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Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Richard Khim collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3393
Abstract

Collection consists of recordings of documentaries, interviews, and other projects produced by Richard Khim and his company, Hi-Media Productions.

Dates: 1961 - 2012

Charles Kim collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3359
Abstract

This collection consists of directories for Korean American organizations, and VHS tapes of the KSCI-TV interview program LA Seoul.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970s-2008

Kyeng Bo Kim recordings and slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3002
Abstract

This collection contains eighteen 1/4" reel audio tapes recorded by Kyeng Bo Kim (1883-1976) beginning around the late 1950s. The tapes have not been digitized, but appear to include recording of oral histories, family, business, and social events, and songs. There are also 43 color slide transparencies with images of the Kim family and awards and plaques.

Dates: 1950s-1960s

Young Tak Kim and Annabelle Kim papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3402
Scope and Contents The Young Tak Kim and Annabelle Kim papers consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, notebooks, ephemera, and other material created by Young Tak Kim (1920-2004) and Annabelle Kim, née Lee (1921-2015) before and during their marriage. Young Tak and Annabelle met on New Year's Eve in 1937 and their correspondence began in early 1938. The collection includes close to 1000 letters written by both Young Tak Kim and Annabelle Kim. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between...
Dates: 1938 - 1985

Collection on Diamond Kimm

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058512949]
Identifier: 3003
Abstract

This small collection chiefly contains photocopies of documents related to the deportation case of Diamond Kimm, a Korean resident of Los Angeles, whose legal case denying a suspension of deportation after refusing to say whether he was a Communist in the 1950s went to the Supreme Court (Kimm v. Rosenberg, 363 U.S. 405).

Dates: 1933-early 1960s

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

Korean American Pioneer Council records

 Collection
Identifier: 3321
Abstract

This collection contains records of the Korean American Pioneer Council (KAPC) in Los Angeles, California, dating from 1995 to 2018. Records include by-laws, meeting minutes, member directory files, brochures and brochure drafts, newsletters, exhibition boards, and files related to projects KAPC was involved with and events KAPC hosted.

Dates: 1995 - 2018

New Directions for the Korean American Community conference tapes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058163040]
Identifier: 3388
Abstract

Collection consists of cassette tape recordings from the 1993 New Directions for the Korean American Community conference hosted at USC.

Dates: 1993