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East Asia -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3266
Abstract The Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers consist of administrative and faculty papers from Dr. Chen's chairing of the East Asian Studies Center and its predecessors from 1960 to 1971. The collection also includes material from the 1940s and 1950s, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Dr. Chen's career, photographic slides showing Theodore Chen and Wen Hui Chen's tour of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in 1962, research reports and theses, and a photocopied biography of Theodore Chen. Lastly, the...
Dates: circa 1940s-1971; 1991

Indonesian Languages collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0192
Abstract

Research materials on Balanese and other South East Asian languages, acquired for the University by Professor John Lansing (anthropology).

Dates: 0000

Reverend Soon Hyun Collected Works

 Collection
Identifier: 3303
Abstract

Soon Hyun was a Methodist minister who served in both Hawaii and in Seoul Korea. He was a key participant in the March First Movement in 1919 and later served as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai to the United States of America. The papers in this collection document Reverend Hyun's life and career up until his death in Los Angeles in 1968.

Dates: circa 1920s-1960s

Korean American Oral Histories

 Collection
Identifier: 3306
Abstract

The Korean American Museum, in Los Angeles, conducted a series of oral history interviews with long-time members of the Korean community. Inventory can be accessed at: http://libguides.usc.edu/KADA

Dates: 0000

Korean American Private Records

 Collection
Identifier: 3304
Abstract

Many historically important records remain in private hands: Box 1: Helen Paik Chen Papers; Box 2: Eugene Park Hwangbo Papers; Box 3: Evelyn Kim Charr Papers." Inventory can be accessed at: http://libguides.usc.edu/KADA

Dates: 20th century

Korean Heritage Library

 Collection
Identifier: 3307
Abstract

The Korean Heritage Library has actively sought out documents on a selected number of specific Korean American issues. Inventory can be accessed at: http://libguides.usc.edu/KADA

Dates: 20th century

Documents of the Korean National Association Building

 Collection
Identifier: 3302
Abstract The Korean National Association building dedicated in Los Angeles in 1938, served as the headquarters for several Korean organizations. Among these were the Korean National Association (Kungminhoe) itself, the United Korean Committee in America, the Korean Chamber of Commerce in America, the Korea Relief Society, and the newspaper Sinhan Minbo (New Korea). The documents in this collection are the records that have remained in the KNA building to the present day and document many of the major...
Dates: 1945 - 1964

Tae Hyun Oh collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275055746540]
Identifier: 3391
Abstract

Collection consists of a scrapbook, photographs, and ID cards from USC alumnus and chair of the Overseas Korean Studies and Heritage Foundation, Dr. Tae Hyun Oh.

Dates: 1960s-1996

Sea of Korea Map Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 3259
Abstract

The Sea of Korea Maps Digital Archive consists of 172 original old maps (1606-1895) which include the "Sea of Korea". They help to illustrate how the West's image of East Asia evolved over the course of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Dates: 1606 - 1895

Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal Proceedings transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: 3258
Abstract The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo War Crimes Trial) was conducted between April 29, 1946 and April 16, 1948, with the judgment delivered November 4-12, 1948. 28 Japanese former politicians, officials, and military leaders were put on trial. 419 witnesses appeared in person before the court, and an additional 779 submitted affidavits or depositions. The proceedings were divided into fifteen phases of the Prosecution's case and six divisions for the defence. ...
Dates: 1946 - 1948