EALC 132: Japanese Civilization (HC) Fall 2021

The collection includes letters of Esther Balderston Jones, a Quaker missionary, primarily written from Japan in 1914-1916 to the Mission Board, to her future husband, and to friends. These describe Japanese life, people, and culture; the school where she teaches and its students; Tokyo's appearance and available goods; and the coronation of Emperor Yoshihito.

Lewis Benson was a Quaker missionary in Japan, and the collection includes material from his time there.

Gilbert Bowles arrived in Japan in 1901, where he taught English at a Friends school. He was a founder of the Japan Peace Society. The Bowles moved to Hawaii in 1941, where they worked at Japanese internment camps.

This collection is comprised of two accessions of the letters of Gilbert and Minnie Bowles. The collection
is comprised of both private letters and public letters meant for circulation among Friends, written by
Gilbert Bowles and his wife Minnie Bowles during their religious visits to India and Japan.

The Brintons worked at the Friends Center in Tokyo from 1952-1954. The collection includes their diaries and correspondence from that time in addition to photographs and glass slides.

The collection includes journals written by middle-class women from the United States on their travels to Japan.

This collection includes materials written by Margaret Mary Clark Haines, an English Quaker who moved to the Philadelphia area, letters written to her, minutes of the Philadelphia Mission Board, activities she was involved in, among other materials.

The collection includes the correspondence of Anna C. Hartshorne covering her missionary work in Japan, and Henry Hartshorne's "Letters from Japan."

Elizabeth B. Jones was the wife of Rufus Jones. This collection includes a diary she kept during a trip to Japan.

Naomi Kelsey (1875/6-1967) was a member of Haverford Monthly Meeting and president of the Haverford College Women's Faculty Club. Included in the collection is a diary she kept, probably in 1936, during a leg of a world cruise, recording events in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Hawaii and discussing people with whom she visits.

This collection includes the correspondence of Alice Lewis Pearson, who taught in Japan from 1905-1923.

Photographs are primarily of groups in Japan, including school groups, while other photographs are of Japanese life and customs.

Sharpless was a missionary in Japan from 1910 to 1942. This collection includes correspondence while Sharpless was a missionary in Japan, an art book, a birthday album, teaching certificates, among other materials.

Esther Rhoads was the head of the Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for more than fifty years and worked with the Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia. Included in the collection are many letters on Japanese education, relief efforts after World War II, and information on Quakerism in Japan.

This collection is comprised of three folders of materials related to Quakers in Japan, and specifically focuses on the American Quaker, Anna C. Hartshorne, and the Japanese Quaker, Inazo Nitobe, collected by Esther B. Rhoades. The collection includes mainly Nitobe's correspondence, but also includes photographs of various members of the Hartshorne family, as well as members of Inazo Nitobe's family.

Sarah Anne Green Smith taught at the Friends Girls' School in Japan from 1933-1935, and the collection contains her diary, correspondence, and photographs from that time.

Letters describe cities and life within them and Swift's visits with other officials to various high-ranking people, including the Emperor and Empress of Japan; describes a grand dinner at the Maple Club in Tokyo.

Elizabeth Gray Vining was a children's author and librarian. From 1946 until 1950 she served as tutor to Crown Prince Akihito of Japan. Materials in the collection include letters, clippings, diaries, and scrapbooks. Please note that some of the materials in the collection are restricted; be sure to consult a librarian before making requests.

Takeo Arishima (1878-1923) was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist. After a mandatory stint in the Imperial Japanese Army, Arishima took English lessons from Mary Elkinton Nitobe, Inazo Nitobe's wife, and in July 1903, he obtained a position as a foreign correspondent in the United States for the Mainichi Shimbun. In the United States he enrolled at Haverford College and later Harvard University. This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Takeo Arishima, and a single portrait photograph of him.

Iwao Frederick Ayusawa (1894-1972) was active in the Japanese Delegation to the International Labor Organization, served on the Central Labor Relations Board until 1948, and joined the faculty of International Christian University in Japan in 1952. This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Iwao Frederick Ayusawa.

This collection is composed of six volumes of William C. Allen's religious visits around the world from the 1904-1937. Entries generally describe the customs, manners, language, transportation, food, and religious beliefs in each location Allen visited. In addition, Allen describes Quaker meetings he lead, and religious and political leaders he met with in each place he visited.

Published in New York, these scenes from Japan were meant to be viewed through a scope which would allow the viewer to see them in 3-D.

This book is a study of Japanese home life with particular focus on the lives of women; it was compiled from interviews with Japanese women.

Frank Brinkley lived in Japan for forty years as a British military attaché, foreign adviser to the Japanese government, and newspaper owner. These books describe all aspects of Japanese culture and society from religion to games to dress. Includes many illustrations and photographs.

Bayard Taylor was an American poet and travel correspondent. This book contains his observations on the culture and geography of places he visited during a tour of Asia. Of particular interest is that Taylor’s trip to Japan was made with the expedition of Commodore Perry.

Twenty-one photographs (14 of Nagasaki and 7 of Hiroshima) that were presumably taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in August and September 1945.

Photographers include Felice Beato, Kusakabe Kembei, Matsusaburo Yokoyama and K. Tamamura. Probably taken between 1865 and 1912.

19th century photograph by Beato.

"Minamata: Life, Sacred and Profane" contains photos by W. Eugene Smith of individuals from the city in southern Japan severely affected by mercury poisoning from industrial pollution.