William Smith Clark Papers, 1814-2003 (bulk 1844-1886, 1956-1976)
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William Smith Clark Papers
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Clark, William Smith, 1826-1886
Biographical History for: William Smith Clark Papers
Biographical Note William Smith Clark was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, July 31, 1826. He attended Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts, in the first class, that of 1844. He graduated from Amherst College in 1848 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. As a boy, he became interested in collecting birds and plants; at Amherst College, under the influence of the professors, he became greatly interested in science, especially mineralogy. As a result, he went to study in Germany, where he obtained his Ph.D. at Georgia Augusta University in Goettingen in 1852. He returned to Amherst College to an appointment as a professor. For the next fifteen years, from 1852 to 1867, he was a member of the Amherst faculty, where he became known as an educational innovator, a fine and inspiring teacher, and a fund raiser for the college. His teaching at Amherst College was interrupted only by the Civil War, during which he served the Union Army with distinction from 1861 to 1863. Soon after his return from the war, he became the leader in the successful efforts by the town of Amherst to become the seat of a new agricultural college just authorized by the Massachusetts General Court under the provision of the Morrill Act, the "Land Grant Act" that established state agricultural and mechanical colleges throughout the United States. Just before the new Massachusetts Agricultural College opened its doors in September 1867, he was appointed president, the third to hold the title, the first two having no school over which to preside. He held the presidency of MAC for twelve years, until 1879. Clark taught and administered the affairs of the struggling college. He insisted on making his school into a general liberal arts school, not simply a training school for farmers-to-be. Early in 1876, he obtained a leave of absence from MAC and accepted the appointment by the Japanese government to open a new agricultural college on the model of MAC. He went to Japan in the late spring and arrived on his fiftieth birthday in Sapporo, where he opened the Sapporo Agricultural College in mid-August. He remained there for eight and a half months, during which he established the school, taught four hours a day, served as the technical advisor to the island of Hokkaido, and paved the way for the conversion to Christianity of all the members of the first class. At SAC, he demonstrated anew his qualities as a fine teacher that had been revealed at both AC and MAC. He was a great inspiration to his students, all of whom became leaders in Hokkaido or nationally in Japan. As a result of his highly successful mission, his name remained well-known in Japan more than a century after his brief stay there. All Japanese school children since his time have learned as a motto his farewell statement, "Boys, be ambitious, (B.B.A.)", since extended to students of both sexes. On returning to MAC in 1877 he found that the school's existence had become even more precarious than before. He resigned as president early in 1879 and accepted the presidency of an innovative "floating college" which was to circumnavigate the globe. However, the unfortunate premature death of the promoter brought that venture to an end shortly before the intended date of departure. Clark then became involved with a shady character with whom he founded the firm of Clark and Bothwell, a mining venture. Within a year Clark made and lost a considerable fortune. The collapse of the firm, with the disappearance of his partner, resulted in losses to the investors in the mines operated by the firm, including many citizens of Amherst. Clark's health failed immediately after the firm's collapse in 1882 and he remained a semi-invalid until his death on March 9, 1886. Although he was a leading citizen of Amherst and prominent in the affairs of the Commonwealth, his fame has endured primarily in Japan.
The papers of William Smith Clark (b. 1826, d. 1886), botanist, chemist, mineralogist, and educator, were acquired in part by the Library of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974 by gift of the widow of Dr. Clark's grandson, Mrs. William S. (Gladys) Clark II. Copies of original documents in the Amherst College Library and the Hokkaido University Library were acquired mainly in 1974-77. Materials about Dr. Clark and the Hokkaido University / University of Massachusetts relationship were acquired from Professors John Maki, Richard Woodbury, H. Leland Varley, and others. Some materials had long been in the University of Massachusetts Library.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The papers of William Smith Clark, 1814-2001 (bulk 1844-1886, 1956-1976), include correspondence with fellow professors and scientists, students in Japan, and family; photographs and personal items; official correspondence and memoranda; published articles; books, articles, television, and radio materials relating to Dr. Clark, in Japanese and English; and materials regarding Hokkaido University and its continuing relationship with the University of Massachusetts. The papers reveal many details about the early days of MAC, student life at AC, the Civil War, the island of Hokkaido in the late nineteenth century, and the role of WSC in the founding of SAC, as well as his interactions with colleagues, officials, students, and family. As to full documentation of his life, however, the papers are an uneven representation. The correspondence, for example, adequately covers his undergraduate years at AC, his two years of graduate school in Germany, his less than two years at the front in the Civil War, and his year in Japan. Virtually nothing in the correspondence, however, deals with his years as a professor at AC, his presidency of MAC, his disastrous mining venture, or the final four years of his life. Clark was not a prolific writer. Apart from his MAC and SAC presidential reports, his writings consisted largely of printed versions of lectures on botanical experiments carried out at MAC during his presidency, and articles on educational issues related to MAC. Because of his AC career, his MAC presidency, and his prominence as a leading citizen of his town and state, his activities were given a fairly extensive coverage in the local press. A considerable number of newspaper clippings is included in the papers, but his political activities are not represented in other ways. The clippings are generally photocopies, often of poor legibility, especially those in oversize Box 27. The photographs in Series 1 are numerous enough to be of significance in documenting the life of WSC. As compared with the number of documents written or received by Clark, there is a disproportionately large amount of material written about him in both English and Japanese. This is a reflection of the breadth of the impact that Clark had on the island of Hokkaido, on SAC (which became Tohoku Imperial University, then Hokkaido Imperial University, and finally Hokkaido University), and on his Japanese students who became leaders in Hokkaido and Japan itself. Clark's fame has long remained green in Japan, as indicated by the long television documentary on his life shown on a Japanese national network in 1981. Because of WSC's involvement with the establishment of SAC and the constant presence of MAC personnel on its campus in the early years, a close relationship between the two agricultural schools was established long ago. This relationship continued in both formal and informal ways through the years and is documented in the papers, particularly in Series 5. The Clark papers include copies of a few items of correspondence and other materials at AC, and copies of WSC's official memoranda in the Hokudai Library. The latter also has reproductions of all the original personal correspondence in the Clark papers at the University of Massachusetts. Additional materials relating to WSC or HU is to be found in the University Archives in the official minutes of the MAC Board of Trustees (RG-2/1), in the published Annual Reports of MAC (RG-1/00/2) (reports for 1864-1932/33 available online), in the papers of William Wheeler (RG-2/3), Horace Stockbridge (RG-40/11), David P. Penhallow (RG-50/6-1873), William P. Brooks (RG-3/1-1905), Jean Paul Mather (RG-3/1-1954), the Center for International Agriculture (RG-15/4), International Programs (RG-6/4/9), Student Union (RG-36/100), John Lederle (RG-3/1-1960), and Charles Goessman (RG-40/11).
The collection is available for research. Some fragile originals have been copied for use.
Related Material Additional materials relating to WSC or HU is to be found in the University Archives in the official minutes of the MAC Board of Trustees (RG-2/1), in the published Annual Reports of MAC (RG-1/00/2) (reports for 1864-1932/33 available online), in the papers of William Wheeler (RG-2/3), Horace Stockbridge (RG-40/11), David P. Penhallow (RG-50/6-1873), William P. Brooks (RG-3/1-1905), Jean Paul Mather (RG-3/1-1954), the Center for International Agriculture (RG-15/4), International Programs (RG-6/4/9), Student Union (RG-36/100), John Lederle (RG-3/1-1960), and Charles Goessman (RG-40/11).
Abbreviations used in reference to the William Smith Clark papers are as follows: ACAmherst CollegeDDoshisha UniversityHU or HokudaiHokkaido University ("Hokudai" is to Hokkaido University as "UMass" is to the University of Massachusetts)MACMassachusetts Agricultural College (earlier name of University of Massachusetts)SACSapporo Agricultural College (earlier name of Hokkaido University)WSCWilliam Smith Clark Note: To avoid confusion in the order of Japanese names, this finding aid follows the standard form of family name in UPPERCASE. Also note that names may have been romanized in different ways, both within the collection and in the finding aid.
Processed by John Maki and SCUA staff, 1983, 2004.
Agricultural colleges--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
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Agricultural colleges--Japan--History--Sources.
Agriculturists--Massachusetts--Archives.
Agriculturists--Japan--Archives.
Clark, William Smith, 1826-1886--Archives.
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Amherst College--Students--Correspondence.
Amherst College--Faculty.
Massachusetts Agricultural College--History--Sources.
Massachusetts Agricultural College--Presidents--Archives.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst--History--Sources.
Sapporo Nogakko--History--Sources.
Sapporo Nogakko--Presidents--Archives.
Tohoku Teikoku Daigaku. Noka Daigaku--History--Sources.
Hokkaido Teikoku Daigaku--History--Sources.
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Universität Göttingen--Students--Correspondence.
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Sapporo Nogakko.
Hokkaido Daigaku.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Japan--Relations--United States--Sources.
United States--Relations--Japan--Sources.
