About ICU Archives
ICU Archives was launched in September, 2020, taking over the services of the University Hisorical Archives. We collect, catalog, preserve and provide the wide range of historical and administrative records relating to International Christian University.
ICU Historical Photo Gallery
Selected pictures from the ICU Archives holdings by each theme.
John A. MacLean Special Contents
The original article by Rev. John A. MacLean in which he called for reconciliation and donation for post-war Japan.
Maurice E. Troyer Memorial
Information about Maurice E. Troyer, one of the main members of ICU founders (2022, March)
ICU Archives Video
The introduction video of the ICU Arhives (in Japanese)
ICU Archives Database
You can serch the materials in our archives.
Introducing the ICU Archives
Permanent Exhibition
We exhibit materials and pictures about ICU.
Photographs（a part of collections）
Location
Reference services are available in the Archives exhibition room on the 1st floor of the Main Library. Visit the Archives annex on the 2nd floor when there is no staff on the 1st floor.
- The ICU Archives Exhibition Room (Reference Desk)
- The ICU Archives Annex (Office, Storage)
Past Exhibitions
- [001] ICU's 60th Anniversary Exhibition Anniversary Exhibition- Sixty Years of ICU Library(9/27/2013～6/30/2014)
- [002] Special exhibition, “Where there is no vision the people perish” ‐Hachiro Yuasa & ICU‐ (10/6/2014～3/27/2015)
- [003] ICU 60th Anniversary Project Special Exhibition "The Legacy of Diffendorfer and Troyer -Setting the Stage for A New University" (10/13/2015～3/31/2016)
- [004] "Designing ICU : Architects at Work －Vories, Raymond and Inadomi－"(10/11/2016～6/20/2017)
- [005] "Elizabeth J.G. Vining & Tane Takahashi -Educators in search of peace-"(10/16/2017～6/15/2018)
- [006] "Be Ambitious - Matsuura Takeshiro and a Genealogy of Thinkers in the Meiji Period"（10/6/2018～6/14/2019）
- [007] Emil Brunner and ICU（October 15th, 2019 ～ June 12th, 2020）
Calendar
ICU Archives Calendar
| Patterns | Open Hours |
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9:00～11:45, 12:45～16:00 |
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9:30～11:45, 12:45～16:00 |
NOTE: Visitors are kindly asked to contact the Archives beforehand.
Newsletter "ICU Archives"
The issues of the newsletter published by ICU Archives. The Japanese version is followed by the English version.
- ICU Archives No.1 (September 25, 2019)
- ICU Archives No.2 (December 5, 2019)
- ICU Archives No.3 (January 27, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.4 (March 26, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.5 (May 25, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.6 (June 30, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.7 (September 2, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.8 (December 3, 2020）
- ICU Archives No.9 (Fbruary 10, 2021）
- ICU Archives No.10 (March 8, 2021）
- ICU Archives No.11 (August 30, 2021）
- ICU Archives No.12 (April 8, 2022）
- ICU Archives No.13 (July 13, 2022）
- ICU Archives No.14 (December 9, 2022）
- ICU Archives No.15 (February 2, 2023）
- ICU Archives No.16 (April 5, 2023）
ALUMNI NEWS Articles by The ICU Archives
The list of the articles by the ICU Archives on ALUMNI NEWS by ICU Almni Association.
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.133 (September, 2020) p.20-21 "Three Campuses, Three Stories"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.134 (March, 2021） p.16-18 "On What Were We Standing?"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.135 （September, 2021） p.18-19 "Gardener Yoshiharu Miyazawa"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.136 （March, 2022） p.18-19 "Old ICU Had A Farm"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.137 （September, 2022）p.18-19 "Why Recreation in PE?"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.138 （March, 2023）p.18-19 "TO: All Students"
- ALUMNI NEWS VOL.139 （September, 2023）p.19-20 "Someone to Watch over Tree"
"International Christian University: An Adventure in Christian Higher Education in Japan"
Full text PDF data of "International Christian University: An Adventure in Christian Higher Education in Japan"
The Japanese fulltext translation of the 1964 book by Charles W. Iglehart. "International Christian University: An Adventure in Christian Higher Education in Japan." (Original English version will be available soon.)
Thank you for your cooperation
Donation
Please contact us if you own the records and/or documents that retells the university history like following:
- Rrecords relating to ICU campus, buildings, key figures, events and incidents.
- Publications by ICU offices, related organizations, persons etc.
- Records relating to Nakajima aircraft company
- motion pictures of ICU events and campus (Film Club members. Where are you?)
NOTE: Please be informed that there are cases that we cannot accept the offered items in accordance with the Archives regulations.