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Joseph Cho papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3323
Abstract Joseph Cho (1943 - ) is a Korean American journalist, entrepreneur, and politician. He served as a councilmember and mayor of the City of Cerritos. The collection consists of photographs, VHS videotapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, scrapbooks, correspondence and other documents mostly dating from the 1980s to the 2000s. The items are on the topics of the City of Cerritos, council meetings, election campaigns, Korean American history, events in Southern California, a unification of North and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1982 - 2015

Steven Sok-Yol Lee (이석렬 李錫烈 Yi Sŏng-nyŏl) papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3326
Abstract

The collection contains a box of mixed materials mostly dating from the 1960s to 2010s. Topics include military dictatorship's crackdown on the freedom of the press which targeted in particular the Dong-A Ilbo by suppressing its advertisements; reunification of Korea; relations between Korea, the U.S, and Japan during the South Korea-Japan normalization treaty of 1965.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1962 - 2014

Won Tai Sohn papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3029
Abstract

This small collection is comprised primarily of printed materials and manuscript drafts collected and created by Korean-American physician Won Tai Sohn (1914-2014), a close friend of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (1912-1994). Items chiefly date from the 1970s to early 2000s and include articles, clippings, and drafts of Sohn's memoirs regarding his relationship with Sung. It also contains photographs, certificates, personal papers, and ephemera.

Dates: 1917 - 2004

Nak Chung Thun papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3331
Abstract

This collection contains the literary archive of Korean-American writer Nak Chung Thun (1875-1953), including the handwritten manuscripts for novels, stories, and essays. There are also some family papers including two yearbooks of Samson Thun from Dinuba Union High School (1924-1925) and the biographical writing of Ellen Thun.

Dates: circa 1920s-1990s