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Series 1. Biographical Materials
Creation of Series 1. Biographical Materials
Time of Creation of Series 1. Biographical Materials
Series 1 consists of materials closely associated with the life of WSC, not including third-person biographical accounts, which are in Series 4. "Personal Association Items" are those for which there is evidence or a strong presumption of their having been in WSC's possession. The materials in Subseries 1: College, Military, and Other Biographical Records, include the Clark family record, apparently in WSC's handwriting; his biographical form prepared for the AC alumni records; excerpts from books and records regarding WSC and family members (folder 1); his grandson WSC II's AC graduation certificate (oversize Box 27); a number of obituaries, including one by UCHIMURA Kanzo, who was later to become a prominent Christian leader in Japan (folder 2); copies of WSC's military service records and a letter from Major General A.E. Burnside to Major General George B. McCellan recommending WSC for promotion to Brigadier General (folder 3); accounts of the 21st Regiment Volunteers (folder 4); Civil War newspaper clippings, including WSC's own accounts of the battles of Newbern and Camden, and the erroneous account of his death in battle (folder 5); miscellaneous printed items, including many newspaper clippings (folder 6 and oversize Box 27); materials relating to the introduction of Japanese trees into the United States (folder 7); and photographs of the log maintained atop Mt. Shasta, with Clark's signature on June 16, 1877 (oversize Box 27). Subseries 2: Personal Association Items, includes WSC's passport for his European trip (folder 8); his notebook used at Georgia Augusta University in Goettingen, consisting of his lecture notes from a course in "economical botany" and detailed notes in German by someone else, which seem to be a condensation of a book or study notes (folder 9); WSC's AC catalogue of 1855-56 with his record of student rent payments (folder 10); pictures and sketches sent from Germany (folder 11); a scrapbook of clippings, largely farm animals, 1860, n.d. (folder 12); a MAC library poster issued over WSC's name (folder 13); an inventory of Ainu objects and other artifacts sent by WSC to MAC from Japan (folder 14); a lithograph of Commodore Perry at Hokudai (folder 15); and WSC's lists of Japanese lichens and phenograms (folder 16). Subseries 3: Photographs and Pictures, is arranged into the following categories: WSC alone (folder 17); WSC's office and classroom at MAC, c. 1876 (folder 18); family, including what is probably a honeymoon picture, and the group photograph of his family which is probably the one he had in his quarters in Sapporo (folder 19); the family home in Amherst (folder 20); WSC, students, and faculty of SAC (folder 21); farewell photograph taken in Sapporo, April 16, 1877 (folder 22); photographs of various memorials to WSC (folder 23); a family scrapbook with photographs of WSC's friends and descendants in the last pages (folder 24); a photocopy of a photograph of WSC with HORI Seitarō and several Karafuto (Sakhalin) Ainu, from a Peabody Museum of Salem publication (folder 25); photographs of an exhibit prepared by ŌSAKA Shingo, (original paintings by SUNAGANE Takashi from the exhibit in Box 28; see information below on the exhibition, "A Pictorial Life of Col. William Clark") (folder 26); and a tree planting ceremony at WSC's grave. May 18, 1973 (folder 27). In the farewell picture WSC has tentatively been identified after careful analysis by AKIZUKI Toshiyuki, head of the Reference Division of the Hokudai Library, as the figure with the light colored hat on the horse second from the right. The exhibition, "A Pictorial Life of Col. William Clark" was prepared by the Rev. ŌSAKA Shingo, the Japanese biographer of WSC. He wrote the narration which appears on the backs of the series of original paintings by SUNAGANE Takashi titled, "The Picture Story of Our Dr. William Smith Clark, from 1826-1876", filed in oversize Box 28. This series of watercolors was part of ŌSAKA's exhibit prepared to commemorate in Hokkaido the 1961 centennial of WSC's going off to fight in the Civil War. It was displayed in the American Cultural Center in Sapporo and in many primary schools in Hokkaido. The tree planting ceremony took place at the Clark Family plot in West Cemetery, Amherst, on May 18, 1973. The tree was a cherry descended from the one that Professor William Brooks, WSC's student who joined him in Sapporo, brought back from Japan. It was presented by the late Professor William Colby, who served as a visiting professor at Hokkaido University in the early 1960s. Housed with this collection, but not part of it, is the photograph album of G.A. Parker, Class of 1876, which includes additional photographs of WSC and his family, and the MAC campus at the time of WSC's presidency. See RG 130/1876.
Additional photographs can be found in the Archives oversize photograph collection, RG 175.
Series 2. Correspondence
Creation of Series 2. Correspondence
Time of Creation of Series 2. Correspondence
Series 2 consists of two broad categories of correspondence-personal, and official. The personal correspondence covers WSC's student days at AC, his period of study in Europe, his service in the Civil War, his mission to Hokkaido, and his subsequent communications with his Japanese students and officials. The official correspondence deals with his mission to Hokkaido, and to a limited extent with his presidency of MAC. Much of the personal correspondence in the collection and the letters dealing with his MAC presidency are originals but are in fragile condition and therefore are available as photocopies to minimize handling. The photocopies are filed in Box 4; the originals owned by the University of Massachusetts Amherst are in Box 5. All photocopies in Box 4 for which UMass owns an original in Box 5, are designated by "(*)" on the container list. Those items which are photocopies of originals at Amherst College are designated by "(AC)" on the container list. The official correspondence dealing with Hokkaido consists of originals held by UMass and photocopies of originals in the possession of Hokudai. Photocopies from Hokudai originals are indicated by "(HU)" on the container list. Copies of official Hokkaido correspondence in the possession of UMass are in turn available at Hokudai. Copies of additional correspondence regarding Hokudai can be found in Special Collections and University Archives in the papers of William Wheeler (RG-2/3), David Penhallow (RG-50/6-1873) and Horace Stockbridge (RG- 40/11). What follows here is a general description of the items in Series 2. The Container List identifies each individual item. Folder 1 consists almost entirely of letters from WSC to members of his family while he was a student at AC. These letters provide insight into the happy family relations between him and his parents and his sister Harriet. His accounts of life as a student reveal a great deal about college life at AC. The most significant incident covered by these letters is his religious conversion, reported in a letter to his mother March 16, 1846. Folder 2 contains twenty-one letters dated 1850-1852, mostly to his parents and three sisters while WSC was in Europe. These are particularly valuable because of the detailed descriptions of what WSC observed both in England and in Germany. Folder 3 contains his honeymoon letter to his parents, dated May 30, 1853 from Charleston, Virginia, and two other letters. Folder 4 contains his Civil War letters to his family and Amherst friends. They reflect his shift in attitude towards war, from that of his early weeks in the army when he relished the glory and romance, to his final view that war is death, suffering, and hardship. These letters shed more light on his close family ties. Folder 5 contains a fragment of a letter to his father in 1865. Folder 6 contains the small number of letters dating from his presidency of MAC. About half of these letters relate to Japan and his mission to Hokkaido. The items most directly concerned with MAC are the two letters dealing with the junior class protest regarding selection of speakers for Commencement Week, 1872. Of interest is a request from Japanese ambassador YOSHIDA Kiyonari for WSC to speak in favor of treaty revision. Folders 7-12 contain official correspondence relating to Hokkaido, which has been organized chronologically as follows in order to illuminate the development and flow of WSC's work: Folder 7. Jan to Mar 1876. Preliminaries and ContractFolder 8. Jul to Aug 1876. Preparations, Initial days at SACFolder 9. Sep 1876. First Month of Intensive OperationsFolder 10. Oct to Dec 1876. The Middle PeriodFolder 11. Jan to May 1877. Preparations for Departure and FarewellsFolder 12. 1877 to 1880. Continued work for SAC after return to US The Container List has been annotated to show the contents of most items in these folders. Duplicates of some of the photocopies of the official correspondence are filed in Box 24. An attempt was made to file the most legible copy in Box 4; particular words, however, might be clearer on the duplicate copy. See also folder 13, which contains typescripts of those letters from WSC to Japanese officials indicated by "(t)" on the Container List for folders 7-12. Folder 13 also includes typescripts of two letters (originals at HU) to students which are not represented by photocopies: WSC to Mr. Y. KUROIWA, March 11, 1879 from New York, and WSC to UCHIDA, December 25, 1883 in Amherst. The William Wheeler papers (RG-2/3) and WSC's letters to his wife and children (folder 14) are excellent supplements to the official correspondence because of the additional information they provide on the voyage to Hokkaido and WSC's operations with the Japanese in Hokkaido. Folder 14, as mentioned above, contains WSC's correspondence with his family while he was in Hokkaido. These letters are valuable not only for the descriptions of WSC's experiences and work in Hokkaido, but also for what they tell us of the warmth of his relationships with his wife and small children. The letters from WSC to his wife are typed copies which were presented to the University of Massachusetts Amherst by Mrs. William S. Clark II. Where the originals are and who copied them are unknown. Both the content and a careful comparison of the style of these copies and other WSC letters leave little doubt as to their authenticity. The folder of the photocopies includes typed transcripts of the two letters to brother-in-law William B. Churchill and to Sister Belle, as well. Folder 15 contains subsequent correspondence with Clark's Japanese students and two of the officials WSC dealt with while in Hokkaido. These letters reveal the close ties that developed between WSC and his students. They contain, in addition to expressions of feeling, news about SAC and Hokkaido and many references to the students' religious concerns. Folder 15a includes typescripts of all the letters in folder 15, as well as three additional ones, the originals of which are at HU. See also folder 13. Folder 16 contains miscellaneous items which do not fit well into any of the above categories. The most significant are the 1884 and 1885 letters (originals at HU) to William P. Brooks, the last known to have been written by WSC before his death in 1886. A letter from WSC's son, Atherton, to MAC Secretary Robert Hawley in 1930 indicates that WSC's papers were scattered or destroyed when the family home in Amherst was broken up. Folder 17 contains photographs of letters (originals at Doshisha) from WSC to Joseph NEESIMA, written between 1878-1882.
