DescriptionGriffis begins by retelling his encounter with Min Yong Ik, describing it as his first time meeting a Korean “in the flesh”. Griffis proceeds to explain the political situation in which Min Yong...
DescriptionGriffis begins by explaining Korea’s long history of diplomatic marriages and treaties. These agreements ostensibly placed Korea within a growing union of sovereign nations, however it is clear that...
DescriptionGriffis retells the bloody history of Korea and its position within East Asia, describing Korea as the "Belgium of Asia". The military history between Japan and Korea has been immortalized in...
DescriptionA conversation among members of the Ewha Family; Alice Appenzeller, Marie Church, Marion Conrow, Jeannete Hulbert, Esther Hulbert, Mary Young, Alice Kim Jung, Laura Ye, Edna Van Fleet, Moneta Troxel,...
DescriptionGriffis reflects on the previously negative perceptions of Christian influence on East Asia over a period of fifty years. As he returns to Japan, Korea, and Manchuria, Griffis is pleasantly surprised...
DescriptionGriffis retells a tale that mothers and nurses in New Brunswick, New Jersey would tell their children to make them behave. He relates the story of the invading Hessians and the lasting Hessian flies...
DescriptionMap of South River [then known as the village of Washington, part of North Brunswick]. Surveyed and drawn by R[ichard] Van Dyke Reid, March, 1851. Original map is 21.25" x 29.25" – Scan is of an 8"...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
DescriptionColor photograph of a new space color TV camera that can function under lunar lighting conditions ranging from dawn to high noon is displayed at RCA's Astro-Electronics Division, Princeton, N.J. RCA...
