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Association of Korean American Victims of the L.A. Riots collection
Collection
Identifier: 3346
Abstract
This collection chiefly consists of cancelled checks that prove that the Association paid out every dollar given to them to compensate Korean Americans who lost their stores or businesses, or suffered great losses in the 1992 Los Angeles Riots Saigu episode.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
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
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
Kap Suk Cho photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 3341
Abstract
This collection consists of the photographs of Kap Suk Cho in Korea.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1910s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Bob Chudy collection
Collection
Identifier: 3351
Abstract
This collection consists of Peace Corps volunteer Bob Chudy's tourist brochures, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, Korean language and culture books, and research papers on Korean culture.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Harry L. Ettinger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3333
Abstract
The Harry L. Ettinger papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, collected publications, and other material belonging to American philanthropist Harry L. Ettinger. In 1966, Ettinger--then serving as the director of the American-Korean Foundation--established a leprosy rehabilitation center in southeastern Seoul known as Ettinger Village. Ettinger was also a close associate of Syngman Rhee, who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. The Harry L....
Dates:
1950 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Neil Flowers North Korea Journal photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3037
Abstract
North Korea Journal: 2002 is a large album (30 cm x 42 cm) of photographs taken by poet, screenwriter, writer, director, actor, editor, and USC alumnus Neil Flowers during a trip to North Korea (DPRK) in June 2002. Flowers, a Canadian who lives and works in Los Angeles, was the only Caucasian amongst 19 Koreans from L.A. who were invited by the government to visit the DPRK. These Korean Angelenos (and Flowers) had been contributing financially to a noodle factory in Pyongyang that fed the...
Dates:
1995 - 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Jason Hahn (Hahn Chang-Ho) papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3008
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal papers and memorabilia of First National Air Force member Jason Hahn (born Hahn Chang-Ho in 1893).
Dates:
1920 - 1994
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Kim Young Hwan slides
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3358
Abstract
This collection consists of the slides of Kim Young-hwan on Korean Independence Movements.
Dates:
1864 - 1945
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
David E. James collection on the USC Korean Film Festival
Collection
Identifier: 3335
Scope and Contents
A collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, event programs, publications, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to the USC Korean Film Festival. The material in the collection was created between 1995 and 2017. The collection includes a 2002 poster signed by director Im Kwon-taek and a poster and group photograph from the Centennial Celebration of Chinese Cinema at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS). The material in the collection belonged to...
Dates:
1990 - 2017
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library