| Item Description: | In addition to the Griffis Collection, Rutgers University Libraries hold further significant materials for the study of US-Japanese relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.These journals are not part of the Griffis Collection but are also held at the Alexander Library at Rutgers University and have been included here because they relate so closely to the papers collected by Griffis.Among the most significant are six manuscript journals relating to the momentous voyages of 1853-1854 which opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate for trade with US ships and ended Japan's policy of isolation. These include the official flag journal (kept by Flag Lieutenants John Contee and Silas Bent), Commodore Perry's Journal, two volumes of O. H. Perry's journal, records of official conversations with Japanese officers, and a 'Narrative of a Journey of Exploration into the Interior of the Great Loo-Choo Island'. |
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