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Ferris Seminary for girls, Yokohama. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-6754-3118
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Ferris Seminary for girls, Yokohama. 1876-1881. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-6754-3118

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TitleFerris Seminary for girls, Yokohama
NameFerisu Seminarī
Date Created1876-1881
SubjectSchool buildings, Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912, Yokohama-shi (Japan), Ferisu Seminarī, Kidder, Mary Eddy, 1834-1910
DescriptionFerris Seminary was founded by Mary Kidder, the first unmarried female missionary to settle in Japan, in 1870. It served as an all girls school and is Japan's first higher learning school for women. The curriculum included English language, history, geography, mathematics, and religion. Other skills such as sewing, embroidery, and calligraphy were taught as well. Kidder found it important for students to learn about their own country, therefore Japanese history and Confucian philosphy was included in the curriculm as well. Kidder retired from Ferris Seminary (フェリス女学院) in 1881 and Eugene S. Booth succeeded her as the principal of the school. The note on the back reads: "Ferris Seminary of the Reformed Church in America. Rev. E. R. & Mrs. Miller [Mary Kidder] (on the left); Rev. J. H. Ballagh & Mrs. Ballagh, Rev. J. & Mrs. Amerman on the right and in window; Pupils, teachers, servants, etc. etc."
NoteDigital images include both the recto (front) and verso (back) of the original photograph.
NoteThis project was funded by a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission.
GenrePhotographs
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-6754-3118
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Type: Book
Name: Rutgers meets Japan: a trans-Pacific network of the late nineteenth century
Detail: This item is associated with Chapter 15 in Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century, edited by Haruko Wakabayashi and Fernanda Perrone (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2026).
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Type: Finding aid
Name: Inventory to the William Elliot Griffis Collection (East Asia), 1859-1928
Detail: The items in this record are part of the William Elliot Griffis Collection. A finding aid with information about the contents of the collection is available online.
CollectionRutgers Meets Japan: A Digital Companion
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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