Series 3. Writings
Series 3 consists of 20 items, most of which are published versions of public lectures delivered by WSC, a situation flowing naturally from the fact that he was famous as a lecturer. Three books are included: On Metallic Meteorites (folder 2), his doctoral dissertation published in 1852; his translation of Theodore Scheerer's The Blowpipe Manual (folder 7), published in 1869; and Collected Papers of Dr. W.S. Clark (folder 17), edited and with a bibliography by YAMAMOTO Tamaki, Hokkaido University, published in 1993. "Report on Horses" (folder 3) was written while WSC was a professor at AC and was active in the Hampshire (County) Agricultural Society. The seven publications here from his MAC years, excluding The Blowpipe Manual, include four relating to his role as President and three which can be described as research papers. The four presidential writings are "The Work and the Wants of the College" (folder 4), "Rules for the Agricultural Department, MAC" (folder 5), "Professional Education the Present Want of Agriculture" (folder 8), and "The Relations of Botany to Agriculture" (folder 9). The three research papers are "The Circulation of Sap in Plants", "Nature's Mode of Distributing Plants", and "Observations upon the Phenomena of Plant Life". All of these publications illustrate the development of the scientific study of agriculture in the formative years of this land-grant school. The sap circulation study was a source of controversy. Although there is no contemporary account of it, the daughter of Professor Selim Peabody, then a MAC professor, wrote some years later that her father was responsible for the research and that WSC, as President, had simply placed his name on the report. "A Lecture on the Flow of Sap and the Power of Plant Growth", found in WSC's 12th Annual Report of the MAC, and "Observations upon the Phenomena of Plant Life" both include an account of the famous experiment which measured the power created by the growth of a giant squash. WSC's own record of what he accomplished and observed in Japan is to be found in the "First Annual Report of Sapporo Agricultural College" (folder 14) and "The Agriculture of Japan" (folder 16). The latter demonstrated WSC's powers of observation and reporting, also revealed in his correspondence. The "Covenant of Believers in Jesus" (copy in folder 15, original in oversize Box 27) was composed by WSC and signed by all of the students in the first freshman class at SAC. It is evidence of his success as an informal missionary, because it was a major step in the eventual baptism of the students, an event which took place several months after WSC's departure from Japan.
Not included are the annual reports of MAC which he wrote as President from 1867 to 1879. The annual reports may be found in the University Archives, RG 1/00/2 (also available online through the Special Collections and University Archives web site).
Series 4. Materials About William Smith Clark
Creation of Series 4. Materials About William Smith Clark
Time of Creation of Series 4. Materials About William Smith Clark
Series 4 contains a wide variety of material touching on his life and work, and is divided into seven subseries. It includes correspondence about him, reminiscences and biographical sketches, books and articles about him, materials compiled for a biography, and audio-visual materials about his life. Box 7, folders 1-6, contain Subseries 1: Correspondence about WSC, the bulk of which (folders 2-5) is dated 1940 or later and provides little fresh information about WSC. The most significant letter is that by Dr. MIYABE Kingo (folder 1) on the plans for a Clark memorial church in Sapporo. Folder 6 contains material relating to the William Smith Clark Association, an informal group made up of Amherst residents, mostly from the University of Massachusetts, who were concerned with Amherst's relations with Hokkaido and HU. It was created mainly to plan the UMass contributions to the celebration of the Hokudai centennial (and, of course, the centennial of WSC's mission to Hokkaido) in 1976. Boxes 8 and 9 contain Subseries 2: Reminiscences and Biographical Sketches. Many of the items listed contain only brief references to WSC, which contribute little to an understanding of him but do reveal the extent to which he became and has remained well known in Japan. The most valuable items include reminiscences by WSC's son Atherton (folder 12); the writings of MIYABE (folder 29), ŌSHIMA (folder 33), and Bowker (folder 10), all former students; and the article by David P. Penhallow (folder 35). The article, "Boys, Be Ambitious" from the New Prince English Course, 1981 (folder 31), a middle school textbook used nationally in Japan, shows how WSC is remembered more than a century after his mission to Hokkaido. Boxes 10 and 11 contain Subseries 3: Books, which deal wholly or in part with the life of WSC. Brief comments on some of the principal titles are given below: Kurāku Sensei Shoden [Life of Dr. Clark], by ŌSAKA Shingo, Sapporo 1956 (folder 53), is the definitive biography in Japanese by the man who was the foremost Japanese authority on WSC. This long biography was written without the benefit of access to much material which became available after its publication. Kurāku Sensei to Sono Deshitachi [Dr. Clark and his Students], by ŌSHIMA Masatake, 1943 (folder 54), is of value because its author was one of WSC's students at SAC. Kurāku no ichinen (Clark's Year) [on verso of t.p.: The Japanese Experience of William Smith Clark], by ŌTA Yūzō, Tokyo, 1979 (folder 55), written by a McGill University history professor, consists primarily of translations of Clark's letters to his family at Sapporo that are found in Series 2. Foreign Pioneers from the Hokkaido Prefectural Government, 1968 (folder 47-48), contains brief biographies of a number of foreigners, the majority Americans, who played roles in the early development of Hokkaido. Kurāku: Sono Eikō to Zasetsu [Clark: His Glory and Collapse], by John Maki, translated by TAKAKU Shin'ichi, Hokkaido University Press, 1978 (folder 51),was published in English in 1996 as William Smith Clark: A Yankee in Hokkaido. See Boxes 12 and 13. Boxes 12 and 13 contain Subseries 4: John Maki Manuscript, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido which includes a photocopied typescript of William Smith Clark: A Yankee in Hokkaido by John Maki; the author's account of how he came to write it; and a J.F. Howes review of the book from The American Historical Review. It is the only book length biography of Clark in English. Box 14 contains Subseries 5: Background Materials for Maki Biography of WSC. The materials, compiled by John Maki for use in writing William Smith Clark: A Yankee in Hokkaido, consist primarily of photocopies and transcriptions of sections of books, and articles, booklets, and newspaper clippings. Box 15 contains Subseries 6: Notes for Maki Biography of WSC, which consists of twelve envelopes of handwritten and typed notes on 4 x 6 index cards, compiled by John Maki for writing his biography of WSC. The materials in Boxes 14 and 15 are particularly useful with regard to WSC's presidency of MAC, his early contacts with Japanese students in Amherst, the floating college, and WSC's mining venture. Boxes 16-18 contain Subseries 7: Television, Radio, and Other Audio Visual Materials. The major item is a videotape of a television program broadcast on a Japanese national network on November 3, 1981 (Culture Day, a Japanese national holiday). There are three different video cassettes (VHS, Beta, and 3/4 inch videotape cassettes) of Taishi to Yabō: William Smith Clark no Shōgai (Ideals and Ambition: The Life of William Smith Clark) (folders 76-78). Also included are the Japanese language script of the program (folder 80); Taishi to Yabō: William Smith Clark no Ashiato o Tazunete (Ideals and Ambition: In the Footsteps of William Smith Clark), which is a book length account, including much of the life of WSC, of the making of the program by the TV crew that filmed it (folder 81); "The Filming in Amherst of the Japanese Television Documentary on the Life of William Smith Clark" by John Maki (folder 82); and correspondence and clippings relating to the program (folders 83-85). Other materials in Subseries 7 include an audiotape of a radio interview of John Maki on WSC, an audiotape and a silent film of the tree-planting ceremony at the Clark family grave on May 18, 1973, and videotapes regarding the Massachusetts / Hokkaido Sister State relationship and the WCS Memorial.
Series 5. Hokkaido University-University of Massachusetts Relations
Creation of Series 5. Hokkaido University-University of Massachusetts Relations
Time of Creation of Series 5. Hokkaido University-University of Massachusetts Relations
Subseries 1: Chronological Record, consists of materials which document the continuing relations of SAC / MAC from the time of Clark's presence in Japan through the growth of each school into a university. The materials reflect exchanges, both formal and informal; influences, especially that of Massachusetts professors on SAC/HU; gifts, visits, and honors through correspondence and memoranda; typescript and printed articles; clippings, press releases, and brochures; mementos, photographs, and pictures; and prepared lists. In Subseries 2: Summer Seminar 1974, the experience of the seminar is revealed through the journal of Professor Richard Woodbury, as well as in the schedules, lecture notes, participant evaluations, photographs, travel arrangements, souvenirs, memoranda, and printed materials. Subseries 3: Books on HU, includes early annual reports, 1877-1879; histories of HU in English and Japanese; HU catalogs, 1921-1922 and 1936-1937; a catalog of the holdings in the SAC library, 1888; lists of plants in the HU Botanical Garden; and other books. Also see Subseries 1, folder 9.
Series 6. Duplicates (Selected)
Creation of Series 6. Duplicates (Selected)
Time of Creation of Series 6. Duplicates (Selected)
Selected duplicates, mainly from the Hokkaido Official Correspondence and Clark's writings. Other duplicates are often found filed with their counterparts.
Series 7. Artifacts
Creation of Series 7. Artifacts
Time of Creation of Series 7. Artifacts
Miscellaneous artifacts associated with the legacy of William Smith Clark.
Series 8. Oversized
Creation of Series 8. Oversized
Time of Creation of Series 8. Oversized
subseries
Subseries 1: College, Military, and Other Biographical Records
Clark Family Records:
Family Record n.d.
