Jason Hahn (Hahn Chang-Ho) papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers and memorabilia of First National Air Force member Jason Hahn (born Hahn Chang-Ho in 1893). Hahn was a Korean immigrant in California after being exiled from Korea following his attempts to establish the first Korean Independent Air Force and forming an alliance with An Ch'ang-ho. Items in this collection consists of an embroidered handkerchief, photograph negatives, a traditional Korean clothing item, religious books in Korean, a plaque, flag, certificates, a 1974 banner, correspondences, newspaper clippings, photocopies of scrapbook pages, videotapes, and magazines.
The "Korean Culture" magazine, produced by the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles on korean culture includes an article written about Hahn as well as a fictionalized story about his life written by his son, Richard S. Hahn, M.D.
The VHS and umatic tapes include an interview with Hahn in 1994 by Quan Chang and an oral and film history of Hahn Chang-ho and his family in celebration of his 90th birthday in 1984.
Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1994
Creator
- Hahn, Jason, b. 1893 (Person)
- Hahn, Chang-Ho, b. 1893 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Jason Hahn (born Hahn Chang-Ho in 1893) was a Korean immigrant to the United States after being exiled from Korea. He attempted to establish the first Korean Independent Air Force and formed an alliance with An Ch'ang-ho. While in California, Hahn was part of the first established group of the First Korean National Air Force trained in Redwoods, California.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Korean
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal papers and memorabilia of First National Air Force member Jason Hahn (born Hahn Chang-Ho in 1893).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Richard Hahn, 1986-1987
Subject
- Hahn, Chang-Ho, b. 1893 -- Archives (Person)
- Hahn, Jason, b. 1893 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Jason Hahn (Hahn Chang-Ho) papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez & Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1825 United States