Dosan Media Dosan Ahn Chang-ho Archive

Media

The files

Every reel and film on this site, read rather than watched: the claim each one answers, in the other side's own published words; what the record says; and the documents behind it, each in the paper it is printed in.

Pachappa and the first Koreatown

The camp, the census, the photograph dated three ways.

  1. Cover frame: a woman at a news desk, her eyes and mouth pixelated, on a blue screen with scan lines, captioned “POV: You're being lied to”18 · September 2026Edward T. Chang and the 'First Koreatown' NarrativeThe record says: The exhibition cannot date its own central photograph.3 claims answered · 2 documents
  2. Cover frame: four monuments in a grid, the Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho Memorial sign and statue in Riverside, the City of Riverside 'Pachappa Camp No. 1, 1905–1918' marker and a sculpture, captioned “these monuments”16 · September 2026How Are These Monuments Supposed to Honor Dosan?The record says: The exhibition cannot date its own central photograph.2 claims answered · 2 documents
  3. Cover frame: Philip Ahn Cuddy speaking over an aerial map of Riverside, California, captioned “about Riverside”14 · September 2026Unearthing the Pachappa Camp LieThe record says: The exhibition cannot date its own central photograph.2 claims answered · 2 documents
  4. Cover frame: a portrait of Dosan Ahn Chang-ho beside a copy of a book on Pachappa Camp struck through with a red cross, titled “Dosan didn’t found Pachappa Camp”13 · August 2026Dosan Did Not Establish Pachappa CampThe record says: The founding year is printed as settled. The photograph beside it is dated to a decade.1 claim answered · 1 document
  5. Documentary examining the $50M heritage center proposal made in Dosan Ahn Chang-ho's name10 · August 2026The $50 Million Lie in Dosan's NameThe $50M heritage center proposal and the 'First Koreatown' story told in Dosan Ahn Chang Ho's name, checked against the record: more than 200 documented errors, shown one by one.0 claims answered · 1 document
  6. Cover frame: the Dosan Memorial Foundation of Americas emblem above the City of Riverside Pachappa Camp marker, overlaid with the words “they lie”08 · August 2026Exposing the DMFA False Claims & Misuse of Dosan's NameCalling out false narratives surrounding the 'first Koreatown' and the misuse of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho's name by the Dosan Memorial Foundation of Americas.0 claims answered · 2 documents
  7. Cover frame: a full-length studio portrait of Dosan Ahn Chang-ho overlaid with the words “not the founder”07 · August 2026Not the FounderThe record says: The founding year is printed as settled. The photograph beside it is dated to a decade.1 claim answered · 1 document
  8. Cover frame: Edward T. Chang speaking in an interview, captioned “who claims”05 · July 2026Exposed Lies, Part 2: Where the Textbook Got ItPart two. ‘Hidden Voices’ takes its account from ‘Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown’, the book that laid the foundation of the Riverside claim.0 claims answered · 1 document
  9. Cover frame: Edward T. Chang speaking in a television interview, captioned “own history”02 · July 2026The Many Lies of Edward T. ChangThe record says: The same archive dates the same photograph three different ways.1 claim answered · 1 document
  10. Cover frame: dozens of Korean settlers arranged on a hillside for a group portrait, captioned “the first Koreatown”01 · July 2026The First Koreatown? 200+ Documented Scholarship ErrorsThe record says: The exhibition cannot date its own central photograph.2 claims answered · 1 document

The Foundation and the memorial

Who is raising money in his name, and what they have built.

  1. Cover frame: the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho memorial statue against open sky, captioned “the legacy”03 · July 2026Who Is Building Dosan's Memorial?A memorial raised in Dosan's name is only as careful as the people raising it, and their own websites carry typos, pages badly made, and information nothing verifies.0 claims answered · 1 document

The textbook

Where the misinformation reached a classroom.

  1. Cover frame: a studio portrait of Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, captioned “every lie”04 · July 2026Exposed Lies, Part 1: A New York TextbookThe first of a short series. Misinformation about Dosan has reached ‘Hidden Voices’, a textbook taught in New York City schools, spread in the name of a man who fought lies.0 claims answered · 1 document

The family

Susan, Philip, and the line that keeps the collection.

  1. Cover frame: a publicity portrait of the actor Philip Ahn, captioned with his name12 · August 2026Philip Ahn: Dosan's Son in HollywoodPhilip Ahn, Dosan's eldest son, whose fifty-year screen career made him one of the first Korean American actors in Hollywood.0 claims answered · 1 document
  2. Cover frame: Philip “Flip” Ahn Cuddy wearing a commemorative medal at an outdoor ceremony, captioned “community”09 · August 2026Philip 'Flip' Ahn Cuddy: Direct Lineage KeeperIntroducing Philip 'Flip' Ahn Cuddy, direct grandson of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho and son of Susan Ahn Cuddy, keeper of verified family history.0 claims answered · 2 documents
  3. Cover frame: Susan Ahn Cuddy in United States Navy uniform, arms folded, captioned “was Navy”06 · August 2026Susan Ahn Cuddy: First Asian Woman US Navy Officer (1944)How Dosan's daughter Susan Ahn Cuddy joined the US Navy in 1942 to fight Imperial Japan, becoming the first female gunnery officer in US Armed Forces history.0 claims answered · 2 documents

The record

What the documents say, on their own.

  1. Cover frame: a cartoon of a small boat at a pier under an American flag, a photographed boy's head in it saying “I wanna go back :(”, captioned “America alone ready”17 · September 2026Henry Chung DeYoung: Scholar, Diplomat, Unsung HeroArriving in 1905 as a penniless 14-year-old who couldn't speak English, he was almost lost to history until Dosan Ahn Chang Ho convinced him to stay and fight. Over 75 years his camera documented the early Korean-American experience.0 claims answered · 0 documents
  2. Cover frame: a studio portrait of a seated man, his face blurred under a red question mark, captioned “the first Korean”15 · September 2026The First Korean American: Philip JaisohnMeet Philip Jaisohn (서재필), the first Korean to be naturalized as an American citizen. A key patriot in the Korean Independence Movement, he made the Korean fight against Imperial Japan known throughout the world.0 claims answered · 0 documents
  3. Cover frame: a figure in archival newsreel footage, captioned “Japanese”11 · August 2026Exposing Imperial Collaboration Records (Chinilpa)Contrasting Korean Independence Fighters like Dosan against 1916 historical records of imperial collaborators.0 claims answered · 2 documents