North Korean children's booklets
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of comics and illustrated story books for children in North Korea. The publications are in black and white, and in color and feature military and agricultural imagery and authoritarian themes.
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 1991
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 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.
Biographical / Historical
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship, leading to heavily controlled publications. Children’s literature instills self-reliance and loyalty to the country and the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung (1912-1994).
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Korean
Abstract
Collection consists of comics and illustrated story books for children in North Korea.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Choonja Kim, late 1980s.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the North Korean children's booklets
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 July
- 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