Japan Missions 1947-1951

File — Box: 1, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

01: Methodist Ara Machi Church in Sendai Japan, summer of 1948
02: Mother with her children walking past a barbershop and a Osoba-ya (bar)
03: Farm land of the Sendai Christian Orphanage. Sendai Japan, summer 1948
04: Former Yobancho Church, burned during World War II. Replaced by Baptist Church. Sendai, Japan
05: North Japan College Dormitory in Sendai, Japan, 1948
06: New building at North Japan College built in 1945 following World War II, taken in summer 1948
07: Kozenjidori Missionary Residence, Sendai, Japan, 1948
08: Orphanage in Sendai, Japan receiving goats from United States, summer, 1948
09: Country home and farmers in Nagano Mura, near Fukushima, Japan, summer 1948
10: A lean-to shack in Aomori, Japan, summer 1948
11: Fukushima Church in 1948. Church bell was removed during war and then replaced by the Supreme Command for the Allied Powers
12: Children besides their beds
13: Children inside their classroom with Reverend Surua Kawaishi
14: Village Children in Northern Japan with a Christian convert. Village town hall is in the background
15: Members of the North Japan Christian Pioneer Village and the goat received from the Church World Service
16: Close up of a goat and the members of the North Japan Christian Pioneer Village
17: Reverend Willis Carl Nugent with a family in front of their house. The mother was a servant who had just returned home, the father was a hospital cook who returned too late to be in the picture.
18: Reverend Willis Carl Nugent with Christmas Pageant cast consisting of Akira Tomizawa’s High School students, December 30, 1948.
19: Reverend Willis Carl Nugent with Christmas Pageant consisting of Zen Rim Kan’s Bible class and singling led by Professor Shindo of Morioka Normal School, December 30, 1948
20: Children dancing in kimono dresses in the Christmas Pageant, 1948. Reverend Willis Carl Nugent on the far left.
21: Christmas pageant at Takoda Church, December 29, 1947
22: Unidentified group posing for a photo indoors
23: Unidentified group of female children coordinating their hand movements outdoors
24: Unidentified group of female children all staring at their hands in the same pose outside.
25: Unidentified group of female children all staring at their hands indoors
26: Aerial view of Mt. Fuji
27: Dra Kagawa’s Coop Farm on the outskirts of Tokyo

Dates

1927-1957

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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