We've come a long way in preserving our legacy. One of the rooms in the Berrick Hall has been named "Berrick Family & Saint Joseph At Home" and is now open to the public for viewing. Photographs of the Berrick Family and of our alma mater are on permanent display in this room together with our archives. This is an ongoing project and we will be adding more archived materials relating to the Berrick Family and St. Joe in the future.

The occasion of having this permanent display came about with the success of our Saint Joseph Festa at the Berrick Hall for the past two years and the close relationship and trust created between the management of the Berrick Hall and the archive committee. We would like to thank Ms. Nunokawa, general manager, for her understanding and granting us the room to showcase our archives and to portrait the people who used to live at the Berrick Hall.

I would also like to take this opportunity to express our special thanks to the Yokohama Greenery Foundation (Zaidan Hojin Yokohama-shi Midori no Kyokai); the Yokohama Archives of History; and the Yokohama City Central Library for their assistance and support. We would also like to thank Gyosei for providing us the archived Forwards in 2004 from which we were able to digitize; and last but not the least, Dr. Malcom Fredman in Australia, one of the descendents of the Berrick Family, for supplying us with their family photos and researched materials.

With not much material on hand to start, we spent a great deal of time and energy to collect, study, and edit the materials. I would like to thank Jimmy Patterson (1978) for his continuous search for the materials both for the Berricks and for St. Joe as a member of the Archive Committee. It goes the same to Hideo Nakanishi (1964) for safe keeping our memorabilia at his office until this day and for his devotion in taking time for the Festa activities. There are also several other alumni who have donated for this archive project and would like to thank them all.

Our third St. Joseph Festa will be held from November 21 to 23 at the Berrick Hall and this room is included as one of the exhibits. If you have photos from your boarding days or a memoir, do let us know for inclusion in our archives.

Yuzz Kanda (1969)
Chair, Archive Committee
Alumni Association
November 11, 2009



From left, Yuzz Kanda (1969), Ms. Nunokawa, general manager of Berrick Hall, Nobuo Uwabe (1964) and Jimmy Patterson (1978) at newly opened "Berrick Family & Saint Joseph At Home" room.