Joseph W. Lee and Nancy L. Kim Lee photographs
Scope and Contents
Circa 115 photographs relating to Joseph W. Lee, Nancy L. Kim Lee, and Karl T. Kim, circa 1908-1949. Images are chiefly group and individual portraits of Joseph Lee, Nancy Lee, Karl Kim, and other Korean and Korean-American men, women, and children (including Korean independence activist Ahn Changho and Mary Stewart, a supporter of Upland's Korean community) in California. Multiple photographs document Joseph Lee, Nancy Lee, and Karl Kim’s involvement with the Young Korean Academy Congress and the Korean Independence Movement. Five photographs are panoramas (four of which depict members of the Young Korean Academy).
Included are two school books (English Lessons and English for New Americans) belonging to Nancy Kim, the 1942 annual for Berendo Junior High School in Los Angeles, and a 1908 copy of Primer of Facts About Music. Also present are five kimonos manufactured by K.W.B. MFG. Co. with the laundry mark “Herr."
Dates
- circa 1908-1949
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Joseph W. Lee and Nancy L. Kim Lee Photographs is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2019.
Extent
12.92 Linear Feet ((9 boxes) + 1 broadside)
Language of Materials
Korean
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Circa 115 photographs relating to Joseph W. Lee, Nancy L. Kim Lee, and Karl T. Kim, circa 1908-1949. Images are chiefly group and individual portraits of Joseph Lee, Nancy Lee, Karl Kim, and other Korean and Korean-American men, women, and children (including Korean independence activist Ahn Changho and Mary Stewart, a supporter of Upland's Korean community) in California. Multiple photographs document Joseph Lee, Nancy Lee, and Karl Kim’s involvement with the Young Korean Academy Congress and the Korean Independence Movement. Five photographs are panoramas (four of which depict members of the Young Korean Academy).
Included are two school books (English Lessons and English for New Americans) belonging to Nancy Kim, the 1942 annual for Berendo Junior High School in Los Angeles, and a 1908 copy of Primer of Facts About Music. Also present are five kimonos manufactured by K.W.B. MFG. Co. with the laundry mark “Herr."
Biographical / Historical
Joseph W. Lee (1894-1987) and Nancy L. Kim Lee (1900-1978) immigrated to the United States from Korea in 1906 and 1916, respectively. They were married in 1918 in Manteca, California, and had three children: Ruth Lee, Richard Lee, and Irene Lee. The family lived both in Manteca and in San Dimas prior to moving to Los Angeles. Nancy Lee's brother, Karl T. Kim (1895- ), lived with the family for a period of time. Both Joseph Lee and Nancy Lee died in Alameda, California.
Processing Information
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- California -- Pictorial works
- Changho, Ahn, 1878-1938 -- Portraits
- K.W.B. MFG. Co.
- Kimonos
- Korea -- History -- Independence movement, 1919
- Korean Americans -- California -- Pictorial works
- Korean Americans -- Portraits
- Koreans -- California -- Pictorial works
- Koreans -- Portraits
- Panoramas
- Panoramic photographs
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Stewart, Mary, 1872-1950 -- Portraits
- Women -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Source
- Michael Vinson (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph W. Lee and Nancy L. Kim Lee Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- July 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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