Korean Collection

With an emphasis on the humanities and social sciences, the Harvard-Yenching Library's Korean Collection covers everything from archaeology to contemporary economic development.

It's a premier research collection for Korean studies in the U.S.

Among its unique features is:

• a group of genealogies and official examination rosters from the 17th century, which form an indispensable source for the study of social mobility in traditional Korea
• a large collection of literary writings in classical Chinese by individual authors
• archival collections covering post-colonial periods on Korean war and military history
• contemporary primary sources on cultural studies including Manhwa, films, film posters, and more
• digital photographs including images of colonial-period photo postcards and various North Korean photographs taken from 1945
• a comprehensive collection of books, journals, government documents, and other materials on Korea’s postwar economic development and business history

The Harvard-Yenching Library's Korean Collection is the primary collector at Harvard of Korean-language newspapers, most of which are on microfilm, reprints, as well as PDFs.

The collection also holds more than 6,000 volumes of North Korean publications.