Secretaries files: Korea Mission, 1903-1972 (bulk: 1911-1972).

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Secretaries files: Korea Mission, 1903-1972 (bulk: 1911-1972).

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The records document the work of the PCUSA's Korea Mission, 1903-1972. Included are primarily reports and field correspondence to the Church's mission board that reflect the mission's educational, medical and evangelistic work. "Field correspondence" generally includes the following categories of materials: Cables; Apportionment of Work; Station Lists (mostly pre WW II); Mission Annual Meeting; Executive Committee Minutes and related correspondence; Mission Budget; Financial resume papers; Station Quarterly Letters; Publicity" articles contributed by missionaries; General correspondence: Board-Korean Christians; Miscellaneous correspondence. Also included are materials dealing with the Shrine Question, the Korean Conspiracy, and the Korean Independence Movement.

19 cubic ft.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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