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Pacific Rim Archive: Shannon McCune collection

Provides access to archival collections relating to Westerners' involvement in East Asia between the 1840s and 1940s.

George S. McCune's family

Shannon McCune

Shannon McCune (1913-1993) was the youngest child of George McCune (1872-1941), a prominent Methodist missionary to Korea. As a geographer of East Asia, particularly of Korea and Japan, McCune became a leading authority on maps of Korea. His collection includes many photographs, maps, notes and writings.

Funeral procession in Pyongyang