches Boston, Massachusetts. The Hardy family takes custody of Shimeta Niijima; he legally changes his name to Joseph Hardy Neesima1866Neesima baptized in a Congregational Church, Neesima attends Philips Academy Andover1868Neesima enters Amherst College1870Neesima graduates Amherst College1874Neesima awarded an LLD by the Andover Theological SeminaryNeesima founds Doshisha University with Kakuma Yamamoto in Kyoto, Japan1874 Sep 24Neesima ordained, Boston, Massachusetts1876 Jan 3Neesima weds Yage Yamamoto, sister of Kakuma Yamamoto1879First commencement of Doshisha University, fifteen graduates1887Doshisha Hospital and nursing school open. (Closed 1906) 1889Neesima awarded LL.D. by Amherst College1890 Jan 23Neesima dies near Tokyo, Japan Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887)1861 Mar 18Kanzo Uchimura born, Edo, Japan1881B.S., Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan1887Graduates Amherst College1888Hartford Theological Seminary1890Lecturer, Tokyo Training School of Fishery1889 Jul 31Weds Kazu Shizuke two children, Tsuroko, Yushi1894 Rutsuko born Kyoto, Japan (d. January 12, 1912)1897Yushi born Sapporo, Japan1899Principal, The Independent School for Girls, Tokyo, Japan1926-1928Editor, The Japan Christian Intelligencer, Tokyo, Japan1930 Mar 28Kanzo Uchimura dies, Tokyo, Japan
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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).
Christian biography--Japan--Sources.
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Congregational churches--Japan--Clergy--Biography--Sources.
Education, Higher--Japan--History--Sources.
Niijima, J‚¯o, 1843-1890.
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Uchimura, Kanz‚¯o, 1861-1930.
Amherst College--Students.
D‚¯oshisha Daigaku--Presidents.
Amherst College. Class of 1870. Nessima.
Amherst College. Class of 1887. Uchimura.
series
Series 1: Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870)
Biographical information on Joseph Hardy Neesima 1870
Amherst College Commencement 1870 1870
Original signature of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1874
Photographs of Joseph Hardy Neesima ca. 1880s
Photograph album of Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1880s
News clipping about "The Wild Rover," ship upon which Joseph Neesima Hardy traveled to the United States n.d.
Transcript of the address by Baron Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, at Amherst College about Joseph Hardy Neesima 1909
Letters from Joseph Hardy Neesima 1870-1890
Letters to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1848-1889
Correspondence about Joseph Hardy Neesima 1936
News clippings about a lost drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima 1978
Drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima n.d.
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
Ordination of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1874
Scrapbook about Doshisha University and Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1880s
Presentation of the portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima to Amherst College by the Class of 1870 1903
Correspondence about the 1903 portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima 2002
Photographs of and newspapers clippings about the 1936 portrait of Joseph Neesima Hardy presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black 1936
Correspondence about the Joseph Hardy Neesima portrait of 1936, presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black 1933-1936
Japanese commemorative postage stamp of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1950
19th century printed material including an obituary for Joseph Hardy Neesima published in the Springfield Republican June 28, 1885 1885
20th century printed material about Joseph Hardy Neesima ca. 1900s
Japan-America Friendship Concert programs 1993
Japan-America Friendship Concert banners 1993
Photographs of historic sites pertaining to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1990s
Niijima Gakuen High School Catalogs 1990s
Research paper about the life of Joseph Hardy Neesima by Yukata Dohi ca 1993
Reference data on Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1993
Series 2: Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887)
Biographical Information 1920
Portrait Information 1953
Photographs n.d.
Japanese postage stamp of Kanzo Uchimura 1951
Letters from Kanzo Uchimura, includes bound book with Letters from Kanzo Uchimura to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1887
Papers of Uchimura, Kanzo ca. 1980s
Printed material by Kanzo Uchimura ca. 1900s
Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura 1950
Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura 1960
"The Life of Kanzo Uchimura (The Great Christian your University has sent to the world)," Megumi Masaike, translated by Masaharu Murai 1961
"Kanzo Uchimura: A Summary of His Life and Faith," Naoshi Koike 1963
Eight-part biography chronicling the life of Kanzo Uchimura from "The Lure of the Litchfield Hills" magazine 1964-1968
Hokkaido University Catalog of Uchimura Library 1955
English My Way, by Yoshiyuke Masaki and Virginia Bahe, fantasy novella with references to Kanzo Uchimura 1993
Scroll written in Japanese calligraphy n.d.
Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Neesima 1950-2007
"The Young Technocrat of Tokugawa-Japan, Shimeta Niijima (Joseph Hardy Neesima) and his Helpmates" - 5 documentary volumes compiled by Yutaka Dohi [2009]
Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Uchimura 1950-2007
Correspondence, etc. re: commemorative Japanese framed stamp sheets 2007