China Institute in America records, 1926-1976, bulk 1931-1959

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Series I: General Program Files, bulk 1931-1955

Series I details the general program files resulting from China Institute's decades of operations. Tracing as early as 1931, five years after the Institute's founding, the bulk of the files includes correspondences, reports, and meeting minutes. The files have been grouped chronologically by decade. Sub-Series I.1 consists of important correspondences that shed light on the Institute's work as a recently established organization. The batch of alphabetically-organized correspondences from between 1933 and 1934 indicate a gap of missing files to be identified. Sub-Series I.2 includes files from the late 1930s to 1940s and highlight a group of correspondences in Chinese that may advise inter-continental exchanges following the end of WWII. Sub-Series I.3 consists of select files from the 1950s.

Arranged chronologically


Sub-Series I.1, 1931-1934



Box 1 Folder 1 Reference Requests, 1931-1932

Requests on the research of China, Chinese culture, etc.


Box 1 Folder 2 Scholarship and Financial Assistance for Chinese Students, 1931-1932


Box 1 Folder 3 Correpondences, Manchurian/Sino-Japanese Situation, 1931-1932


Box 1 Folder 4 Conferences and Councils, 1931 July-September


Box 1 Folder 5 Information on Travel in China, 1931 September


Box 1 Folder 6 Flood Relief Work in China, 1931 September-October


Box 1 Folder 7 Committee on Emergency Aid for Chinese Students, 1931-1932


Box 1 Folder 8 China Foundation Fellowships and Prizes, 1931 December-1932 April


Box 1 Folder 9 Letters of Introduction and Recommendation, 1932 January-June


Box 1 Folder 10 W. W. Yen 颜惠庆, Honorary President, 1931 September-1932 April


Box 1 Folder 11 P. W. Kuo 郭秉文, Honorary Director, 1931 June-1932 April


Box 1 Folder 12 E. H. Hume, Secretary, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 13 D. E. Douty, Treasurer, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 14 C. F. Yau, Second Vice President, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 15 W. Murray Crane, First Vice President, 1931 October-1932 March


Box 1 Folder 16 Paul Monroe, President, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 17 Membership Accepted, 1931 July-1932 May


Box 1 Folder 18 Membership Pending, 1931 April-1932 April


Box 1 Folder 19 Membership Declined or Withdrawn, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 20 Summary of Activities, Monthly Reports, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 21 Board of Trustees Meeting, 1931 October


Box 1 Folder 22 Executive Committee Meeting, Invitation, 1931 December


Box 1 Folder 23 Monthly Statements, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 1 Folder 24 Bibliography and Book Orders, 1931



Box 2 Folder 1-2 Lecture Bureau Arrangements, 1931-1932


Box 2 Folder 3 Lectures for Dr. Y. R. Chao, 1932 April-May


Box 2 Folder 4 Lectures for Dr. T. Z. Koo, 1932 April


Box 2 Folder 5 China Committee, 1931 June-September


Box 2 Folder 6 Theses & Dissertations by Chinese Students, 1932 June-August


Box 2 Folder 7 Teaching Positions, 1931-1932


Box 2 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Positions, 1931-1932


Box 2 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Correspondences, 1931-1932


Correspondences, 1933-1934



Box 3 Folder 1 A, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 2 Associated Boards for Christian Colleges in China, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 3 B, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 4 C, 1933-1934

Includes Columbia University


Box 3 Folder 5 Chao Mei-Pa 赵梅伯, 1933-1934

On Chao's tour in the U.S.


Box 3 Folder 6 Chao, Y. R., 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 7 The Chase National Bank, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 8 China Foundation, 1933-1934

About scholarships and fellowships


Box 3 Folder 9 China Medical Board, Inc., 1933-1934

Roger S. Greene, Peiping Union Medical College; Margery K. Eggleston, Secretary, China Medical Board, Inc.


Box 3 Folder 10 China Student Organizations, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 11 Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York, Inc. 紐約中華總商會, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 12 Chinese Consulate, New York City, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 13 Chinese Consulates, Others, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 14 Chinese Exhibitors Association, Chicago World Fair, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 15 Chinese Legation, Washington, 1933-1934


Box 3 Folder 16 Chinese Legation, Others, 1933-1934



Box 4 Folder 1 D, 1933-1934


Box 4 Folder 2 E, F, 1933-1934


Box 4 Folder 3 Foreign Policy Association, 1933-1934


Box 4 Folder 4 G, 1933-1934

Includes L. C. Goodrich, Department of Chinese, Columbia University


Box 4 Folder 5 H, 1933-1934


Box 4 Folder 6 S, 1933-1934


Sub-Series I.2, bulk 1939-1949


Monthly Office Report/Report of the Associate Director



Box 5 Folder 1 1932 July-1933 June


Box 5 Folder 2 1934 July-1936 June


Box 5 Folder 3 1936 July-1938 June

Missing April 1938


Box 5 Folder 4 1939 April-1942 February


Box 5 Folder 5 Memoranda, General, 1939-1940

Includes history and summary of CI activities


Box 5 Folder 6 Events Promoted by China Institute, 1940 February


Box 5 Folder 7 Outstanding Accounts, 1935-1940


Box 5 Folder 8 Paid Accounts, 1940 June


Box 5 Folder 9 Financial Reports and Statements, 1939-1940



Box 6 Folder 1-2 Bank Accounts, 1939 July-1940 June


Box 6 Folder 3-5 Bills, 1939-1940



Box 5 Folder 10 Correspondences, Bulletin, 1938-1940



Box 7 Folder 1 Correspondences, Bulletin on the Progress of Chinese Sciences, 1938-1939


Box 7 Folder 2 Correspondences, Recommendations of Chinese Books, 1938


Box 7 Folder 3 Publication Requests from Institutions, 1939-1940


Box 7 Folder 4 Publication Acknowledgements, 1939


Box 7 Folder 5 Crane, W. Murray, Vice-President, 1940 June


Box 7 Folder 6 Brodie, Donald M., Treasurer, 1939-1940


Box 7 Folder 7 Hume, Edward H., Secretary, 1939-1940


Box 7 Folder 8 Monroe, Paul, President, 1938-1940


Box 7 Folder 9 Executive Committee Meeting, 1939 April 2


Box 7 Folder 10 Annual Board Meeting, 1939 May-June


Box 7 Folder 11 Special Board Meeting, 1939 October-November


Box 7 Folder 12 Teaching Positions, 1939-1940


Box 7 Folder 13 Membership, 1939-1940


Box 7 Folder 14 China Institute Report, No.11, 1941 September-October


Box 7 Folder 15 Director's Report, Draft, circa 1941-1942


Box 7 Folder 16 Minutes and Agenda, Annual Board Meeting, 1942 May



Box 8 Folder 1 Correspondences, Edward H. Hume, 1941-1942


Box 8 Folder 2 Statement of Receipts, 1942

Includes General Fund, Ying Keng Fund


Box 8 Folder 3 Budgets (1942-1944) and Invoices, 1942 June

on office supplies, telephone lines


Box 8 Folder 4 Requests for University Catalogues, 1942 September


Box 8 Folder 5 Henry Winters Luce Memorial Invitation, 1944


Box 8 Folder 6 Minutes, Annual Board Meeting, 1945 April-May


Box 8 Folder 7 Yunnan Provincial Committee, Student Fellowship, 1945 May-September


Department of State


Box 8 Folder 8 Correspondences, 1946 February-September


Box 8 Folder 9 Reports, Notices, and Lists, 1946-1949


Box 8 Folder 10 Correspondences, Publications, 1945-1947


Box 8 Folder 11 Correspondences, on Chinese students in the U.S., circa 1946


Box 8 Folder 12 Clippings, Dr. Guo Taiqi 郭泰祺 and Zhang Boling 张伯苓, 1946


Box 8 Folder 13 Clippings, on China, US-China Relations, 1946 September-1947 January


Box 8 Folder 14 Correspondences, Miscellaneous, 1946 August-1947 January


Box 8 Folder 15 Scholarship Booklet Publication & G. I. Awards, 1946 July-November


