Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
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Biographical Note / Administrative History
William Martyn Baird, Jr., (1897-1987), and his brother, Richard Hamilton Baird, (1898-1995) were born in Chosen (Korea) to Presbyterian missionary parents, William Martyn Baird (1862-1931) and Annie Laurie Adams Baird (1864-1916). Both attended Mount Hermon School for Boys, Northfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from the College of Wooster.
William Martyn Baird, Jr. earned an M.A. from Princeton University and, after attending McCormick Theological Seminary for two years, graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1922 and was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. From 1923 to 1940, he served as a missionary in Korea under the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA) doing evangelistic work, including country itineration, conducting Bible Institutes, and supervising colporters. He spent considerable time working on the revision of the Korean New Testament. In 1929, Baird married Anna Landis Reist (1895-1981), a PCUSA missionary to Korea from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. From 1942 to 1945, they served in Mexico. They resigned in 1946.
Richard Hamilton Baird graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1923 and was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. From 1923 to 1941, he served as a missionary in Korea under the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), PCUSA, doing evangelistic and agricultural work. From 1942 to 1945, he served in Colombia. Until retirement in 1964, he held positions as area representative for the BFM and COEMAR (Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations) in the United States, as field representative (later called field executive) in the Caribbean Area and in Korea, and was a staff member of the Synod of California.
Collection Overview
The Baird Family Papers, ca. 1900-1974 (bulk ca. 1900-1966), consist of photographs and a small amount of correspondence and other material. The photographs, ca. 1900-1966, primarily document the Korean mission and the Korean Presbyterian Church, as well as Baird family members. The papers of Richard H. Baird include a short travel account describing his 1926 journey down the Yalu River and a folder of material pertaining to the Rev. Carl McIntire (1906-2002) and the Korean Church.
Organization and Arrangement
SERIES 1: William M. Baird, Jr. and Anna Landis Reist Baird Papers, 1940-1941
SERIES 2: Richard H. Baird Papers, 1926-1974 (bulk 1952-1966)
SERIES 3: Photographs, ca. 1900-1966
Alternative Formats
Letter from William M. Baird, Jr. to Dr. J.L. Hopper, Board of Foreign Missions, 1940; letter from Anna Landis Reist Baird to her parents and loved ones, 1941; "Down the Yalu” (personal travel account), 1926; and Carl McIntire and the Korean Church material, 1936?, 1952-1966, 1974 (in Box 1 Folders 2-4) available on microfilm: MF/POS./1803.
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Administrative Information
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: October 1992
Glenn Colliver, Assistant Archivist
Photographs added and finding aid revised: July 2012
Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 316 | |
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| SERIES 1: WILLIAM M. BAIRD, JR., AND ANNA LANDIS REIST BAIRD PAPERS, 1940-1941 | |
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1 | 2 | Letter from William M. Baird, Jr. to Dr. J.L. Hopper, Board of Foreign Missions, 1940 | Digital |
1 | 2 | Letter from Anna Landis Reist Baird to her parents and loved ones, 1941 | Digital |
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| SERIES 2: RICHARD H. BAIRD PAPERS, 1926-1974 (bulk 1952-1966) | |
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1 | 3 | "Down the Yalu” (personal travel account), 1926 | Digital |
| 1 | 4 | The true facts in the Machen and McIntire cases, 1936 | Digital |
1 | 4 | Carl McIntire and the Korean Church, 1936?, 1952-1966, 1974 | Digital |
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| SERIES 3: PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1900-1966 | |
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1 | 5 | Outgoing missionary conference, 1918 or 1919 | Digital |
1 | 6 | Outgoing missionary conference of 1923 – key to photograph, notes, and other related material, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 7 | Korean missionary staff, ca. 1900 | Digital |
| 1 | 7 | Korean missionary annual meetings, 1958 | Digital |
| 1 | 7 | Korean missionary annual meetings, 1960 | |
| 1 | 7 | Korean missionary annual meetings, 1966 | |
1 | 8 | General Assembly of the Korean Presbyterian Church, 1960, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 9 | Chunju Mission Station, ca. 1920-1938, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 10 | Kangkei Mission Station (includes negative), ca. 1928-1931 | Digital |
1 | 11 | Pyongyang Mission Station (includes negatives), ca. 1900-1928, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 12 | Syen Chun Mission Station, 1921, 1925, 1937-1938 | Digital |
1 | 13 | Severance Hospital and Medical College, ca. 1928 | Digital |
1 | 14 | Soong Sil College (includes negatives), ca. 1964 | Digital |
1 | 15 | Union Christian College, Seoul, 1909, 1954, 1956, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 16 | Presbyterian Women's College, Seoul, 1960 | Digital |
1 | 17 | Women's Bible Institute, ca. 1935 | Digital |
1 | 18 | Men's Bible Institute faculty (William M. Baird, Jr., principal), 1937 | Digital |
1 | 19 | Church World Service Flour Distribution, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 20 | Christian Educators Conference, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 21 | Christian Children's Fund meeting, Seoul, 1960 | Digital |
1 | 22 | Women's Conference annual meeting, 1958 | Digital |
| 1 | 22 | Leaders church workers retreat, 1960 | Digital |
1 | 23 | Protestant Service Men's Center, Seoul – ground breaking, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 24 | Dr. John C. Smith receiving degree, Yonsei University (negatives), 1957 | Digital |
1 | 25 | Unidentified Korean groups and meetings, 1956-1958, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 26 | William M. Baird, Jr., Anna L. Baird, and Mexican students, n.d. | Digital |
1 | 27 | Miscellaneous photographs, 1958, 1960, n.d. | Digital |
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2 | 1 | Outgoing Missionary Conference, 1923 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |
2 | 2 | Outgoing Missionary Conference, 1926 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |
2 | 3 | Korea Club, Gripsholm Gathering, New York, 1942 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |
2 | 4 | McCormick Seminary Glee Club, 1919-1920 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |
2 | 5 | Princeton Theological Seminary, Class of 1922 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |
2 | 6 | Biblical Seminary in New York, 1929 [housed in oversize flat box 2] | Digital |