School children small group (full)

School children small group (full)

This photo image shows school children in Seoul, Korea. Western Christian missionaries founded the first modern schools in Kora, playing a critical role in creating the foundation for a modern educational system. A group from the North Methodist Church led by Henry G. Appenzeller founded the first missionary school in Korea, Pai Chai Hakdang (1885). The following year, a Presbyterian group founded a boys' high school, Gyeongsin School (1886). A Methodist mission group founded Korea's first school for girls, Ewha Hakdang (1886). Five other missionary schools were founded in major Korean cities in the years following.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Sidney D. Gamble photographs

School children small group, Sidney D. Gamble photographs, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.