Title: Pat & Vern Barnhart Collection
Collection no: 324
Description: The Barnharts were missionaries to Korea from 1916-1941. Mr. Pat Barnhart was the first Physical Education Director of YMCA Korea, who introduced many western sports (such as basketball) to the Korean people for the first time. The collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, and journals of the Barnharts and their associates, and a privately published memoir of their daughter, Dr. Jean Barnhart Jost, who grew up in Korea until the age of 18.
Library: East Asian Library
Formats: Manuscripts, Photographs
Topics: Asian American Studies, Korean Language and Culture, Sports Studies
Use of this collection is by appointment only. Please contact:
- Name: Ken Klein
- Title: Head, East Asian Library
- Email: kklein@usc.edu
- Phone: 213-740-1772
- Fax: 213-740-7437
