[KS] US military archives on tourism

[Hyung Pai]

Dear members,
I am interested in locating US military archives ( preferably from the  
Occupation and Korean War period and after) and primary sources on the  
topic of travel and tourism.
Currently, I am trying to track down tourist brochures, postcards,  
guidebooks as well travelogues either on Korea or Japan. After the  
fall of the Japanese empire, I have found out that many of the former  
JTB offices and Korean travel agencies were working closely with  
military bureaus to promote cultural destinations for R and R for the  
troops on leave. Was their a centralized tourist office/liason  
( coordinating Pacific destinations) or did the USO organize these  
activities? Where did they go - Kyongju, Atami, Nikko, Yokohama? Did  
they take-over former Japanese station hotels like the Chosen or  
Bando, hot springs resorts, and build new leisure facilities ( gold  
courses? ) besides all the girly bars, geisha houses ( seen in many  
old Hollywood Movies) and brothels that we know about ( I know the  
Walker Hill hotel complex was part of this kind of joint-venture with  
American Airlines corp in the 1960s)
But, so far, I have only found sporadic photos and brochures.
I will be in the DC area in early December, are there sources at the  
LOC ?
  I have never worked with US military archives and I do not even know  
where to start. Any advice is welcome.


Hyung Il Pai
Associate Professor
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department, University of  
California, Santa Barbara, HSSB Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Fax: 805) 893-7671
Email: hyungpai at eastasian.ucsb.edu
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