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Title: Adams Family Papers
Description: 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.
Creator Name(s): Adams family. (creator)
Date Created: 1896, 1896, 1941, 1896-1941, 1896-1941
Name Subject(s): Adams family., Adams, Nellie G. Dick, 1866-1909., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Benjamin Nyce, 1898-1994., Adams, George J. (George Jacob), 1907-, Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929., Baird, Annie Laurie Adams, 1864-1916.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Korea., Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Korea., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_adams_family
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg251

Title: Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, 1958-1959.
Description: Dick Baird's outgoing correspondence, both personal in nature and official, during his time at COEMAR, 1958-1959.
Creator Name(s): Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994. (author)
Date Created: 1958, 1958-1959, 1958-1959
Name Subject(s): Baird, Golden Stockton, 1898-1982., Baird, Richard Hamilton, 1898-1994., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea.
Geographic subjects: Korea., Seoul (Korea), Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul, Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0639; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Golden and Dick Baird correspondence, 1922-1935.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTc5NTU=
Identifier (local): 18-0639_14_correspondence_1958-1959
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:172748

Title: Keisyung Boys Academy.
Date Created: 1930, ca. 1930
Name Subject(s): Keisyung Boys Academy., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Schools--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu., Gymnastics--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu, Korea, Taegu.
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 5, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, ca. 1850-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): ds990
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5288

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.
Date Created: 1922
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea., Missions--Korea., Stone carving--Korea--Andong-si., Buddhas.
Geographic subjects: Andong-si (Korea)--Description and travel., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu, Asia--South Korea--Andong
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f6_32
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112938

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.
Date Created: 1917, ca. 1917
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Erdman, Walter C. (Walter Collins), 1877-1948., Adams, James Edward, 1867-1929.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f4_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112975

Title: Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description: [Top left] Korean elders in Taiku Presbytery, 1918. [Bottom left] Language school for new missionaries, Taiku. [Bottom right, image missing] Same language school.
Date Created: 1918
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Men--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f6_28
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112936

Title: Caroline Babcock Adams's photograph album.
Description: [Top left] Taiku City market. [Top right] Adams house, Taiku, 1921. [Center right] Taiku Station meeting. [Bottom left] Korean Home. [Bottom center] George Adams swing. [Bottom right] Mary Adams, Taiku, 1921.
Date Created: 1921
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission., Adams, George J. (George Jacob), 1907-, Adams, Mary E., Adams family--Homes and haunts.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Korea--Taegu., Dwellings--Korea--Taegu., Children of missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f6_34
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112931

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.
Date Created: 1921
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Men--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Clergy--Korea--Taegu., Students--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f6_27
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112959

Title: Edward Adams “Dear Friends” letters from Taegu, Korea, 1937-1938, 1941.
Creator Name(s): Adams, Edward, 1895-1965. (author)
Date Created: 1937, 1937-1938, 1941, 1937-1938, 1941
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Adams, Edward, 1895-1965., Adams, Susan Comstock.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f7a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112907

Title: Women in church, Taegu.
Date Created: 1897, ca. 1897-1925
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Taegu., Church attendance--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 7, Folder 77; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b7_f77
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140270

Title: Rev. H.E. Blair.
Description: [Rev. H.E. Blair, 1910(?) Taegu, Korea.]
Date Created: 1910, ca. 1910
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 5, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, ca. 1850-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): ds2823
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7357

Title: Taiku Women's Bible Class.
Description: Taiku Women's Bible Class.
Date Created: 1917
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Korea--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Korea--Missions--20th century., Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): ds1853
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6221

Title: Trying a new cure for leprosy, Taegu.
Date Created: 1897, ca. 1897-1925
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Taegu., Missions, Medical--Korea--Taegu., Leprosy--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 7, Folder 79; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b7_f79
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140288

Title: Adams family photo album.
Description: Miss Martha Switzer's gift to the women of southern Korea, a new dormitory. Taegu (Bible Institute?)
Date Created: 1934
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Dormitories--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f5_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112918

Title: Bible Institute, Taegu.
Date Created: 1897, ca. 1897-1925
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu., Bible colleges--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 7, Folder 78; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b7_f78
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140293

Title: Miss Pollard's school, Taiku.
Description: Miss Pollard's school, Taiku, April 2, 1918. [Line] of big class.
Date Created: 1918, April 2, 1918, April 2, 1918
Name Subject(s): Adams family--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.
Topical Subject(s): School buildings--Korea--Taegu., Missionaries--Korea--Taegu., Missions--Educational work--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 251, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adams Family Papers, 1896-1941.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-251
Identifier (local): rg251_b1f4_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112981

Title: Dispensary, Taegu.
Date Created: 1897, ca. 1897-1925
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Taegu., Missions, Medical--Korea--Taegu., Dispensaries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 7, Folder 76; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b7_f76
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140239

Title: Girls' track meet, ca. 1900s, Taegu.
Date Created: 1900, ca. 1900
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea--Taegu., Track and field--Korea--Taegu., Sports for girls--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Korea, Taegu., Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 7, Folder 80; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, c. 1850-1972.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): rg223_b7_f80
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140218

Title: Korean pastors.
Description: Mr. Cook Wm Syon Edward Adams Korean pastors.
Date Created: 1936, November 25, 1936
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Korea--20th century., Presbyterians--Korea--Taegu--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Taegu (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 5, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, ca. 1850-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): ds992
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5218

Title: Korean church and congregation.
Description: [Korean church and congregation].
Date Created: 1936, ca. 1936
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterians--Korea--Taegu--20th century., Missions--Korea--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), Korea--Missions--20th century., Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 223, Box 5, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Photographs, ca. 1850-1972.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-223
Identifier (local): ds991
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5161

Title: Taegu Orphanage children.
Description: Taegu Orphanage children.
Date Created: 1953, ca.1953
Name Subject(s): Campbell family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--South Korea--20th century., Orphoanages--South Korea--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Taegu (Korea), South Korea--Missions., Asia--South Korea--Daegu
Physical Location: RG 248, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Campbell Family Album, ca. 1952-1958.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-248
Identifier (local): ds2822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7290

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