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Yung-chol Kim papers
Collection
Identifier: 3325
Abstract
Yung-chol Kim (1929-2018) was a Korean American methodist pastor. A dedicated activist, he devoted his life to support human rights, democratization, and peaceful reunification of Korea, and helping Koreans in the United States. The collection consists of four boxes of textual materials.
Dates:
1963 - 2020
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Ken Klein collection of Korean American history
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3384
Abstract
This collection consists of Korean American history through photographs, printed ephemera, interviews, correspondences, slides, and audio from the 1940s to the 2010s.
Dates:
1945 - 2018
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Ko Won papers
Collection
Identifier: 3328
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Korean-American poet, human rights activist, and professor Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008).
Dates:
1950 - 2006
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Korean American Leftists in the 1950s collection
Collection
Identifier: 3000
Abstract
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1940 to 2003. This small collection comprises government documents from the INS as well as transcripts from the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) pertaining to suspected Communist connections amongst Koreans residing in the United States in the 1950s. The collection focuses primarily on Doo Sik Shynn, a North...
Dates:
1950-1961, 1988-1994
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Korean Independence newspaper collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3397
Abstract
Collection consists of bound copies of the bilingual publication Korean Independence.
Dates:
1943 - 1947
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Documents of the Korean National Association Building
Collection
Identifier: 3302
Abstract
The Korean National Association building dedicated in Los Angeles in 1938, served as the headquarters for several Korean organizations. Among these were the Korean National Association (Kungminhoe) itself, the United Korean Committee in America, the Korean Chamber of Commerce in America, the Korea Relief Society, and the newspaper Sinhan Minbo (New Korea). The documents in this collection are the records that have remained in the KNA building to the present day and document many of the major...
Dates:
1945 - 1964
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Korean National Association in Hawaii and related lawsuits collection
Collection
Identifier: 3004
Abstract
By the year 1905 more than 7,000 Koreans populated the Territory of Hawaii. In 1909, the Korean National Association in Hawaii was established, along with a main headquarters in San Francisco, with a purpose for uniting all Koreans in the United States in a common cause. This small collection comprises lawsuits filed by the KNA and affiliated persons living in Hawaii between the period of 1915 and 1945, as well as some non-KNA related cases, unified by the struggle for political leadership...
Dates:
1915 - 1945
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library