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Dōshisha Daigaku

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Aid to Doshisha University and partnership with Amherst College, 1956-1958

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: JPK 1], Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains documents, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia related to John Plimpton Kendall (b. 1928), second son of Henry P. and Evelyn Kendall and a leading figure in the Kendall Company. It includes records of his military service, of his Arizona ranch, and of various boards and organizations he has served. Most of the contents relate to Mr. Kendall’s personal rather than professional life. Professional records and correspondence can be found in the Kendall Company...
Dates: 1956-1958
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / John Plimpton Kendall Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence by Subject or Person
Digital Collection: Doshisha University Collection (Selections)
Digital Collection: Doshisha University Co...

Doshisha University Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00228
Abstract

Correspondence, ephemera, photographs, printed matter and media documenting the long-standing connection between Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and Amherst College.

Dates: 1914-2012
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Doshisha University, Japan, 1959

 File — Box 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 4: Amherst College - Administrative Correspondence, 1921-1959, consists of correspondence and reports relating to Amherst College administrative affairs.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Frank Learoyd Boyden (AC 1902) Papers / Series 4: Amherst College - Administrative Correspondence

Doshisha University, students at Amherst and Andover Newton, 1959-1962

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: JPK 1], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains documents, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia related to John Plimpton Kendall (b. 1928), second son of Henry P. and Evelyn Kendall and a leading figure in the Kendall Company. It includes records of his military service, of his Arizona ranch, and of various boards and organizations he has served. Most of the contents relate to Mr. Kendall’s personal rather than professional life. Professional records and correspondence can be found in the Kendall Company...
Dates: 1959-1962
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / John Plimpton Kendall Papers / Series 1: Personal Correspondence by Subject or Person

George A. Plimpton (AC 1876) Materials related to the Dedication of the Amherst Building at Doshisha University

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00203
Abstract

Speeches, photographs, news clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, which George A. Plimpton attended as a representative of Amherst College in October 1935. The celebration included the presentation and dedication of the Amherst Building to Doshisha from friends of Amherst College.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

John William Ward, Former President of the College, 1979 June 19

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Subject coverage: On coming to Amherst, Started professional career in English; reasons for switching to History, Demands of presidency preempt ability to maintain scholarly study, Opportunities, as president, to meet variety of people, Reaction on being invited to become president, Effect of coming to the post from the faculty, Some pleasant aspects of being president, Reflections on proposing the admission of women, Effects of coeducation on the College, some disadvantages of being...
Dates: 1979 June 19
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Oral History Project Records

Joseph Hardy Neesima (AC 1870) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00355
Abstract

The material in the Joseph Hardy Neesima Collection consists mostly of secondary source material created about Neesima in the twentieth century.

Dates: 1870
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Lombard, Frank A. (AC 1896), 1904 August 2, October 17

 File — Box 12, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Regarding the Amherst College Neesima Endowment.

Dates: 1904 August 2, October 17
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Edward (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers / Series 4: Edward Hitchcock (AC 1849) - Professional Correspondence / Sub-series A: Incoming Correspondence

Marika Hashimoto (AC 2006) Papers from Doshisha Fellowship

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00204
Abstract

Hashimoto was a Doshisha Fellow for one year after graduation from Amherst College. The collection includes teaching records, printed matter, photographs, and other materials documenting her year as a teacher of English and peer mentor, as well as information on Amherst House at Doshisha University and various university activities.

Dates: 2006-2007
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Minutes, reports, fundraising letters and publications, 1956-1962

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: JPK 4], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains documents, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia related to John Plimpton Kendall (b. 1928), second son of Henry P. and Evelyn Kendall and a leading figure in the Kendall Company. It includes records of his military service, of his Arizona ranch, and of various boards and organizations he has served. Most of the contents relate to Mr. Kendall’s personal rather than professional life. Professional records and correspondence can be found in the Kendall Company...
Dates: 1956-1962
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / John Plimpton Kendall Papers / Series 4: Articles and Ephemera

Presentation of Letter to Doshisha University, 1972 September 7

 File — Box 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1: Speeches and Talks, 1964-1985 - consists of typescripts of speeches given by Ward before a variety of scholarly, academic, governmental and civic bodies. Many are speeches given as President of Amherst College (1971-1979), such as at Commencement, Convocation or alumni meetings; others were given by Ward as President of the American Council of Learned Societies (1982-1985).

Dates: 1972 September 7
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / John William Ward Papers / Series 1: Speeches and Talks

Treasurer's Records - Amherst College Doshisha Fund, circa 1931-1932

 Item — Volume 96
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from circa 1830-1900.

Dates: circa 1931-1932
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Financial Record Books

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Type
Archival Object 8
Collection 4
 
Subject
Amherst College -- Alumni and alumnae 1
Coeducation 1
Vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 1
 

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