미국하와이대학교 해밀턴도서관 소장 한국 고문헌의 서지적 분석

Abstract

The aim of this article is to outline the history and importance of the Korean rare books in The University of Hawaii. With this purpose in mind, the historical background and the process of how these books came to University of Hawaii were studied through cataloguing the list, and then analyzing them by subject, printing type, and timeline. The University of Hawaii have 329 titles 1,354 volumes. Most of them were from the East-West Center collection as well as personal donations. Classifying books by subjects, Miscellany are 137 titles 780 volumes accounting 57.61% of total Korean rare books preserved in Hamilton Library. Woodblock print comprise 51.3% of total printing type, and 49.3% of Korean rare books were published during the Japanese colonial era.Political, economic and social materials could not be published actively during the loss of national independence, however, it is analyzed that much of woodblock print material were published in a center of personal family history to stand together. This reflects the situation at that time.