Adams Family Papers

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The Adams family served as missionaries in Korea for two generations. This collection includes photographs, negatives, and a photograph album primarily documenting the period of the family's life and work at Taiku (Taegu), Korea. The collection also contains annual meeting photos of the Korea/Chosen Mission; a few "Dear Friends" letters written by Edward Adams in 1937, 1938 and 1941; and his annual personal report from Korea for 1938. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized. Featured image: Young Benjamin Adams standing with two Korean men outside of a building.

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Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams' photograph album.
Description:
Taequ Station in 1907. Missionary Families.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113033
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams' photograph album.
Description:
Taequ Station in 1907. Missionary Families.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113032
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams' photograph album.
Description:
Taequ Station in 1907. Missionary Families.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113031
Title:
Dedication ceremony of Reverend James E. Adams' memorial tablet.
Description:
June 18, 1935. Belongs Ben Adams. Dedication ceremony of Rev. James E. Adams' memorial tablet, First Presbyterian Church, Taiku, Korea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Adams, Jack and Dick are seated in the center; Jack and Dick dressed in their Korea clothes. Jack is seated to the left of Ned, (Ned's right hand side).
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Adams, Susan Comstock.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113004
Title:
Dedication ceremony of Reverend James E. Adams' memorial tablet.
Description:
June 18, 1935. Belongs Ben Adams. Dedication ceremony of Rev. James E. Adams' memorial tablet, First Presbyterian Church, Taiku, Korea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Adams, Jack and Dick are seated in the center; Jack and Dick dressed in their Korea clothes. Jack is seated to the left of Ned, (Ned's right hand side).
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Adams, Susan Comstock.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113000
Title:
Dedication ceremony of Reverend James E. Adams' memorial tablet.
Description:
June 18, 1935. Belongs Ben Adams. Dedication ceremony of Rev. James E. Adams' memorial tablet, First Presbyterian Church, Taiku, Korea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Adams, Jack and Dick are seated in the center; Jack and Dick dressed in their Korea clothes. Jack is seated to the left of Ned, (Ned's right hand side).
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112995
Title:
Miss Pollard's school, Taiku.
Description:
Miss Pollard's school, Taiku, April 2, 1918. [Line] of big class.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
School buildings--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112981
Title:
Kei Sung Boys Academy, Taiku Academy.
Description:
Postcard of Kei Sung Boys' Academy, Taiku Academy, Taegu, Korea.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Christian education--Korea--Taegu., School buildings--Korea--Taegu., Students--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112979
Title:
Taegu Station, about 1917.
Description:
Korea missionaries. Top (left to right) Mrs. McFarland, Mrs. Blanch Winn, Miss Pollard. Second row: Gerda Bergman, Caroline B. Adams (Henry). (From left) Standing: Mrs. Herb Blair, Mrs. Martha Bruen, Mr. Harry M. Bruen, Mr. Edward McFarland, Mrs. Julia Erdman, Walter Erdman, J.E. Adams, Miss Switzer Herbert Blair, George Winn.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Erdman, Walter C. (Walter Collins), 1877-1948., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112975
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left, image missing] Boy's Academy buildings, Taiku. [Top right] Korean workmen. [Bottom left] Students of Boy's Academy, Taiku. [Bottom right] Market meal sellers.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Men--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Students--Korea--Taegu., Children--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112970
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] First four Christian men in Taiku. [Top right] New Korean Primary Church School, Taiku, 1921. [Bottom left] Four Korean pastors in Taiku Presbytery. [Bottom right] Christian student body at Taiku, 1921.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Men--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Clergy--Korea--Taegu., Students--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112959
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Gate entrance from road up to house. [Top right] Entrance path inside of gate. [Bottom left] Entrance path up toward house. [Bottom right] Front yard of house.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Adams family--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu., Dwellings--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112953
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Original helper with J.E.A. in Taiku. [Top right] Kim Chai Su. Kinn Tuk Kyeng, Taiku. [Bottom left] Kim Kyeng Sam and family. [Bottom right] First Bible woman in Taiku.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Men--Korea--Taegu., Women--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112952
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
Taiku, Korea, 1899. [Top left and right] Nellie Dick Adams. [Bottom left and right] Benjamin Nyce Adams.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112951
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
Tombstone of Nellie Dick Adams. Taiku, Korea. Nellie Dick. Wife of James E. Adams. Sept. 15, 1866 - Oct. 31, 1909. She is not dead but sleepeth.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909--Tomb.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Cemeteries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112949
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Celebration of 15th anniversary of Boys Academy, Taiku, 1921. [Top right] Same celebration. [Center left] Same celebration. [Center right] Two cows of Adams family, 1921. [Bottom left] Yeng Chung UP 1st Church. 1905. Cost $600. [Bottom center] Yeng Chung UP Church New 1921. Cost $3750. [Bottom right] Henry B. Adams and calf of old Adams cow, 1921.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Henry B.
Topics:
Students--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Church buildings--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112945
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Grape garden of Adams house. [Top right] Lower central front yard. [Bottom left] Orchard and garden. [Bottom right] Main tree in front.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112943
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Path up to house. [Top right] Path across garden. [Bottom left] Dining room, Adams house. [Bottom right] Bedroom, Adams House.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams family--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu., Dwellings--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112942
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] A family of relatives seeing Nellie D. Adams off to Korea, Topeka, Kansas 1904. [Top right] Women of Women's Bible class (2nd) Taiku. [Bottom left] First women's Bible class, Taiku. [Botton right] Third men's Bible class, Taiku.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Women--Korea--Taegu., Men--Korea--Taegu., Children--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Topeka (Kan.), Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112941
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Evil spirit tree, girls academy dormitory yard, Taiku, 1922. [Top right] Trip to Andong, Jan. 1922. [Bottom left] Buddha stone image, Andong, 1922. [Bottom right] Andong district village, 1922.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Stone carving--Korea--Andong-si., Buddhas.
Geographic subjects:
Andong-si (Korea)--Description and travel., Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112938

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