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Primary Works

Jo Niijima [1843-1890], The Founding of Doshisha and Doshisha University. 1960.

Secondary Works

	"Rev. Joseph Hardy Neesima, LL.D.," Missionary Herald 86 (March 1890): 91-95. [Obituary] pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Otis Cary, A History of Christianity in Japan: Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Missions. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co, 1909. Hbk.pp.366. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Jerome Dea Davis [1838-1910], A Sketch of the Life of Rev Joseph Hardy Neesima, LLD., President of Doshisha, Kyoto. Kyoto: Doshima University, 1890. Hbk. pp.163. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Richard H. Drummond, A History of Christianity in Japan. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971.
	D. Crosby Greene, "Dr. Neesima in Japan," Missionary Herald 86 (March 1890): 95-97. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Arthur Sherburne Hardy [1847-1930], Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892. Hbk. pp.850. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Charles W. Iglehart, A Century of Protestant Christianity in Japan. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959. Hbk. pp.384.
	John C. Lambert [1857-1917], Missionary Knights of the Cross. Stories of the Indomitable Courage and Stirring Adventures of Missionaries with Uncivilised Man, Wild Beasts and the Forces of Nature in Many Parts of the World. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1930. Hbk. pp.213. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James M. Phillips, "Niijima, Jom," A. Scott Moreau, ed., Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0801020743. pp.692-693.
	David M. Stowe, "Niijima, Jo (or Joseph Hardy Niijima; Neeshima," Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0802846807. pp.495-496.