List of WSC's Descendants (AC) 1960
Obituary of Mrs. Clark 1917
Excerpts from History of the Town of Ashfield n.d
Excerpts from Vital Records of Ashfield 1942
Excerpts from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1872-1891
Finding aid forthe Frank Waterman Stearns Papers at New England Historic Genealogical Society n.d.
Excerpts from William Richards by Samuel Williston 1938
Excerpts from Life and Law by Samuel Williston 1940
Excerpt from Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Missionary Album re: William Richards family 1969
Excerpts from Only One Cummington by Helen H. Foster and William W. Streeter 1974
WSC's biographical data for AC alumni Records 1872
See oversize Box 27 for WSC II's AC graduation certificate, 1921
Amherst Record Mar 10, 1886
J.K. UCHIMURA, "The Missionary Work of William S. Clark, Ph.D., LL.D." Christian Union Apr 2, 1886
Springfield Daily Republican Mar 10, 1886
"Sketches of the Deceased Officers of the College," MAC General Catalogue, 1882-86 1886
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Proceedings 1886
New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 41, no. 163 Jul 1887
Goodell, Henry Hill, "W.S. Clark" typed ms and Amherst Record account 1886
Goodell tribute, in Annual Report of MAC Jan 1887
Military Service Records:
Military service records from National Archives 1861-1869
Letter from Maj. Gen. A.E. Burnside to Maj. Gen. George McClellan recommending WSC for promotion to brigadier general Sept 25, 1862
21st Regiment:
Photocopies taken from Charles F. Wolcottt, History of the Twenty-first Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers (UMass Library Microfilm #2777) 1882
Bound typed excerpt from Phineas C. Headley, Massachusetts in the Rebellion 1866
Photocopy from Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. 3 (Regimental Histories) 1959
Newspaper Clippings, Civil War:
Original clippings and copies of:
WSC's account of battle of Newbern Mar 16, 1862
WSC's account of battle of Camden Apr 21, 1862
WSC letter to Rev. Hitchcock Mar 8, 1862
WSC visit to Amherst, and Sturgis letter re: promotion 1863
Erroneous WSC obituary n.d.
Obituary of WSC's friend Manross n.d.
21st Regiment reunion 1867
Photocopy of item in Carpenter and Morehouse, History of the Town of Amherst 1896
Listing as presidential elector, in 1864, Massachusetts Year Book 1895
"Moore Laboratory of Chemistry" AC 1929
MAC Alumni report to Board of Trustees on WSC resignation 1879
Newspaper clippings, Amherst Record 1875-1880
Excerpts from Carpenter and Morehouse, History of the Town of Amherst 1896
Harold W. Cary, The University of Massachusetts: A History of One Hundred Years, photocopy of pg. 69 1962
WSC bibliography of speeches and writings n.d.
Letter from Chancellor Joseph Duffy on the commemoration of the centennial of WSC's death Feb 7, 1986
Program from commemoration Mar 9, 1986
John Maki speech at graveside Mar 9, 1986
Report on the birth of a new Clark from Hokkaido Shimbun (with typed translation) Jan 7, 1986
See oversize Box 27 for newspaper clippings from Amherst Record, New York Times, Boston Globe, New York Tribune, Hampshire and Franklin Express and Springfield Republican1860-1886
Japanese Trees Introduced to the U.S.:
Arnold Arboretum records (photocopies) 1877-1885
Jackson Dawson record book copy 1874
"Work of Arnold Arboretum", Christian Science Monitor Jun 2, 1919
Potter, Dorothy, "First Trees Exported from Japan...", Daily Hampshire Gazette Mar 3, 1954
Blundell, Lyle, "Original Introduction of Japanese Trees by Col. W.S. Clark, 1876, and Dr. William Brooks, 1890" n.d.
"Bibliography on Japanese Trees Introduced into the US by W.S. Clark and W.P. Brooks..." 1974
See oversize Box 27 for photograph of page from the log maintained atop Mt. Shasta, with WSC's signature and article in Japanese (original in Bancroft Library, Univ. of California Berkeley), Jun 16, 1877
Subseries 2: Personal Association Items
WSC's passport 1850-1852
WSC's Goettingen notebook 1851
WSC's AC catalogue 1855-1856
Pictures and sketches sent by WSC from Germany (1851?)
WSC's scrapbook 1860, n.d.
MAC library poster n.d.
Inventory of Ainu artifacts and other objects brought back from Japan by WSC n.d.
Lithograph of Commodore Perry at Hakodadi (sic) (Hakodate) n.d.
WSC's list of Japanese lichens and Japanese phenograms (in Atherton Clark's handwriting) 1878
Subseries 3: Photographs and Portraits
WSC alone n.d.
WSC's office and classroom at MAC ca. 1876
Family pictures n.d.
The family home n.d.
WSC, faculty, students and barn at SAC (1876?), 1880, n.d.
Farewell picture, Sapporo Apr 16, 1877
Memorials n.d.
Family scrapbook 1906-
Clark with Ainu (copied from Peabody Museum of Salem publication) n.d.
Photographs of "A Pictorial Life of Col. William Clark", exhibit prepared by ŌSAKA Shingo 1961
See oversize Box 28 for "The Picture Story of Our Dr. William Smith Clark, from 1826-1876", original paintings by SUNAGANE Takashi from the ŌSAKA Shingo exhibit , 1961
Tree planting ceremony at WSC grave May 18, 1973
(see also Box 13 for audio tape and 16 mm film of the occasion)
Amherst College Student Days:
(*) To father Sep 21, 1844
(*) To "Dear Sis" Oct 6, 1844
(*) To family Oct 26, 1844
(AC) To "Friend M" (Manross?) Apr 3, 1845
(*) To mother Sep 24, 1845
(*) To father (encl. to mother) Oct 10, 1845
(*) To mother Nov 1, 1845
(AC) To sister Hattie Nov 17, 1845
(*) To father Nov 19, 1845
(*) To mother, re: religious conversion Mar 16, 1846
(*) Dr. Hitchcock to WSC's father, re: religious conversion Mar 24, 1846
(*) To father Oct 9, 1846
(*) To mother from Acworth, NH Oct 31, 1846
(*) To father from Acworth, NH Nov 8, 1846
(AC) To Manross (?) from Acworth, NH Nov 9, 1846
(*) To mother from Oxford, MA Apr 29, 1847
(*) To father May 18, 1847
(*) To Hattie Jun 2, 1847
(*) To father Jul 13, 1847
(*) To father (21st birthday) Aug 5, 1847
(*) To "Dear Sis" Aug 9, 1847
(*) To mother from New Haven Sep 3, 1847
(*) To father Nov 15, 1847
(*)To father May 15, 1848
(*) From "Hammond" Nov 2, 1848
European Student Days:
(*) From Manross Jul 31, 1850
(*) To father from ship at sea Sep 17, 1850
(*) To father from London Oct 21, 1850
(*) To father, mother, sisters, from Goettingen Nov 28, 1850
(*) To "Sister Sarah" Jan 4, 1851
(*) To "My Dear Belle" (original in oversize Box 27) Jan 8, 1851
(*) To "Sister Hattie" Jan 13, 1851
(*) To father Jan 25, 1851
(*) To father Mar 7, 1851
(AC) To father Jun 1, 1851
(*) To "Sister Hattie" Jun 22, 1851
(*) To mother Aug 17, 1851
(*) To "My dear Belle" Aug 17, 1851
(*) To father Aug 17, 1851
(*) To "My dear Sarah" Aug 18, 1851
(*) To parents, re: career plans Nov 23, 1851
(AC) To Edwin Hitchcock, Jr. Nov 26, 1851
(*) To "My Dear Sis" (Harriet) includes reference to future wife Feb 29, 1852
(AC) From John William _____? to "My Dearest Klarck", from Dublin Mar 1, 1852
(*) To parents re: departure from Goettingen, sending "fine German boy" to Easthampton May 2, 1852
(*) To "My Dear Sister Hattie!" from Munich (love to HKRW [Harriet Keopuolani Richards Williston], his future wife) May 20, 1852
(*) To parents from Charleston, VA (honeymoon) May 30, 1853
(*) To parents from Princeton, IL Jun 22, 1853?
