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

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Series III: V.K. Wellington Koo & the Koo Family


Sub-Series III.1: Legacy of V.K. Wellington Koo



Box 5 Folder 30-31 Postcards and Notecards Received after the Passing of Wellington Koo, 1985 November


Box 5 Folder 32 Wellington Koo Memorial, Photo Booklet, 1985 November


Box 5 Folder 33 Correspondence and Clippings, Yuan Tung Li/袁同禮, 1966



Box 6 Folder 1 Article, Property of The Chinese Oral History Project, Columbia University, circa 1970s

The oral history project includes interviews with Koo


Correspondences with Tianjin Translation Center/天津编译中心



Box 30 Folder 1-3 Yuan Dongyi, Wang Yawen/袁東衣,王雅文, 1980-1993

Thorough communication with the editors of Wellington Koo oral history/memoir in Tianjin, China



Box 6 Folder 2 Liu Baohui/刘保慧, 1997-1998


Box 6 Folder 3 Article, From Translation Commission to Translation Center, Liu Baohui/刘保慧, trans. Fu Zengren, undated


Box 6 Folder 4 Correspondences with Columbia University, 1980-1989

With East Asian Institute (Wellington Koo Fellowship); Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Oral History Projects


Box 6 Folder 5 Letter from East Asian Institute, Columbia University to Wellington Koo, 1981 October 13


Box 6 Folder 6 Correspondences with 中国社会科学院近代史研究所, 1982-1987


Box 6 Folder 7 Correspondences on the Search of Background Information on Wellingto Koo's Photographs, 1984



Box 29 Folder 37 Correspondences with C. Martin Wilbur, 1978, 1985-1988

On the Wellington Koo Fellowship Fund and the publication of WK memoirs



Box 34 Folder 3 Clippings, Photograph Exhibition and Publication of WK Memoir, 1986

Includes invitation to a Shanghai exhibition of photographs of Koo



Box 6 Folder 8 Correspondence on the Creation of Oil Painting Portrait of Wellington Koo, circa 1987

Letters in Chinese; with 上海油画雕塑院



Box 29 Folder 38 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1970s-1990s



Box 30 Folder 4 Miscellaneous Correspondences on the Wellington Koo Memoirs, 1980s-1990s


Box 30 Folder 5 Letter from United Nations Archives to Patricia Koo Tsien, re: List of Chinese Delegations, 1982



Box 6 Folder 9 Project Outline, Koo Memoir and Exhibition at Jiading Museum, 1989 May


Box 6 Folder 10 Correspondence with the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, 1993 December


Box 6 Folder 11 Correspondence between Patricia Koo Tsien and 中華書局; Reference Materials, 1994

Includes multiple manuscripts on the life of Wellington Koo


Box 6 Folder 12 Correspondence with Tang Qi-hua/唐啟華, 1995

Includes Tang's articles about Wellington Koo and additional reference materials


Box 6 Folder 13 Manuscript, Victor Hoo Chi-tsai Memoir, in Chinese with Edits, undated


Box 6 Folder 14 Letter from William L. T.?, to Patricia Koo Tsien, 1996

Includes a clipping of Chinese newspaper featuring the old house of Tang Shaoyi/唐绍仪故居


Box 6 Folder 15 我的1919,台本, with Reference Clippings, 1998-2000


Box 6 Folder 16 Notebooks (3), Research Notes, undated


Permanent Exhibition on Wellington Koo at Jiading Museum, Shanghai/嘉定博物馆 顾维钧陈列室



Box 7 Folder 1 Booklet, Opening of Wellington Koo Permanent Exhibition at Jiading Museum/嘉定博物馆 顾维钧生平陈列开幕纪念, 1999 January 29


Box 7 Folder 2 Exhibition Brochure, 1999


Box 7 Folder 3 Letter from Li Daoyu/李道豫 to Patricia Koo Tsien, 1999 January 5


Box 7 Folder 4 Celebration Event Programs, Clippings, 1999 January


Box 7 Folder 5 Message from Mrs. Juliana Koo, 1999


Box 7 Folder 6 Patricia Koo Tsien Speech, Chinese, 1999


Box 7 Folder 7 Letter from Patricia Koo Tsien to Liu, 1999 September 10


Box 7 Folder 8 Commemorative Photo Album, 1999


Box 7 Folder 9 Article, 中外雜誌,顧維鈞和她的兒女們, 2000 March


Box 7 Folder 10 The Symposium on Wellington Koo and Chinese Diplomacy, Fudan University/"顾维钧与中国外交"国际学术讨论会,复旦大学, 2000 September 15

Includes program, photographs, DVD


Box 7 Folder 11 Correspondence with Shanghai Institutions (上海市嘉定博物馆,上海市嘉定区归国华侨联合会), 2001-2002


