The Moffett Korea Collection consists of the personal papers of Samuel Hugh Moffett (1916–2015), Henry W. Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission at Princeton Theological Seminary (1981–1986), those of his wife, Eileen Flower Moffett (1928–), and manuscript materials, publications, clippings, and related non-print media regarding Korea, including the history of Korean missions, the Korean churches, and religion in Korea. There are also Moffett genealogical materials and personal papers relating to various members of the Moffett family, especially Samuel Austin Moffett (1864–1939), pioneer Presbyterian missionary in Korea.
For more information, see the extensive guide to the collection (finding aid). See also the description of the collection on the library website.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by the generous financial support of the Henry Luce Foundation.
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Contents
The Moffett Korea Collection includes three main types of materials: The Manuscript Collection consists of 230 boxes arranged in five series. The Photograph Collection contains photographs, photo albums, postcards, pictorial histories and yearbooks consisting of 118 boxes arranged in fourteen series. The Book Collection contains over 1,000 books on Korean history and culture, Korean Christianity and Korean religions.
Not all materials in the collection have been digitized. Some items are excluded due to copyright restrictions, privacy considerations, or physical condition. The complete collection is housed in Special Collections and Archives in Wright Library at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Manuscript Collection
- Series I: Samuel Austin Moffett (boxes 1-28)
- Subseries 1: Correspondence (boxes 1-4)
- Box 1: Microfilmed correspondence of Mission Reports written by Samuel Austin Moffett to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in New York City
- Box 2: 3 Binders containing transcribed correspondence, 1870-1908
- Box 3: 2 Binders containing transcribed correspondence, 1909-1926
- Box 4: 2 Binders containing transcribed correspondence, 1927-1937
- Subseries 2: Letters and Papers (boxes 5-28)
- Box 5: 1870-1892
- Box 6: 1893-1894
- Box 7: 1895-1898
- Box 8: 1899-1901
- Box 9: 1902-1903
- Box 10: 1904
- Box 11: 1905-1906
- Box 12: 1907-1909
- Box 13: 1910-1911
- Box 14: 1912-1913
- Box 15: 1914-1919
- Box 16: 1920-1921
- Box 17: 1922-1926
- Box 18: 1927-1930
- Box 19: 1931-1934
- Box 20: 1935-1936
- Box 21: 1937-1939
- Box 22: 1940-2001
- Box 23: Biographical materials on Samuel Austin Moffett
- Box 24: Writings about Samuel Austin Moffett
- Box 25: List of additional papers and documents about Samuel A. Moffett located elsewhere; list of ordained Presbyterian co-workers
- Box 26: Maps
- Box 27: Oversized Document
- Box 28: Reserved for further material
- Subseries 1: Correspondence (boxes 1-4)
- Series II: Korea Materials (boxes 29-123)
- Subseries 1: Korea Missionary Files (boxes 29-60)
- Subseries 2: Korea Materials filed by year (boxes 61-75)
- Box 61: 1832-1919
- Box 62: Independence Movement – 1935
- Box 63: 1936-1941 Shrine Question – 1941
- Box 64: 1942-1945
- Box 65: 1946-1948
- Box 66: 1949-1953
- Box 67: 1954-1956
- Box 68: 1957-1959
- Box 69: circa 1960s-1965
- Box 70: 1966-1970
- Box 71: 1971-1974
- Box 72: 1975-1977
- Box 73: 1978-1979
- Box 74: 1979-1986
- Box 75: 1987-2008
- Subseries 3: Korea Materials filed by topic (boxes 76-92)
- Box 76: (A-Biographical)
- Box 77: (Chests-Christians)
- Box 78: (Christians of Korea – Church: Growth)
- Box 79: (Church: Growth – Church History)
- Box 80: (Church: Industry – Church: Rural)
- Box 81: (Church: Statistics – Economy)
- Box 82: (Ecumenical Cooperation – Education: Yonsei University)
- Box 83: (Evangelism – Han)
- Box 84: (History – McIntire)
- Box 85: (Medical – Pamphlets: Education)
- Box 86: (Pamphlets: Medical – Pamphlets: 1950s)
- Box 87: (Pamphlets: 1960s – Pyengyang)
- Box 88: (Pyengyang Cemetery – Relief and Aid)
- Box 89: (Religions: Ancestor Worship – Religions: Shamanism)
- Box 90: (Royal Asiatic Society – Social Problems)
- Box 91: (Soongsil University – Theology)
- Box 92: (Translation of Christian Thought – Young Nak Church)
- Subseries 4: Korea Materials (Oversize) (boxes 93-98)
- Box 93
- Box 94
- Box 95
- Box 96: Reserved for additional oversize publications about Korea
- Box 97: Three Binders of Historical Documents/Clippings regarding the Korean Independence Movement, 1919.
