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

目前关于韩裔美国人在美国经历的文献记录仍分散各处，难以获取。韩裔美国人数字档案馆（Korean American Digital Archive, 简称KADA）将超过13000页文档、1900余张照片以及约180个音频文件整合为一个可检索的馆藏，既记录了朝鲜半岛反抗日本殖民统治时期的韩裔美国人社区状况，也展现了1903年至1965年间韩裔在美国的组织生活与私人经历。

韩裔美国人数字档案馆的馆藏组成如下：

一、大韩人国民会大楼文档（Documents of the KNA Building）
1938年于洛杉矶落成的大韩人国民会（Korean National Association, KNA, Kungminhoe）大楼，曾作为多个韩裔组织的总部，包括大韩人国民会本身、美国韩人联合委员会、美国韩人商会、韩国救济协会，以及《新韩国报》（Sinhan Minbo, New Korea）。该馆藏收录的文档均为留存于大韩人国民会大楼至今的记录，涵盖了韩裔抵美最初60年的诸多重大事件。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1528 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

二、韩裔美国人档案馆照片集（Korean American Archive Photograph Set）
该馆藏为KADA数据库中韩裔社区视觉记录的核心馆藏。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1531 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

三、韩裔美国人博物馆口述历史系列（Korean American Museum Oral History Series）
位于洛杉矶的韩裔美国人博物馆曾对韩裔社区的长期居民开展一系列口述历史访谈，访谈的原始音频文件收录于本数据库板块，可下载为mp3文件收听。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1532 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

四、韩裔美国人私人档案（Korean American Private Records）
诸多具有历史价值的档案仍留存于私人手中。本数据库板块收录了多组体量不大但意义重大的文档。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1530 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

五、韩裔美国人故事（Korean American Story）
韩裔美国人故事项目的宗旨是通过支持和推广各类形式的叙事创作，挖掘并展现不断演进的韩裔美国人经历，以此记录、创作、保存并分享韩裔美国人的故事。我们致力于打造一个包容的枢纽，弥合不同社群间的隔阂，助力韩裔社区树立文化自觉与文化自豪感。

六、韩国遗产图书馆主题档案（Korean Heritage Library Subject Files）
韩国遗产图书馆积极搜集了针对若干特定韩裔议题的文档，其中部分内容可通过本数据库板块获取。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1533 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

七、孙贤牧师作品集（The Reverend Soon Hyun Collected Works）
孙贤牧师是一名卫理公会教士，曾先后在夏威夷与韩国首尔任职。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全权公使。本馆藏收录的文档记录了孙贤牧师的生平与职业生涯，直至其1968年于洛杉矶逝世。详见https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1529 以获取该馆藏内容的简要列表。

八、郑钟敦（Nak Chung Thun）档案馆
郑钟敦的手稿数字馆藏包含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。尽管这些文档未标注创作日期，但其创作时间大致介于1917年至1937年之间：已知创作最早的作品《洪景来传》（The Tale of Hong Kyŏngnae）提及了崔南善的《洪景来实记》（Ch’oe Namsŏn’s Hong Kyŏngnae silgi [The True Record of Hong Kyŏngnae; 1917]）；此外，尽管文中数次提及可能爆发的对日战争，但作者似乎并未意识到全面侵华战争（1937-1945）的爆发。

部分馆藏的数字化处理经费由加州州立图书馆图书馆服务与技术法案（Library Services and Technology Act, LSTA）资助。项目周期：1999年10月1日—2000年9月30日。