JOHN MASON FERRIS FILES,, 1867-1872

Summary: John Mason Ferris was born in Albany, New York in 1825. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Rutgers College in 1867. Between 1865 and 1883 he was Secretary to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church, and from 1883 until his death in 1911, was the editor of the Reformed Church organ The Christian Intelligencer. As Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, ferris was part of the U.S.-Japan network. Yatoi Guido Verbeck sent the Yokoi brothers, who were among the first Japanese students to come to the U.S., to Ferris while he was in New Brunswick. This short series includes Ferris' Rutgers alumni biographical file from 1867, Ferris family genealogy, as well as transcripts and photocopies of late nineteenth century correspondence from Japanese students of unknown provenance.