Korea mission records, 1903-1957 (inclusive) [microform].

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Korea mission records, 1903-1957 (inclusive) [microform].

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The collection includes mission reports, field correspondence, circular letters, educational and medical work records, and missionary personal correspondence. Of interest are records from the time of the Japanese occupation of Korea, 1910-1945 and the Korean War, 1950-1953.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to c...