Guide to the Smith Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Smith Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1911-1949

Call Number

RG 208

Creator(s)

Smith family.

Quantity

0.25 cubic feet (9 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Roy Kenneth Smith, M.D. (1885-1958) and Lura Wilma McLane Smith (1885-1979) were appointed to the PCUSA's Korea Mission in 1911 and until their repatriation to the United States in 1942 served in Andong, Taiku, Chairyung, Seoul, Pyengyang and Syenchun. Dr. Smith performed medical work at hospitals in these locations. Mrs. Smith performed hospital and dispensary work in addition to teaching at the Chosen Christian College in Seoul and the Nurses' Training School in Pyengyang. Dr. Smith returned alone to Korea in 1946 as an employee of the War Department to serve as Director of Tuberculosis Sanatoriums. He was stationed at Taegu where he supervised the Leprosarium and the Presbyterian Hospital. At the National Sanatorium in Masan Dr. Smith worked with tubercular patients until 1948 when his government service ended. The Smiths resumed their medical work at Taegu that same year until their retirement from missionary service in 1950.

Collection Overview

The Smith Family Papers consists of correspondence, personal labor reports, photographs and miscellaneous items which document their service as missionaries in Korea, 1911-1949. The correspondence and personal reports for these years are incomplete and in some instances, typescript copies made by Lura Smith during the 1960s and 1970s have been substituted for the originals.

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Catalog Headings

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Personal Name Subject

Smith, Roy K. (Roy Kenneth), 1885-1958.

Smith, Lura Wilma McLane, 1885-1979.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chosen Mission.

Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo.

Topical Subject

Missionaries--Korea.

Missions, Medical--Korea.

Women missionaries--Korea.

Missions to leprosy patients--Korea--20th century.

Tuberculosis--Hospitals--Korea.

Leprosy--Hospitals--Korea.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea.

Geographic Subject

Korea--Missions.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Photographs. aat

Reports. aat

Transcripts. aat

Personal Added Name

Smith, Roy K. (Roy Kenneth), 1885-1958.

Smith, Lura Wilma McLane, 1885-1979.

Corporate Added Name

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

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 208

1	2	Correspondence, Lura McLane Smith (LMS), 1911-1915, 1940-1949
1	3	Correspondence, Roy K. Smith (RKS), 1912-1946
1	4	Personal Labor Reports, LMS/RKS, 1925-1948
1	5	Notes, LMS, undated
1	6	Notebook, RKS, undated
1	7	Photographs, circa 1930s	Digital
1	8	Korean Hymnal, undated
1	9	Miscellany, undated

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