WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS FILES,, 1865-1930

Summary: Includes non-Japan related Correspondence (25 folders), mostly consisting of correspondence between Griffis and other members of the Rutgers Class of 1869. Also includes material photocopied from the Rutgers University Archives such as Griffis's Rutgers Alumni Biographical File (9 folders), which contain mostly publications about Griffis's life or articles written by him, correspondence, clippings; miscellaneous notes, and postcards. This series also includes Griffis's Rutgers Essays (11 folders) handwritten on a variety of subjects completed while he was an undergraduate at Rutgers. Finally, this series contains original manuscript materials and ephemera removed from the University Archives Class of 1869 (withdrawn April 1966, 2 manuscript boxes), relating to Griffis, or collection written by Griffis. From this material the sub-series, Clippings, Ephemera, and Articles Written by Griffis (or in some cases edited by him), Pamphlets and Miscellaneous items derive.