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Benjamin Waugh papers, 1925-1933, bulk 1927-1928 0.4 Linear Feet (in 1 manuscript box)

Waugh, Benjamin
The Benjamin Waugh papers mainly consist of photographs that documented the National Revolution Army's Northern Expedition in various northern cities in China dating from 1927 to 1928. Other materials include letters, a grocery company's income, and photographic postcards depicting sceneries in China.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Chen Lifu Papers, 1926-1989, bulk 1926-1951 1.25 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes)

Chen, Lifu, 1900-2001
The Chen Lifu papers (陳立夫檔案) mainly document his involvement in Chinese politics during the Republican era, dating from 1926 to 1989, with the bulk dates from 1926 to 1951. The papers consist of correspondence, portrait, meeting documents, reports, plans, speeches, writings, memoir, and printed materials. The papers focus on Chen Lifu's political career as the Head of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Minister of Education, as well as his general involvement in politics dating from 1926 to 1949.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Chinese oral history project, 1958-1975 17,584 pages 59 Reels (1.5 Linear Feet [1 record carton and 1 manuscript box])

Columbia University. East Asian Institute

Interviews document the lives of seventeen prominent figures in the Republic of China (1911-1949). Narrators discuss military affairs, politics, national and regional governance, education, economics, culture, transportation, and other topics. Military campaigns are a major topic of the collection. Narrators discuss the operations and impacts of the Northern Expedition (1928-2928), Second Sino-Japanese War/War of Resistance (1937-1945), and Chinese Civil War (1945-1949). Narrators discuss the practical matters of governing during a period of upheaval. They also discuss the politics of the era and entities such as the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. Many narrators studied abroad in the United States and Europe. The collection gives insights into Chinese education and the experiences of Chinese nationals abroad, including observations from their travels. Several narrators worked as diplomats for the Republican government and offer insights into international affairs and world leaders of the mid-20th century.

  1. Oral History Archives at Columbia

Chinese oral history project collection, 1914-1989, bulk 1958-1980 37 Linear Feet (86 manuscript boxes, 7 card catalog drawers, and 4 index card boxes)

Columbia University. Chinese Oral History Project
The Chinese oral history project collection (中國口述歷史項目檔案) provides a wealth of information on the development of the project and its interviews with eminent Chinese political figures abroad in the United States and Hong Kong from 1958 to 1980s. The completed interviews are described separately under the Chinese oral history project, while this collection provides context of creation for the interviews and additional historical documentation on interviewees. The highlights of the collection consist of the administrative subject files, correspondence, interview photographs and reports, transcript drafts, collected autobiographies and manuscripts, audio recording, and card files of names mentioned in the transcripts.
  1. Oral History Archives at Columbia

Shih-hui Hsiung (Shihui Xiong) papers, 1907-1974, bulk 1930-1948 10 linear feet (14 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box, 4 mapcase folders, and 5 scroll boxes)

Xiong, Shihui, 1893-1974
The Shih-hui Hsiung (Shihui Xiong) papers consist of materials documenting Hsiung's life and political career from 1907 to 1974. The highlights of the papers are the manuscripts, which include six volumes of Hsiung's memoir, seven volumes of diaries over 43 years, and approximately 440 original handwritten speech scripts. The photographs and political and military affairs related documents focus on Hsiung's active involvement in the northeast region and abroad from 1930 to 1948. The papers overall consist of correspondence, calligraphy scrolls, diaries, a diploma, documents, letter books, manuscripts of published and unpublished works, maps, newspaper clippings, notes, oversize military notices, poems, photographs, photograph albums, reports, and other materials.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Zhang, Fakui papers, 1912-1966, bulk 1935-1949 4 Linear Feet (10 manuscript boxes) 6 Reels (3 reels, 2 copies)

Zhang, Fakui, 1896-1980
The Zhang Fakui papers emphasize General Zhang's military career as a Chinese Nationalist General during the important years of the Sino-Japanese War. The bulk of the papers consist of documents and maps relating to the history of the Fourth War Zone which he commanded during the Sino-Japanese War dating from 1940 to 1947. Also included are documents related to the governance and development of the Hainan dating from 1939 to 1949. Materials include correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, reports, manuscripts, and diaries.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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