(AC) To Alexandrian Society at AC Oct 27, 1853
Civil War:
(AC) To Manross from Camp Lincoln, Worcester, MA Aug 22, 1861
(*) To mother from Annapolis Sep 1, 1861
(AC) To Manross from Annapolis Sep 16, 1861
(*) To father from Annapolis Oct 16, 1861
(*) To father from Annapolis Nov 20, 1861
(AC) To President Stearns of AC from Annapolis re: war and reasons for fighting Dec 21, 1861
(*) To father from Annapolis Dec 29, 1861
(*) To father from Falmouth, VA Jan 5, 1862
(*) To father from Norfolk, VA Jan 10, 1862
(*) To mother from Hatteras Inlet, NC Jan 19, 1862
(*) To father from Roanoke Island, NC Feb 20, 1862
(*) To mother from Neuse River, NC Mar 12, 1862
(AC) To Manross from Newbern, NC re: the battles of Roanoke and Newbern; the death of Lt. Stearns; cannon to AC as a memorial to Stearns Mar 30, 1862
(*) To father from Newbern, NC Apr 1, 1862
(*) To father from Newbern, NC Apr 12, 1862
(*) To mother from Newbern, NC Apr 17, 1862
(AC) From an unknown writer at AC to "My dear William" Apr 20, 1862
(AC) From Brig. Gen. Reno to Gov. Andrew recommending WSC for promotion to Colonel Apr 28, 1862
(*) To father from Newbern, NC May 29, 1862
(*) To sister Harriet from Newport News, VA Jul 23, 1862
(*) To mother from Newport News, VA re: 36th birthday, gratitude to mother, world developments during his lifetime Jul 31, 1862
(*) To father from Falmouth, VA Aug 6, 1862
(*) To father from Falmouth, VA Dec 4, 1862
(*) To father from Falmouth, VA re: survival in Fredrickburg battle, determination to continue "horrid work of war" to put down "pro-slavery rebellion" Dec 17, 1862
(AC) To Professor Tyler at AC re: denial of story about WSC's drinking Jan 16, 1863
(*) To mother from Falmouth, VA Jan 20, 1863
(AC) From Brig. Gen. Sturgis to WSC re: praise for battle conduct, promotion Feb 4, 1863
(*) To sister Sarah from Newport News, VA Mar 10, 1863
(*) To "Folks-at-home" from Newport News, VA Mar 24, 1863
(*) To father from Lexington, KY Apr 15, 1863
(AC) To Lt. Col. Lewis Richmond re: resignation from Army Apr 22, 1863
(*) To father from Cambridge, MA (fragment) Jan 18, 1865
MAC Presidency:
Identification of WSC correspondents n.d.
(*) From John Maconant Apr 24, n.y.
(*) To Senator Justin Morrill (with typed transcript) Jul 5, 1871
(*) From Charles Wolcott Brooks, Japanese consul in San Francisco re: admitting a Japanese student Sep 1, 1871
(*) From MORI Arinori, Japanese minister to the US re: info and advice on development of education in Japan Feb 3, 1872
(*) To Allen W. Dodge Apr 15, 1872
(*) To William P. Brooks Apr 15,1872
(*) Junior class letter protesting selection of commencement speakers Jun 1872
(*) WSC's response to C.E. Tucker, Secretary, Class of '73 Jun 3, 1872
(*) To A.W. Dodge (with typed transcript) Nov 23, 1875
(*) To Mr. Dodge re: baptism of 1st class at SAC (original on opposite side of item in folder 15, from TANOUCHI, copied by WSC, Oct 25, 1876) Oct 31, 1877
(*) From S. KOJIMA, Japanese official in Hokkaido Oct 31, 1877
(*) From HORY (sic) (HORI) Motoi, Japanese official in Hokkaido Dec 3, 1877
(*) From YOSHIDA Kiyonari, Japanese minister to Washington re: WSC to speak on treaty revision for Japan Jan 14, 1878
(*) From YOSHIDA Kiyonari Jan 26, 1878
(*) From H. SATOW, Hokkaido official Mar 24, 1878
(*) From HORI (Japanese original in envelope) Mar 25, 1878
(D) Typed copy of WSC letter to Joseph Hardy NEESIMA Aug 6, 1878
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Preliminaries and Contract:
(*) Request to Board of Trustees for official leave to go to Hokkaido Jan 12, 1876
(*) From Minister YOSHIDA Kiyonari re: compensation Feb 12, 1876
(*) Contract envelope n.d.
(*) Japanese and English versions of contract Mar 3, 1876
(HU) Japanese and English versions of contract Mar 3, 1876
(*) WSC summary of contract n.d.
(HU) Japanese translations of two WSC letters to Birdsey Grant Northrup re: proposed appointment to found SAC n.d.
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Preparations, Initial Days at SAC:
(HU) From KURODA Kiyotaka, Tokyo Jul 1, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA Sadanori, Tokyo Jul 5, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA re: permission to travel to Yokohama Jul 7, 1876
(HU) From YASUDA Jul 7, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA re: SAC business Jul 10, 1876
(HU) From YASUDA Jul 12, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA re: 6 students admitted to SAC Jul 12, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA Jul 12, 1876
(HU) To KURODA re: ready to go to Sapporo Jul 15, 1876
(HU) From KURODA re: invitation to dinner Jul 22, 1876
(HU) From YASUDA to WSC at SAC requesting report on silk and cocoons Aug 11, 1876
(*) To ZUSHIO (sic) (ZUSHO) "Sapporo Agricultural College-First Term, 1876-77-Daily Routine" Aug 14, 1876
(HU) Prime Minister SANJO to ZUSHO Hirotake (translation and transliteration) Aug 25, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA Aug 25, 1876
(HU) To HORI Motoi: re Chemistry lab plans Aug 29, 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, First Month of Intensive Operation:
(*) To KURODA Kiyotaka Sep 2, 1876
(*) SAC Plan of Organization and Regulations Sep 2, 1876
(HU) Exchange of letters re: a shipment for WSC Sep 2 and 4, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA in Tokyo re: improvement of Kaitakushi's work Sep 8, 1876
(*) From ZUSHO re: approval of Brooks' appointment Sep 11, 1876
(HU?) Another version of ZUSHO's letter Sep 11, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO Sep 12, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: scheme for an American colony in Hokkaido Sep 12, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: a list of seeds for Brooks to bring Sep 12, 1876
(*) From KURODA re: transfer of farm to SAC and WSC's appointment as director Sep 12, 1876
(HU) Another version of letter from KURODA Sep 13, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA Sep 13, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: salting beef Sep 13, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: packing mess beef Sep 13, 1876
(*) To ZUSHO re: assignment of SAC officers Sep 14, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: S. HORI Sep 14, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: S. KOJIMA Sep 15, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: dismissal of students Sep 15, 1876
(t)(HU) List of vehicles and implements for SAC farm Sep 17, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: S. HORI Sep 19, 1876
(*) From KURODA re: college farm Sep 19, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: college barn Sep 20, 1876
(t)(HU) From KURODA re: HORI appointment Sep 21, 1876
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: more land for farm Sep 22, 1876
(*) From KURODA approving more land Sep 23, 1876
(HU?) Another version of approval Sep 23, 1876
(HU) To HORI Motoi listing needs for SAC farm Sep 27, 1876
(t)(HU) To HORI Motoi requesting barn construction; WSC authority Sep 29, 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Middle Period:
(HU) From HORI Motoi re: barn construction Oct 6, 1876
(*) From HORI re: college farm plan Oct 9, 1876
(HU) To ZUSHO re: college barn Oct 11, 1876
(HU) From HORI re: botanical garden Oct 13, 1876
(HU) To YASUDA in Tokyo re: umbrella pine seeds and WSC's delight in Hokkaido Oct 13, 1876
(HU) From HORI re: Ginseng plants Oct 17, 1876
(HU) From ZUSHO Oct 17, 1876
(HU) From KURODA in Tokyo Oct 19, 1876
(HU) From HORI re: college barn Oct 21, 1876
(t)(HU) WSC's endorsement of student plan for literary society Nov 1, 1876
(HU) Constitution and bylaws of Kaishikisha (Enlightenment Society) n.d.
