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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Nak Chung Thun papers
Creator:
Chŏn, Nak-ch'ŏng, 1876-1953
Identifier/Call Number: 3331
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1920s-1990s
Abstract: This collection contains the literary archive of Korean-American writer Nak Chung Thun (1875-1953), including the handwritten
manuscripts for novels, stories, and essays. There are also some family papers including two yearbooks of Samson Thun from
Dinuba Union High School (1924-1925) and the biographical writing of Ellen Thun.
Language of Material:
Korean,
English.
Container: 4
Nak Chung Thun (1875-1953) was born in Pyŏngan Province, Korea (now part of North Korea), and immigrated first to Hawaii and
then to California in 1907. He settled in Riverside and worked as a laborer. Thun wrote dramas and fiction in Korean that
remained unpublished during his lifetime. He was married Ruth (born 1889) and they had seven children including Samson Thun
(1908-1998) and Ellen Thun (1912-2006).
This collection contains the literary archive of Korean-American writer Nak Chung Thun (1875-1953), including the handwritten
manuscripts for novels, stories, and essays. The manuscripts are written in an archaic form of Korean hangul, and date from
approximately the 1920s and 1930s. There are also some family papers including two yearbooks of Samson Thun from Dinuba Union
High School (1924-1925) and the biographical writing of Ellen Thun.
Some of the short stories and essays were removed from two binders for preservation purposes. The binder covers are housed
in Box 4.
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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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Nak Chung Thun papers, Collection no. 3331, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, Korean -- Archival resources
Korean American families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Korean American men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Korean Americans -- Archives
Essays
Manuscripts
Novels
Chŏn, Nak-ch'ŏng, 1876-1953 -- Archives