James H. Hausman Archive, 1946-1981James H. Hausman (1918-1996) served with the U.S. armed forces in Korea from 1946-1981. He went to Korea in 1946, but returned to the U.S. to serve at the U.S. Dept. of Defense in 1950 at the outbreak of the Korean War as an expert on Korean military affairs. He returned to Korea in 1956 and served as the Special Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief to the United Nations Command for the next 25 years. Archive consists of materials including awards, letters, official documents, and photographs.
Gregory Henderson Papers on KoreaArchive includes 11 Boxes of Henderson papers on Korea. Gregory Henderson was a former Foreign Service Officer and a specialist on Korea. Gregory Henderson, who held graduate and undergraduate degrees from Harvard University, was a research associate at the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. He served with the United States Foreign Service at posts in Washington and in South Korea, Germany and Japan.
Cole, David C. (Chamberlin) (1928-) archives 1965-2016The collection includes 12 books, 11 papers, 1 folder, 89 slides, 135 photographs, 2 DVDs, 7 DVD-Rs, 2 USB drives, 1 map, and 1 commemorative plaque. The items pertain to David C. Cole's work on Korean developement and ecomonics. There is also a focus on how economics and politics relate in Korea, as well as greater Asia. The folder contains lists of materials transferred to the Harvard University Archives, and correspondence related to the transfer. DVD-R contains an unpublished manuscript.
Online Archives on Korea
Presidential Archives - Korea 대통령기록관Searchable presidential archives of Korea including speeches, documents, correspondence, photos and audio-visual records.
Official gazette 관보Searchable by keywords and dates (1910-2000) and provides original scanned images from search results
Online government publications
Government Publications open access 정부간행물Includes scanned images of public domain publications published by government and affiliated research institutes. Searchable by titles and dates even from TOC. Scanned images can be saved in PDF or JPG
Official gazette 관보Searchable by keywords and dates (1910-2000) and provides original scanned images from search results
Online news and newspapers
Chosun (Chosŏn) Ilbo Archive 조선일보 아카이브 1920-current(Harvard KEY required)
Provides searchable metadata and full-image reproductions of Chosŏn Ilbo (1920-current) in pdf format. Recent editions also have searchable full text. Access available for Harvard ID holders. Microfilm version with the same coverage is held at Harvard-Yenching library: FK30041
Donga (Tonga) Ilbo Archive 동아일보아카이브 1920-current(Harvard KEY required)
Provides searchable metadata and full-image reproductions of Tonga Ilbo (1920-current) in pdf format. Recent editions also have searchable full text. Access available for Harvard ID holders. Microfilm version with the same coverage is held at Harvard-Yenching library: FK30049
Naver News Library 네이버 뉴스라이브러리full-text newspaper article database for four Korean newspapers including Kyŏnghyang sinmun 京鄉新聞, Tonga ilbo 東亞日報, Hangyŏre 한겨레, and Maeil kyŏngje sinmun 每日經濟新聞, operated by Naver.com. Covers from 1920 through 1999. Browseable by dates and searchable by keywords. Original images, original text with additional display of Han'gul words are available.
KTV 국가기록영상관 (KTV 영상홍보원)Taehan News, films, and voice recordings from government documentaries. Coverage begins in the 1948 and extends into the 2000's. An integrated search option is available.
The Korea Times archiveProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Korea Times, available from 1956 until 2016.
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)Searchable English historical newspaper databases in full-text, including NY Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, etc.