(HU) From ZUSHO re: fodder plan Nov 7, 1876
(*) From ZUSHO re: literary society Nov 7, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: care of mulberry grove Nov 7, 1876
(t)(HU) To HORI re: irrigation water Nov 7, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: fodder plan Nov 8, 1876
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: failure of a student Nov 9, 1876
(HU) From ZUSHO re: fodder plan Nov 10, 1876
(HU) From YASUDA in Tokyo Nov 14, 1876
(t)(HU) To HORI re: sugar beet plant seeds for experimental planting Nov 15, 1876
(HU) From HORI re: sugar beets Nov 20, 1876
(t)(HU) To HORI re: the cost of sugar beet seed Nov 21, 1876
(HU) Typed copy of temperance pledge and request for Bible instruction Nov 28 and Dec 19, 1876
(HU) Examination schedule Dec 23, 1876
(HU) From HORI re: present of red crape Dec 28, 1876
(HU) To HORI re: red crape Dec 28, 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Preparations for Departure and Farewells:
(HU) From KURODA in Tokyo re: canned salmon Jan 10, 1877
(HU) From KURODA in Tokyo re: canned fish and meat Jan 11, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: fish manure order Jan 12, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: college farm budget Jan 23, 1877
(t)(HU) To KURODA re: canned salmon Feb 2, 1877
(t)(HU) To M. YAMADA re: detailed scheme for Hokkaido development Mar 8, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: recommendations for SAC operations after departure Mar 13, 1877
(HU) From ZUSHO re: departure Mar 15, 1877
(HU) To ZUSHO re: departure Mar 17, 1877
(HU) To ZUSHO re: library location Mar 17, 1877
(t)(HU) To HORI re: SANADA Bunkichi Mar 17, 1877
(t)(HU) To HORI re: preparation for leaving Mar 22, 1877
(t)(HU) To HORI re: building Mar 22, 1877
(t)(HU) To H. SATOW re: SAC annual report Mar 24, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: SAC annual report Mar 26, 1877
(t)(HU) Memorandum of bills approved by WSC Oct 17, 1876-Mar 31, 1877 Apr 1877
(*) From HORI re: reports on salmon and herring fisheries on return to US Apr 6, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: work for SAC after return to US Apr 7, 1877
(*) To HORI re: fisheries Apr 7, 1877
(*) From HORI re: fisheries Apr 9, 1877
(*) From ZUSHO (warm letter of thanks) English translation Apr 14, 1877
(t)(HU) To ZUSHO re: letter of thanks Apr 14, 1877
(*) From ZUSHO re: work after SAC Apr 15, 1877
(t)(HU) From ZUSHO from Nanae re: development of Hokkaido transportation routes Apr 22, 1877
(*) From KURODA in Tokyo re: gift of bronze vases and thanks May 21, 1877
(HU) To KURODA re: travel funds May 21, 1877
(*) From KURODA re: exchange of gifts May 21, 1877
(HU) From NISHIMURA Sadaaki re: additional work on return to the US May 22, 1877
(*) From KURODA re: travel expenses May 22, 1877
(HU) To R. YAMANOCHI re: distribution of SAC first annual report May 22, 1877
(HU) To KURODA re: thanks and appreciation May 22, 1877
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Continued Work for SAC After Return to the U.S.:
(HU) Report on Columbia River salmon industry Jun 29, 1877
(HU) To KURODA from San Francisco re: salmon Jun 30, 1877
(HU) From YASUDA Sadanori in Tokyo re: annual report and salmon report Aug 25, 1877
(HU) From KURODA re: exchange of gifts Sep 14, 1877
(HU) To KURODA, a long friendly letter Oct 26, 1877
(HU) To YASUDA Sadanori re: silk and cocoon Oct 27, 1877
(HU) From S. KOJIMA in Sapporo re: news of Hokkaido, SAC and Japan Oct 31, 1877
(HU) From HORI re: report on fish oil and fertilizer Dec 3, 1877
(t)(HU) To HORI re: salmon fishing, other fisheries Dec 19, 1877
(HU) To H. SATOW in Hokkaido re: wood pulp; two pamphlets on fish and fish products, fishing development Jan 18, 1878
(HU) From YOSHIDA Kiyonari in Washington re: payment for materials ordered by WSC fro SAC Jan 26, 1878
(HU) Front binding, title page and inscription of Bible presented by WSC to SAC Feb 1, 1878
(HU) To HORI re: completed reports, items shipped, selection of others, unequal treaties Feb 3, 1878
(HU) To HORI re: dispatch of reports Feb 15, 1878
(HU) From H. SATOW re: fishing Mar 24, 1878
(HU) From HORI Mar 25, 1878
(HU) Receipt for books bought and sent to SAC by WSC Jun 22, 1878
(HU) To YASUDA re: canned salmon, burning of capitol at Sapporo Mar 17, 1879
(HU) To KURODA re: Hokkaido experience Oct 15, 1879
(HU) To KURODA re: purchased cane seed, offer to return to Japan, indemnity fund Apr 1, 1880
(HU) From YOSHIDA Kiyohari in Washington to William Wheeler re: difficulty of material ordered Sep 17, 1880
Hokkaido Official Correspondence, Transcripts of Letters in Japan:
Typescripts of those letters belonging to HU from WSC to Japanese officials as denoted above by a "(t)" on the list 1876-1877
(HU) To KUROIWA Mar 11,1879
(HU) To UCHIDA Dec 25, 1883
Hokkaido Family Correspondence:
(*) Birthday letter from daughters in Amherst, probably in Mrs. Clark's handwriting Jul 31,1876
(*) To Mrs. S.W. Leete (sister Belle) re: description of Sapporo and living quarters, etc. (with typed copy) Aug 5, 1876
(*) To "Capt. William B. Churchill; My dear brother" (brother-in-law) re: Bibles for students, conversion of Japanese to Christianity in his quarters, (with typed copy) Aug 5, 1876
(*) To Hubert Lyman Clark re: burglar alarm, pictures and descriptions of Ainu, opening of SAC Aug 20, 1876
(*) To Hubert Lyman Clark re: expedition Nov 5, 1876
(*) To Capt. William B. Churchill re: religious work at SAC, progress of SAC, his happiness with his work, (with typed copy) Nov 19, 1876
(*) To Hubert Lyman Clark(WSC sketches, comments about Japanese life) Jan 6, 1877
(*) To daughter, Bertha Clark (original in oversize Box 27) Feb 12, 1877
Typed copies of letters to wife:
a) Philadelphia on eve of departure May 21, 1876
b) San Francisco, descriptions of city and Palace Hotel May 30, 1876
c) San Francisco, visit to UC Jun 1, 1876
d) Shipboard, re: ship and passengers, studying Japanese Jun 5, 1876
e) Tokyo, re: first visit with KURODA Jul 1, 1876
f) Tokyo, people and sights, July 4 party, Japanese music Jul 5, 1876
g) Tokyo re: dinner with MORIs and meeting with leading Japanese, receipt of Bibles for Sapporo, description of Emperor Meiji Jul 23, 1876
h) Sapporo re: discussion with KURODA over use of Bible Sep/Oct 1876
i) Sapporo re: SAC opening, KURODA, Ainu Aug 14, 1876
j) Sapporo re: enthusiasm for work and KURODA, receipt of college farm, projects for the Kaitakushi Sep 10, 1876
k) Sapporo re: extent of responsibilities, comments on SAC Oct 22, 1876
l) Sapporo Nov 7, 1876
m) Sapporo, re: living quarters, daily routine, Sunday Bible class Nov 21, 1876
n) Sapporo, re: arrival of Brooks, request that WSC stay 3 more years, signing of Covenant of Believers in Jesus Mar 5, 1877
o) Sapporo, re: farewell party Apr 14, 1877
p) Nagasaki, re: city, visit to army hospital May 2, 1877
q) Shipboard, re: Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, farewell Jun 5, 1877
r) "A note from the top of Mt. Shasta" Jun 16, 1877
s) San Francisco, re: trip to Oregon, Mt. Shasta climb Jun 28, 1877
Correspondence with SAC students and others:
(*) From TANOUCHI, copied by WSC (opposite side is 'To Mr. Dodge re: baptism of 1st class at SAC, Oct 31,1877', folder 6) Oct 25, 1876
(*) From TANOUCHI Apr 16, 1877
(*) From S. SATŌ, copied by WSC Jun 4, 1877
(*) From UCHIDA Jul 7, 1877
(*) From ŌSHIMA Jul 7, 1877
(*) From TANOUCHI Jul 8, 1877
(*) To S. SATŌ Aug 2, 1877
(*) From S. SATŌ Oct 21, 1877
(*) From ARAKAWA Nov 23, 1877
(*) From WATASE Dec 2, 1877
(*) From K. ŌNO Dec 5, 1877
(*) From K. ŌNO, with grade list Jan 5, 1878
(*) From KUROIWA Jan 19, 1878
(*) From TANOUCHI Mar 4, 1879
(*) From UCHIDA Mar 20, 1880
(*) From MIYABE Jul 11, 1880
(*) From SAKUMA Jul 12, 1880
(*) From UCHIDA Dec 2, 1880
(*) From UCHIDA May 25, 1881
(*) From UCHIDA Jul 21, 1881
(*) From UCHIDA Jan 10, 1882
(*) From NISHIMURA Jul 3, 1882
(*) From ARAKAWA Sep 7, 1883
Typescripts of letters in folder15, plus three others 1876-1883
(*) From Dr. Peter Bryant (William Cullen Bryant's father) to Dr. Atherton Clark Aug 12, 1814
(*) To son Hubert n.d.
(*) From US Senator H.L. Dawes of MA Feb 24, 1879
(HU) To William P. Brooks in Sapporo Nov 27, 1884
(HU) To William P. Brooks in Sapporo Apr 7, 1885
(*) Atherton Clark to Mr. Hawley at MAC Jun 5, 1930
(D) Letters from WSC to Jos. NEESIMA: photos from originals at Doshisha 1878-1882
Originals of those items designated by "(*)" on the item list for Box 4, unless noted as oversize, which are in Box 27. The folders in Box 5 correspond to those in Box 4 with the exception of folder 15a and folder 17, which are only in Box 4
The Alchemist, AC commencement oration 1848
On Metallic Meteorites, Ph.D. dissertation 1852
Report on Horses 1860, 1861
The Work and the Wants of the College 1868
Rules for the Agricultural Department, MAC 1869
Cultivation of Cereals, Report presented by WSC to the Board of Agriculture, written by Wm. Knowlton for the committee 1869
Translation by WSC of The Blowpipe Manual by Theodore Scheerer 1869
Professional Education the Present Want of Agriculture and Nature's Mode of Distributing Plants 1871
The Relations of Botany to Agriculture 1873
The Circulation of Sap in Plants 1874
A Lecture on the Flow of Sap and the Power of Plant Growth 1875
Observations on the Phenomena of Plant Life 1875
Photographic negative of lithograph of squash experiment 1875
Atherton Clark's copy of Observations on the Phenomena of Plant Life 1875
Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington (Clark's address, pg. 82, was apparently not given at the dinner-see note on pg. 81) 1875
"First Annual Report of SAC" 1877
Copy of Covenant of Believers in Jesus 1877
See oversize Box 27 for original Covenant of Believers in Jesus1877
The Agriculture of Japan 1879
The Collected Papers of WSC, edited by Tamaki YAMAMOTO 1993
Subseries 1: Correspondence About WSC
Correspondence 1914, 1919
Correspondence 1940-1951
Correspondence 1959-1960
Correspondence 1973-1974
Correspondence 1975-
WSC Association (1972-1977?)
