NTE2pc164.xml Guide to the Drucker Photographs of Korea and Japan 1910-1940s Drucker Photographs of Korea and Japan Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2017 Finding aid encoded by Doug Lambeth. 2017 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections PC 164 Drucker Photographs of Korea and Japan 1910-1940s .25 linear feet of shelf space 1 box, 115 images Approximately 115 photographs, primarily of North Korea under Japanese occupation, circa the 1910s and 1920s. Approximately ten images from Japan are included. The materials were collected by Minnie Barstow Drucker, who was raised in a far eastern trading family. All notes and titles are in English. In the album, some Korean or Japanese writing can be found within some of the photographsAll notes and titles are in English. In the album, some Korean or Japanese writing can be found within some of the photographs

Minnie Barstow was born in Yokohama, Japan on Nov. 22, 1888, the only child of a far eastern sea trader, Captain E.S. Barstow, and his wife, “a lady of noble oriental descent.” After 1897 Minnie was raised in Chinnampo, Korea, and then was educated at the Yokohama French Convent, the American Missionary School at Pyen Yang, and the Pratt Institute in New York. On Feb. 14, 1912, she married mining engineer Arthur E. Drucker in Seoul, Korea. The Druckers came to Pullman, WA in 1926 when Arthur accepted a position as Dean of the Washington State College School of Mines and Geology. Minnie passed away in Pullman on October 4, 1940.

In 1936 the Druckers donated approximately 200 books to the WSC Libraries in memory of Minnie’s father, Captain E.S. Barstow, as the Drucker Oriental Library. In 1944, Arthur Drucker donated a collection of Asian furniture, accessories, art, textiles, and costumes to WSC as the Minnie Barstow Drucker Collection of Oriental Art. The majority of the art materials had been collected by Minnie or her parents during their time in Asia. Initially housed in White Honors Hall, as of 2017 the art collection is administered by the WSU President’s Office and only viewable by appointment.

The majority of the images in the collection are contained in a scrapbook depicting Korea under Japanese rule, likely in the 1910s or 1920s. An additional 14 loose images depict Korea, Japan, or the Druckers and associated, likely in this same timeframe. The few non-photographic items, ships menus and documentation of the Drucker Art Collection, date from the 1930s and 1940s.

The folders of photographs are arranged in a subject-based order, and the few non-photographic items reside at the end of the collection.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions apply.

[Item Description] Drucker Photographs of Korea and Japan, 1910-1940s

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Accession information on these images is nearly lost; they were received at the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) sometime prior to 2000, apparently from a T. White (it’s possible this could be an abbreviation indicating these were transferred from White Hall). In 2003, it was accessioned as UPC-0023.

The collection was processed in March, 2017 by University Archivist Mark O'English. Items were foldered upon accessioning in 2003, and refoldered in 2017. Other than unframing two photographs in 2017, all original formatting and labeling was retained.

A title guide to the books of the original donation of the Drucker Oriental Library is held in MASC as Cage 1799.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Korea -- History -- Japanese Occupation -- 1910-1945 -- Photographs Photographs 1 1 1910 ca. Barstow home, Korea. 1 image. 2 Drucker, Arthur E. 1 image. 3 Japan. Hand-tinted photographs, unframed in 2017. Mt. Fuji; forest scene. 2 images. 4 1912 Korean woman servant. With two Caucasian children. 1 image. 5 1939 Mrs. A.E. Drucker Book Collection display. 1 image. 6 Nikko, Japan. Hand-tinted photographs. 7 images. 7 1910s Photo album. Images are undated and unlabeled, but most images are stamped “Meijiya. Heijo.” This would seem to indicate that at least those photographs are of Pyongyang, today the capital of North Korea (Pyongyang was known as Heijo while under Japanese rule from 1910-1945). At least some of the images of are of Seoul; some may be Busan. 96 photographs. 8 Temple or pagoda image. Unidentified. 1 image. 9 1922 Van Ess, Thomas William Jr. (age 3) & Van Ess, Winifred. (age 6 months). 1 image. 10 1940s Minnie Barstow Drucker Art Collection labels. 2 items. 11 1936 Shipboard menus, from S.S. President Jefferson and S.S. President McKinley. 2 items. 12 Documentation on the Druckers, collected in 2017.