Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) and Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887) Collection, 1870-2002

Neesima and Uchimura Collection, 1870-2002

1 records storage box, 1 half archives box, 1 archives box (1.75 linear ft.)

Abstract:

First Japanese graduates of Amherst College. Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, articles, scrapbooks and other materials by or relating to their lives.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Joseph Hardy Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Joseph Hardy Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura Collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

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.
1861 Mar 18	Kanzo Uchimura born, Edo, Japan
1861	Niijima enters Tokugawa Naval School, studies mathematics and navigation
1864	Niijima stows away on American Schooner
1865	The Wild Rover reaches Boston, Massachusetts. The Hardy family takes custody of Shimeta Niijima; he legally changes his name to Joseph Hardy Neesima
1866	Neesima baptized in a Congregational Church, Neesima attends Philips Academy Andover
1868	Neesima enters Amherst College
1870	Neesima graduates Amherst College
1874	Neesima awarded an LLD by the Andover Theological Seminary Neesima founds Doshisha University with Kakuma Yamamoto in Kyoto, Japan
1874 September 24	Neesima ordained, Boston, Massachusetts
1876 January 3	Neesima weds Yage Yamamoto, sister of Kakuma Yamamoto
1879	First commencement of Doshisha University, fifteen graduates
1881	Uchimura: B.S., Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan
1887	Doshisha Hospital and nurse school open. (Closed 1906) Graduates Amherst College Uchimura graduates Amherst College
1889	Neesima awarded LL. D. by Amherst College
1890 Jan 23	Neesima dies near 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).

This collection is organized into two series:

1. Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870)
2. Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887)

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Joseph Hardy Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Joseph Hardy Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/info/askus.html
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Series 1: Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC	1870)
Biographical information on Joseph Hardy Neesima	1870	Box 1: folder 1
Amherst College Commencement 1870	1870	Box 1: folder 2
Original signature of Joseph Hardy Neesima	1874	Box 1: folder 3
Photographs of Joseph Hardy Neesima	ca. 1880s	Box 1: folder 4
Photograph album of Joseph Hardy Neesima	ca 1880s	Box 1: folder 5
News clipping about "The Wild Rover," ship upon which Joseph Neesima Hardy traveled to the United States	n.d.	Box 1: folder 6
Transcript of the address by Baron Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, at Amherst College about Joseph Hardy Neesima	1909	Box 1: folder 7
Letters from Joseph Hardy Neesima	1870-1890	Box 1: folder 8
Letters to Joseph Hardy Neesima	1848-1889	Box 1: folder 9
Correspondence about Joseph Hardy Neesima	1936	Box 1: folder 10
News clippings about a lost drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima	1978	Box 1: folder 11
Drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima	n.d.	Box 1: folder 12
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	Box 1: folder 13
Ordination of Joseph Hardy Neesima	1874	Box 1: folder 14
Scrapbook about Doshisha University and Joseph Hardy Neesima	ca 1880s	Box 1: folder 15
Presentation of the portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima to Amherst College by the Class of 1870	1903	Box 1: folder 16
Correspondence about the 1903 portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima	2002	Box 1: folder 17
Photographs of and newspapers clippings about the 1936 portrait of Joseph Neesima Hardy presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black	1936	Box 1: folder 18
Correspondence about the Joseph Hardy Neesima portrait of 1936, presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black	1933-1936	Box 1: folder 19
Japanese commemorative postage stamp of Joseph Hardy Neesima	1950	Box 1: folder 20
19th century printed material including an obituary for Joseph Hardy Neesima published in the Springfield Republican June 28, 1885	1885	Box 1: folder 21
20th century printed material about Joseph Hardy Neesima	ca. 1900s	Box 1: folder 22
Japan-America Friendship Concert programs	1993	Box 1: folder 23
Japan-America Friendship Concert banners	1993	Box 1: folder 24
Photographs of historic sites pertaining to Joseph Hardy Neesima	1990s	Box 1: folder 25
Niijima Gakuen High School Catalogs	1990s	Box 1: folder 26
Research paper about the life of Joseph Hardy Neesima by Yukata Dohi	ca 1993	Box 1: folder 27
Reference data on Joseph Hardy Neesima	ca 1993	Box 1: folder 28

Series 2: Kanzo Uchimura (AC	1887)
Biographical Information	1920	Box 1: folder 29
Portrait Information	1953	Box 1: folder 29a
Photographs	n.d.	Box 1: folder 30
Japanese postage stamp of Kanzo Uchimura	1951	Box 1: folder 31
Letters from Kanzo Uchimura, includes bound book with Letters from Kanzo Uchimura to Joseph Hardy Neesima	1887	Box 1: folder 32
Papers of Uchimura, Kanzo	ca. 1980s	Box 1: folder 33
Printed material by Kanzo Uchimura	ca. 1900s	Box 1: folder 34
Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura	1950	Box 1: folder 35
Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura	1960	Box 1: folder 36
"The Life of Kanzo Uchimura (The Great Christian your University has sent to the world)," Megumi Masaike, translated by Masaharu Murai	1961	Box 1: folder 37
"Kanzo Uchimura: A Summary of His Life and Faith," Naoshi Koike	1963	Box 1: folder 38
Eight-part biography chronicling the life of Kanzo Uchimura from "The Lure of the Litchfield Hills" magazine	1964-1968	Box 1: folder 39
Hokkaido University Catalog of Uchimura Library	1955	Box 1: folder 40
English My Way, by Yoshiyuke Masaki and Virginia Bahe, fantasy novella with references to Kanzo Uchimura	1993	Box 1: folder 41
Scroll written in Japanese calligraphy	n.d.	Box 2
Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Neesima	1950-2007	Box 3: folder 1
Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Uchimura	1950-2007	Box 3: folder 2
Correspondence, etc. re: commemorative Japanese framed stamp sheets	2007	Box 3: folder 3