| Description | Album containing black & white photographs, given to the Korean Mission by Wilfrid Nicholas Gurney, priest with the Korean Mission (1903-919). Includes images of Wilfred Gurney and his family, including Augustus William Gurney (1825-1888), his four sisters, Lilian, Rosamond, Mildred and Freda Gurney, and his nephew, Richard H. Gurney; places in England associated with Rev. Gurney's work, including Bewdley, England; St. Michael's College and Church, Tenbury; St. Mary Magdalen Church, Little Hereford; staff at All Saint's, Leamington, 1900; Brandon House, Cheltenham; Tregony, Cornwall; Micheldean, Gloucester; St. Mary, Holmbury. Images of Korea include St. Paul's Church, Chinchun; St. Peter & Paul, Kanghoa [Kanghwa]; Bishop's House, Seoul. Images of people in Korea include Rev. Turner; Bishop Charles John Corfe.
Loose photographs found with the album include images of the Palace in Seoul after the fire, 14 Apr 1904; the Emperor of Korea and the Crown Prince; funeral procession of Empress Dowager; group of Catechumens at On-Son-Tony; Kanghoa [Kanghwa] Church; ward in Chemulpo Hospital; postcards depicting scenes of Korea and Japan. |