Clapp, Frances Benton, 1887-1977

Professor of music, Doshisha University, Japan, 1918-1957.

From the description of Kyoto, fact and fancy : a historical sketch and description of its palaces, shrines, temples, institutions and legends : typescript, ca. 1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595969

Frances Benton Clapp, from Forest Grove, Oregon, attended Tualatin Academy from 1900 to 1904 and Pacific University from 1904 to 1908.

From the guide to the Frances B. Clapp Scrapbook, 1900-1911, (Pacific University Archives)

Biographical/Historical Note

Professor of music, Doshisha University, Japan, 1918-1957.

From the guide to the Frances Benton Clapp typescript : Kyoto, fact and fancy : a historical sketch and description of its palaces, shrines, temples, institutions and legends, 1958, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Agero Nosei (1852-1895), native of Tokigawa Shogunate in Japan, was a 1876 graduate of Pacific University. Nosei came to the United States in 1870 and returned to Japan following his graduation from the university. In Japan he worked in the education field, as as professor and principal of various schools. He also served in the ministry of education and spent the last few years of his life writing and publishing various educational works.

Pacific University was one of the first univesities in the United States to grant degrees to students from Japan. In 1891 the university awarded Nosei an honorary master of arts.

From the guide to the Frances Clapp Collection on Agero Nosei, 1890-1920, (Pacific University Archives)