William Elliot Griffis Collection Catalog

These images are originally found in Roots of Japanese-American Friendship: Fukui, Rutgers, and New Brunswick 1853 to 1928. They depict artifacts, manuscripts, photographs, and illustrations from the William Elliot Griffis Collection. They are presented here as a courtesy from Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives. Dr. Fernanda Perrone is the curator of the Griffis Collection at Rutgers University. For permission to use any of these images, contact Rutgers University Special Collections. The New Brunswick Free Public Library does not own these images, nor can the library give permission for their use.

Broadside of Commodore Matthew Calibraith Perry (1794 - 1858)

Photograph of Kusakabe with the Yokoi Brothers

Letter to Mrs. Maria Van Arsdale from Taro Kusakabe

Photograph of Four Japanese Men Paying Their Respects at Kusakabe's Tomb. Willow Grove Cemetery

Tribute from Kusakabe's Classmates to Rutgers President, William H. Campbell

Photograph of Japanese students at Rutgers

Scrapbook Page with Photograph of Griffis's House in Fukui

Scrapbook Page with Two Fukui Photographs Annotated in Griffis's Hand

Photograph of Three Notebooks Used by Griffis While in Fukui

Matsudaira Shungaku's Signature, A Gift to Griffis

Yagi Signature and Gift Cards, Presented to Griffis

Manuscript Map of Fukui Made for Griffis

Photograph of Griffis and His First Science Class, Kaisei Gakko

Photograph of Griffis and "My Fukui Boys"

Page 3 circa April, 1872 from Journal No. 10

Page 9, July 25-Aug 2, 1872 from Journal No. 10

Margaret ("Maggie") Griffis (1829-1913) and Students. Photo Enlargement, "Maggie" center; Sugi Yo second from the right

Essays Written in English by Kaisei Gakko Students from Fukui for Griffis. "The Effect of Theater upon the People of a Country", Myasaki

*The Mikado's Empire*, First Edition. Volume

Broadside Advertising *The Midado's Empire* as a Guide to the Japanese Exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia

William Elliot Griffis's Japanese Record. Order of the Rising Son

Dr. and Mrs. Griffis in Japan. Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Griffis with the Matsudaira Family

Dr. and Mrs. Griffis in Japan. Fukui Celebrations

Photograph of Dr. Ardath Burks, Professor of Asian Studies, Emeritus, The Modern Griffis

The William Elliot Griffis Collection: Friendship and Scholarship. *Journals of William Elliot Griffits, The Fukui Journal 1871-1872. The Modernizers: Overseas Studetns, Foreign Employees, and Meiji Japan. Foreign Employees in Nineteenth-Century Japan.*

The William Elliot Griffis Collection: Friendship and Scholarship. *An American Teacher in Early Meiji Japan. Griffis and Japan. Fukui Jaunts.*"W.E Griffis and the New Scientific Curriculum in Rutgers College," *Kagakusi Journal of History of Science, Japan*

Taro Kusakabe Phi Beta Kappa NYTimes 1870 Apr 1