- Box 98: Korean War materials, 1-12 of 12
- Subseries 5: Publications about Korea (boxes 99-102)
- Subseries 6: Mixed Korea Related Periodicals and Publications (boxes 103-120)
- Box 103: Korea Mission Field I
- Box 104: Korea Mission Field II
- Box 105: Korea Mission Minutes – 1 of 2
- Box 106: Korea Mission Minutes – 2 of 2
- Box 107: Korea Quarterly
- Box 108: Royal Asiatic Society
- Box 109: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 110: Women’s News Korea
- Box 111: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 112: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 113: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 114: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 115: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 116: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 117: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 118: Mixed Periodicals and Publications
- Box 119: Newsletters, Newspapers, Miscellaneous Publications
- Box 120A: The Korean Independent
- Box 120B: The Voice of Korea, 1943-1957
- Box 120C: The Voice of Korea, 1945-1948
- Box 120D: The Voice of Korea, 1943-1950
- Subseries 7: Materials related to the Moffett Korea Book Collection (boxes 121-123)
- Box 121: Dust Jackets
- Box 122: Materials Recovered from Books – 1 of 2
- Box 123: Materials Recovered from Books – 2 of 2
- Series III: Samuel H. Moffett Papers (boxes 124-214)
- Subseries 1: Correspondence (boxes 124-136)
- Box 124: Early letters (no date-1945)
- Box 125: 1945-1949
- Box 126: 1950-1956
- Box 127: 1957-1963
- Box 128: 1963-1969
- Box 129: 1970-1974
- Box 130: 1974-1980
- Box 131: 1980-1984
- Box 132: 1985-1989
- Box 133: 1990-1993
- Box 134: 1994-1998
- Box 135: not dated
- Box 136: Resumes and Letters of Recommendation
- Subseries 2: Personal and Biographical Files (boxes 137-155)
- Box 137: 1916-1940s
- Box 138: 1940s-1951
- Box 139: 1952-1960
- Box 140: 1960s-1965
- Box 141: 1966-1969
- Box 142: 1970s-1972
- Box 143: 1973-1976
- Box 144: 1977-1979
- Box 145: 1980-1983
- Box 146: 1984-1987
- Box 147: 1988-1992
- Box 148: 1993-1996
- Box 149: 1997-2002
- Box 150: 2003-n.d.
