Paul Courtright papers, 1905-2019, bulk 1979-1985

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Summary

Title:
Paul Courtright papers
Dates:
1905-2019, bulk 1979-1985
Creators:
Courtright, Paul
Abstract:
The Paul Courtright papers contain photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, reports, books, correspondence, journals, and other material collected and/or created by Paul Courtright, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea from 1979 to 1981. While working with leprosy patients in rural South Korea, Courtright witnessed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Courtright later published a book, Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir, detailing his experiences.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English , Korean , Chinese , Japanese .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder # or Item name], Paul Courtright papers, Collection no. 3330, Korean Heritage Library, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Paul Courtright papers contain photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, reports, books, correspondence, journals, and other material collected and/or created by Paul Courtright, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea from 1979 to 1981. While working with leprosy patients in rural South Korea, Courtright witnessed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Courtright later published a book, Witnessing Gwangju: A Memoir, detailing his experiences.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Paul Courtright, 2018
Processing information:

Part of the collection has been digitized, but the digital surrogates are not yet publicly available via the USC Digital Library. The Korean Heritage Library created a collection inventory in Excel in 2018. Most of the description from the Excel inventory has been copied to this finding aid. The original inventory is linked to this collection's accession record (accession no. 2018-002) and included in the collection material.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bo Doub and Joy Kim
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-03-02 16:52:05 -0800 .

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Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder # or Item name], Paul Courtright papers, Collection no. 3330, Korean Heritage Library, 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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