Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph album #1, 1959 July-October

Containers:

Box 1

Scope and content:

This spiral-bound album houses approximately 121 page-mounted and 5 loose sleeved photographs with typed captions and dates from July to October, 1959. Then-Colonel Ramsey came to Korea to serve as the U.S. Army advisor to the Korean National Defense College, near , South Korea, in July 1959.

The photographs are numbered. The first group is from Ramsey's first days at the National Defense College and includes shots of campus exteriors and interiors, and his quarters. There are images from side trips to rice paddies, the "Chang Duk Palace"(Changdeok Palace), Chang Gyung Won Gardens (part of present-day Changgyeong Palace), a visit by Miss Korea 1959, and August and October, 1959 Military Armistice Commission (MAC) meetings attended by North and South Koreans and U.S. personnel. There is a brochure and map of one of the palaces. Small panoramic shots of Seoul are included.

Many group photographs of officials are present. There is one image of Major General Lloyd Ramsey where he is described as a new Senior Advisor of the National Defense College in the Korean Republic. There are also images of Korean Generals Kyung Nok Choi, Lim Hang Bak, and Woo Joo Chang.

Physical / technical access:

Almost none of the photographs are numbered. Most are sized 3 1/8 inches square. There are several gaps where single photographs are missing.

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