Title:
Sun-Il Lee Collection

Identifier:
AM-025

Finding Aid

Scanned Files

Photos

Abstract

Sun-Il Lee (1894-1928) arrived on May 8, 1905 with his wife and three sons. Seung-Mu Lee, the eldest son, was 19 years old at arrival and got married in 1913. He had one daughter and one son, Annie Soon and Richard Ha Young. In November 1998, Mrs. Annie Soon Lee Tom and Mr./Mrs. Richard Lee gave the family collection kept by their youngest uncle, Seung-Shin Lee to Duk Hee Lee Murabayashi. Mrs. Murabayashi in turn donated the collection to the Center for Korean Studies at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.

Sun-Il Lee Collection contains Sun-Il Lee’s documents and relics, maps, and many books, including novels in Korean. Books, from the early 1900s. However, bibles and biblical references were appeared to be collected by Seung-Mu Lee. The Collection also includes many school materials/ documents, and photos of his family and early Korean immigrants.

Table of Contents

  • Series 1. Personal & Family documents
  • Series 2. Korean American Organizations’ Records
  • Series 3. Publications
  • Series 4. Maps
  • Series 5: Photo albums

Box 1

1.1 Folder Ch’ŏngnyŏnhoe changjŏng [청년회쟝졍]. Hawaii: Miryong Hawaii Honolulu hanin kyobosa [미령 하와이 호놀룰루 한인
교보사], April 1910.
1.2 Folder Constitution of Young Korean Academy. 흥사단약법.
1.3 Folder Hanin Chasŏnhoe: Hanin chasŏnhoe changchŏng kŭp sech'ik [韓人慈善會: 韓人慈善會章程及 細則]. September 21,
1905.
1.4 Folder Kyerim ch’unch’u [계림춘추], 2 vols. Honolulu: Hanin kyobosa [한인교보사], January 31, 1918.
1.5 Folder Notebook: handwritten lyrics of various songs; collector unknown. [1937?]
1.6 Folder Sun-Il Yee obituary [부고], July 7, 1928. 1 page; 7 copies.
1.7 Folder Sŏnŏnsŏ [선언서]. Kungmin konghoe [국민공회], (4/5/1921).
1.8 Folder Sŏnp'omun, hŏnpŏp, kigwanjojik [선포문, 헌법, 기관조직]. Kungmin taep'yo hoeŭi [국민대표회의], (6/7/1923).
1.9 Folder Notebook: Store record of Sun-Il Yee, 1906–1908.
1.10 Folder Taedong wiin An Chong-kŭn chŏn [大東偉人安重根傳].
1.11 Folder “Yŏnan” Yi ssi chokpo [延安李氏族譜] (“Yonan” Yi family Genealogy book). Volume 1. [1926?]
1.12 Folder “Yŏnan” Yi ssi chokpo [延安李氏族譜] (“Yonan” Yi family Genealogy book). Volume 2 . [1926?]
1.13 Folder Folder of loose handwritten documents.
1.14 Folder Folder of loose handwritten documents.
1.15 Folder Folder of loose handwritten documents.
1.16 Folder Folder of loose handwritten documents.
1.17 Folder Folder of loose handwritten documents, most in Korean but one letter in English, July 12, 1976.
1.18 Folder Japanese-language newspapers: The Hawaiian Commercial News (Honolulu), No. 68, March 1, 1929;
??, October 10, 1949.

Box 2

2.1 Folder Ch’oesin ch’odŭng sohak [最新初等小學], vol. 3. Seoul: Okho Sŏlim [玉虎書林], 1908.
2.2 Folder Chang, Chi- yŏn. Taehan sin chiji [大韓 新 地誌], vol. 2, 1907
2.3 Folder Ch’odŭng chiri kyogwasŏ [初等地理敎科書]. Seoul: Kungmin Kyoyukhoe [국민교육회], 1907.
2.4 Folder Ch’odŭng sohak [初等小學]. Seoul: Kungmin Kyoyukhoe [국민교육회],’ 1907.
2.5 Folder Ch’odŭng sohak [初等小學]. vol. 3. 2d. Seoul: Kungmin kyoyukhoe [국민교육회], 1907
2.6 Folder Ch’odŭng sohak [初等小學]. vol. 7. Seoul: Kungmin kyoyukhoe [국민교육회], 1907.
2.7 Folder Chomoktae [釣牧對]
2.8 Folder Chŏnun okp’yŏn [全韻玉篇]. Korea, 1910
2.9 Folder Chŭngsumumyŏllok taechŏn [增修無免錄大全]. Seoul: Taehan hwangsŏng kwanghak sŏp’ŏ [大韓皇城廣學書鋪]. 1906.
2.10 Folder Field, Eva H. 산슐신편 [Sanshul sinp'yon]. vol. 1. 대한셩교셔회, 1902

