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Charles Kim collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3359

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of directories for Korean American organizations, and VHS tapes of the KSCI-TV interview program LA Seoul. The directories include university groups, churches, companies, and other community organizations.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1970s-2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

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

Charles J. Kim is an alumnus of USC’s Political Science program. KSCI-TV is the leading over-the-air Asian language television station in the United States. It was founded in 1977 and since the beginning, KSCI-TV has served Southern California’s culturally diverse and multilingual community.

Extent

10.125 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Korean

Abstract

This collection consists of directories for Korean American organizations, and VHS tapes of the KSCI-TV interview program LA Seoul.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Charles J. Kim to the USC Korean Heritage Library.

Related Materials

The Joseph Cho papers (collection no. 3323) and the Charles Kim collection (collection no. 3359) both contain VHS recordings of interviews from the KSCI (channel 18) "LA-Seoul" interview series counducted by Young Kim circa 2002-2005.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Charles Kim collection
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2023 June
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

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library
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Los Angeles California 90089-1825 United States