- Box 151: (Annual Reports-Memorabilia)
- Box 152: (Conferences)
- Box 153: (The Christians of Korea)
- Box 154: (A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. I Original Manuscript)
- Box 155: (Oversized)
- Subseries 3: Sermons, Addresses, and Lectures (boxes 156-169)
- Box 156: (Titles, A-Di)
- Box 157: (Titles, Do-Ho)
- Box 158: (Titles, Ho-Mi)
- Box 159: (Titles, Mi-St)
- Box 160: (Titles, T-Z)
- Box 161: (Themes, A-Ch)
- Box 162: (Themes, Ch-Fr)
- Box 163: (Themes, Fu-Hi)
- Box 164: (Themes, Ho-Pe)
- Box 165: (Themes, Pe-Spe)
- Box 166: (Themes, Spi-Z)
- Box 167: (Slide Lectures)
- Box 168: (Korean Language Materials 1-20)
- Box 169: (Korean Language Materials 21-27)
- Subseries 4: Publications (boxes 170-175)
- Subseries 5: Course Materials (boxes 176-182)
- Subseries 6: Missions (boxes 183-198)
- Box 183: (A-Biographies)
- Box 184: (Biographies-Christology)
- Box 185: (Contextualization – Obligation of Missionaries)
- Box 186: (Permissions-Vocational Calling)
- Box 187: (18th Century-Roman Catholic Mission)
- Box 188: Addendum (A-Ch)
- Box 189: Addendum (Ch)
- Box 190: Addendum (Ch)
- Box 191: Addendum (Ch)
- Box 192: Addendum (Ch)
- Box 193: Addendum (Ch-In)
- Box 194: Addendum (In-Mex)
- Box 195: Addendum (Mi-Pr)
- Box 196: Addendum (Pr)
- Box 197: Addendum (So-Wo)
- Box 198: Addendum (oversized)
- Subseries 7: Additional file topics (boxes 199-212)
- Box 199: (A-Christian)
- Box 200: (CCA-Church Growth)
- Box 201: (Conservatism-Feminism)
- Box 202: (Freedom-Intelligent Design)
- Box 203: (Islam-Jesus Only)
- Box 204: (Jews-Pluralism)
- Box 205: (Pluralism-Presbyterian: Decline)
- Box 206: (Presbyterian: Decline-Presbyterian: Missiology and Reform)
- Box 207: (Presbyterian: Ordination of Homosexuals-Presbyteries)
- Box 208: (Proselytism-Religion)
- Box 209: (Repentance-Science)
- Box 210: (Science-Theology: Modern)
- Box 211: (Theology: Practical-USA: Urban Missions)
- Box 212: (USA: World Church-World History)
- Subseries 8: Publications about or mentioning Samuel H. Moffett (boxes 213-214)
- Box 213: (1937-1979)
- Box 214: (1980-2005)
- Subseries 1: Correspondence (boxes 124-136)
- Series IV: Moffett Family: Genealogical and Personal Papers (boxes 215-229)
- Box 215: (Fish Documents-Fish Genealogy)
- Box 216: (Fish: Berrien-Fish: Hull)
- Box 217: (John Berrien Fish-Moffatana Bulletin)
- Box 218: (Moffett Clan-Genealogical Notes from Samuel A. Moffett)
- Box 219: (Moffett/Fish Family Photos – Moffett/Fish Genealogy)
- Box 220: (Moffett/Fish Genealogy-Moffett Genealogical Charts)
- Box 221: (Lucia H. Fish’s Book)
- Box 222: (M. Alice Fish Moffett-Howard Moffett)
- Box 223: (Howard Moffett: Correspondence-Howard Moffett: 1948-1949)
- Box 224: (Howard Moffett-Thomas Moffett)
- Box 225: (Sam and Elizabeth Moffett 1937-Eileen Moffett 1955)
- Box 226: (Eileen Flower Princeton Seminary Course Notes)
- Box 227: (Eileen Moffett Correspondence-Eileen Moffett Publications)
- Box 228: (Eileen and Samuel Moffett Correspondence)
- Box 229: (Diaries of John Berrien Fish and Edward Fowler Fish)
- Series V: Non-Print Materials (box 230)
- Box 230
Photograph Collection
See also the photographs from the original digital library.
