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Philip Ahn papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3007
Abstract

Philip Ahn was a Korean American actor, WWII veteran, and USC alum. This small collection comprises primarily personal and family photographs, film and television stills, and awards and realia documenting Ahn's professional career, personal life, and his numerous involvements within the Korean community. It also contains scripts, teleplays, and some biographical materials.

Dates: 1935 - 2001
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Joseph Cho papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3323
Abstract Joseph Cho (1943 - ) is a Korean American journalist, entrepreneur, and politician. He served as a councilmember and mayor of the City of Cerritos. The collection consists of photographs, VHS videotapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, scrapbooks, correspondence and other documents mostly dating from the 1980s to the 2000s. The items are on the topics of the City of Cerritos, council meetings, election campaigns, Korean American history, events in Southern California, a unification of North and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1982 - 2015
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

David Hyun papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3027
Abstract David Hyun, son of Reverend Soon Hyun, was the first ever-Korean American architect and a self-described essayist. He is best known for his 1978 design of the Japanese Village Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, as part of a revitalization of Little Tokyo, and his dedication to documenting his father's work in the Korean Independence movement of 1919. His papers consist primarily of writings (by both himself and others), photographs, and architectural drawings and renderings. They also contain...
Dates: 1774 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1919 - 2003
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Ronyoung Kim and Richard Hahn papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3010
Abstract

Ronyoung Kim was a Korean American author, best known for her novel "Clay Walls." Her husband, Richard Hahn, was a doctor and writer as well. This collection comprises primarily biographical materials, writings, academic papers, printed materials, photographs, and correspondence created and collected by both Ronyoung Kim and Richard Hahn, documenting Kim's personal life and professional career. It also contains correspondence and printed materials by and about Richard Hahn.

Dates: 1914 - 2000
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Yin Kim papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3011
Abstract

Yin Kim was a first-generation Korean American WWII veteran, dentist, and USC alum. This small collection consists of photographs and biographical materials related to Kim, as well as to his family members Earl Kim, Sung Kwon Kim, Hye Won Kang, and wife Jane Kim. The collection also contains books, audio CDs, awards, and two medals.

Dates: 1903 - 2012
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Young Oak Kim Biography papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3006
Abstract

Young Oak Kim was a Korean American United States Army officer, civic leader, and humanitarian. This collection comprises military documents and audiovisual materials relating to Kim’s service in World War II and the Korean War, collected as well as created by author Woo Sung Han during the research and writing process of his 2011 biography entitled “Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story.”

Dates: 1944-1953, 1999
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Ken Klein collection of Korean American history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3384
Abstract

This collection consists of Korean American history through photographs, printed ephemera, interviews, correspondences, slides, and audio from the 1940s to the 2010s.

Dates: 1945 - 2018
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Edward Paik papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3315
Abstract

Edward Paik was a Korean American food service equipment sales supervisor, Kitchen Specialist, and U.S. Air Force Surplus Property Disposal Specialist. This collection comprises primarily photographs and printed materials created and collected by Edward Paik. It also contains ephemera in the form of service medals, a wool cap, and Army patches, as well as personal papers in the form of correspondence, letters, and yearbooks.

Dates: 1931 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1994
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Nak Chung Thun papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3331
Abstract

This collection contains the literary archive of Korean-American writer Nak Chung Thun (1875-1953), including the handwritten manuscripts for novels, stories, and essays. There are also some family papers including two yearbooks of Samson Thun from Dinuba Union High School (1924-1925) and the biographical writing of Ellen Thun.

Dates: circa 1920s-1990s
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

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Korean American physicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
Korean American soldiers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
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Korean Americans 2
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Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Municipal officials and employees, Honorary -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Language
Korean 4
 
Names
An, Ch'ang-ho, 1878-1938 2
Korean American Museum 2
Ahn, Philip, 1905-1978 1
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco 1
Chŏn, Nak-ch’ŏng, 1876-1953 1
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Cuddy, Susan Ahn, 1915- 1
Hahn, Richard 1
Han, Woo Sung 1
Hyun, David, 1917-2012 1
Hyun, Peter, 1906- 1
Hyun, Soon, 1878-1968 1
Kang, Hye Won 1
Kim, Earl, 1920-1998 1
Kim, Ronyoung 1
Kim, Sung Kwon, 1875-1960 1
Kim, Yin, -2006 1
Kim, Yŏng-ok, 1919-2005 1
King, Jean Sadako, 1925-2013 1
Litton Industries 1
McCaffrey, William J. (William Joseph), 1914-2006 1
Paik, Edward, 1917- 1
Paik, Irvin, 1940- 1
Paik, Katherine 1
United States. Air Force 1
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