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

现存关于美国韩裔群体的文献记录仍散落各处，难以获取。韩裔美国人数字档案馆（Korean American Digital Archive, KADA）将逾13000页文献、近1900张照片与约180个音频文件整合至一个可检索的馆藏体系中，该馆藏不仅记录了朝鲜半岛反抗日本殖民统治时期的美国韩裔社群状况，更展现了1903年至1965年间韩裔在美国的组织活动与私人生活经历。

韩裔美国人数字档案馆的馆藏组成如下：
1. 大韩人协会馆舍文献：1938年于洛杉矶落成的大韩人协会（Korean National Association, KNA，韩文名Kungminhoe）馆舍，曾作为多个韩裔组织的总部，其中包括大韩人协会本身、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）。本馆藏的文献为留存于大韩人协会馆舍至今的原始记录，涵盖了韩裔抵美最初60年的诸多重大事件。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1528 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
2. 韩裔美国人档案照片集：本馆藏为韩裔美国人数字档案馆数据库中韩裔社群视觉记录的核心馆藏。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1531 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
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曾对韩裔社群长期成员开展一系列口述历史访谈。本数据库板块包含这些访谈的原始录音，可下载为mp3文件收听。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1532 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
4. 韩裔美国人私人文献：诸多具有历史价值的文献仍留存于私人手中。本数据库板块包含多组体量不大但意义重大的文献集。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1530 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
5. 韩裔美国人故事（Korean American Story）：该项目的使命是通过支持和推广各类形式的叙事创作，捕捉、创作、保存并分享韩裔美国人的经历，以探索和反映不断演进的韩裔美国人历史。我们致力于打造一个包容性的枢纽，弥合社群间的隔阂，并助力韩裔社群树立文化自觉与文化自豪感。
6. 韩国遗产图书馆主题档案（Korean Heritage Library Subject Files）：韩国遗产图书馆长期搜集针对若干特定韩裔议题的文献，其中部分文献可在本数据库板块中获取。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1533 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
7. 顺贤牧师作品集（Soon Hyun Collected Works）：顺贤（Soon Hyun）牧师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，其后担任驻上海大韩民国临时政府驻美国全权公使。本馆藏的文献记录了顺贤牧师的生平与事业，直至其1968年于洛杉矶逝世。可访问https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/6/resources/1529 查看本馆藏内容的简要列表。
8. Nak Chung Thun档案（Nak Chung Thun Archive）：Nak Chung Thun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。尽管这些文献未标注创作日期，但其创作时间大致介于1917年至1937年之间：其中创作时间最早的文献《洪景来传》（The Tale of Hong Kyŏngnae）提及了崔南善的《洪景来实记》（1917年）；尽管文中数次提及可能爆发的对日战争，但作者似乎并不知晓1937年爆发的第二次中日战争。

部分馆藏的数字化处理工作由加利福尼亚州图书馆图书馆服务与技术法案（Library Services and Technology Act, LSTA）资助。项目执行周期为1999年10月1日至2000年9月30日。