- Series I: College/University Yearbooks/History and Korean Presbyterian Photo Books
- Box 1: Large Loose Photos
- Box 2: Korean Church Photobook, 1962
- Box 3: 100 Years of the Church in Korea
- Box 4: A Pictorial History - 50 Years of the Presbyterian Church in Korea
- Box 5: 60th anniversary of General Assembly (Korea), 1972
- Box 6: Korea Church History Photobook (with notes in back)
- Box 7: College Yearbooks (Union Christian College, 1923; Soongsil College, 1927, 1943)
- Box 8: Seoul Foreign School Yearbooks 1949-50, 1960
- Box 9: Presbyterian Theological Seminary: 1952 Yearbook; 1971 Directory
- Box 10: 1958 Yearbooks: Andong Bible Institute, Keimyung Christian College
- Box 11: Pyengyang Theological Seminary: 1929, 1934
- Box 12: Chosen Christian College, 1928
- Box 13: Severance Union Medical College, 1917
- Series II: Korean Photo Books
- Box 14: Andong; Chosen 1929
- Box 15: Korea: Japanese Period (2 albums)
- Box 16: Old Days of Korea through Pictures (I and II)
- Box 17: Yi-Dynasty Through Pictures (I and II)
- Box 18: Suwon Photos
- Box 19: Korean Photobooks: 1952, 1980
- Series III: Old Korean Postcards
- Series IV: Others’ Albums
- Box 23: Esther Shields, Seoul 1897-1900
- Box 24: Esther Shields, 1900-1939
- Box 25: Harold Voelkel, 1956-57
- Box 26: Alice Butts, 1907-40
- Box 27: President Rhee, 1953-54
- Box 28: William J. Scheifley, 1916-19
- Box 29: Bible Club Schools, 1981
- Box 30: William J. Scheifley, 1919-21
- Box 31: Swallen/Voelkel Album, 1932-35, 1956
- Box 32: Loose Photos 1890s-1910s
- Series V: Early Samuel H. Moffett Albums 1930-1955
- Box 33: Korea Mission PC(USA) Annual Meeting
- Box 34: Wheaton and Princeton 1934-42
- Box 35: Wheaton 1938
- Box 36: Samuel and Elizabeth (Bet) Moffett, 1951-52
- Box 37: Annual Meetings and Missionary Families
- Box 38: Presbyterian Korea Mission Annual Meetings
- Box 39: Presbyterian Korea Mission Annual Meetings (Duplicates)
- Series VI: Moffett Korea Photos- Late 1950s, 1960s
- Box 40: Korea – Favorite Photos
- Box 41: Moffett Album 1960-63
- Box 42: Seoul and Andong 1955-57
- Box 43: Andong, 1957
- Box 44: Moffett Photos, 1962-63
- Box 45: Andong January-May 1957
- Box 46: Korea Pictures, May 1957-April 1959
- Box 47: Korea Pictures, February 1958-December 1965
- Box 48: Moffett Photos, 1958-60
- Box 49: Andong and Seoul, 1957-61
- Series VII: Moffett Albums 1950-1980
- Box 50: S.H. Moffett Early Photos (loose)
- Box 51: Korea Photos, late 1950s
- Box 52: Korea Missions #2, 1890-1960
- Box 53: Seminary and Slum Project, 1967-73
- Box 54: Moffett Photos, (1965) 1972-79
- Box 55: Moffett Photos, 1969
- Box 56: Moffett Photos, 1969-70
- Box 57: Korean War (Campbell pictures)
- Box 58: Africa War – 1970, Korea 1970-71 (negatives only)
- Box 59: Korea Photos, 1950s and 1960s (two albums)
- Box 60: Korea, 1974
- Series VIII: Recent Moffett Albums, 1980+
- Box 61: North Korea, January 1997
- Box 62: Moffett Family Photos 1990s (2 Albums)
- Box 63: Moffett Family Photos 1988-1990 (2 Albums)
- Box 64: Moffett Family Photos 1991
- Box 65: Soong-Eui, Seoul, April 2000
- Series IX: Framed Photos
- Box 66: Dr. Kyung Chik Han with Samuel H. Moffett, Princeton Theological Seminary Commencement
- Box 67: Samuel H. Moffett with Korean Woman (?), 1970
- Box 68: Eileen Flower Moffett with Prince Philip, May 1992
- Box 69: Korean Painting
- Box 70: Samuel H. Moffett with President Eisenhower, September 1955
