DescriptionEugene C. Duryee, a New Jersey native, was born in Cherry Hill New Jersey in 1901 and graduated from Rutgers College in 1923. He continued his studies at the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut and...
DescriptionMargaret Clark Griffis, older sister of William E. Griffis, ventured to Japan in 1872 at the request of her brother. In Japan, she taught and became the princeipal of Tokyo Government Girls' School...
DescriptionSanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability and include detailed information about building construction and function, street names and width, natural features, and...
DescriptionA Western-style house build for Edward W. Clark in Shizuoka (静岡). Griffis's note reads: "The American teacher's new house in the corner of the first Tycoon's castle. Shidzuoka. The old and the...