Richard Khim Collection

The documentary record of the Korean experience in America remains dispersed and difficult to access. The Korean American Digital Archive brings more than 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and about 180 sound files together in one searchable collection that documents the Korean American community during the period of resistance to Japanese rule in Korea and reveal the organizational and private experience of Koreans in America between 1903 and 1965. The components of the Korean American Digital Archive include: Documents of the KNA BuildingThe 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 events of the first 60 years of Koreans in America. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1528 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. Korean American Archive Photograph SetThis is the primary repository in the KADA database of the visual record of the Korean community. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1531 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. Korean American Museum Oral History SeriesThe Korean American Museum, in Los Angeles, conducted a series of oral history interviews with long-time members of the Korean community. The actual sound recordings of these interviews are included in this section of the database and can be downloaded as mp3 files for listening. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1532 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. Korean American Private RecordsMany historically important records remain in private hands. This section of the database contains a variety of small but significant sets of documents. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1530 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. Korean American StoryThe mission of Korean American Story is to capture, create, preserve and share the stories of the Korean American experience by supporting and promoting storytelling in all forms that explore and reflect the ever evolving Korean American story. We seek to be an inclusive hub that bridges gaps between communities and helps to instill cultural awareness and pride among the Korean American community. Korean Heritage Library Subject FilesThe Korean Heritage Library has actively sought out documents on a selected number of specific Korean American issues. Some of these are made available in this section of the database. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1533 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. The Reverend Soon Hyun Collected WorksSoon 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. See https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1529 for a brief listing of the contents of this collection. Nak Chung Thun ArchiveThe digital archive of Nak Chung Thun’s manuscripts consists of four full-length novels, four short stories, and six essays. Some of the essays are present in the archive in multiple versions. While the documents are undated, their time of production likely lies between 1917 and 1937: the document that seems to have been written first, The Tale of Hong Kyŏngnae, mentions Ch’oe Namsŏn’s Hong Kyŏngnae silgi [The True Record of Hong Kyŏngnae; 1917], and throughout, despite some references to a possible future war involving Japan, the author appears to be unaware of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45). Processing of some materials were funded by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), California State Library. Project dates: October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2000

现存的美国韩裔群体经历史料散佚各处，难以获取。韩裔美国人数字档案馆（Korean American Digital Archive，以下简称KADA）将13000余页档案文献、1900余张照片以及约180份音频文件整合为一站式可检索的馆藏资源，既记录了朝鲜半岛抗日时期的美国韩裔社群状况，也展现了1903年至1965年间海外韩裔的组织活动与私人生活轨迹。

KADA的馆藏组成如下：
1. KNA大楼档案
1938年于洛杉矶落成的韩国人全国协会（Korean National Association，简称KNA，亦称Kungminhoe）大楼，曾作为多家韩裔组织的总部，其中包括韩国人全国协会本身、美国韩裔联合委员会、美国韩裔商会、韩国救济协会，以及《新韩民报》（Sinhan Minbo，意为“新韩国”）。本馆藏档案为留存于KNA大楼至今的文献，记录了美国韩裔社群前60年的诸多重大事件。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1528 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

2. 韩裔美国人档案照片集
本馆藏为KADA数据库中美国韩裔社群视觉史料的核心馆藏。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1531 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

3. 韩裔美国人博物馆口述历史系列
洛杉矶韩裔美国人博物馆对资深韩裔社群成员开展了一系列口述历史访谈，本馆藏包含访谈的原始录音文件，用户可下载mp3格式文件收听。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1532 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

4. 韩裔美国人私人档案
诸多具有历史价值的档案仍留存于私人手中。本馆藏包含多组体量小巧但意义重大的文献资料。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1530 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

5. 韩裔美国人故事
「韩裔美国人故事」项目的宗旨为：通过支持与推广各类形式的叙事创作，挖掘并展现不断演进的美国韩裔群体经历，以此收集、创作、保存并分享美国韩裔的生活故事。我们致力于打造一个包容的交流枢纽，弥合不同社群间的隔阂，助力韩裔社群树立文化自觉与身份自豪感。

6. 韩国遗产图书馆专题档案
韩国遗产图书馆积极收集与特定韩裔议题相关的文献资料，其中部分内容已在本馆藏中对外开放。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1533 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

7. 宣铉牧师（Soon Hyun）作品集
宣铉是一位曾在夏威夷与韩国首尔任职的卫理公会牧师，他是1919年三一运动的核心参与者之一，后续还曾担任上海大韩民国临时政府驻美国全权公使。本馆藏文献记录了宣铉牧师的生平与事业历程，直至其1968年于洛杉矶逝世。详见：https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1529 以获取本馆藏的简要目录。

8. Nak Chung Thun档案
本馆藏包含Nak Chung Thun的手稿，共计4部长篇小说、4部短篇小说与6篇散文，部分散文存在多个版本。尽管馆藏文献未标注创作日期，但据考证其创作时间大致介于1917年至1937年间：其中最早的作品《洪景来传》（The Tale of Hong Kyŏngnae）提及了崔南善《洪景来实记》（Ch’oe Namsŏn’s Hong Kyŏngnae silgi，1917年）；此外，尽管文中多次提及日本可能发动的未来战争，但作者似乎并未意识到全面侵华战争（1937-1945）的爆发。

部分资料的数字化处理工作由加利福尼亚州图书馆的图书馆服务与技术法案（Library Services and Technology Act，简称LSTA）拨款资助。项目周期：1999年10月1日至2000年9月30日。