Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien papers, 1910s-2018, bulk 1932-1999

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Series I: Patricia Koo Tsien


Sub-Series I.1: Early Personal and Career Files



Box 29 Folder 1 Re-issued Birth Certificate, Photocopy, 1979



Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from Wellington Koo to Tang Shaoyi (唐紹儀) on the birth of Patricia Koo, 1917

See original in Wellington Koo papers at Rare Books and Manuscripts Library


The Keen School, Tianjin


Box 1 Folder 2 Middle School Grade Report Card, The Keen School, 1932 June


Box 1 Folder 3 The Keen School I Remember, Ida F. Frantz, 1972

Include writing by Patricia Koo Tsien on pg. 33


Box 1 Folder 4 Keen School directories, 1989-2001

Both Juliana Yen and Patricia Koo Tsien appear in the directory


University of London


Box 1 Folder 5 Registration Card, 1937-1938


Box 1 Folder 6 Mathematics Notes & Exams, 1937-1938


Box 1 Folder 7 Science, circa 1937-1938


Box 1 Folder 8 Physics Notes, 2 books, circa 1939


Box 1 Folder 9 Recommendations for Graduate Courses, 1969 June-July


Box 1 Folder 10 Miscellaneous Cards & Memo, late 1930s


Box 1 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Memo, Address Book, late 1930s


Box 1 Folder 12 Shoe Receipt, 1938


Organizing during WWII



Box 29 Folder 2 Clippings, Anti-Japan Warfare Activities, late 1930s


Box 29 Folder 3 China Campaign Committee, The Chinese Embassy, 1939


Box 29 Folder 4 Clippings, Patricia Koo Tsien Featured in News, 1938



Box 1 Folder 13 Invitation to Speak at the League of Nations Union, 1938 November 1


Box 1 Folder 14 Bank Checks, 1938-1939


Box 1 Folder 15 City of Westminster Air Raid Precautions Card, 1938 September 25


Box 1 Folder 16 苗胞影萃, 1941

Album gifted to Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien from 崔濂 as a wedding gift


Box 1 Folder 17 National Registration Identity Card, 1944-1945


Box 1 Folder 18 Certificate of Preventive Inoculation, 1944 April


Box 1 Folder 19 People's Bank of China, Bank Notes, circa 1949


Sub-Series I.2: Early Speeches and Lectures, 1946-1952


Box 1 Folder 20 Clipping, Shanghai Couple Guests of Honor at Supper, The Bridgeport Post, 1946 March 4

Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien with Michael and Ying Ying


Box 1 Folder 21 Clipping, Music Filled the Air, Newark Evening News, 1947 May 7

Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien


Box 1 Folder 22 Drawing, Patricia Koo Tsien Portrait, circa 1946


Box 1 Folder 23 Letter from Sino-British Cultural Association, Job Application to the UN, 1946


Box 1 Folder 24 Letter from University of Chicago, Summer Visit, 1946 April 4


Box 1 Folder 25 Miscellaneous Memoradum, 1946

Letterhead indicates China Industrial Critics/實建評論


Box 1 Folder 26 Letters from Oceanside Free Library, 1947 March-April


Box 1 Folder 27 Letter to Lily Edelman, The East & West Association, 1949 February 17


Box 1 Folder 28 Letter from Zonta Club of Long Island, 1947 January 1


Box 1 Folder 29 Speech at Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, NY, 1946 February 25


Box 1 Folder 30 Letters from Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, NY, 1947 January-February


Box 1 Folder 31 Letters from The First Presbyterian and Trinity Church of South Orange, NJ, 1948 March


Box 1 Folder 32 Letter from The Hempstead Library, NY, 1948 July 12


Box 1 Folder 33 Study Notes on Chinese History and Culture, undated


Box 1 Folder 34 Speech, Willow Valley, Museum of Modern Art, 1949 February

Sponsored by the East and West Association



Box 29 Folder 5 Excerpt from International Affairs, 1950 January



Box 1 Folder 35 Chinese Dancing, undated


Box 1 Folder 36 Notes/Writing, "Religion", 1952 April-May


Sub-Series I.3: United Nations Trusteeship Department, 1947-1979



Box 29 Folder 6 Chinese Delegation to United Nations Conference, San Francisco, Statement of Account, circa 1945



Box 1 Folder 37 Fax, Appointment as Social Affairs Officer, Trusteeship Department, the United Nations, 1947 July 21



Box 29 Folder 7 Employment Benefits, 1947 June



Box 1 Folder 38 Appointment Letter and Personnel Action forms, 1947-1950



Box 29 Folder 8 Position Classification and Pension Fund, 1948-1951



Box 1 Folder 39 Miscellaneous Letters and Forms, 1948-1960

on promotion, allowance, etc.


