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Title: Yaounde Station mission reports, 1924-1927.
Description: Mission reports for the Yaounde Station in West Africa, 1924-1927.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission. (creator)
Date Created: 1924, 1924-1927
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon--Yaoundé.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon, Yaoundé., Yaoundé (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Centre--Yaoundé
Physical Location: RG 142, Box 3, Folder 25; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: West Africa Mission, 1911-1965.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-142
Identifier (local): rg142_b3_f25
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:169214

Title: West Africa medical mission correspondence and background papers, 1929-1938.
Description: Materials in English and French.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission. (creator)
Date Created: 1929, ca. 1929-1938
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Missions, Medical--Cameroon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Missions, Medical--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon., Cameroon., Africa, West., Africa, West., Cameroon., Africa, West., Africa--Cameroon
Physical Location: RG 142, Box 9, Folder 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: West Africa Mission, 1911-1965.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-142
Identifier (local): rg142_b9_f11
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:169307

Title: William M. Baird Papers
Description: 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.
Creator Name(s): Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931. (creator)
Date Created: 1885, 1885-1951, 1885, 1951, 1885-1951
Name Subject(s): Baird family., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916., Baird, William M. (William Martyn), 1862-1931., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Pyengyang Academy., Sungsil Taehak (Seoul, Korea), Sungsil Haktang (Pʻyŏngyang, Korea)
Topical Subject(s): Universities and colleges--Korea., Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Educational work--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea., Schools--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Korea., Korea., Korea., Korea., Pyongyang (Korea), Asia--North Korea, Asia--South Korea
Physical Location: RG 173; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William M. Baird Papers, 1885-1951.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-173
Identifier (local): rg173_william_baird
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg173

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.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (creator)
Date Created: 1903, 1903-1972, 1903, 1972, 1903-1972
Name Subject(s): 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.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Korea., Missions, Medical--Korea., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Korea., Korea, Allied occupation, 1945-1948., Korea, 20th century., Korea, Japanese occupation, 1910-1945., Korea, Independence movement, 1919., Asia--North Korea, Asia--South Korea, Korea.
Physical Location: RG 140; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Korea Mission, 1903-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-140
Identifier (local): rg140
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg140

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