Finding aid for the Pat and Verne Barnhart papers 0324
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries East Asian Library
2023 February
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1825
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
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.
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.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Gift of Dr. Jean Barnhart Jost, 2005.
[Box/folder# or item name], Pat and Verne Barnhart papers, Collection no. 0324, East Asian Library, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
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