Yong-jeung Kim papers, 1906-1994, bulk 1940-1975

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Yong-jeung Kim papers, 1906-1994, bulk 1940-1975

1906-1994

https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079728

Correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, documents, news releases, printed materials, audio recordings, and motion picture film. Of interest in the correspondence are letters from John Foster Dulles, Lieut. Gen. John R. Hodge and Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch, the first two U.S. military governors of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Kim Il Sung. His correspondence deals mainly with the issue of reunification. The manuscript series includes articles and speeches by Kim as well as unpublished manuscripts by others assigned to him. The documents are mainly those related to the Korean Affairs Institute. The press clippings and printed materials cover Korean problems from 1945 to 1975 and include Korean language newspapers and periodicals. Thera are also some books and pamphlets from his library, including printed volumes of Korean government documents and other books on Korea from the first two decades of the twentieth century, six electrical transcriptions of radio programs in which Kim was interviewed, and one motion picture film "Liberation of Korea."

6 linear feet (12 boxes, 1 mapcase folder)

kor, Kore

eng, Latn

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7481074

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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