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Hist. Mss. 1-921
Sakakibara, Gan, 1898-
Autobiography Manuscript, 1982-89
3 Boxes (Gray)

Scope and Content

This autobiographical manuscript, by Gan Sakakibara, of Tokyo, Japan, was deposited into the Archives by Leonard Gross, Goshen, Indiana, in 1997. Gross, in his role as Executive Secretary, Archivist and Consulting Archivist of the Historical Committee from 1970-97, worked with Sakakibara on his Anabaptist writings and autobiography, as one of the Historical Committee's projects in 1984. See related Historical Committee file, I-3-3.3, Box 8, entitled "Sakakibara, Gan, Project, 1984."

Administrative Information

Collection organized by Shuji Morrichi, 1997. Inventory by Dennis Stoesz, March 16, 1998.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Gray)

Tribute to Sakakibara, 1987

By Leonard Gross and Michio Ohno, including copy of article on Sakakibara that appeared in Mennonite Encyclopedia (1990).

Article on Sakakibara

Written by Bernie Wiebe, for The Mennonite, with draft title "Anabaptist researcher and writer in Japan."

Japan Anabaptist Center, Tokyo

"What Anabaptism means to me. Establishment of Anabaptist Center," 6 pages. Library contains over 4,500 books.

"Intentional Community," by Sakakibara

"The "Sozialphilosophische" Observation of the Intentional Community," 10 pages.

Books Lists, 1967-79

List of six books authored by Sakakibara, 1967-82, and the five translated by him into Japanese, 1973-79.

Autobiography Correspondence, 1988-96

Correspondence from Leonard Gross, translator Yujin Yaguchi, and Gan Sakikabara on translation of autobiography.

Autobiography, 1982 (English) (Handwritten)

"A Pilgrimage of a Japanese Christian to Anabaptism,"by Gan Sakakibara, handwritten original manuscript, English translation, 401 pages, December 1982

Box 2 (Gray)

Autobiography, 1988 (English) (Original)

Original Copy. Includes partly typed copy, plus photocopy of handwritten copy of 401 pages. "Pilgrimage of a Japanese Christian to Anabaptism,"by Gan Sakakibara.

Autobiography, 1988 (Japanese) (Original)

Original Copy. Includes photocopy of handwritten copy, 431 pages, in Japanese.

Box 3 (Gray)

Autobiography, 1988 (English) (Insurance Copy)

Autobiography, 1988 (Japanese) (Insurance Copy)

Name and Subject Tracing

Anabaptists
Autobiography
Communal Living
Gross, Leonard
Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church, 1911-

Mennonites - Japan
Sakakibara, Gan, 1898-

 

February 13, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca Allen
January 13, 2004 / Updated by Helen Hostetler

File: "HM1-921.doc"

Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526

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