Sang Joon Park collection on Korean science fiction
Scope and Contents
A collection of 79 pamphlets, leaflets, event programs, fliers, and other ephemera relating to Korean science fiction. The material in this collection was assembled by Sang Joon Park, the founding president of the Korea SF Association. Since its emergence in the early twentieth century, Korean science fiction has formed a significant part of the Korean cultural tradition. The material in this collection dates between 1995 and 2021. Events documented in the collection include film festivals, fantasy and science fiction conventions, science fiction awards ceremonies, book festivals, workshops, and contests located in South Korea. Publishers represented in the collection include the Gwacheon National Science Museum, Hyun-Jun Choi, SF Research Forum, Science Fiction Writers Union of the Republic of Korea (SFWUK), Korea SF Association, Chuncheon SF Film Festival (CCFF), Daegu Biwon Library, and the Gwangmyeong Cave International Fantasy Festival (GIFFESTA).
Dates
- Creation: 1995 - 2021
Creator
- Park, Sang Joon (Person)
- Korea SF Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. 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 Department of 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
Korean
English
Abstract
A collection of 79 pamphlets, leaflets, event programs, fliers, and other ephemera relating to Korean science fiction. The material in this collection was assembled by Sang Joon Park, the founding president of the Korea SF Association. Since its emergence in the early twentieth century, Korean science fiction has formed a significant part of the Korean cultural tradition. The material in this collection dates between 1995 and 2021. Events documented in the collection include film festivals, fantasy and science fiction conventions, science fiction awards ceremonies, book festivals, workshops, and contests located in South Korea. Publishers represented in the collection include the Gwacheon National Science Museum, Hyun-Jun Choi, SF Research Forum, Science Fiction Writers Union of the Republic of Korea (SFWUK), Korea SF Association, Chuncheon SF Film Festival (CCFF), Daegu Biwon Library, and the Gwangmyeong Cave International Fantasy Festival (GIFFESTA).
Arrangement
The material in this collection is arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Panmun Book Company, March 30, 2022.
Separated Materials
The USC Libraries cataloged most of the books and magazines that came in with this acquisition separately via the USC Libraries' integrated library system. The cataloged books and magazines are available via the USC Libraries' main catalog search.
Subject
- Park, Sang Joon -- Archives (Person)
- Korea SF Association -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Ephemera
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Leaflets (printed works)
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Printed ephemera
- Programs (documents)
Topical
- Fantasy literature -- Archival resources
- Film festivals -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources
- Science fiction -- Film adaptations -- Archival resources
- Science fiction conventions -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources
- Science fiction films -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources
- Science fiction, Korean -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Sang Joon Park collection on Korean science fiction
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- This finding aid's collection-level description is in English. However, the item-level description--compiled by Panmun Book Company--is mostly written in Korean.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1825 United States