Box 7 Folder 12 Letter from C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University to Patricia Koo Tsien, 2004 October 7


Box 7 Folder 13 Article on Yan Lianyun/严莲韵, written by Daughter Xu Jingcan/徐景灿, 2004 October

Sister of Juliana Young Koo


Box 7 Folder 14 Letter from Museum of History in Granite, 2009 August 14


Box 7 Folder 15 Letter to Former Chinese U.N. Colleagues, Donation Guidelines, 2009 November


Symposium on Wellington Koo Memoir/《顾维钧回忆录》出版座谈会, 2013 August

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/中国社会科学院


Box 7 Folder 16 Symposium Program/会议议程


Box 7 Folder 17 Article, "Wellington Koo memoirs," Reprinted Reflections, Wang Yupu/《顾维钧回忆录》再版感言,王玉璞

manuscripts in Chinese and English


Box 7 Folder 18 Anthology of Papers and Presentations


Box 7 Folder 19 Photographs, Cultural Revolution, undated

Includes annotated 35mm slides and prints



Box 31 4 Sets of Index Cards, undated

Includes notes on chronology


Sub-Series III.2: Koo Family Properties in China


Recovery of Wellington Koo Safety Deposit Box in Shanghai



Box 7 Folder 20 Notes on Correspondence Concerning Bank Safe Deposit Box, Ying-Ying T. Yuan, 2016 October 15


Box 7 Folder 21 Letter by Wellington Koo Entrusting Patricia Koo Tsien on the Retrieval of the Safety Box, 1984 March 3


Box 7 Folder 22 Confirmation and Receipt, The National City Bank of New York, Peking/Peiping, 1929-1932, 1941, 1946


Box 7 Folder 23 Bank of China, Deposit Confirmation, 1945-1946


Box 7 Folder 24 Correspondence between Madame Wellington Koo and The National City Bank of New York, New York & Shanghai, 1956 February-March


Box 7 Folder 25 Letter, The National City Bank of New York, New York, 1956 April 27


Box 7 Folder 26 Correspondence on the Retrieval of Safety Box from 1940, 1985-1986

letters in Chinese and English


Box 7 Folder 27 Correspondence between Wellington Koo and Citicorp, 1985 September-October


Box 7 Folder 28 Inventory List of Contents in Safety Box, Retrieval Confirmation, 1986 September-October

Patricia Koo Tsien signed off the retrieval receipt


Box 7 Folder 29 Letter and Notary to People's Bank of China, 1987 January


Koo Family Houses in China


Old Letters from Family Members Regarding Properties



Box 29 Folder 39 Letters from Gu Shanchang/顾善昌 & Gu Dechang/顾德昌 to Wellington Koo about Properties in Shanghai & Tianjin, circa 1940s



Box 8 Folder 1 Letter from Mother-in-law Tang/唐谭氏 to Wellington Koo, circa 1940s


Box 8 Folder 2 Map of Tieshizi Hutong/铁狮子胡同, undated


Box 8 Folder 3 Clippings, Sun Yat-sen and Koo Family House, 1983-1986

铁狮子胡同十一号


Box 8 Folder 4 Patricia Koo Tsien Statement on Koo family House, 1986


Box 8 Folder 5 Letter from Patricia Koo Tsien to Minister Yan Mingfu/阎明复, Ministry for the United Front, 1986 August 14


Box 8 Folder 6 Statement, The Situation Regarding Father's Property in China, Note from Patricia Koo Tsien to Ying-Ying Yuan, 1987 June-July


Box 8 Folder 7 Correspondence between Patricia Koo Tsien and Zhuhai Government/珠海, 1987


Box 8 Folder 8 Inventory, Koo Properties in China, 1988


Box 8 Folder 9 Photographs, Tieshizi Hutong, 1994 June-July


Box 8 Folder 10 Correspondence between Patricia Koo Tsien and Norman Koo, 1996 October


Box 8 Folder 11 Photographs, Visits to Beijing & Tianjin, 1999


Box 8 Folder 12 Correspondence between Patricia Koo Tsien and Wang Guangyam/王光亚, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, 2004-2005


Box 8 Folder 13 Letter from Patricia Koo Tsien to Ambassador Liu Biwei, Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China, 2005 June 14


Box 8 Folder 14 Inventory, Koo Properties in Shanghai, 2005


Box 8 Folder 15 Statement, V. K. Wellington Koo's Properties in China, 2006 March-June

In Chinese and English


Properties in Beidaihe/北戴河


Box 8 Folder 16 Letter to Patricia Koo Tsien from Qinhuangdao Chinese Overseas Friendship Association/秦皇岛海外联谊会, 1989 January 16


Box 8 Folder 17 Letter from Chin? to Patricia Koo Tsien, 1990