Goals
The records produced at the time of May 18,1980 and the commemorative project records of the May 18 Foundation are systematically preserved and managed, so as to be used for academic and research activities and commemorative projects as well as to provide them to the general public.
Overview (project details)
- Collecting and donating related records at home and abroad, preserving and managing consigned records.
- Management of the May 18 Foundation project records.
Performance (During the year of 2014 to 2018)
| Year | Type | Contents | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Collecting Materials | Collected materials at the National Assembly Library in the United States | Four materials including Overall Gwangju Urban Design Plan(1981) |
| Receiving Historical Material Donations | Received pictures from a soldier who participated in the suppression during the May 18 | 18 pictures | |
| Received medical records from doctors who worked during the May 18 | A copy of the medical records | ||
| Received a documentary film titled "The records of the May 18" which was produced by MBC Gwangju Branch | 100 copies of DVD | ||
| Recording oral history | Female survivors of the May 18 | 4 cases | |
| Digitalization | - | - | |
| 2017 | Collecting Materials | Collected materials related to democratic movement and human rights situation in Korea during the period of 1979-1986 from the East Asian library at the University of California LA Campus | 6,300 documents |
| Receiving Historical Material Donations | Former US Ambassador Mark Lippert donated 89 declassified US government documents that were produced in 1980 | 89 documents | |
| Professor Shin Sangjeon donated clippings of German newspaper records covering the May 18 in 1980 | 2 Clippings | ||
| Professor Yang Seongho donated a video on how Korean diaspora association in Germany fought for spreading the truth about the May 18 in 1980 | A video | ||
| Recording oral history | Collected oral histories from soldiers and witnesses | 11 cases | |
| Digitalization | Digitalized daily records on the May 18 | - | |
| 2016 | Collecting Materials | Collected magazines that were published in Germany in May, June 1980 | 6 volumes |
| Collected the May 18 related historical materials in the United States | 52 documents including the Korean Journal | ||
| Clippings of Japanese newspapers covering the May 18 in Japan in 1980(donated by Goh Gangil) | 3 Clippings, 1 Diary, A copy of newspaper(Mainichi Daily News and The Daily Yomiuri) | ||
| Receiving Historical Material Donations | May 18 related materials produced in Japan especially covering the Gwangju KBS Incident | 23 documents including the Asahi Daily | |
| Materials on the May Commemoration in Germany | 358 documents | ||
| The Korea Times articles published in May 1980 | 21 pieces | ||
| Professor Shin Sangjeon donated clippings of German newspaper and materials produced by the Korean diaspora association in Germany during the May 18 | 72 Newsletter and handout that produced by the Korean diaspora association in Germany 3 Clippings of newspaper | ||
| Recording oral history | Collected oral histories from doctors and activists | 4 cases | |
| Digitalization | Developing a classification system for archival materials | - | |
| 2015 | Collecting Materials | Collected diary, conferment records, and notes from individuals | 5 documents |
| Receiving Historical Material Donations | Kim Yeongcheol's bereaved family donated materials that they had | Pictures, photo album, diary, and medical records | |
| Recording oral history | Collected oral histories from activists and ordinary people who experienced the May 18 | 78 cases | |
| Digitalization | Digitalized the May 18 investigation records | - | |
| 2014 | Collecting Materials | Collected the May 18 related materials from the United States | 3 audiovisual materials |
| Receiving Historical Material Donations | - | - | |
| Recording oral history | Collected oral histories from activists and ordinary people who experienced the May 18 | 80 cases | |
| Digitalization | Classified oral histories that were collected from 1999 to 2000 | - |