Box 1 Folder 40 Letters to Mr. Bough, 1951-1952


Box 1 Folder 41 Memoradum, Staff Council Election, 1951 May 22


Box 1 Folder 42 Report, Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, circa 1952

for 三姐?


Box 1 Folder 43 Letters to Wilfrid Benson, 1953 August



Box 29 Folder 9 Promotion and Review letters, 1953-1959



Box 1 Folder 44 United Nations ID Pass, 1953


Box 1 Folder 45 Dependent Territories, 1953


Box 1 Folder 46 Correspondence with Alfred G. Moss, 1953 January


Box 1 Folder 47 Clippings, Egypt, circa 1954


Box 1 Folder 48 Memoradums, circa 1954



Box 2 Folder 1 Photographs, Events at United Nations, 1954


Box 2 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Notes and Postcard, circa 1954-1960


Box 2 Folder 3 Patricia Koo Tsien Biography, 1955


Box 2 Folder 4 Letter on The Secretary General, circa 1955-1956


Box 2 Folder 5 Synopsis on Colonialism in Theory and Practice, 1955 June 23


Box 2 Folder 6 Note on Interview with McCarthy and Sweitger, 1958 January 22


Box 2 Folder 7 Letters to A. V. Kunst, 1958-1963


Box 2 Folder 8 Letter on Promotion to First Officer, 1959 August 25


Box 2 Folder 9 Letters on Home Leave, 1961


Box 2 Folder 10 Letter to WB, 1961 November 28



Box 29 Folder 10 Clippings, Morocco, circa 1962



Box 2 Folder 11 Request for Dependency Allowance, 1964 October 14


Box 2 Folder 12 Employment Certificate, 1966 April 13


Box 2 Folder 13 Booklet, Charter of the United Nations and Statue of the International Court of Justice, 1966


Box 2 Folder 14 Reimbursement Forms, 1972-1975


Box 2 Folder 15 Report, The United Nations and Decolonization with Specific Reference to Southern Africa, 1973 August 13


Box 2 Folder 16 Reports and Clippings, Angola, 1975


Box 2 Folder 17 Report, The Role of the United Nations in Decolonization, 1975 April


Box 2 Folder 18 Travel Authorization, Receipt, 1977-1978


Box 2 Folder 19 Letter from Kurt Waldheim, on Patricia Koo Tsien's Retirement, 1979 November 19


Box 2 Folder 20 Report: Withdrawal of Delegations from Meetings on Non-Self Governing Territories, circa 1970s


Box 2 Folder 21 The Separate Opinions of Mrs. Patricia Koo Tsien, Member Elected by the Staff, United Nations, Joint Appeals Board, circa 1979


Sub-Series I.4: United Nations and AFICS (Association of Former International Civil Servants), 1973-2009

Women's Rights and International Women's Day


AFICS (Association of Former International Civil Servants)


Box 2 Folder 22 Membership Certificate, 1977 September 7


Box 2 Folder 23 Quarterly Bulletins, 1989-1990

April 1989, May 1990


Box 2 Folder 24 Photograph, Patricia Koo Tsien representing AFICS, circa 2000


Box 2 Folder 25 Booklet, Memories of Dag Hammarskjold, 2001 September


United Nations Ad Hoc Group on Equal Rights for Women in New York


Box 2 Folder 26 Photographs & Clipping, Patricia Koo Tsien as Chairperson, 1975 March



Box 29 Folder 11 Proposal, 1987



Box 2 Folder 27 Article, Changes Since My Time: Equal Rights for Women, Then and Now, 1989 February 23


Box 2 Folder 28 Statement, Awards to Patricia Koo Tsien as First President of the Ad Hoc Group, 1989 March 8

Awarded on International Women's Day


Box 2 Folder 29 Photographs, Patricia Koo Tsien honored as First President of the Ad Hoc Group, 1989 March 8


Box 2 Folder 30 Award Speech, 1989 March 8


Box 2 Folder 31 Equal Time, Bulletin, 1989-1990

November 1989 (Patricia Koo Tsien on cover), March 1990


Box 2 Folder 32 World Vision/世界博览, Issue 88, 1991 April

Includes article on Patricia Koo Tsien


Box 2 Folder 33 Interview with Patricia Koo Tsien, by Eleen L. Hughes, 1983


Box 2 Folder 34 Biographies of Patricia Koo Tsien, circa 1989


Box 2 Folder 35 American Association of University Women forms, 1994


Box 2 Folder 36 The World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows, 1998 September

