Ta-Chun Hsu papers, circa 1904-2016, bulk 1938-2008

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Series III: Printed materials, 印刷品, 1930-2006

Series comprises post cards, maps, ephemera, books, articles, and magazines, collected by T.C. Hsu dating from 1930 to 2006. The post cards depict scenery and buildings of Beijing and Shanghai in 1973. The post card sets, maps, and ephemera were collected by T.C. Hsu during his travel to China and Europe. Many of the books in the series have inscription to T.C. Hsu by the authors. The printed publications are mostly on people that are affiliated with T.C. Hsu and topics related to China the United States.


Post cards and maps, 明信片與地圖, 1973



Box 2 Folder 11 Building of Peking, 北京建築, circa 1973, 10 items


Box 2 Folder 12 Peking Scenery, 北京風景, circa 1973, 10 items


Box 2 Folder 13 Ancient Building of Tatung, 大同古建築, 1973, 10 items


Box 2 Folder 14 Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1921, 中國共產黨第一次全國表大會會址記念館, circa 1973, 10 items


Box 2 Folder 15 Shanghai, 上海, 1973, 10 items


Box 2 Folder 16 Map of Europe, undated


Box 2 Folder 17 Beijing tour map, 1975


Box 2 Folder 17 Shanghai transportation map, 1975


Box 2 Folder 18 Shanghai Industrial Expo (上海工業展覽會) Pamphlet, circa 1975


Books, magazines, and articles, 書冊類, 1930-2006



Box 5 Folder 24 唐狄梁公碑 /Tang Di Liang gong bei. By 趙孟頫書 ; 范仲淹撰; Mengfu Zhao; Zhongyan Fan, 1930s



Box 8 Folder 1 张元济诗文 /Zhang yuan ji shi wen. By yuan ji Zhang, 张元济, 1986


Box 8 Folder 1 我的父亲张元济 /Wo de fu qin Zhang Yuanji. By 张树年, Shunian Zhang, 2006


Box 8 Folder 1 張元濟書札 /Zhang Yuanji shuzha. Publisher: 商務印書館, 1981


Box 8 Folder 2 丁文江這個人 /Ding wen jiang zhe ge ren. By Hu Shih et al. 胡適等著, 1967

Part of 傳記文學叢書之二十一


Box 8 Folder 2 紐約客談 /Niuyue ke tan. By 喬志高著 George Kao, 1976


Box 8 Folder 2 約園著作選輯 / Yueyuan zhuzuo xuanji. By Shouyong Zhang; Zhilian Zhang, 張壽鏞著. 張芝聯編., 1995


Box 8 Folder 3 中國中古思想小史 /Zhongguo zhong gu si xiang xiao shi. By Hu Shih, 胡適, 1969


Box 8 Folder 3 Dai lin ji / 待麟集 : Chinese character text of Waiting for the unicorn : poems and lyrics of China's last dynasty, 1644-1911. Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo and William Schultz, 1987


Box 8 Folder 4 Yuen Ren Chao's autobiography : first 30 years, from 1892-1921. By Yuen Ren Chao, 趙元任, 1975

Only Volume II


Box 8 Folder 4 八十年、五十年回憶 /Ba shi nian, wu shi nian hui yi. By 楊步偉, 趙元任; Buwei Yang Chao; Yuen Ren Chao, circa 1970


Box 8 Folder 4 一個女人的自傳 /Yi ge nü ren de zi zhuan. By Buwei Yang, 楊步偉著, 1967


Box 8 Folder 5 師門五年記 /Shi men wu nian ji. By Ergang Luo; Erh-kang Lo 羅爾綱撰, 1958, 2 items

第一版, 1958. 適之再校本(民47,十二, 二十八, 夜).


Box 8 Folder 6 蔣百里先生百年誕辰紀念冊 / Jiang bai li xian sheng bai nian dan chen ji nian ce, undated

With photograph of Frances L. Chu, 1999 July 29



Box 7 Folder 10 The Hiss case: a lesson for American people, 1959, 2 copies

Speech of Hon. Richard M. Nixon of California in the House of Representatives. Thursday, January 26, 1950. Inscribed to T.C. Hsu from Hu Shih


Box 7 Folder 10 Eleven Centuries of Chinese Printing, 1952

Exhibition of books from the Gest Oriental Library at Princeton University Library, February 20-April 20, 1952. Curated by Hu Shih


Box 7 Folder 10 United Nations at the Crossroads, 1956

Address by Liu Chieh, Chairman of the Delegation of the Republic of China to the Twentieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations


Box 7 Folder 11 Communist China, fact and myth. By Chʻun-ming Chang, 1956

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] [1956]. Series: The new leader, sect. 2, Sept. 24, 1956


Box 7 Folder 11 大陸三年 / Da lu san nian. By 靈子, pseud. Lingzi, pseud., 1953


Box 7 Folder 12 大成 / Da cheng: issue 33, 1976 August 1


Box 7 Folder 12 大人 / Da ren: issue 27, 1972 July 15


Zhuan ji wen xue = 傳記文學 = Biographical literature


Box 7 Folder 13 Vol.4, no.5, 1964 May


Box 7 Folder 13 Vol.17, no.5 (issue 102), 1970 November


Box 7 Folder 13 Vol.28, no.5 (issue 168), 1976 May


Box 7 Folder 14 海外論壇 = World forum = Hai wai lun tan., 1961-1962, 4 items

Vol.2, no.7-8, 11-12; Vol.3, no.5.



Box 9 Folder 1 美哉中華 = Beautiful China, a pictorial monthly, 1970 November