Finding aid for the Charles Kim collection 3359

Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries East Asian Library
2023 June
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1825


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Charles Kim collection
Creator: Kim, Charles
Identifier/Call Number: 3359
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/6/resources/3199
Physical Description: 10.125 Linear Feet 9 boxes
Date (bulk): 1970s-2008
Abstract: This collection consists of directories for Korean American organizations, and VHS tapes of the KSCI-TV interview program LA Seoul.
Language of Material: English, Korean.
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Biographical / Historical

Charles J. Kim is an alumnus of USC's Political Science program. KSCI-TV is the leading over-the-air Asian language television station in the United States. It was founded in 1977 and since the beginning, KSCI-TV has served Southern California's culturally diverse and multilingual community.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of directories for Korean American organizations, and VHS tapes of the KSCI-TV interview program LA Seoul. The directories include university groups, churches, companies, and other community organizations.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Charles J. Kim to the USC Korean Heritage Library.

Related Materials

The Joseph Cho papers (collection no. 3323) and the Charles Kim collection (collection no. 3359) both contain VHS recordings of interviews from the KSCI (channel 18) "LA-Seoul" interview series counducted by Young Kim circa 2002-2005.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Charles Kim collection, Collection no. 3359, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Books
College students -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Community-based social services -- California -- Archival resources
Directories
Interviews
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Korean American families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Oral histories (document genres)
Television broadcasting -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges
Kim, Charles -- Archives