Collection on Diamond Kimm, 1933-early 1960s

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Summary

Abstract:
This small collection chiefly contains photocopies of documents related to the deportation case of Diamond Kimm, a Korean resident of Los Angeles, whose legal case denying a suspension of deportation after refusing to say whether he was a Communist in the 1950s went to the Supreme Court (Kimm v. Rosenberg, 363 U.S. 405).
Extent:
0.44 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Collection on Diamond Kimm, Collection no. 3003, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection chiefly contains photocopies of documents related to the deportation case of Diamond Kimm, a Korean resident of Los Angeles, whose legal case denying a suspension of deportation after refusing to say whether he was a Communist in the 1950s went to the Supreme Court (Kimm v. Rosenberg, 363 U.S. 405). Documents include Kimm's CIA, FBI, and INS files, published court transcripts, clippings, and drafts of a letter from Edward L. Klein to the US Attorney General. These files were requested using the Freedom of Information Act by Kenneth Klein, the librarian of the Korean Heritage Library in the late 1980s as part of an effort to gather materials related to the Korean community of Los Angeles.

Biographical / historical:

Diamond Kimm was born circa 1901 in Long Chun, Northern Pengan Province, Korea, and came to the United States in 1928. He was a student at the University of Southern California and a temporary agent of the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In the 1940s-1950s, he published a bilingual newspaper, "Korean Independence" in Los Angeles. Kimm was deported to North Korea after appealing and losing his case before the Supreme Court in 1960 (Kimm v. Rosenberg, 363 U.S. 405).

Acquisition information:
Photocopies received through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at the request of Kenneth Klein, 1987.
Processing information:

Much of this collection has been digitized as part of the Korean Heritage Library subject files in the USC Digital Library.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Collection on Diamond Kimm, Collection no. 3003, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
East Asian Library
Doheny Memorial Library, 1st floor
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1825, US
Contact:
(213) 740-1772
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