Call Number:

RG5.227

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Date:

1980-1991 (inclusive)

Creator:

Bailey, C. Lloyd (Charles Lloyd), -1918, Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Friend in the Orient Committee, Seoul Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society Of Friends, Ham, Sok-hon, 1901-, and Bailey, Mary Margaret

Abstract:

C. Lloyd Bailey and his wife, Mary Margaret, visited Korea for a year (1983-1984) under the auspices of the Friends in the Orient Committee of Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. They provided guidance and spiritual support for Seoul Monthly Meeting, which they continued through correspondence after their return to the United States. This collection contains the Baileys’ correspondence relating to their trip to Korea and their continued correspondence with Korean Quakers. Writings by and relating to Ham Sok Hon, a Korean Quaker teacher, are also included.

Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends sponsored a Friend in the Orient Committee which worked with Seoul Monthly Meeting in Korea. The members of Seoul Monthly Meeting had requested a year-long visit from a family of American Quakers to give them spiritual guidance, but the Committee had been unable to find anyone willing to undertake the journey. In 1982, Rose Lewis, Clerk of the Committee, contacted C. Lloyd Bailey and Mary Margaret Bailey of Scarsdale Monthly Meeting, New York, who agreed to the assignment.

C. Lloyd Bailey (1918-2001) had recently retired as president of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. He was a life-long Quaker, worked for many years for Friends Committee on National Legislation, and was active in Quaker education, non-violence, and peace concerns. Margaret Bailey was a retired special education teacher. They left in 1983 and stayed through 1984, when they returned to their home meeting in New York. After their return to the U.S., the Baileys continued to keep in touch with the clerk of Seoul Monthly Meeting and other members of the meetings, offering both personal friendship and guidance on the development and inner workings of the monthly meeting.

This collection also includes information on and writings by Sok-hon Ham. Hon (also referred to as Ham Sok-Hon), was an influential Korean Quaker teacher and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

This collection contains primarily the correspondence of C. Lloyd and Margaret Bailey relating to their year-long ministry in Korea and their continuing concern with Quakers in Korea. It includes their correspondence with Rose Lewis, clerk of Friend in the Orient Committee, concerning the decision to go to Korea. It contains the Baileys’ correspondence and reports from Korea, as well as their correspondence with the clerk and members of Seoul Monthly Meeting after their return to the United States. Writings by and relating to Sok-hon Ham, a Korean Quaker teacher, are also included.

Organization: Organized in 4 series: 1. Correspondence and trip arrangements; 2. Correspondence during Korea trip; 3. Post-Korea trip correspondence; 4. Ham Sok Hon Material.