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Paul Courtright papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3330
Abstract
The Paul Courtright papers contain photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, reports, books, correspondence, journals, and other material collected and/or created by Paul Courtright, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea from 1979 to 1981. While working with leprosy patients in rural South Korea, Courtright witnessed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Courtright later published a book, Witnessing Gwangju: A...
Dates:
1905 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Harry L. Ettinger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3333
Abstract
The Harry L. Ettinger papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, collected publications, and other material belonging to American philanthropist Harry L. Ettinger. In 1966, Ettinger--then serving as the director of the American-Korean Foundation--established a leprosy rehabilitation center in southeastern Seoul known as Ettinger Village. Ettinger was also a close associate of Syngman Rhee, who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. The Harry L....
Dates:
1950 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Neil Flowers North Korea Journal photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3037
Abstract
North Korea Journal: 2002 is a large album (30 cm x 42 cm) of photographs taken by poet, screenwriter, writer, director, actor, editor, and USC alumnus Neil Flowers during a trip to North Korea (DPRK) in June 2002. Flowers, a Canadian who lives and works in Los Angeles, was the only Caucasian amongst 19 Koreans from L.A. who were invited by the government to visit the DPRK. These Korean Angelenos (and Flowers) had been contributing financially to a noodle factory in Pyongyang that fed the...
Dates:
1995 - 2002
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
Korean War collection
Collection
Identifier: 3332
Abstract
The Korean War collection contains Chinese propaganda leaflets printed during the Korean War (1950-1953), restricted Chinese military maps, books of photographs, post-war North Korean propaganda, songs, a photograph album, posters, comic books, and illustrated propaganda created during and shortly after the Korean War. The leaflets in the collection include both propaganda printed in English that Chinese military forces dropped over American lines and also leaflets printed in Chinese...
Dates:
1950 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1953
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Don Pfeifer collection on Korean military, politics, and culture
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3377
Abstract
The Don Pfeifer collection on Korean military, politics, and culture contains Korean military albums, planners, newsletters, memorabilia, art, and other material collected by Donald M. Pfeifer (1949-). The majority of the material in the collection relates to Korean military and law enforcement entities, including the National Police in the Republic of Korea. The collection holds at least eight photograph albums identifying Korean military and law enforcement leadership and achievements,...
Dates:
1894 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Mary Shon papers
Collection
Identifier: 3012
Abstract
Mary Shon was a Korean-American social worker, teacher, and USC alum. This small collection consists primarily of yearbooks from Union Christian College and the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Korea. The collection also contains a photo album, a photo book on Syngman Rhee and two publications relating to Korean life.
Dates:
1924 - 1964
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
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
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library