- Box 71: Portrait, Young Samuel H. Moffett
- Box 72: Samuel H. Moffett Portrait, 1938
- Box 73: Samuel H. Moffett Portrait, 2000
- Series X: Additional College Yearbook Photos
- Box 74: “KULSI”- Pyengyang Foreign School Yearbooks: 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932 (3 copies)
- Box 75: “KULSI”- Pyengyang Foreign School Yearbooks: 1933 (2), 1934 (4)
- Box 76: “KULSI”- Pyengyang Foreign School Yearbooks: 1936, 1943 (looking back), 1987 update (3)
- Box 77: Kyung-An High School Yearbook (year unknown), Andong, Korea (Samuel H. Moffett-Chairman of the Board)
- Box 78: “The Tower”- Wheaton College Yearbooks 1938, 1939
- Box 79: “The Arch”- Moody Bible Institute Yearbook 1939
- Box 80: Samuel H. Moffett Scrapbook 1922-34
- Series XI: Miscellaneous
- Box 81: Eileen Flower Moffett, Princeton Seminary Diploma, 1973
- Box 82: Korea Slides, 1900-1919
- Box 83: Negatives: Mostly 1940s-1960s
- Box 84: Negatives: 1890s-1980 (mostly 1950-1980)
- Box 85: Negatives: 1980s-2007
- Box 86: Moffett Photos: Brazil, Hawaii, Princeton: 1989
- Series XII: Loose Photos
- Box 87: Loose Photos 1926-1979
- Box 88: 4x6 Photo Archive: 1930-1965
- Box 89: 4x6 Photo Archive: 1965-1985
- Box 90: 4x6 Photo Archive: 1985-2005
- Box 91: 4x6 Photos, 1990s-2000s; Insurance Photos; negatives from glass lantern slides
- Box 92: Large Loose Photos: 1902-1955
- Box 93: Large Loose Photos: 1956-1969
- Box 94: Large Loose Photos: 1970-2005
- Series XIII: Early Korea Photos
- Box 95: Samuel Austin Moffett - Seoul in the 1890s
- Box 96: Samuel Austin Moffett – Pyengyang: Seminary and Station (1900s)
- Box 97: Samuel Austin Moffett Photos, 1884-1910
- Box 98: Samuel Austin Moffett Photos: 1890s
- Box 99: Moffett Korean Pictures: Negatives 1967-1970
- Box 100: Moffett Albums, Pyengyang (2); 1912-16, 1920s
- Box 101: Lucia Fish Moffett Album, Pyengyang 1913-1920s
- Box 102: Moffett Albums, Pyengyang (2); 1915-36 (mostly), 1925-30
- Box 103: Old Negatives
- Series XIV: More Loose Photos
- Box 104: Large Loose Photos (Korea) 1890-1909
- Box 105: Large Loose Photos (Korea) 1910-1919
- Box 106: Large Loose Photos (Korea) 1920-1929
- Box 107: Large Loose Photos (Korea) 1930-2000
- Box 108: 4x6 Loose Photos (Korea) 1890-2000
- Box 109: Old Korea Images: Photos for Lecture, Presentation, and Digitization 1890s-1930s
- Box 110: Korea and Samuel Austin Moffett Photos, 1890s (photocopies)
- Box 111: Moffett Loose Photos, 1956-57
- Box 112: Moffett Loose Photos, 1958, 5x7 sequences
- Box 113: Moffett Loose Photos, 1959-60
- Box 114: Moffett Loose Photos, 1961-65
- Box 115: Moffett Loose Photos, 1970-73
- Box 116: Moffett Loose Photos, 1973
- Box 117: Moffett Loose Photos, 1974-76
- Box 118: Miscellaneous Moffett Family Loose Photos, 1920s-80s
- Albums of Selected Old Korea Images
- Box of Glass Lantern Slides
Book Collection
Samuel H. Moffett also donated to Princeton Theological Seminary his extensive library of over 1,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals on Korean history and culture, Korean Christianity and Korean religions.
Due to copyright restrictions, only a small subset of the Book Collection is digitally presented here. Not every item included is the personal copy from the Moffett collection. If the same edition of the same title was digitized previously, we link to that copy here rather than digitize the same edition twice.