ma60 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. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview Niijima, J¯o, 1843-1890 Neesima and Uchimura Collection 1870-2002 1 records storage box, 1 half archives box, 1 archives box (1.75 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections First Japanese graduates of Amherst College. Contains correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, articles, scrapbooks and other materials by or relating to their lives. English and Japanese Biographical Notes Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) 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 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 Sep 24 Neesima ordained, Boston, Massachusetts 1876 Jan 3 Neesima weds Yage Yamamoto, sister of Kakuma Yamamoto 1879 First commencement of Doshisha University, fifteen graduates 1887 Doshisha Hospital and nursing school open. (Closed 1906) 1889 Neesima awarded LL.D. by Amherst College 1890 Jan 23 Neesima dies near Tokyo, Japan Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887) 1861 Mar 18 Kanzo Uchimura born, Edo, Japan 1881 B.S., Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan 1887 Graduates Amherst College 1888 Hartford Theological Seminary 1890 Lecturer, Tokyo Training School of Fishery 1889 Jul 31 Weds Kazu Shizuke two children, Tsuroko, Yushi 1894 Rutsuko born Kyoto, Japan (d. January 12, 1912) 1897 Yushi born Sapporo, Japan 1899 Principal, The Independent School for Girls, Tokyo, Japan 1926-1928 Editor, The Japan Christian Intelligencer, Tokyo, Japan 1930 Mar 28 Kanzo 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).

Organization of the Collection

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

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Preferred Citation

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

Search Terms Niijima, J‚¯o, 1843-1890. Uchimura, Kanz‚¯o, 1861-1930. Amherst College--Students. D‚¯oshisha Daigaku--Presidents. Christian biography--Japan--Sources. Congregational churches--Japan--Clergy--Biography--Sources. Education, Higher--Japan--History--Sources. Uchimura, Kanz‚¯o, 1861-1930. Amherst College. Class of 1870. Nessima. Amherst College. Class of 1887. Uchimura. Series 1: Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) 1 1 Biographical information on Joseph Hardy Neesima 1870 1 2 Amherst College Commencement 1870 1870 1 3 Original signature of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1874 1 4 Photographs of Joseph Hardy Neesima ca. 1880s 1 5 Photograph album of Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1880s 1 6 News clipping about "The Wild Rover," ship upon which Joseph Neesima Hardy traveled to the United States n.d. 1 7 Transcript of the address by Baron Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, at Amherst College about Joseph Hardy Neesima 1909 1 8 Letters from Joseph Hardy Neesima 1870-1890 1 9 Letters to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1848-1889 1 10 Correspondence about Joseph Hardy Neesima 1936 1 11 News clippings about a lost drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima 1978 1 12 Drawing by Joseph Hardy Neesima n.d. 1 13 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 1 14 Ordination of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1874 1 15 Scrapbook about Doshisha University and Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1880s 1 16 Presentation of the portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima to Amherst College by the Class of 1870 1903 1 17 Correspondence about the 1903 portrait of Joseph Hardy Neesima 2002 1 18 Photographs of and newspapers clippings about the 1936 portrait of Joseph Neesima Hardy presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black 1936 1 19 Correspondence about the Joseph Hardy Neesima portrait of 1936, presented by Mr. And Mrs. Arthur P. Black 1933-1936 1 20 Japanese commemorative postage stamp of Joseph Hardy Neesima 1950 1 21 19th century printed material including an obituary for Joseph Hardy Neesima published in the Springfield Republican June 28, 1885 1885 1 22 20th century printed material about Joseph Hardy Neesima ca. 1900s 1 23 Japan-America Friendship Concert programs 1993 1 24 Japan-America Friendship Concert banners 1993 1 25 Photographs of historic sites pertaining to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1990s 1 26 Niijima Gakuen High School Catalogs 1990s 1 27 Research paper about the life of Joseph Hardy Neesima by Yukata Dohi ca 1993 1 28 Reference data on Joseph Hardy Neesima ca 1993 Series 2: Kanzo Uchimura (AC 1887) 1 29 Biographical Information 1920 1 29a Portrait Information 1953 1 30 Photographs n.d. 1 31 Japanese postage stamp of Kanzo Uchimura 1951 1 32 Letters from Kanzo Uchimura, includes bound book with Letters from Kanzo Uchimura to Joseph Hardy Neesima 1887 1 33 Papers of Uchimura, Kanzo ca. 1980s 1 34 Printed material by Kanzo Uchimura ca. 1900s 1 35 Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura 1950 1 36 Printed material about Kanzo Uchimura 1960 1 37 "The Life of Kanzo Uchimura (The Great Christian your University has sent to the world)," Megumi Masaike, translated by Masaharu Murai 1961 1 38 "Kanzo Uchimura: A Summary of His Life and Faith," Naoshi Koike 1963 1 39 Eight-part biography chronicling the life of Kanzo Uchimura from "The Lure of the Litchfield Hills" magazine 1964-1968 1 40 Hokkaido University Catalog of Uchimura Library 1955 1 41 English My Way, by Yoshiyuke Masaki and Virginia Bahe, fantasy novella with references to Kanzo Uchimura 1993 2 Scroll written in Japanese calligraphy n.d. 3 1 Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Neesima 1950-2007 4 "The Young Technocrat of Tokugawa-Japan, Shimeta Niijima (Joseph Hardy Neesima) and his Helpmates" - 5 documentary volumes compiled by Yutaka Dohi [2009] 3 2 Framed commemorative Japanese postage stamp sheet - Uchimura 1950-2007 3 3 Correspondence, etc. re: commemorative Japanese framed stamp sheets 2007