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More than five hundred publications and collections document social, political, and economic changes in North and South Korea, dating especially from the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 to the Korean War. They include the records of the Japanese legation in Seoul (1894–1910), psychological warfare leaflets distributed by the United Nations during the Korean War, and records of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.
Japanese legation in Korea, 1894–1910
Propaganda aimed at North Korean and Chinese soldiers during the Korean War. Includes translations.
Commandant, United Nations Prisoner of War Command in Korea, 1952
North Korean radio station
US political adviser in Korea, 1946; includes correspondence with Syngman Rhee
US journalist
Compilation on South Korea and Southeast Asia edited by Kilsoo K. Haan
Printed matter relating to North and South Korea and to the Korean War
A Firing Line interview with Jonathan Kaufman, Michael Wells, and Peter Neger
January 03, 1977
Duignan, Peter, ed. The Library of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1985.
Nahm, Andrew C. Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1894-1910: a Checklist of Japanese Archives In the Hoover Institution. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1959.
Palm, Charles, and Dale Reed. Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1980.
Journals and photographs document Easley Jones’ service with the American Red Cross in China, Korea, Japan, and Siberia from 1919 to 1920.
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has acquired the papers of Colonel George A. Rasula, a career Army officer who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Rasula fought in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War and became the historian for the veterans of the battle.
On September 27th the Hoover Library & Archives exhibition Unpacking History: New Collections at the Hoover Library & Archives opened in the Herbert Hoover Exhibition Pavilion with a public reception and remarks by Eric Wakin, Robert H. Malott Director of the Library & Archives.
A new exhibition, Unpacking History: New Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, celebrates the variety, range, and historical significance of Hoover’s holdings by featuring rare and intriguing items from select collections acquired in recent years. The exhibition opens Tuesday, September 27, 2016, and runs through February 25, 2017.
Recovered missing documents revealing long-held secrets are usually the basis of suspense novels. A copy of the Hoover Institution’s Japan Koshikan (Korea) records, however, may be a case of truth proving stranger than fiction.
