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Chol Soo Lee Collection
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Finding aid created by: Michele Combs
Date: 10 Sep 2024
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Finding aid created by: Michele Combs
Date: 10 Sep 2024
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Title: | Chol Soo Lee Collection |
| Dates: | 1978-1980 |
| Quantity: | 4 items |
| Abstract: | Recording and printed material related to the case of Chol Soo Lee, Korean immigrant convicted of murder |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Chol Soo Lee (1952-2014) was a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder of a San Francisco Chinatown gang leader. Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1974, but investigative reporting and the work of the Free Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee eventually led to his acquttal, and he was released in 1983.
The Chol Soo Lee Collection consists of a 45-rpm recording of "The ballad of Chol Soo Lee," and several pieces of printed material reltaed to the cae
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Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Access to recordings requires advance notice to produce a use copy.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Lee, Chol Soo, 1952-2014.
Corporate Bodies
Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee.
Subjects
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States.
Korean Americans.
Genres and Forms
Newsletters.
Phonograph records.
Posters.
Sound recordings.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Chol Soo Lee Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2024.
Printed material
Recordings
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Miscellaneous 1978-1980 - poster for benefit; chronology; newsletter of the Asian Law Alliance | ||||||||||
| Recordings | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | The ballad of Chol Soo Lee 1978 - created by Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee; sleeve includes lyrics (Vinyl record) (ID#: lee_cs_coll_001) | ||||||||||