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Reference code
US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.111-1-4
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Level of description
Item
Title
Letter to L.F. Parker
Date(s)
- August 1, 1896 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
((1859-1933))
Biographical history
Sen Katayama (1859-1933) graduated from Iowa College in 1892 and completed some graduate studies at Andover Theological Seminary and at Yale University. He worked as a university instructor and a Christian Sunday school teacher upon return to his native Japan but became increasingly active in labor and socialist causes as well. By the time of his burial in the walls of the Kremlin, Katayama had traveled widely and served as an officer in the Comintern.
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Scope and content
Katayama tells Professor Parker of his life in a Japanese fishing village and his intention to teach at a private college in Tokyo during the coming year.