Sung Yool & ToRa (Dora) Kim Collection.

Contributed by Richard Ho Sun Kim (8th child)

840 Canterra Street, #2044

Las Vegas, NV 89138
702-360-5742

Large Photo: Sung Yoo1 & Dora Kim with 9 children, 1930, Hilo, Hawaii
#1 Syngman Rhee with Sung Yoo1 & Dora Kim, 1930, Hilo, Hawaii
#2 Sung Yoo1 & Dora Kim family, 1932, Hilo, Hawaii
#3 Dora Kim’s father, Young Woon Kim, 1928, Wonsan, Hamkyung Do
#4 Dora Kim’s mother, Sur see, 1928, Wonsan, Hamkyung Do
#5 Dora Kim’s friends, 1928, Wonsan, Hamkyung Do
#6 Dora Kim’s in-laws’ family grave record: 1928, Kosan, Hamkyung
(Dora Kim came to Hawaii in 1911 and visited Korea in 1928 for a month. While
she was there, she paid 50 won for her in-laws’ graves.
Dora Kim kept this record for her children to remember where their ancestors’ graves
are)
#7 matchmaking letter (Chinese characters) in rice paper (explanation in English)

#42 Welcoming Program: VP Ham, Tae Young (11/14/1953) & photo of Korean Christian

Church Choir who sang at the program # 83 Photo: Sung Yoo1 & Dora Kim (71?)
# 84 Record of Marriage (copy) (11/1/1911)
# 87
1)Sung Yoo1, Dora Kim with first Child (Charles), 1912, Hana, Maui
2)With 5 children, 1920, Hana, Maui
3)Snapshot with a11 9 children, 1925, Hana, Maui
4)Sung Yoo1 Kim, 1947
5)Dora Kim (???)
# 97 Dongji Investment Co. Stock (owner Sung Yoo1 Kim) $10, 1926
# 98 Recognition Certificate of Sung Yool Kim by ROK Pres. Syngman Rhee, 3/1/1950
# 99 Recognition Certificate of Dora Kim by ROK Pres. Syngman Rhee, 3/1/1950
#100
1) Korean Independent Fund Bond issued by Kook Min Hur (KNA), 1919:
bought by Dora Kim, $16
2)Korean Independent Fund Bond issued by Kook Min Hur (KNA), 1919: bought by
Sung Y 001 Kim, $41
3)Korean Independent Fund Bond issued by Kook Min Hur (KNA), 1919:
bought by Sung Y 001 Kim, $5
# 101 Dongji Hoi Membership Certificate of Dora Kim (1/11/1932)
# 102 Kook Min Hur Membership Certificate of Sung Yoo1 Kim (10/16/1910)
# 103 Certificate of the Korean Ladies Relief Society, Dora Kim, 1/22/1921
# 104 Dongji -hoi Membership Certificate of Sung Yoo1 Kim (1/11/1932)
# 105 Recognition Certificate of Sung Yoo1 by Dongji Hoi (7/7/1955)
# 129 Citizenship Petition related papers: 4 pages of double sides
#139
1) Citizenship Class card of Dora Kim, #39495, 1953
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 2) Citizenship Course completion, Attorney David S. Nahm, 4/1/1953
# 140
1)Dora Kim's handwriting: children's birthday
2)Citizenship class: history lesson (Dora Kim's handwriting)

3)# 141
1) Citizenship class: history lesson (Dora Kim's handwriting)
Dora’s handwriting on her marriage: “married in the Immigration Building
11/1/1911 & obtained marriage certificate from Health Department on
12/6/1951")

#200 "World War II in the Pacific" by Richard Ho Sun Kim & photos
1)Korean Prisoners of War, 1943, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands with Richard Kim, back
rowm 3rd from left
2)Japanese Sera fighter plane shot down in the battle of Kwajalein, Marshall
Islands, 1943, Richard Kim
3)Richard Kim in front of Japanese tank, 1943, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
4)Richard Kim at the Japanese bunker destroyed, 1943, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands