Doshisha University Collection, 1914-present
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Doshisha University Collection
2 records storage boxes, 2 oversize archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversize flat box
Biographical History for: Doshisha University Collection
Historical Note Amherst College and Doshisha University have been closely connected since the founding of Doshisha Academy in 1875 by Joseph Hardy Neesima, an 1870 graduate of Amherst College. Since that time, many students and professors have traveled between the two institutions and a number of special initiatives have taken place to strengthen and celebrate the bond that they share. Amherst House at Doshisha was build in 1932, with a guest house added in 1962; it serves as a center for cultural exchange. The Amherst-Doshisha Fellowship has sent an Amherst graduate to Doshisha to teach English every year since 1958. Numerous faculty and student exchanges have taken place and there have been many formal visits between the Presidents and other dignitaries. DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY - A CHRONOLOGY1843Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870), the founder of Doshisha, is born in Edo (Tokyo).1864Neesima stows away on an American schooner bound for the United States, risking capital punishment for violating Japanese law, in order to pursue his dream of seeing the world and learning about Christianity.1865Neesima arrives in the port of Boston and enters Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.1866Neesima is baptized at the chapel in Andover Theological Seminary.1867Neesima completes his study at Phillips Academy and enters Amherst College.1870Neesima graduates from Amherst College and enters Andover Theological Seminary.1874Neesima graduates from Andover Theological Seminary. At the 65th annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, held at Rutland, Vermont, Neesima appeals for funds to establish an institution of higher education based on Christianity in Japan, and obtains a pledge of $5,000. He returns to Japan for the first time in ten years.1875Doshisha Academy is established on Teramachi Campus with eight students and two teachers, Neesima and J. D. Davis.1876Campus is relocated from Teramachi to Imadegawa.1877Establishment of Doshisha Girls' School is approved by Kyoto Prefecture.1879The first 15 students graduate from Doshisha Academy.1886Doshisha Chapel (designated a national important cultural property) is completed.1887Library opens at Shojakukan, the present Yushukan (designated a national important cultural property). Doshisha Hospital and Kyoto Training School for Nurses are established.1888"The Aim in Establishing Doshisha University" is published in major newspapers and magazines.1890Joseph Hardy Neesima dies at the age of 46. 1893Doshisha emblem is adopted.1894Clarke Divinity Hall, the present Clarke Memorial Hall (designated a national important cultural property), is inaugurated.1912Doshisha University (School of Theology, Faculty of Political Science and Economics and Department of English) and the Advanced Course of Doshisha Girls' School are approved under the Senmon Gakko (professional school) Ordinance.1920Doshisha University (Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Law, Graduate School and Preparatory School) is approved under the University Ordinance.1932Amherst House, a student residence hall, is built on Doshisha University campus as a memorial to Neesima and Stewart Burton Nichols (AC 1922), the first Amherst student representative.1940Joseph Hardy Neesima Memorial Monument (Ryoshinhi) is erected in the courtyard in front of Yushukan.1944Doshisha Engineering College is established.1948University (School of Theology, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Economics) is approved under the New School System Ordinance.1949Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Engineering are established.1950Master's Programs (Graduate Schools of Theology, Letters, Law, Economics, and Commerce) are established.1953Doctoral programs are established.1955Master's program in Engineering is established.1975A ceremony commemorating the centennial of the school's founding is held.1986Tanabe Campus, the present Kyotanabe Campus, is opened and the classes of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts start there.1991Graduate School of American Studies is established.1995Graduate School of Policy and Management is established.2004Faculty of Policy Studies, Department of Information Systems Design and Department of Environmental Systems Science in Faculty of Engineering, Law School, and Graduate School of Business are established.2005Faculty of Culture and Information Science is established. Faculty of Letters and Graduate School of Letters are restructured and reorganized. Faculty of Social Studies and Graduate School of Social Studies are established.2006Doshisha Elementary School is established. 2007Graduate School of Culture and Information Science is established.2008Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences and Faculty of Health and Sports Science are established.2009Faculty of Psychology and Graduate School of Psychology are established.2010Graduate School of Global Studies established 2010Graduate School of Health and Sports Science established2011Faculty of Global Communications established2011Doshisha International Academy Elementary School established2011Doshisha International School, Kyoto scheduled to be established
The materials in this collection have come from a wide variety of sources over many years. They have been gathered together and organized primarily by material type. This collection continues to grow.
Scope and Contents of the Collection This is an artificial collection of materials relating to Doshisha University and the Doshisha-Amherst connection. There materials are largely correspondence, photographs and ephemera. The collection is arranged in one series with groupings by type: general, photographs, publications and scrapbooks and photograph albums.
There is no restriction on access to the Doshisha University Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from Doshisha University 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.
Objects Collection Joseph Hardy Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura CollectionPresident's Office Records (Restricted) Charles W. Cole (AC 1927) Papers (Series 4, Amherst College, contains a scrapbook from his 1953 trip to Japan) Materials Related to the Dedication of the Amherst Building at Doshisha University, 1935-1936 (Bulk: 1935)Amherst College Library cataloged books
series
Series 1: General
Amherst Alumni with connections to Japan
Amherst College Doshisha Committee, film presentation, "Japanese Culture" 1940 Feb 27
Amherst College library internship, report 1977
Amherst-Doshisha Fellows, correspondence
Amherst-Doshisha Fellows, lists
Amherst-Doshisha Fellows, reports 1958-1960
Amherst-Doshisha relationship, history and mailings 1947-1951
Amherst House, correspondence
Amherst House, dedication 1935 Oct 29
Amherst House, fundraising 1931
Amherst House, guest house
Amherst House, mailings from Fellows, newsletters, etc.
Amherst House, publications
Amherst House, 20th anniversary 1952
Amherst Neesima Club c.1941
Anniversary celebration, 60th 1935
Anniversary celebration, 75th 1950
Anniversary celebration, 80th 1955
Anniversary celebration, centennial 1975
Correspondence
Five Colleges, faculty team visitation proposal 1967
"Friends of Doshisha," fundraising 1962
Gifts to Amherst College
Greeting cards
Greetings, official
Greetings, official (oversize) 1935
King Dormitory
Neesima Endowment Fund
Neesima Memorial Tour (Japan-America Friendship Concert), booklet, videos, audio cassette 1993 Sep
Neesima Memorial Tour (Japan-America Friendship Concert), photographs 1993 Sep
Plimpton dormitory
Postcards
Presidents (inaugurations, etc.)
Prints, drawings, etc.
Series 2: Photographs
General
Amherst House
Amherst House 1959
Amherst House, guest house construction 1961-1962
Miscellaneous and Otis Cary family snapshots
Series 3: Publications
Printed materials about Doshisha (2 folders)
Publications 1914-1997
Publications (2 folders) 2006-2007
Publications (2 folders) 2008-2012
The Doshisha 1964
"Doshisha" 1925-1926
Doshisha (Oversize) (3 copies) 1935
Doshisha Archives Center News 2002-2005
Doshisha Danso (Doshisha Archives Center) 2008
Doshisha Days (oversize) 1931
Doshisha Jihou 2007-2008
The Doshisha Student 2008-2012
The Doshisha Times (Oversize) 1934, 1954
Doshisha University 1914
The Osaka Mainichi 1953 Oct 30
Nippon, v. 22 1940
Series 4: Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums
Amherst Memorial Letters album n.d.
Amherst House album n.d.
King Dormitory album ca. 1930
General Doshisha album ca. 1927
General Doshisha albums (4 albums) n.d.
General Doshisha album (oversize) n.d.
Scrapbook and paintings [from 2004-193?] 1966