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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
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
David Hyun papers
Collection
Identifier: 3027
Abstract
David Hyun, son of Reverend Soon Hyun, was the first ever-Korean American architect and a self-described essayist. He is best known for his 1978 design of the Japanese Village Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, as part of a revitalization of Little Tokyo, and his dedication to documenting his father's work in the Korean Independence movement of 1919. His papers consist primarily of writings (by both himself and others), photographs, and architectural drawings and renderings. They also contain...
Dates:
1774 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1919 - 2003
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
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
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library