These manuscripts, handwritten by President Park Chung-Hee, describe the theoretical background, his own philosophy, ideas and practical tasks regarding the SU movement. He (a) describes the Saemaul spirit as hard work, self-help and cooperation, (b) proposes practical tasks for environmental improvement, increase in income and mindset development as well as plans and guidelines for Saemaul projects, and (c) lays out detailed methods to execute such tasks and projects.

In order to effectively carry out education for the SU movement, each agency of the central government, the Saemaul Undong Central Council and the Saemaul Leaders Training Institute produced various types of textbooks. In particular, the Saemaul Textbook, jointly produced by the Exemplary Farm Training Institute and the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1972, can be regarded as the comprehensive handbook of the SU movement.

Saemaul Illustration Books, first produced by the Presidential Secretariat from 1972 until 1987, most vividly illustrate detailed aspects of the SU movement promoted nationwide each year. On each page, there are colored illustrations of villagers working hard to make their villages a good place to live through the SU movement.

These are voice recordings in English from 1979 introducing the SU movement, including an overview and history of the movement. Approximately 28 minutes in length, these audio files were stored in the form of open reel tapes and have been reproduced in Japanese, French and Spanish versions, allowing more people from other countries to learn about the SU movement in their native languages.

Wolgan Saemaul, published from 1972 to 1989 in the form of a magazine, was a compilation of articles on the progress of Saemaul projects of each month, best practice cases and farm village news. It also provided entertainment and cultural information such as readers’ opinions, serial novels and cartoons as a means to encourage readers to take an interest in the SU movement.

Session discussion charts are valuable materials for understanding the activities of trainees of the Saemaul Leaders Training Institute such as public officials and students. Through session discussions, trainees presented and shared the progress of the SU movement in each of their villages and came up with measures to deal with different issues.

Trainees to complete training at the Saemaul Leaders Training Institute and information on the training they received are included in graduation albums. Individual photos of trainees who participated in Saemaul Undong Training, mottos of each class and photos from the actual scenes of the Saemaul Undong Training can be found in these albums.

Letters from those who completed their Saemaul Undong Training write about the training program itself, their impressions after undergoing the program, the progress of Saemaul projects after graduating from the program and their resolutions as Saemaul Leaders. They communicated with the Head of the Saemaul Leaders Training Institute by writing about the difficulties they experienced on the scenes of Saemaul projects and receiving feedback from the Head in his letters.

Meeting minutes best represent records produced by villages. As an effort to explore ways to develop each village, meeting minutes reflected all opinions of the villagers brought forth at meetings, irrespective of whether they were for or against the agenda item at hand. Ledgers show how village funds collected for Saemaul projects were operated and executed in a transparent manner.