Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Pat and Verne Barnhart papers
Creator:
Barnhart, Byron Pat, 1889-1942
Creator:
Barnhart, Verne
Creator:
Jost, Jean Barnhart
Identifier/Call Number: 0324
Physical Description:
1.125 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1913-1985
Abstract: The collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, and journals of the Barnharts and their associates, and the
privately published memoir of their daughter, Dr. Jean Barnhart Jost.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Biographical / Historical
Pat and Vern Barnhart were Southern Methodist missionaries to Korea from 1916 to 1940. Pat Barnhart was the Boys' and Physical
Director for the Seoul YMCA and eventually became the YMCA National Secretary.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, and journals of the Barnharts and their associates, and the
privately published memoir of their daughter, Dr. Jean Barnhart Jost, who grew up in Korea until the age of 18. The Barnharts
were missionaries to Korea from 1916-1941. Mr. Pat Barnhart was the first Physical Education Director of YMCA Korea, who
introduced many western sports (such as basketball) to the Korean people for the first time.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Jean Barnhart Jost, 2005.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Pat and Verne Barnhart papers, Collection no. 0324, East Asian Library, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Korea
Korea -- History -- Independence movement, 1919 -- Archival resources
Missionaries
Missionaries -- Asia -- Archival resources
Photographs
Sports
Barnhart, Byron Pat, 1889-1942 -- Archives
Barnhart, Verne -- Archives