Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Related Materials
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Kyeng Bo Kim recordings and slides
Creator:
Kim, Kyeng Bo, 1883-1975
Identifier/Call Number: 3002
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/6/resources/1491
Physical Description:
2.438 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1950s-1960s
Abstract: This collection contains eighteen 1/4" reel audio tapes recorded by Kyeng Bo Kim (1883-1976) beginning around the late 1950s.
The tapes have not been digitized, but appear to include recording of oral histories, family, business, and social events,
and songs. There are also 43 color slide transparencies with images of the Kim family and awards and plaques.
Language of Material:
Korean,
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Biographical / Historical
Kyeng Bo Kim was born in Korea in 1883. He arrived in the United States on August 12, 1904, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and later
became a restaurant manager and lived with his family in California. He married Maruda Yang in July 1920, and they had four
children including Lester Kim.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains eighteen 1/4" reel audio tapes recorded by Kyeng Bo Kim (1883-1976) beginning around the late 1950s.
The tapes have not been digitized, but appear to include recording of oral histories, family, business, and social events,
and songs. Some of the reel labels reference the "Korean American Comp.", "Korean American Meeting," "Christmas Greeting,'
"Kyeng Bo Kim birthday celebration, July 28, 1963." There are also 43 color slide transparencies with images of the Kim family
and awards and plaques.
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 Korean Heritage Library
at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Korean Heritage 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 Lester Kim, 2000.
Related Materials
Photographs of Kyeng Bo Kim and his family have been digitized in the Korean American Archive Photograph Set of the USC Digital
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Kyeng Bo Kim papers, Collection no. 3002, Korean Heritage Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed and the recordings have not been reformatted or reviewed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Audiotapes
Oral histories (document genres)
Sound recordings
Slides (photographs)
Awards
Plaques (flat objects)
Kim, Kyeng Bo, 1883-1975 -- Archives