Box 3

3.1 Folder Hansŏnmun sinokp’yŏn [韓鮮文新玉編]. Seoul: Taech’ang Sŏgwan [大昌書館]. 1921
3.2 Folder Taehan chiji [大韓地誌]. vol. 2. Seoul: Pangmunsa [博文社], 1905
3.3 Folder Yŏngjo chachŏn [英朝字典] (English-Korean Dictionary). Seoul: Y.M.C.A. Printing Department, 1925
3.4 Folder Chang, To-bin. Yi Sun-sin chŏn [李舜臣傳]. Seoul: Koryŏgwan [高麗館], 1925
3.5 Folder Ch’ŏnjung kajŏl [天中佳節]. Seoul: Yuil Sŏgwan, 1913
3.6 Folder Hanŭm kwa Osŏng silgi [한음과 오성 실긔]. Seoul: sin’gu sŏlim [新舊書林] 1932
3.7 Folder Hongbaekhwa [紅白花]
3.8 Folder K'waenama [快男兒] Seoul: Yŏngch'ang Sŏgwan [永昌書館]
3.9 Folder Mujŏnghan ch’ŏngch’un [무정한 청춘]. Seoul: Yŏngch'ang Sŏgwan [永昌書館], 1926
3.10 Folder Noh, Ik-hyang. Changsejŏn [장세전]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1926
3.11 Folder Noh, Ik-hyang. Hong Kyŏng-rae silgi [洪景來實記]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1929
3.12 Folder Noh, Ik-hyang. Ŭljimundŏk silgi [乙支文德實記]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1929
3.13 Folder Pakhaenghan ch’ŏnyŏ [薄倖한 처녀]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館]
3.14 Folder Posimnok [보심록]

Box 4

4.1 Folder Samak ŭi kkot [사막의 꽃]. Seoul: Taesŏng Sŏrim [대성서림], 1935
4.2 Folder Tanballyŏng [단발령]
4.3 Folder Tongmyŏngwang silgi [東明王 實記]. 1921
4.4 Folder Yi, Kuk-cho. Ŭnsekye [銀世界]. vol. 1.
4.5 Folder Yi, Kwang-su: Hyŏngmyŏngga ŭi anhae [혁명가의 안해]. Seoul: Samch’ollisa, 1930
4.6 Folder Yi, Kwang-su. Tanjong aesa [단종애사]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1935
4.7 Folder Injo taewang silgi [仁祖大王實記]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1930
4.8 Folder Han sibo ŭngnok [韓시報㒣錄]. Printed book containing novel based on Korean tale related to Han Myŏnghoe (韓明澮)
4.9 Folder 본향귀른
4.10 Folder Ch’ansyongga [찬숑가]. Seoul: Chosŏn Yesugyo Sŏhoe [조선예수교서회], 1931. The Hymnal of the Federal Council of the Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea. Revised and enlarged. Seoul: The Christian Literature Society of Korea, 1931
4.11 Folder Chilli [Truth]. Tokyo: Tŭngdaesa [燈臺社], 1935

Box 5

5.1 Folder Nippert’s Pastoral Theology. Adapted by F. Ohlinger. Foochow: M. E. Tract Society, 1901
5.2 Folder Shŏngkyŏng chŏnshŏ [셩경젼셔] (The Holy Bible in Korean). Seoul: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1927
5.3 Folder Sinyak chyŏnshyŏ [新約全書], (The Korean New Testament in Mixed Script). Seoul: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1909
5.4 Folder Sinyak chyŏnshyŏ [신약젼셔] (The Korean New Testament)

