East Asian Library has received many valuable materials from donors. This page introduces two major gift programs:

1. Donation from Mr. Jun Horikawa

In June 2000, Mr. Jun Horikawa, an I-House member in Japan, announced his intention to contribute his personal collection
of YURIIKA (Eureka), a renowned Japanese literary journal, from
its first issue in 1969. Among the applicant university libraries,
the University of Kansas was selected as the depository of his collection. Eventually, he agreed to donate his other collection, including the complete run of the back issues of GENDAI SHIS¯O, another established journal on philosophy and BOKUSHIN
and EPISUTE¯M¯E, short-lived yet unique literature journals.

Each issue of YURIIKA, GENDAI SHIS¯O, BOKUSHIN
and EPISUT¯EM¯E is devoted to a special topic in diverse areas
of philosophy, literature and popular culture. In recognition of his generous support and in order to share these resources with other university libraries, we have listed the topics from 1969 to 2000.
We hope the list will help to promote the interlibrary loan
and resource sharing of these material.

2. Kanagawa University Gift Program

Kanagawa University and KU have established a "Sister University" relationship (as a extension of the Sister City Program between Lawrence and Hiratsuka in the early 1990s, and every year we exchange students and arrange official visits by faculty
and administrators.

In November 1995, KU Library received a notice that in commemoration of its 70th anniversary as well as the 90th birthday
of the founder Yoneda Yoshimori, Kanagawa University has set up
a program to donate Japanese language books to the KU East Asian Library for five years in order to "enrich and strengthen further
the bonds that exist between us" and to "contribute to educational studies of your students and better understanding of the present-day Japan." Through this program, the EAL has received 260 titles, approximately 460 volumes, as a result of this gift. The library
greatly appreciates Kanagawa University's generous donation
of books on Japan.

Books contributed through this gift program focus on Japanese business, economic, government policy, history and art history subjects. This helps to meet the growing need of information on Japanese business and complements our collection on Japanese
art history studies. Every book sent by this gift program was marked with a gift plate to indicate the donating source. A complete list can be viewed by author and title.