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Date Created1875
DescriptionIchizo Hattori graduated from Rutgers as a member of the class of 1875 with a degree in the sciences. During his time at Rutgers, he was an active member of Beta Theta Pi and the Epsilon Chi...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1886
DescriptionThe Japanese section of Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, contains the plots of seven Japanese men and one baby girl buried between 1870 and 1886. This section began with the...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1871
DescriptionJunso Matsumura entered Rutgers College in 1868, but left after three terms of study in 1869 to enroll in the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland as a cadet midshipman. Four years...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1885
DescriptionKojiro Matsukata son of Count Matsukata, entered Rutgers College in 1885 through the Rutgers College Grammar School. While at Rutgers College, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and a...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1874
DescriptionKozo Soogiwoora was born Hatakeyama Yoshinari in Kagoshima, Japan. He left Japan under an assumed name and entered Rutgers College in 1867, graduating in 1871. Upon his return to Japan in 1873, he...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1874
DescriptionKozo Soogiwoora was born Yoshinari Hatakeyama in Kagoshima, Japan. He left Japan under an assumed name and entered Rutgers College in 1867, graduating in 1871. Upon his return to Japan in 1873, he...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1892
DescriptionMitsuye Oi was born in Kochi, Japan in 1864. He received a degree in Classical Studies from Rutgers College in 1892. In 1895, he received an M.A. degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1870
DescriptionThe Grammar School was chartered in 1766 as the Queen's College Grammar School. In 1825, Queen's College was renamed Rutgers College, and in 1883, the Grammar School was renamed the Rutgers...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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Date Created1879
DescriptionTadanari Matsudaira came to Rutgers College in 1875 from a Japanese noble family. His education was funded by his wealthy father, who had ambitions for him to be appointed to a high position in the...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Date Created1867
DescriptionTaro Kusakabe (Yasohachi Yagi) was the first student from Fukui, Echizen, Japan to come to America, as a student of Reverend Edward T. Corwin of Millstone, New Jersey. He was the first Japanese...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Meiji period, (1868-1912)