Box 6

6.1 Folder Sinyak Chyonshyo [신약젼셔]. The New Testament in Korean. American Bible Society. 1913
6.2 Folder White, E. G. The Desire of Ages. Mountain View: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1898
6.3 Folder Chang, Chi-yŏn. Man’guk samul kiwŏn yŏksa [萬國事物紀原歷史]. Seoul: Hwangsŏng sinmunsa [皇城新聞社], 1909
6.4 Folder Chibang chach’ije ron [地方自治制論]. Seoul: Yuil Sŏgwan [唯一書館], 1908
6.5 Folder Han’guk taesimwŏn [韓國 大審院]. Sinbŏmnyul [新法律]. Yilhan Inswae Chusik Hoesa [日韓 印刷 株式會社], 1910
6.6 Folder Kim, Sang-yŏn. Man’guksa [萬國史]. Seoul: Kwanghan sŏlim [廣韓 書林], 1909
6.7 Folder Namasa [羅馬史]. Seoul: Ilhan tŏsŏ inswae chusik hoesa [日韓圖書印刷株式會社], 1907
6.8 Folder Park, Unsik. Han’guk t'ongsa [韓國通史]. Honolulu: Kungmin bosha [국민보샤], 1917
6.9 Folder Park, Unsik. Han’guk tongnip undong chi hyŏlsa [韓國獨立運動之血史]. Shanghai: Yusinsa [維新社], 1920
6.10 Folder Chŭngdŭng man’guksa [中等萬國史]

Box 7

7.1 Folder Shon, Chung-san. Sammin chuŭ`i [三民主義]. Hyŏksinsa [革新社], 1933
7.2 Folder Sin nollihak [新論理學]. Shanghai: Shangwuyinshuguan, 1914
7.3 Folder Sin nollihak [新論理學]. Shanghai: Shangwuyinshuguan, 1914
7.4 Folder Tongsŏyang yŏksa [東西洋歷史]. vol. 1
7.5 Folder Tongsŏyang yŏksa [東西洋歷史]. vol. 2
7.6 Folder Yŏktae [歷代]
7.7 Folder Chipchu maengja [集註孟子]. Seoul: Yuil Sogwan, 1911

Box 8

8.1 Folder Ch’ohak kyeje [初學階梯]. vol. 2. Foochow: Mihwa Sŏguk [福州: 美華書局], 1888
8.2 Folder Ch’ohak kyeje [初學階梯]. vol. 4. Shanghai: Mihwa Sŏguk [美華書局]. 1902
8.3 Folder Chŏngmunjang kwebŏm p’yŏngnim chuhae [正文章軌範評林註解]
8.4 Folder Hyon, Kong-kyom. Ch' oesinsik puŭm ch’ŏktok [最新式附音尺牘]. Taech’ang Sŏgwan [大昌書館], 1914
8.5 Folder Kemp, E. G., The Face of Manchuria Korea and Russian Turkistan. London: Chatto windus, 1910
8.6 Folder Kyŏngsŏng baeksŭng [京城百勝] Seoul: Tonga ilbosa ch’ulp’anbu, 1929
8.7 Folder Noh, Ik-hyang. Sinsik ŏnmun kajŏng kandok [新式諺文家庭簡牘]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1924
8.8 Folder Park, Kon-hoe. Kŭmkangsan silgi [금강산실긔]. Seoul: Chosŏn Tosŏ Chusik Hoesa [조선도서주식회사], 1924
8.9 Folder Samchŏlli kangsan [三千里江山]. Sinhan Sŏgwan, 1911
8.10 Folder Sinsik yori chaebŏp [新式料理製法]. Seoul: Yŏngch'ang Sŏgwan [永昌書館], 1924
8.11 Folder Yangkye sillon [養鷄新論]
8.12 Folder Ibulsoshŏ kangŭi [以弗所書講義]. 1887

