Ko Won papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Korean-American poet, human rights activist, and professor Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008). Materials include papers related to the Korean democracy movement that Ko Won participated in, dating from the 1970s and 1980s, with many files relating to Korean poet, dissident, and political prisoner Kim Chi-ha. There are also files related to Ko's involvement and writing for the literary and humanitarian organization PEN American Center/ West. The collection also contains manuscript drafts and published writings by Ko and some correspondence, notes, transcripts, class materials, some files related to book projects, photographs, and a sketchbook.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 2006
Creator
- Ko, Wŏn, 1925- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Korean Heritage Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Korean Heritage 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008), known by the pen name Ko Won, was born and educated in Korea before studying in England and immigrating to the United States in 1964. He received an MFA from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Comparative Literature from New York University. He was an associate professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and later taught at the University of California, Riverside, and the University of La Verne. Ko published his own poetry and translations of poetry in English and Korean.
Extent
6.33 Linear Feet (9 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
Korean
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Korean-American poet, human rights activist, and professor Ko Sung-Won (1925-2008).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Young Ah Ko, 2018.
Processing Information
Initial processing by Jiin Park in October 2020. Work included arrangement, physical re-housing of materials, and the creation of this finding aid. This collection is not fully processed.
Subject
- Ko, Wŏn, 1925- -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for Ko Won papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Diann Benti, with initial description and processing by Jiin Park in October 2020.
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Most of the description for this collection is written in English. However, much of the item-level description also includes Korean transcribed from collection material.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1825 United States