Guide to the Charles Lynch Phillips Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Charles Lynch Phillips Papers

Inclusive Dates

circa 1930-1939

Call Number

RG 249

Creator(s)

Phillips, Charles Lynch, 1885-

Quantity

0.20 cubic feet (2 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Digital Content

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Repository

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

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Charles Lynch Phillips was born in Branchville, New Jersey. After graduating from Clark University, Wooster, Massachusetts in 1907 he attended Princeton Theological Seminary for three years and was ordained in 1910. The same year he was appointed to the PCUSA's Korea Mission at Pyengyang. A year after his arrival he married Eva Florence Plummer who had been a missionary at Pyengyang since 1909. The two conducted evangelistic work at Pyengyang until 1940 when the outbreak of the Second World War forced them to return to the U.S. Returning to Korea in 1947 the Phillips resumed their work in Seoul evangelizing and conducting relief work. They retired in 1950.

Collection Overview

The scrapbook primarily consists of photographs which document Phillips's work in Korea in the 1930s.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: SCRAPBOOK/PHOTO ALBUM, CIRCA 1930-1939

Alternative Formats

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Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

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

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

Topical Subject

Evangelistic work--Korea.

Missionaries--Korea.

Missions--Korea--Pictorial works.

Women missionaries--Korea.

Geographic Subject

Korea--Missions.

P'yŏngyang (Korea)--Church history.

Genre-form

Photographs. aat

Scrapbooks. aat

Personal Added Name

Phillips, Eva Florence Plummer, 1878-1960.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 249

		SERIES I: SCRAPBOOK/PHOTO ALBUM, CIRCA 1930-1939

1	2	Album, circa 1930-1939	Digital

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