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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Korean War collection
Creator:
Du, Gao
Creator:
He, Yi, 1914-1987
Creator:
Liu, Lun, 1913-
Creator:
Yu, Zengyi
Identifier/Call Number: 3332
Physical Description:
2.21 Linear Feet
3 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1950-1964
Date (bulk): 1950-1953
Abstract: The Korean War collection contains Chinese propaganda leaflets printed during the Korean War (1950-1953), restricted Chinese
military maps, books of photographs, post-war North Korean propaganda, songs, a photograph album, posters, comic books, and
illustrated propaganda created during and shortly after the Korean War. The leaflets in the collection include both propaganda
printed in English that Chinese military forces dropped over American lines and also leaflets printed in Chinese directed
at Chinese soldiers fighting in the Korean War. The collection also includes 69 books published in China and North Korea during
the Korean War. Much of the propaganda in the collection promotes the heroism of the soldiers fighting for the North Korean
side and the undying friendship of the Chinese and Korean peoples.
Language of Material:
Chinese
, English
, Korean
.
The Korean War collection contains Chinese propaganda leaflets printed during the Korean War (1950-1953), restricted Chinese
military maps, books of photographs, post-war North Korean propaganda, songs, a photograph album, posters, comic books, and
illustrated propaganda created during and shortly after the Korean War. The leaflets in the collection include both propaganda
printed in English that Chinese military forces dropped over American lines and also leaflets printed in Chinese directed
at Chinese soldiers fighting in the Korean War. The collection also includes 69 books published in China and North Korea during
the Korean War. Much of the propaganda in the collection promotes the heroism of the soldiers fighting for the North Korean
side and the undying friendship of the Chinese and Korean peoples.
Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Peking Man Bookshop, March 2021.
[Box/folder# or Item name], Korean War collection, Collection no. 3332, Korean Heritage Library, East Asian Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This finding aid's file-level records are based on a collection inventory created by the immediate source of the acquisition,
Peking Man Bookshop. Peking Man Bookshop divided the inventory into two "parts": "Part One: Archival collection" and "Part
Two: Books." The USC Libraries preserved Peking Man Bookshop's arrangement and description. Peking Man Bookshop's inventory
of the material, which is mostly written in Chinese, is also included with the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Propaganda, Chinese -- Korea -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Archival resources
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Maps
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- China -- Archival resources
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Juvenile fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, Chinese
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Pictorial works
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Archival resources
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, Anti-American -- Korea -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Comic books
Leaflets (printed works)
Maps
Pamphlets
Photobooks
Photograph albums
Political posters
Du, Gao -- Archives
He, Yi, 1914-1987 -- Archives
Liu, Lun, 1913- -- Archives
Yu, Zengyi -- Archives