Mowry Family Photographs
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA.A2010.04
name: label: Creator
content: Mowry, Eli, 1880-1970
place: label: Place
content: Korea
label: Place
content: Pyongyang (Korea)
topic: label: Topic
content: Missions
label: Topic
content: Christian education
creator: label: Creator
content: Mowry, Eli, 1880-1970
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content: Mowry Family Photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Reverend Eli Mowry was a Presbyterian missionary and educator, originally from Ohio. In 1909 he moved to Pyongyang with his family, where they lived until 1941. Mowry eventually became head of Soongsil Academy, which was eventually to become Soongsil University. In 1919, Eli Mowry was arrested by Japanese authorities for harboring anti-Japanese student protesters. His incarceration and trial became an international incident. In 1950, Mowry was awarded the Decoration of Honor, Third Order, from the Republic of Korea. In 1968, he and his wife Lois received an additional special citation from the Korean government.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 152 Photographs (Black and White silver gelatin prints; Postcards)
label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1940
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Miriam Stein, 2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2010.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Photographs are numbered individually with no attempt to organize by subject. Arranged by photograph number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One hundred fifty two photographic prints and postcards, compiled by the family of Eil Mowry during their residence in Pyongyang between 1909 and 1940. Photographs were taken mostly by Eli Mowry and son David Mowry, although a number of the photographs apparently derive from commercial sources. Prints are primarily black and white silver gelatin prints, with a small number of commercial postcards. Subjects include personal photographs of family and friends, the foreign compound, church and school activities, views of Pyongyang, Daegu, and Incheon, and various Korean scenes, life and customs. Many photographs are considerably damaged due to a house fire in the 1980s.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 마우리 목사는 미국 오하이오주 출신으로 1909년 북장로파 선교사로 한국에 왔다. 평양 숭실학교 교장 및 숭실대학[현 숭실대학의 전신]에서 5대 학장을 지내며 학생들을 가르쳤다. 일제치하 신사참배를 거부하였고, 학생들에게 민족주의 사상을 심어주었다. 항일운동을 하는 학생들을 자신의 집에 숨겨주고 목숨을 구해주었으며, 이 일로 일본 경찰에 체포되어[1919년 4월 11일] 옥고를 치르기도 하였다. 평양의 장대현 장로교회에서 남성 성가대[찬양대]를 조직하여 지휘자로 활동함으로써 양악 전파에 기여하기도 하였다. 1968년 대한민국 정부로부터 건국훈장을 수상하였다.