Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Daniel Clarence Holtom Papers
- Dates:
- 1910-1962, bulk 1910-1950
- Creators:
- Holtom, Daniel Clarence, 1884-1962
- Abstract:
- The Daniel Clarence Holtom Papers include letters, published and unpublished articles, printed items, photographs, clippings, and manuscript writings.
- Extent:
- 3.4 Linear Feet (3 records boxes, 1 document box)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Daniel Clarence Holtom Papers (H.Mss.0254). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of 3.4 linear feet of personal and scholarly papers of Daniel Clarence Holtom, a scholar of Shinto religion in Japan in the early 20th century. Series one contains personal correspondence, family documents including his sons' schoolwork. Series two contains Holtom's scholarly writing including his notes, drafts, off prints of reviews by Holtom, and lectures by Holtom. Series three, the largest series, contains Holtom's research including notes, handwritten and typed drafts, artifacts, and many clippings and research articles for his publications on Shinto in Japan covering topics such as enthronement ceremonies, shrines, and religion and politics. Series four contains research and travel photographs and postcards and printed ephemera relating to Shinto shrines and temples.
- Biographical / historical:
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Daniel Clarence Holtom was among the first American scholars to study Shinto in Japan. He was born in Michigan in 1884, earned degrees from Kalamazoo College, The University of Chicago, and Newton Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Baptist ministry in 1910 and went immediately to Japan as a missionary. In Japan he was professor of modern languages at Tokyo Gakuin, professor of church history in the Tokyo Japanese Theological Seminary, and professor of the history of religion and church history in the Kanto Gakuin of Yokohama. Dr. Holtom was dean of theology in the Aoyama Gakuin of Tokyo from 1936-1940. When he returned to the United States, he was Haskell Lecturer at The University of Chicago then lectured at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School and taught Japanese language at Redlands University. He died in 1962 in San Gabriel, California.
The thesis he submitted to The University of Chicago in 1919 was later published as The Political Philosophy of Modern ShintΕ, A Study of the State Religion of Japan, by the Asiatic Society of Japan in 1922.
Source: "Dr. Holtom, Missionary and Educator, Dies." Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18, 1962, pg. B8
- Acquisition information:
- Donation, date unknown.
- Arrangement:
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This collection has been organized into the following series and subseries:
- Series 1: Personal correspondence and family documents
- Series 2: Scholarly Writing
- Subseries 2.1: Reviews by Holtom
- Subseries 2.2: Lectures by Holtom
- Subseries 2.3: Articles by Holtom
- Series 3: Research by Holtom
- Series 4: Photos, postcards, and printed ephemera from Shinto shrines and temples
- Accruals:
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No additions to the collection are anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Please consult repository.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- Β© 2024
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-28 13:53:01 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Daniel Clarence Holtom Papers (H.Mss.0254). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
- Location of this collection:
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800 N. Dartmouth Ave.Claremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 607β3977