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:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Korean girls with flutes. [Top right] The Ice-house at Kyung Ju. Taequ Station in 1908. [Bottom left] Meeting of Missionary Families of Taiku Station. [Bottom right] Grave of Annie Laurie Adams Baird, Missionary to Korea. 25 yrs at Pyeng Yang. Born Sept. 15, 1864 Greensburg, Ind. Died June 9, 1916 Pyeng Yang, Korea.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Tomb., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Children--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Cemeteries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113028
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Korean girls with flutes. [Top right] The Ice-house at Kyung Ju. Taequ Station in 1908. [Bottom left] Meeting of Missionary Families of Taiku Station. [Bottom right] Grave of Annie Laurie Adams Baird, Missionary to Korea. 25 yrs at Pyeng Yang. Born Sept. 15, 1864 Greensburg, Ind. Died June 9, 1916 Pyeng Yang, Korea.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Tomb., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Children--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Cemeteries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113027
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Korean girls with flutes. [Top right] The Ice-house at Kyung Ju. Taequ Station in 1908. [Bottom left] Meeting of Missionary Families of Taiku Station. [Bottom right] Grave of Annie Laurie Adams Baird, Missionary to Korea. 25 yrs at Pyeng Yang. Born Sept. 15, 1864 Greensburg, Ind. Died June 9, 1916 Pyeng Yang, Korea.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916--Tomb., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Dorothy.
Topics:
Children--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Cemeteries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113026
Title:
Reverend Benjamin Nyce Adams and Phyllis Taylor Adams traveling from Taiku to Andong.
Description:
Three-seated Model "T" Ford Bus Service, used by the Rev. and Mrs. (Phyllis Taylor) Benjamin Nyce Adams in going from Taiku to Andong, where they lived, labored and loved for five years. 1923-1928. Belongs to Ben Adams.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Phylis Taylor, 1898-1973.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Andong-si (Korea)--Description and travel., Taegu (Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113022
Title:
Reverend Benjamin Nyce Adams and Phyllis Taylor Adams traveling from Taiku to Andong.
Description:
Three-seated Model "T" Ford Bus Service, used by the Rev. and Mrs. (Phyllis Taylor) Benjamin Nyce Adams in going from Taiku to Andong, where they lived, labored and loved for five years. 1923-1928. Belongs to Ben Adams.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Phylis Taylor, 1898-1973.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Andong-si (Korea)--Description and travel., Taegu (Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113021
Title:
Reverend Benjamin Nyce Adams and Phyllis Taylor Adams traveling from Taiku to Andong.
Description:
Three-seated Model "T" Ford Bus Service, used by the Rev. and Mrs. (Phyllis Taylor) Benjamin Nyce Adams in going from Taiku to Andong, where they lived, labored and loved for five years. 1923-1928. Belongs to Ben Adams.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, Phylis Taylor, 1898-1973.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Andong-si (Korea)--Description and travel., Taegu (Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:113020
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] Former head of Korea Su Clan. [Top right] Original head of church at Chil Kok. [Bottom left] Road from Taiku to Fusan in early days. [Bottom right] Adams family traveling on same road.
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--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112974
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] Subsequent Adams home, Taiku, 1900. [Top right] South end of house. [Bottom left] East back of house. [Bottom right] North end of house.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams family--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Missions--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Dwellings--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112965
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top left] Museum building of Taiku City. [Top center] Mary E. Adams, 1921. [Top right] Part of front yard of Adams house, 1922. [Bottom left] Part of front yard of Adams house, 1922. [Bottom right] Henry B. and Mary Adams dressed up, Jan. 1922.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Adams, Henry B., Adams, Mary E., Adams family--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu., Buildings--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112962
Title:
Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description:
[Top right] Entrance gate. [Top right] City wall front of Adams house. [Bottom left] House gate of Adams house. [Bottom center] South city gate. [Bottom right] Edward Adams, Fusan, 1897.
Subject names:
Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Adams family--Homes and haunts., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea., Children of missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Dwellings--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc., Pusan (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112960

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