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Title:
Annie Laurie Adams Baird Papers
Description:
Annie Laurie Adams Baird and her husband, the Rev. Dr. William M. 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, they were transferred to Pyengyang where Dr. Baird assumed the presidency of the Pyengyang Academy and Union Christian College and Mrs. Baird conducted the first woman's Bible Training class in Pyengyang. This collection includes Mrs. Baird's personal correspondence, testimonials, memorial resolutions, clippings, and miscellaneous items pertaining to her work with the Korea Mission, 1914, 1916-1917 and 1928. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Pyongyang Foreign School Dormitory Occupants, 1915-1916 (From the William M. Baird Papers, 1885-1951.)
Creator:
Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916. (creator)
Subject names:
Baird family., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
P'yŏngyang (Korea), Seoul (Korea), Pusan (Korea), Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg172
Title:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Korea Mission
Description:
Presbyterian mission work in Korea began in 1884 and was primarily medical and educational. Early mission work centered in Seoul and Pyengyang and eventually nine stations were established. Work was done in cooperation with several other denominations, including Methodists and Southern, Canadian, and Australian Presbyterians. This collection includes reports and field correspondence to the Church's mission board that reflect the mission's educational, medical, and evangelistic work. Also included are materials dealing with the Shrine Question, the Korean Conspiracy, and the Korean Independence Movement. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Presbyterian Hospital Outpatient Department Nurses' Training School Leper Hospital Taiku, Chosen (Korea), Japan, ca. 1925-6.
Start date:
1903
End date:
1972
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1948., Korea--Church history--20th century., Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945., Korea--History--Independence movement, 1919.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:rg140

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