Korean History

"The Korean History Data Integration System is a rich and unique resource on Korean history, which was designed as a part of a larger project to create a unified database that would link heretofore widely scattered resources at many institutions. (...) The KHDIS project was launched with the intention of bringing together historical materials in Korea and making them searchable via the Internet. The development of this database was largely made possible through the close collaboration of the Academy of Korean Studies, Kyujanggak Archives of Seoul National University, National Institute of Korean History, and Korean Classics Research Institute. (...) The database includes classical works, ancient documents, historical maps, official court records of the Chosôn dynasty such as the Sûngjông'wôn ilgi (Diary of the Royal Secretariat), materials related to anti-Japanese movement during the colonial period, important modern literature, newspapers and magazines, Korean translations of the works in Classical Chinese, and a basic dictionary of Korean history among many other items."

The "Korean American Digital Archive" at the University of Southern California is a searchable database that includes more than 11,000 pages of documents and over 1300 photographs, documenting the Korean American experience.

Korean History Database (incl. Chronological Tables, etc.)

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, Volume XXII: China; Korea; Japan
Korea (part 1)
Korea (part 2)
Korea (part 3)

(NOTE: You need to download Citrix ICA Client to connect.
Searches seem not to be possible if working on a Macintosh running a non-Korean operating system.)

Database Search
Full-text Sources (Koryôsa, Samguk sagi, Tongguk yôji sûngnam, Kuunmong, etc.)
(NOTE: You need to download Citrix ICA Client to connect.)
U.S. Holdings of Kyujanggak Collection on Microfilm

The library also includes holdings of over 600 videos of North and South Korean feature films and documentaries. The library is making these available to scholars at other institutions in the United States.
From the library's Web site: "Its current collection includes more than 40,000 books, 500 serials, 650 video cassettes, 2,000 reels of microfilm, 200 maps (including 170 antique maps), several hundred photographs, and significant holdings of archival materials. The KHL's particular strengths are in Korean newspapers, Korean-American and immigration history, Korean cinema, journalism and mass media, Korean independence movements, the Korean War, and local materials of the Cholla-do region."

Bibliographies and Indices


The Harvard Korean Studies Bibliography: 80,000 References on Korea
Korean History Bibliography (searchable database, Korean Historical Connection)
Korean History: A Bibliography (compiled by: Kenneth R. Robinson)

A selected bibliography of ENGLISH language publications on Korea, lists roughly 5,000 titles -- about 60% articles and book chapters & 40% books.

Bibliography of Western-Language Works on East Asian Archaeology (EAAN)
NAME INDEX to the Ilcheha kongp'an kirok charyojip

A full 385 vol. set of these trial records of the Japanese court in Korea from the late 1920's to 1944 is at the University of Washington Library (call number: 3-3557265 v.1-385). Thanks to Mrs. Yoon-whan Choe and her team!

(Collected Works of Korean Authors from the 10th to the Early 20th Century) - "3,000 volumes of the collected works of over a thousand individual authors mostly from Koryô and Chosôn Dynasties (10th-20th century). The contents include historical accounts, social observations, descriptions of daily life and customs as well as personal correspondence, travelogs, and literary endeavors both in verse and prose. These are indispensable materials for any scholar engaged in research on traditional Korea." (At the University of Washington Library; call number: AC147 .H36 1993). Again thanks to Mrs. Yoon-whan Choe and her team!

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