Subseries 2: Reminiscences and Biographical Sketches
America-Japan Society of Hokkaido, "Boys, Be Ambitious" 1956
Amherst Record, "Prominent Men of Amherst, no. 7, WSC" 1871
Amherst Record, "Amherst Through the Years" 100 years ago Mar 6, 1976
Partial bibliography of materials about WSC (in Japanese) n.d.
Bowker, William Henry, The Old Guard; the Famous 'Faculty of Four'; the Mission and the Future of the College; Its Debt to Amherst College, Harvard College, and Other Institutions, read at 40th anniversary of opening of MAC 1907
Dedication of Stockbridge Hall, MAC Oct 29, 1915
Excerpt of Bowker's 1907 speech reprinted 1970
See RG-3/1-1905 Brooks, William P., Box 1, for Brooks, William P. "To the Memory of WSC" n.d.
Campbell, Alexander, "Hokkaido: The New Frontier," photocopy of chapter from The Heart of Japan 1961
Atherton Clark:
Corr., Atherton Clark to Wm. Elliot Griffis re: WSC 1918
Crowley, Dennis M., biographical sketch of Atherton Clark in The Alumni Bulletin 1942
William Smith Clark II:
"Impressions of a Newcomer" 1921
Address at Sapporo for the 80th anniversary ceremony of SAC Sep 15, 1956
"Glimpses of Japan from a Family Album", Japan Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2 1958
Clippings, miscellaneous 1959-
See oversize Box 27 for early clippings, 1860-1882
Greenfield Recorder, "Ashfield Native a Hero" Nov 5, 1981
Ashfield Historical Society Newsletter 1983
Cornman, Martin E., Bound by Vision Alone: Two Clarks from Ashfield, Massachusetts 1984
Creech, John L., article, "Highlights of Ornamental Plant Introduction in the United States" 1974
Cutter, John A., "WSC, 1826-86" 1916
Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 4, "Clark, William Smith" n.d.
Doran, Bill, in Alumnus re: Harold Alley on Mr. Wallace's recollections 1956
Annual History of Doshisha, sketch and small photo, pg. 62 1975
The Doshisha 1988
Flint, Linda J., article for The Alumnus, "The Great Experiment--UMass's Pioneer Decade" 1977
Guest, Robert H., "The Rise and Fall of an Amherst Immortal", in Amherst 1983
Hoppo Bungei, vol. 6, no. 7; no. 108 1973, 1974
Kozlowski, Theodore:
"His Work Lives in Trees", Horticulture 1956
Abridged version of above, in Amherst Journal Record n.d.
WSC, Pioneer Plant Pathologist n.d.
Maki, John, "WSC, 1826-1886, Scholar, Solider..." for WSC society 1987
Maki, John, "WSC, A Pioneer in Japanese-American Relations", address delivered at centennial of WSC's trip to Japan; also a press release and the chancellor's invitation 1976
Maki, John, lecture (in Japanese and English), "Clark-sensei: The Great Achievement in Hokkaido", delivered at the centennial of the founding of Hokkaido University 1976
Massachusetts-Hokkaido Affiliation Committee, "A Memoir in Honor of Dr. WSC, Published in 1962 as a Contribution to the University of Massachusetts Centennial Year Celebration" 1962
Barbara Zalenski 'copy' of above with errors and omissions, but adding a transcription of a Mack Drake letter not in the 1962 version 1966
Barbara Zalenski article, "Hands Across the Sea", Greenfield Recorder-Gazette Aug 20, 1966
MIYABE Kingo, "WSC" Japanese original and translation 1922
Lee, Douglas, "Japan's Last Frontier: Hokkaido" in National Geographic, vol. 157, no. 1 1980
New Prince English Course, "Boys, Be Ambitious", pp. 70-76 1981
ŌSAKA Shingo, memoir and essays n.d.
ŌSHIMA Masatake:
"Reminiscences of Dr. WSC", Japan Christian Intelligencer vol. 1, no. 2 1926
"Professor Clark" from Professor Clark and his Disciples, dictated to eldest son, ŌSHIMA Masamitsu 1946
ŌTA, Y., "WSC and Japan: with special reference to his missionary work" 1978
Penhallow, David P., "WSC: His Place as a Scientist and his Relationship to the Development of Scientific Agriculture" Science vol. 27, no. 683, pp. 172-180, address delivered at opening of Clark Hall, MAC, Oct 2, 1907 1908
Rowland, Rev. George M., address 1912
SATŌ Masahiko, "Clark's Personal Letters" 1984
SEKI Hideshi, article in Japanese, and English translation 1983
SUZUKI Zenko, address to Japan Society 1981
Tyler, John M. and Penhallow, D.P., dedication of Clark Hall, The College Signal article and typescript 1907
UCHIMURA, "Letters of WSC and his Pupils", transl. Naoki ŌNISHI, The Uchimura Study, no. 13, 14, and 15 1979-1980
US Department of Agriculture, "The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, DC" 1977
YAMANAKA Kei, articles in Japanese:
Hokkaido University Library Bulletin 1976
Hokkaido Times 1976
Kogaku to Seibutsu 1976
ITŌ Hidegorō, Institute for Democratic Education, monograph in Japanese, Kurāku hakushi to Sapporo Nōgakkō (Dr. Clark and the Sapporo Agricultural School) (1965?)
"WSC: In Commemoration of the Centennial of his Death" 1986
"Clark to Be Commemorated" Campus Chronicle Feb 28, 1986
Browne, Patrick, "Col. W.S. Clark: Father of Two Universities" 1994
Subseries 3: Books
Hokkaido Prefectural Government, Foreign Pioneers 1968
Hokkaido Prefectural Government, Foreign Pioneers (photocopies) 1968
The Kaitakushi and its Foreign Employees, Advisors, and other Foreigners, A List of Correspondence 1871-1882 1983
KAWABATA, ŌNISHI, and NISHIDE, W.S. Clark's Letters from Japan to his Family 1987
Maki, John, Kurāku: Sono Eikō to Zasetsu (Clark: His Glory and Collapse or WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido) 1978
ŌNISHI Naoki, The Correspondence of WSC and his Japanese Students 1986
ŌSAKA Shingo, Kurāku Sensei Shoden (Life of Dr. Clark) 1956
ŌSHIMA Masatake, Kurāku Sensei to Sono Deshitachi (Dr. Clark and his Students) 1943
ŌTA Yūzō, Kurāku no Ichinen: The Japanese Experience of WSC 1979
ŌTSUKI Tōhoku, Shōsetsu Sapporo Nōgakkō (fiction) 1971
YAMAGUCHI Tetsuo, History of the University of Hokkaido, 1876-1976 1976
Subseries 4: Maki Manuscript
Maki, John, "The Writing of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido" 1982
Review of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido by J.F. Howes from The American Historical Review, vol. 85, no. 3, June 1980, pp. 695-697 1980
Maki, John, WCS: A Yankee in Hokkaido (xerox of typescript-part 1) n.d.
Maki, John, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido (xerox of typescript-part 2) n.d.
Maki, John, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido (xerox of typescript-part 3) n.d.
Maki, John, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido (xerox of typescript-part 4) n.d.
Lending copy of xerox of typescript of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido by John Maki (part 1) n.d.
Lending copy of xerox of typescript of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido by John Maki (part 2) n.d.
Lending copy of xerox of typescript of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido by John Maki (part 3) n.d.
Lending copy of xerox of typescript of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido by John Maki (part 4) n.d
Computer discs of WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido readable in MS Word n.d.
Maki, John, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido (finished book) 1996
Maki, John, WSC: A Yankee in Hokkaido (finished book-lending copy) 1996
Subseries 5: Background Materials for Maki Biography of WSC
Amherst College Years 1858-1976, n.d.
"Letters from a Freshman in the 'Forties" from Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, vol. 19, Aug 1930 1930
Early Years of MAC 1860-1979, n.d.
MAC victory in first regatta of National Rowing Association 1871-1975, n.d.
WSC's early contacts with Japan 1871-1880
Reports of WSC lectures in Japan 1877-1878
WSC and MAC problems 1877-1885, n.d.
Floating college 1877-1880, n.d.
Mining venture 1879-1885, n.d.
Declining years 1882-1885
On the phrase "Boys, Be Ambitious" (in Japanese) 1972
Subseries 6: Notes for Maki Biography of WSC
Twelve envelopes containing Maki's notes on 4 x 6 index cards
1) Miscellaneous references to WSC n.d.
2) Relatives and others associated with WSC n.d.
3) Obituaries and biographical sketches n.d.
4) AC n.d.
5) Civil War n.d.
6) Meetings of MAC Board of Trustees n.d.
7) MAC Presidency Years n.d.
8) MAC Japanese Students and Japanese and Chinese residents in Amherst area n.d.
9) Last Years at MAC and Floating College n.d.
10) Clark and Bothwell n.d.
11) Real Estate and Wills n.d.
12) Bibliographical References n.d.
