William M. Baird Papers

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The Rev. Dr. William M. Baird and his wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird, were appointed to the Chosen (Korea) Mission in 1890 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From 1891 until 1897, they served at the Seoul, Fusan, and Taiku stations. In 1897, Baird was appointed president of the Pyengyang Academy and Union Christian College (also known as Sungsil Haktang and later Sungsil Taehak), a position that he held until his death in 1931. The William M. Baird Papers, 1885-1951 (bulk 1885-1931), consist of Baird's diaries, correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous items. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized. Featured image: First All-Korea Presbytery Meeting, 1907.

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Title:
Faculty of Union Theological Seminary.
Description:
American and Japanese members of faculty of Union Christian College, Pyeng Yang, Korea about 1915. Wm. M. Baird Sr. founder and principal in center. [From top left] Parker (U.S. Presby.), Gillis (U.S.A. Presby.), Groves (Meth.), Smith (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Japanese Prof., Mowry, Bernheisel (U.S.A. Presby.), McMurtrie (U.S.A. Presby.), Baird Founder + 1st President (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Prof. of Chemistry also from Japan. Picture taken on front steps of College building built about 1911.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115555
Title:
Union Christian College.
Description:
Union Christian College. Dr. George McCune and students.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Sungsil Haktang (P'yŏngyang, Korea), McCune, George S., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Students--North Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115554
Title:
Annual Meeting at Morris Hall, Seoul, Korea, June 1939.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995., Rhodes, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1875-1965., Smith, Roy K. (Roy Kenneth), 1885-1958.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Children of missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115553
Title:
Faculty of Union Theological Seminary.
Description:
American and Japanese members of faculty of Union Christian College, Pyeng Yang, Korea about 1915. Wm. M. Baird Sr. founder and principal in center. [From top left] Parker (U.S. Presby.), Gillis (U.S.A. Presby.), Groves (Meth.), Smith (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Japanese Prof., Mowry, Bernheisel (U.S.A. Presby.), McMurtrie (U.S.A. Presby.), Baird Founder + 1st President (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Prof. of Chemistry also from Japan. Picture taken on front steps of College building built about 1911.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115541
Title:
Annual Meeting at Morris Hall, Seoul, Korea, June 1939.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995., Rhodes, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1875-1965., Smith, Roy K. (Roy Kenneth), 1885-1958.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Children of missionaries--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115537
Title:
Annual Meeting at Morris Hall, Seoul, Korea, June 1939.
Description:
R.K. Smith, Chairman.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Baird, Richard H. (Richard Hamilton), 1898-1995., Rhodes, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1875-1965., Smith, Roy K. (Roy Kenneth), 1885-1958.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Children of missionaries--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115536
Title:
Union Christian College.
Description:
Union Christian College. Dr. George McCune and students.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Sungsil Haktang (P'yŏngyang, Korea), McCune, George S., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang., Students--North Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115533
Title:
Faculty of Union Theological Seminary.
Description:
American and Japanese members of faculty of Union Christian College, Pyeng Yang, Korea about 1915. Wm. M. Baird Sr. founder and principal in center. [From top left] Parker (U.S. Presby.), Gillis (U.S.A. Presby.), Groves (Meth.), Smith (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Japanese Prof., Mowry, Bernheisel (U.S.A. Presby.), McMurtrie (U.S.A. Presby.), Baird Founder + 1st President (U.S.A. Presby.), ? Prof. of Chemistry also from Japan. Picture taken on front steps of College building built about 1911.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115523
Title:
Union Christian College.
Description:
Union Christian College. Dr. George McCune and students.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Sungsil Haktang (P'yŏngyang, Korea), McCune, George S., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang., Students--North Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115510
Title:
William M. Baird clippings and miscellaneous items, 1885-1888, 1903, 1913-1932, 1951, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's collection of miscellaneous items, including personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, published articles, mission station reports, minutes of the 1930 annual meeting of the Bible Committee of Korea, and an obituary written by son, Richard H. Baird after his death in 1931. Materials span 1885-1888, 1903, 1913-1932, and 1951.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Bible Committee of Korea., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Hanover College.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115354
Title:
William M. Baird clippings and miscellaneous items, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's miscellaneous items, including newspaper clippings from Charlestown, Indiana, and Korean tracts, 1899, 1916, 1931, n.d.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Charlestown (Ind.), Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115119
Title:
William M. Baird station, institutional, and personal reports, 1891-1931.
Description:
William M. Baird's reports, 1891-1931, though fairly complete, are not original copies and most likely duplicate those found in Record Group 140, Secretaries' Files, Board of Foreign Missions, Korea Mission, 1903-1973. Included are station, personal, and institutional reports, arranged chronologically.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114845
Title:
William M. Baird illustrations, 1905-1907, 1914-1916, n.d.
Description:
William M. Baird's clippings with annotations, primarily documenting Korean missionary groups, faculty, students, and buildings of the Presbyterian Seminary and Union Christian College.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Theological seminaries--Korea., Universities and colleges--North Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114836
Title:
William M. Baird correspondence, 1916.
Description:
William M. Baird's correspondence during his work in Korea, regarding the illness and death of his first wife, Annie Laurie Adams Baird.
Subject names:
Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea., Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:114641
Title:
50th Anniversary held in Seoul.
Description:
Fletcher, Chairman. The Mission Jubilee Annual Meeting. Picture taken on the steps of the John D. Wells School which was then a part of the Yun Chi Dong Compound in Seoul. (later sold) Picture includes many guests from other lands and other missions in Korea who attended the Jubilee Celebration.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Baird, William Martyn, 1897-, Moffett, Samuel Austin, 1864-1939., Baird, Anna Landis Reist, 1895-1981.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missions--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Children of missionaries--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113615
Title:
Pyongyang Foreign School Dormitory Occupants, 1915-1916.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113613
Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Tate and Mr. and Mrs. Bayer with Asian pear trees.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113608
Title:
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Description:
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pyengyang, Chosen.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Korea.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Theological seminaries--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Universities and colleges--North Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113605
Title:
The Pyongyang Foreign School, ca. 1937. Group photo.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Missions--Educational work--Korea--P'yŏngyang., Education--Korea--P'yŏngyang.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113594

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