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Helen Paik Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3350
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of Helen Paik Chen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
China Society of Southern California records
Collection
Identifier: 3311
Abstract
The China Society of Southern California was founded in 1935 as a non-profit cultural organization and is the oldest Sino-American organization of its kind in the United States. The records of the China Society consist primarily of correspondence, board meeting minutes, the Bulletin of the China Society, and financial records. There are also materials surrounding events held by both the China Society and neighboring organizations, foundation documents, articles and clippings, as well as...
Dates:
1935 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Paul Courtright papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3330
Abstract
The Paul Courtright papers contain photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, reports, books, correspondence, journals, and other material collected and/or created by Paul Courtright, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea from 1979 to 1981. While working with leprosy patients in rural South Korea, Courtright witnessed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Courtright later published a book, Witnessing Gwangju: A...
Dates:
1905 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Mark L. Moody papers
Collection
Identifier: 3036
Abstract
This collection contains photographs, 16mm films, personal documents, and news clippings that record Mark L. Moody's residence in East Asia.
Dates:
1919 - 1939
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Ying Ong papers and tapes
Collection
Identifier: 3344
Abstract
This collection consists of Ying Ong Sr.'s correspondences, biography, photographs, audio tapes, and book of poetry.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Ailing Zhang papers
Collection
Identifier: 3032
Abstract
Zhang Ailing (Chang Ailing, Eileen Chang) was a Chinese author whose well-known literary texts include The Rogue of the North, The Golden Cangue, and The Rice Sprout Song. Her works, considered to be among the best Chinese literature of the 1940s, examined the themes of marriage, family, love, and relationships in the social context of 1930s and 1940s Shanghai. Zhang's writing depicted paradoxical human natures, powerlessness, and sorrowful truths in everyday life without the political...
Dates:
1943 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections