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Date Created1870
DescriptionTaro Kusakabe (Yasohachi Yagi) was the first Japanese student to go to Rutgers College, where he studied mathematics and the physical sciences. Kusakabe died prematurely from tuberculosis, two weeks...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
640
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)
641
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)
642
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)
643
Date Created1873
DescriptionYoshio Ohsawa was one of the early Japanese students who came to Rutgers College.
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
644
Date Created1867
DescriptionSacheita Yokoi (1845-1877) and Daihei Yokoi (1850-1871) travelled from Japan to New Brunswick, New Jersey in the late 1860's under the assumed names of Sataro Ise and Saburo Numagawa, respectively, as...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
645
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)
646
AuthorGarvey, Mary
Date Created1850
DescriptionMary Garvey, an Irish immigrant, was the servant of Rescarrick Moore Smith, a Hightstown businessman and New Jersey State Treasurer. This letter was dictated to and transcribed by Smith's daughter,...
647
AuthorTaussig, Helen
Date Created1930
DescriptionThe Council for Human Services in New Jersey, formerly known as the New Jersey Conference of Social Work, was an umbrella group for social welfare agencies and social workers in the state. In this...
648
AuthorOstman, Emil Linclon
Date Created1976-1980
DescriptionA brief history of Finnish and Swedish settlers in the Delaware River Valley, starting with the 17th century. By Emil Linclon Ostman.
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Contemporary America (1968-present), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Postwar Years (1945-1970), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)