Box 8 Folder 16 Open House, 1946 October-1947 May


Box 8 Folder 17 Clippings, on China, 1946 October


Box 8 Folder 18 Annual Report of the Director, 1947 April



Box 9 Folder 1 Correspondences, Projects, 1947-1949


Administrative Correspondences in Chinese


Box 9 Folder 2 1946 July


Box 9 Folder 3 1946 August


Box 9 Folder 4 1946 September


Box 9 Folder 5 1946 October



Box 10 Folder 1 1946 November


Box 10 Folder 2 1946 December


Box 10 Folder 3 1947 January


Box 10 Folder 4 1947 February


Box 10 Folder 5 1947 March



Box 11 Folder 1-2 Lists of Chinese Students at Various Institutions & Organizations, 1944-1948

Lists include students at International House, Columbia University, Harvard University, alumni of major Chinese universities in the U.S., Chinese students' club at Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, etc.


Box 11 Folder 3 Correspondences, U.S. Government Bureaus, 1947-1948


Box 11 Folder 4 Correspondences on Remittances, 1947-1948 June

Remittances to the Genetics Department, University of Wisconsin & National Research Bureau of Animal Industry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Nanking, China


Box 11 Folder 5 Trainee Program, 1948 January-April


Box 11 Folder 6 Clippings & Memorandum, China Decorates Four U.S. Citizens, 1948 May


Box 11 Folder 7 Correspondences, Diana Tan, 1948 May-August


Box 11 Folder 8 Staff Notes, 1948 May-December


Box 11 Folder 9 Letters in Chinese, addressed to China Institute/Chih Meng, 1949 January-March


Box 11 Folder 10 Correspondences, Ssu-ti Li, 1948 December-1949 March

Letters in Chinese


Sub-Series I.3, bulk 1951-1955


Box 11 Folder 11 China Institute of New Jersey, 1940s-1950s

Includes early correspondences, reports from Summer Sessions



Box 12 Folder 1 Open House Invitations, 1951


In-Service Courses


Box 12 Folder 2 Course Materials, 1950 November-December


Box 12 Folder 3 Fliers, Correspondences, Course Materials, 1951


Box 12 Folder 4 Name Lists, 1951 May


Box 12 Folder 5 Department of Placement, 1951


Box 12 Folder 6 Miscellaneous Statements, Press Releases, Forms, 1951


Box 12 Folder 7 Art Exhibitions, 1951

Presented by the Chinese Art Society of America: An Exhibition of Chinese Mirrors (February 2, 1951-); Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Silver (May 21-June 21, 1951); Exhibition of Porcelain Bowls, Plates, Cups and Saucers Painted and Designed by Miss Ching-Chih Yee (July 16-September 28, 1951); An Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Objects of Art of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung (October 10-November 20, 1951)


Box 12 Folder 8 Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1951 October 15


Box 12 Folder 9 Correspondences, Colgate University, 1952 February-April


Box 12 Folder 10 Letter from Lih Wu to Chih Meng, on General Clark's Visit to Taiwan, 1952 June 4


Box 12 Folder 11 Executive and Finance Commiittees Meeting Minutes, 1952 June 12


Box 12 Folder 12 Correspondences, Ford Foundation, Carl B. Spaeth, 1952 June


Box 12 Folder 13 Correspondences, Miscellaneous, 1952 December-1953 June

Includes correspondences with University of California; between Henry Luce and Chiang Kai-Shek; with Yale University


Box 12 Folder 14 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1953 January 9


Box 12 Folder 15 Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1953 March 23

Includes agenda and minutes on scholarships and fellowships


Box 12 Folder 16 In-Service Courses, 1953 January

Application forms and exam sheets


Box 12 Folder 17 Table Setting, Dinner at Waldorf-Astoria, 1953 July 3


Box 12 Folder 18 Tsing Hua Fellowships for Teaching and Research, Personal Data Form & Semi-Annual Progress Report Form, Unused, 1953 July 1


Box 12 Folder 19 Budgets, 1953 December 14


Box 12 Folder 20 Memorandum from Chih Meng to the Trustees, 1955 September 30

Includes discussions on Taiwan Committee


Box 12 Folder 21 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1955 October 18


Box 12 Folder 22 The Origin and Growth of the Teacher Training Programs of China Institute in America: A Summary, Chih Meng, circa 1950s