Sub-series 2: Records of the Mackenzie family and missionaries of the Presbyterian / Uniting Church in Australia to Korea, 1905-1989

MLMSS 10168/Boxes 82-83

sub-series

1905-1989

9664218

0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Records of the Mackenzie family and missionaries of Presbyterian / Uniting Church in Australia to Korea including Miss Mary Kelly (Mackenzie), inscribed by Rev. John Brown, with files mainly compiled with inscribed titles and annotated, with notes, by Helen Mackenzie.

BOX 82
File 1: Korea 1905-10, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents by and relating to Mary Kelly, including photocopied typescript of The Diary of Mary Mackenzie (nee Kelly) / Korea 1905-Apr. 1907 / Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union (Australian), 1905-1910
File 2: Korea 1911-13, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including letter from Nellie Scholes in Chinju to Walter Counsell, 28 June 1913, with enclosed photograph of historical building overlooking the Chinju River, and letter from D.M. Lyall in Chinju to Miss [Mary] Kelly, 8 May 1911, 1911-1913
File 3: Korea 1914-1917, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including letter from Belle to Mollie, 12 Apr. 1915, and two pen & ink drawings of Rev. James Noble Mackenzie by Alan F. Reid, 1917, 1914-1917
File 4: Korea 1918-22, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including ‘Declaration of Alien about to depart for the United States’ signed by James Noble Mackenzie, American Consulate, Melbourne, 19 June 1918, with attached photographs of him and wife, Mary Mackenzie, 1918-1922
File 5: ‘[Korea] 1923-26’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including letters received by Rev. James Noble Mackenzie and newscutting of his death in 1956, 1923-1926, 1956
File 6: ‘[Korea] 1927-29’
File 7: ‘[Korea] 1930-33’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including history of Fusan Leper Asylum by Mary Mackenzie, Fusanchin, Korea, 10 Feb. 1930, 1930-1933
File 8: ‘[Korea] 1934-37’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including articles and reports by Rev. James Noble Mackenzie and Mary Mackenzie, and booklet The story of Eesoonie by A.M. Mathew, 1934-1937
File 9: ‘[Korea] 1938-39’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents, including correspondence relating to Shrine Issue, 1939, and departure of Rev. James Noble Mackenzie from Korea, with letter from Dr Horace G. Underwood to Helen Mackenzie, 2 Mar. 1989, 1938-1939, 1989
File 10: ‘1940-41 [1942]’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents relating to Rev. James Nobel Mackenzie, 1940-1942
File 11: ‘1942-1950’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents relating to Rev. James Nobel Mackenzie, including the publication of his autobiography, 1942-1950
File 12: ‘1950-1956’, being mainly original and photocopied letters and documents relating to Rev. James Nobel Mackenzie, 1950-1956
File 13: ‘Undated’, being material on leprosy, including document written in Korean, no date

BOX 83
File 1: ‘Korea – before 1905 – Mostly Andrew Ray re J.H. Mackay’ with other file title ‘Personal file J.H. Mackay – Korea Missionary’, inscribed by Rev. John Brown, being mainly biographical research material on Mackay with transcription of his selected letters, compiled by Dr Helen Mackenzie, 1891-1996
File 2: Untitled file relating to Rev John Brown’s research on the history of Mission in Korea, including material passed on by Dr Helen Mackenzie, 1891-2001
File 3: ‘2002 Buildings’, being mainly original and copied photographs of, with related material on, missionaries and staff of various Korean institutions, 1895-2002
File 4: ‘J N Mackenzie’, being processed typescript of The Mackenzie Family [196-?]; computed typed transcript of interview between Elder Lee Sung Gon, Deacon Kim and Mrs Young Ok Dowling at Yongho-dong in Pusan, Republic of Korea, 12 Sept. 1998, and copy of letter from Helen Mackenzie to Horace G. Underwood [?], 14 Aug. 1993, [196-]-1998
File 5: ‘Helen Mackenzie’, being correspondence of Rev. John Brown with Helen Mackenzie, 1994
File 6: ‘Helen Mackenzie’ relating to birthday celebration for Helen Mackenzie, 18 Oct. 2003, 2003
File 7: ‘Helen Mackenzie’ mainly relating to thanksgiving services to honour Helen Mackenzie (1913-2009), including photograph of Helen [194-?] and letter received by her from Horace G. Underwood, 31 Aug. 1993, [194-?]-2012
File 8: ‘Mackenzie Miss Cath M.’ relating to obituary for Catherine Margaret Mackenzie (1915-2005) by Rev. John Brown, including some of her photocopied letters from Korea, 1970-1978, 1970-2005
File 9: ‘MJK Handwritten Reports May 06 – Nov 09’, being photocopied diary entries and letters of Mary Jane Kelly [Mary Mackenzie] in Korea, with enclosed draft letter from Helen Mackenzie to Wendy?, 3 Feb. 1995, 1905-1909
File 10: ‘Mins [Minutes] PWMU 1906 – (Readings 1986 & 1996)’, being notes and listings by Helen Mackenzie, 1986-1996
File 11: ‘Dr Helen Mackenzie’, being lists of slides in her collection
File 12: ‘Sundry Photos of Australian Missionaries to Korea – Dr Helen Mackenzie’, being copied photographs of Korean activities and building of Australian Presbyterian Hospital, [Il Sin]1954-1955, sent to Helen Mackenzie from friends in Australia and the United States, and Korean map, 1972, 1954-2002
Files 13: ‘Letters to Mother [Mary Mackenzie] from Jean Lane [and others]’, 1939-1941
File 14: ‘Mackenzie Foundation’, being printed material and two photographs, one of Rev. John Brown and Korean medical officer, 1972-[197-]

English, Korean

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