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Subject Missionaries
Type Still image
  • A photo album with scenes from Gerdine’s mission work in Korea between 1902 and 1933.
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    Photoalbum of Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine

    Gerdine, Joseph Lumpkin, 1870-1950
    Date
    1902-1933
    Collection
    Joseph Lumpkin Gerdine collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A photo album with scenes from Gerdine’s mission work in Korea between 1902 and 1933.
  • An embroidered depiction of the original building of the Chongkyo Methodist Church on silk. Chongkyo Methodist Church was built and founded by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Seoul, Korea, in the early 1900s and was part of the Seoul Circuit of the Korea Conference. The piece shows the original church building with a selection of Korean figures, men and women, approaching or walking by the church. A dedication is embroidered across the top of the work. The embroidery is done in traditional Korean style common towards the late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) and includes intricate details, including the brickwork and roof tiles.
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    픔념긔별젼

    Date
    1910 – 1913
    Copyright
    NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT
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    An embroidered depiction of the original building of the Chongkyo Methodist Church on silk. Chongkyo Methodist Church was built and founded by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Seoul, Korea, in the early 1900s and was part of the Seoul Circuit of the Korea Conference. The piece shows the original church building with a selection of Korean figures, men and women, approaching or walking by the church. A dedication is embroidered across the top of the work.
  • A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India. The album includes photographs of the Western South America Mission Conference meeting at Santiago, Chile, in February of 1897; portraits of local peoples; landscape and panoramic photos of Concepción, Chile; landscape and panoramic photos of Iquique, Chile; landscape photos of Taltal, Chile; photos of the Bío-Bío River; photos of buildings in or near Kodaikanal, India; buildings and landscapes in and near Colón, Panama; cathedrals, markets, and local peoples along the Panama Canal; photos of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador; photos of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, including of the celebration of Corpus Christi Day; photos from Syracuse, New York, including of Syracuse University; a group photo of the International Missionary Union, gathered in Clifton Springs, New York, in June of 1902; photos of San Juan, Puerto Rico; photos of Guayama, Puerto Rico; photos of Cayey, Puerto Rico; and photographs of President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Puerto Rico in 1906.
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    Photo album of Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith

    Griffith, Elva Roxana
    Date
    1897 – 1906
    Collection
    Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India.
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