Cai, Zengji (Choy, Jun-ke), 蔡增基, 1970

Extent:
341 pages and 2 Reels
Scope and content:

Son of Chinese immigrants to Hawaii; return to China, 1911; Commissioner of finance, Canton, 1919-1920; Commissioner of land, Canton, 1926; general manager Canton-Hankow Railway, 1928; managing director Shanghai-Nanking Railway and Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, Shanghai, 1928-29; mayor of Hangchow, 1930; commissioner of finance, Shanghai, 1931; commissioner of land, Shanghai, 1933-1934; visits abroad; rehabilitating shipping; second Japanese invasion; refuge in Macao, hazardous journey to Shiukwan; trek to Chungking, return to America

Interview audio has been digitized. The digitized audio is accompanied by timestamped indexing for ease of navigation.

Other finding aids:

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Access and use

Parent restrictions:
Access: Open
Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
Contact:
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