Subseries 7: Television, Radio, and Other Audio-Visual Materials
TV documentary Ideals and Ambition: The Life of WSC Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., English version (two copies, VHS) 1981
TV Documentary Taishi to Yabō: WSC no Shōgai (Ideals and Ambition: The Life of WSC) Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Japanese version (Beta) 1981
TV Documentary Taishi to Yabō: WSC no Shōgai (Ideals and Ambition: The Life of WSC) Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Japanese version (two copies, one defective?) inch videotape 1981
Two audio cassettes of preliminary version of Maki commentary on Taishi to Yabō: WSC no Shōgai 1981
Script in Japanese of TV documentary Taishi to Yabō: WSC no Shōgai (Ideals and Ambition: The Life of WSC) 1981
Taishi to Yabō: WSC no Ashiato o Tazunete (Ideals and Ambition: in the footsteps of WSC), a book about the filming of the TV documentary 1981
Maki, John, "The Filming in Amherst of the Japanese Television Documentary on the Life of WSC" 1982
Correspondence relating to the Japanese television documentary on WSC 1980-1981
Greenfield Recorder-Gazette article on filming of 1966 TV documentary on WSC 1966
Clippings on filming in Amherst area of Japanese TV documentary 1981
Radio interview with John Maki re: WSC 1976
Audiotape and 16mm silent movie film of May 18, 1973 tree planting ceremony at WSC grave 1973
Press release in English and Japanese re: tree planting ceremony 1973
Videotape, Mass/Hokkaido Sister-State News from Hokkaido Cultural Broadcast 1989
Videotape, "Friendship Forever" Sister-State Ceremony Sapporo, Japan 1990
Videotape, WSC Memorial Groundbreaking UMass Amherst 1990
Videotape, WSC Memorial Garden Dedication 1991
Subseries 1: Chronological Record
Hokkaido: Background Materials 1966, 1991, n.d.
Lists of MAC Professors and Alumni in 19th Century Hokkaido; brief biographical info. 1974, n.d.
Photograph of SAC Class of 1880 1880
List of names of the 1888 graduating class of SAC 1888
A Historical Sketch of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University… 1915
American Influence upon the Agriculture of Hokkaido, Japan 1915
Announcement requesting donations to build Clark Memorial Church 1914
Sapporo Independent Church Report on the Clark Memorial Oct 28, 1922
"Clark Memorial Church in Sapporo", sent to Evangelist, Jan. 8, 1923 1923
Poster for Keichi dormitory 30th anniversary 1937
Great Sapporo souvenir book of photos of Sapporo and HU 1921
Photographs of Hokkaido c. 1922-1926, n.d.
Monograph on the History of Hokkaido University, published for its 50th anniversary 1926
America-Japan Society of Hokkaido, "Boys, Be Ambitious!", fundraising booklet for Clark Memorial Student Center 1956
Exchange contract documents 1956-1957
Exchange contract documents and correspondence 1954-1964, n.d.
Hokkaido Bear correspondence, clippings, brochure (brochure missing Mar 2004) 1956-1977
Honorary UMass Degree Presentation to President SUGINOME at Sapporo 1956
SUGINOME's visits to UMass: clippings, memo, press release, and photographs 1957-1967, n.d.
List of Hokkaido Univ. professors who served as UMass exchange professors from 1957-61 1974
Exchange program articles and clippings 1958-1975, n.d.
Dairy Institute, Hokkaido Univ.; nutrition in Japan 1964, n.d.
See Box 3, folder 26 for photographs of "A Pictorial Life of Col. William Clark", exhibit prepared by ŌSAKA Shingo, 1961 See oversize Box 28 for "The Picture Story of Our Dr. William Smith Clark, from 1826-1876", original paintings by SUNAGANE Takashi for the ŌSAKA Shingo exhibit, 1961
Exchange Correspondence 1961-1963
Glass painting of Hokkaido Univ. n.d.
New York Times Hokkaido article 1963
Gift of Japanese art books to UMass 1963-1964
The Japan Architect, #109, June 1965,article on Wheeler's model barn 1965
Photographs and press release, SUGINOME Chikako (daughter of President SUGINOME) and Japanese Institute 1966
Brochure on Hokkaido Univ. 1966
Three versions of article by Gilbert Mottla:
Univ. of Massachusetts-Hokkaido Univ., Japan 1876-1968 c. 1968
Univ. of Massachusetts-Hokkaido Univ., 1876-1972 c. 1972
"The Univ. of Massachusetts-Hokkaido Relationship" c. 1974
Bell, Ellsworth, letter and article (article missing Mar 2004) 1970
Student paper on Japanese culture 1970
See Box 7, folder 6, WSC Association, for Hokkaido Univ./UMass Relations Committee (1972-1977?)
Photographs of President NIWA's visit 1973
Souvenir medal given to B. Burn 1973
Exchange correspondence 1968
Hokkaido Elm article from Hokkaido Univ. Bulletin 1974
Gift of Japanese cherry trees to UMass: clipping from Amherst Record 1974
See Subseries 2, Box 22 for information about the Summer Seminar of 1974 in Japan, 1974 See oversize Box 28 for Japanese posters, "Girls, Be Ambitous," 1975
HU centennial: gift of wooden box and papers to HU from UMass 1976-1977
HU centennial Correspondence 1976
Maki, John, "Clark-Sensei: The Great Achievement in Hokkaido", typescript and printed versions 1976
HU centennial photographs 1976
HU centennial publicity 1976
HU centennial: The Centennial Album of HU; also booklet with translations 1976
Student Exchange Program Reports 1976, 1983-1984
Hokkaido Univ. / UMass system status 1976
Symposium at UMass, "US and Japan: Alliance of Democracies" 1976
Lecture by Dr. Kichizo NIWA, former president of HU 1976
Calligraphy from HU alumni 1976
Brochures and postcards of HU and Sapporo 1975-1986, n.d.
"Hokkaido", brochure presented to Archives by Gov. of Hokkaido Takahiro YOKOMICHI 1987
Presentation of honorary degree to Mack Drake; paper on the HU / UMass exchange 1977, n.d.
Article in Hoku Dai Jiho by Keiji OSAKI 1977, n.d.
Japan Pictorial, vol. 2, no. 1, "The American Heritage in Hokkaido" 1979
New History of Hokkaido 1981
Clippings, press releases, and articles 1878-2001
Assorted photographs 1968-1986, n.d.
Meiji Restoration and Hokkaido Development Exhibition 1984
1985-86 A Brief Sketch of Hokkaido University 1986
Burn, Barbara, The University of Massachusetts and Hokkaido University, A Case Study in Educational Cooperation 1989
Commemoration in Hokkaido of the 100th anniversary of WSC's death 1986
HU promotional video (VHS format), general version with English n.d.
Subseries 2: Summer Seminar, 1974
Fan signed by participants 1974
Hokkaido Univ. catalog 1973-1974
Study abroad materials 1968-1974
Japanese books memo 1975
Journal of Richard Woodbury, with related materials 1974-1982
Newspaper accounts, maps, calling cards, souvenirs c. 1970-1974
Photographs 1974, n.d.
Schedule for seminar, lecture, notes, participant evaluations 1974
Souvenir booklets on Sapporo 1968-1972, n.d.
Souvenir booklets 1970-1974, n.d.
Travel arrangements, press releases, selection of participants, etc. 1974, n.d.
Commemoration in Hokkaido of the 100th anniversary of WSC's death
Creation of Commemoration in Hokkaido of the 100th anniversary of WSC's death
Time of Creation of Commemoration in Hokkaido of the 100th anniversary of WSC's death
(this item has been moved to Series 5, subseries 1, folder 53a)
Subseries 3: Books on Hokkaido University
Books on Hokkaido University 1877-2003, n.d.
See Series 4, subseries 3 for books including bibliographic materials on WSC See Series 5, subseries 1, Box 20, folder 39 for The Centennial Album of Hokkaido University
Hokkaido Official Correspondence (Series 2, folder 7) Jan-Mar 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence (Series 2, folder 8) Jul-Aug 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence (Series 2, folder 9) Sep 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence (Series 2, folder 10) Oct-Dec 1876
Hokkaido Official Correspondence (Series 2, folder 11) Jan-May 1877
On Metallic Meteorites, WSC's Ph.D. dissertation (Series 3, folder 2) 1852
WSC's Report on Horses (Series 3, folder 3) 1860-1861
WSC's Relations of Botany to Agriculture (Series 3, folder 9) 1873
WSC's Circulation of Sap in Plants (Series 3, folder 10) 1874
WSC's Observation of the Phenomena of Plant Life (Series 3, folder 11) 1875
SAC's First Annual Report (Series 3, folder 14) 1877
WSC's The Agriculture of Japan (Series 3, folder 16) 1879
Hokkaido Univ. centennial publicity (Series 5, folder 42) 1976
Hokkaido Univ. centennial The Centennial Album of HU (Series 5, folder 39) 1976
Glass painting of the bust of WSC n.d.
Glass painting of HU campus n.d.
Medal presented to B. Burn 1973
Silk scarf presented to K. Emerson through John Maki from HU n.d.
Fan signed by the participants of Summer Seminar 1974
Bottle opener from Sapporo n.d.
Photograph of the log maintained atop Mt. Shasta, signed by Clark, including article in Japanese about it. Jun 1877
From Series 1, subseries 1.
Letter from WSC to Sister Belle Jan 8, 1851
From Series 2.
WSC II's Amherst College Graduation Certificate 1921
Newsclippings 1860-1882
From Series 4, subseries 2.
Letter from WSC to daughter Bertha Feb 12, 1877
Covenant of Believers in Jesus 1877
From Series 3.
Japanese Cosmetic Posters "Girls, Be Ambitious" 1975
From Series 5, subseries 1.
"The Pictorial Life of Our Dr. WSC, 1826-1876" Part 1 and 2 1961
From Series 1, subseries 3.