Distinguished award to Patricia Koo Tsien; Special Commemorative Journal


Box 2 Folder 37 Women, Peace and Security: 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 2005 February-March


Box 2 Folder 38 Photographs of Patricia Koo Tsien, Note from B. Dager, AAUW-NYC, 2005 April 10


Box 2 Folder 39 Shanghai Scene/上海滩, Issue 273, 2009 September

Includes article on Patricia Koo Tsien


Sub-Series I.5: Affidavit, Award, Certificate, Forms


Passports and IDs



Box 3 Folder 1 ID Cards, 1950s-2011

Mostly United Nations IDs


Box 3 Folder 2 Republic of China Passport, 1950


Box 3 Folder 3 Republic of China, Official Passports (3), 1958, 1964, 1970


Box 3 Folder 4 United Nations Passports (3), 1950, 1961, 1980


Box 3 Folder 5 International Certificate of Inoculation and Vaccination, 1968-1977


Box 3 Folder 6 People's Republic of China Passport, 1983


Box 3 Folder 7 United States Passports (3), 1985, 1995, 2006



Box 2 Folder 40 United States Lines, Affidavit of Identity and Nationality, 1959


Box 2 Folder 41 Visumverklaring voor Nederland, 1959


Box 2 Folder 42 Republique Francaise, Sauf-Conduit, 1962



Box 29 Folder 12 Affidavit, The Cunard Steamship Company Limited, 1965



Box 2 Folder 43 Application Form for Chinese Passport Endorsement, Consulate General of the Republic of China, 1965 July


Box 2 Folder 44 Affidavit, Patricia Koo Tsien on United Nations Positions, 1966, 1969, 1974


Box 2 Folder 45 Laissez-Passer, Consulate General de France a New York, 1970


Box 2 Folder 46 Visa Application, Egypt, 1977 April


Box 2 Folder 47 Passport Application Forms, People's Republic of China, 1978, 1983


Box 2 Folder 48 Salvoconducto, Spain, 1979 May


Box 2 Folder 49 Visa Application, Mexico, 1983 March


Box 2 Folder 50 Reference Letter from Ambassade de Chine, Paris, 1970s


Box 2 Folder 51 Application to File Petition for Naturalization, 1984 February


Box 2 Folder 52 Certificate of Naturalization, United States, 1985 September 4



Box 29 Folder 13 Award, United Nations Services Recognition, 30 Years of Service, 1985 October 24

In award certificate cover


Certficates for Marriage and Familial Relationships


Box 29 Folder 14 Marriage Certificate/結婚證書, Photocopy, 1941 April 19



Box 2 Folder 53 Certificate of Marriage, Consulate General of the Republic of China, Photocopy, 1973 January


Box 2 Folder 54 Affidavit Forms for Marital Relationship of Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien, 1973 June



Box 29 Folder 15 Affidavit Forms for Familial Relationship, Photocopies, 1979

Issued by Wellington Koo and Kia-Chi Tsien


Box 29 Folder 16 International Atomic Energy Agency Personal History Form, undated


Sub-Series I.6: Patricia Koo Tsien Writings and Family History Research



Box 2 Folder 55 VK Wellington Koo, undated


Box 2 Folder 56 Father's Memoirs, undated


Box 2 Folder 57 Father's 70th Birthday, undated


Box 2 Folder 58 Father's 95th Birthday, circa 1983


Box 2 Folder 59 Father's 96th Birthday, 1984 February 22



Box 29 Folder 17 Correspondences with Family Membrs in China, 1998-1999



Box 33 Folder 1 Koo Family Tree, in Chinese, 1998-1999



Box 2 Folder 60 Letter to Juliana Koo, circa 2003


Box 2 Folder 61 Manuscript, "She," Story by Yeh Sheng-tao, undated


Sub-Series I.7: Business Cards, Stamps, Postcards



Box 3 Folder 8 Patricia Koo Tsien Business Cards & IDs, 1950s-1990s


Box 3 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Business Cards, 1970s-1990s

Includes an envelope of business cards collected during a trip to Shanghai (Jiading), Tianjin, and Beijing between January 24 and February 10, 1999


Box 3 Folder 10 Address Books, undated


Box 3 Folder 11 Stamps, Collected from China, undated



Box 36 Patricia Koo Tsien Postcards Collection, undated

A box of more than 30 postcard albums and loose postcards