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

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Series IV: Oei Huilan/黃蕙蘭

Most of the materials in this Series are photographs unless otherwise noted.



Box 8 Folder 18 Oei family?, Photocopy, undated


Box 8 Folder 19 Young Oei, undated


Box 8 Folder 20 Painting of Oei by Olive Constance Snell, undated


Box 8 Folder 21 Oei Bing Nio, Oei Huilan, and Ambassador Hsia, circa 1920s


Box 8 Folder 22 Beijing & Beidaihe/北戴河, circa 1920s


Box 8 Folder 23 Wellington Koo and Oei Huilan in Cannes, France; Registration ID, Societe du Casino Municipal d'Evian-Les-Bains, 1925, 1939


Box 8 Folder 24 Pet dogs in Paris, 1930s


Box 8 Folder 25 Oei on a Ship; Business Card of Oei, circa 1930s


Box 8 Folder 26 Lisbon, 1932, 1941

Wang Jianzhang's/王建璋


Box 8 Folder 27 Oei leaving Paris to China, 1937 February 10


Box 8 Folder 28 New York, circa 1940


Box 8 Folder 29 Wellington Koo and Oei Huilan in Washington DC, circa 1940s


Box 8 Folder 30 Large Family Gathering, Twin Oaks, Washington DC, 1951

Patricia Koo Tsien and Ying Ying Tsien present in the photo


Box 8 Folder 31 Oei Bing Nio, Oei Huilan's mother, undated


Box 8 Folder 32 Portraits of Oei; Oei with Patricia Koo Tsien, 1960s-1970s

Includes postcard of qipao/旗袍 worn by Oei, later donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Box 8 Folder 33 Clippings, Obituaries of Oei Huilan, 1992 December


Box 8 Folder 34 Funeral Service of Oei Huilan, 1992 December


Box 8 Folder 35 Article Remembering Gammie (Oei Huilan), Written by Patricia Koo Tsien, 1993