Box 9

9.1 Folder Ch’unmong [春夢]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館]. 1924
9.2 Folder Gale, Jas. S. Yumong ch’ŏnja [유몽천자]. Korean Religious Society. 1905
9.3 Folder Kŏmaeng [巨孟]
9.4 Folder Kŭnsarok [近思錄], vol. l
9.5 Folder Park, Chun-kyun. Ch'ongch’un ŭi mong. [靑春의 夢]. Seoul: Pangmun Sŏgwan [博文書館], 1925
9.6 Folder Segye sohak tokpon [세계소학독본]. vol. 2. Seoul: Munhwa Sŏgwan [文化書館], 1929
9.7 Folder Taehan chiji Kyogwasŏ [大韓地誌敎科書]. (Korean Geography). Taedong Sŏgwan [대동서관], 1908
9.8 Folder Tongguk myŏngjang chŏn [東國名將傳]. 1907
9.9 Folder Sinch’an ch’odŭng sohak [新纂初等小學]. vol. 2. Seoul: Hyŏnch'aega [玄采家], 1909
9.10 Folder Sinch’an ch’odŭng sohak [新纂初等小學]. vol. 3. Seoul: Hyŏnch'aega [玄采家], 1909
9.11 Folder Sinch’an ch’odŭng sohak [新纂初等小學]. vol. 4. Seoul: Hyŏnch'aega [玄采家], 1909
9.12 Folder Sinch’an ch’odŭng sohak [新纂初等小學]. vol. 5. Seoul: Hyŏnch'aega [玄采家], 1909
9.13 Folder Sinch’an ch’odŭng sohak [新纂初等小學]. vol. 6. Seoul: Hyŏnch'aega [玄采家], 1909

Box 10

10.1 Folder Yi, Kwang-su. Chaesaeng [再生]. vol. 1. Seoul: Hoedong Sŏgwan [淮東書館], 1926.
10.2 Folder Yi, Kwang-su. Chaesaeng [再生]. vol. 2. Seoul: Hoedong Sŏgwan [淮東書館], 1926.
10.3 Folder Yi, Kwang-su. Chosŏn ŭi hyŏnje wa changrae [조선의 현재와 장래]. Seoul: Hŭngmundang [興文堂], 1923.
10.4 Folder 마가복음주셕 [The Conference Commentary on St. Mark’s Gospel. Translated from the Chinese by Yi Won Keung.] Seoul: The Dong-Yang-Suh-Won, 1911.
10.5 Folder 요한복음주셕 [The Conference Commentary on the Gospel Saint John by C.H. Min.] Seoul: The Dong-Yang-Suh-Won, 1912.
10.6 Folder Choeak yŏgŏn [罪惡繹言]. Shanghai: Shanghai Meihua Shugaun. [上海美華書館], 1891.
10.7 Folder
10.8 Folder Chŏnsuchaep'yŏnch'a [錢收齋编次].

Box 11

11.1 - 11.50 Photographs. Pages from one or more disassembled photograph albums, each containing a varying number of variously sized photographs and ephemera. This folder contains 304 photographs and 47 items of memorabilia or ephemera. Most of the images are photographic prints, but some are items clipped from published media.

Box 12

12.1 - 12.50 Photographs. Pages from one or more disassembled photograph albums, each containing a varying number of variously sized photographs and ephemera. This folder contains 325 photographs and 13 other items of memorabilia or ephemera. Most of the images are photographic prints, but some are items clipped from published media.

Box 13

13.1 - 13.36 Photographs. Pages from one or more disassembled photograph albums, each containing a varying number of variously sized photographs and ephemera and some loose photographs. This folder contains 43 photographs and 46 other items of memorabilia or ephemera. Most of the images are photographic prints, but some are items clipped from published media.

Box 14

14.1 Folder Fabric mail pouch, approximately 10 inches by 15 inches, with handwritten information on the outside.
14.2 Folder Passports issued by the Korean Imperial Foreign Office, Kwangmu [1906] 10, 9th month, 4th day??, for Sun-Il Lee and --- Lee. 11.5 inches by 12.75 inches.
14.3 Folder License to perform marriage ceremonies issued to the Rev. S.I. Yee, February 24, 1916. 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches
14.4 Folder Certificate of appointment as an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church issued to Sun Yil Lee, March 11, 1917. 9.5 inches by 12 inches.
14.5 Folder Korean Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School cradle roll certificate issued for issued for Woo Young Lee (리우영), child of Sung Moo Lee and Sung Sil Lee, born April 25, 1920. March 27, 1924. 10.5 inches by 13.5 inches.
14.6 Photograph Portrait of the Reverend and Mrs. Sun Il Lee. Mounted on cloth base. 16 inches by 20 inches. No date. Poor condition
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