Hyung-ju (also known as Henry) Ahn graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, worked as a computer systems analyst for aerospace companies and for Orange County, California (1965-95), and received his MA in history from California State University, Fullerton. He wrote his thesis on Korean interpreters at Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. The collection contains mostly Korean printed materials, including religion and history books, and textbooks published under Japanese occupation. Also contains an original documentary motion picture film, Mugunghwa Tongsan (Hibiscus Garden), about the Korean community in Hawaii from 1900-47.

Hyung-ju (also known as Henry) Ahn was born in Seoul, Korea; attended Seoul National University for two years; came to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957 and then Reedley, California a few years later; graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964; worked as a computer systems analyst for aerospace companies and for Orange County, California from 1965-95; MA in history from California State University, Fullerton; wrote his thesis on Korean interpreters at Japanese-American internment camps during World War II.Hyung-ju Ahn [Korean characters], or Henry Ahn, was born in Seoul and attended Seoul National University for two years. In 1957 he came to Honolulu where his paternal grandfather, Reverend Chang-ho Ahn [Korean characters], had been a minister since 1926 at the Korean Methodist churches in Wahiawa, Oahu and in Honolulu. A Couple of years later, he joined his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ho Kim [Korean characters] in Reedley, California. Charles Ho Kim had come to the United States in 1914 and his wife came 35 years later.

10 boxes (5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box

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