Flowers (Neil) North Korea photograph albums, journal, and ephemera, 1995-2010

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Summary

Title:
Neil Flowers North Korea photograph albums, journal, and ephemera
Dates:
1995-2010
Creators:
Flowers, Neil
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English , Korean .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Neil Flowers North Korea photograph albums, journal, and ephemera, Collection no. 3037, Korean Heritage Library, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

North Korea Journal: 2002 is a large album (30 cm x 42 cm) of photographs taken by poet, screenwriter, writer, director, actor, editor, and USC alumnus Neil Flowers during a trip to North Korea (DPRK) in June 2002. The images depict places Flowers visited and people he met during his visit. The photographs feature the restored temple Kwang Bop Sa (Kwangbopsa), the city of Pyongyang, the massive performance art spectacle called Arirang, and the United Nations buildings at the 48th parallel DMZ. One page features propaganda billboards in the capital city. Captions are included for many of the photographs in the form of description and/or poetry. The photographs are mostly in color with a few in black and white. This is a unique resource that captures a moment in the history of "The Hermit Kingdom". Also included in this collection are pamphlets; guides; maps; copies of textual material--printed and compiled in 2010--from Flowers' journal; and a second photograph album documenting Flowers' trip to South Korea and China.

Biographical / historical:

Neil Flowers, a Canadian who lives and works in Los Angeles, was the only Caucasian among 19 Korean Americans from Los Angeles who were invited by the government to visit the DPRK. These Korean Angelenos (and Flowers) had been contributing financially to a noodle factory in Pyongyang that fed the poor. The group also brought books, clothes, food and other items for the Buddhist monks who maintain the remaining temples in the country that survived the Korean War.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Neil Flowers, July 18, 2013.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed. In September of 2024, Bo Doub changed the collection's title from "Neil Flowers North Korea Journal photograph album" to "Neil Flowers North Korea photograph albums, journal, and ephemera."

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Joy Kim
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-07 10:50:07 -0700 .

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Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator, Korean Heritage Library. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Neil Flowers North Korea photograph albums, journal, and ephemera, Collection no. 3037, 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
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