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

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Series II: China Foundation, 1940-1950

China Institute was initially established in 1926 by the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture. Following China Institute's reorganization and incorporation in 1929, the China Foundation continued to participate in its budget and program. Series II, therefore, gathers budget and account statements, receipts and bills, and other funding and budget-related files. In particular, it includes the financial underflows of the Committee on Wartime Planning for Chinese Students in the United States between 1944 and 1947. Please refer to the subsequent Series III for additional files on wartime activities.



Box 13 Folder 1 General Fund, Statements, 1940-1941


Box 13 Folder 2 Monthly Investment Report, 1941 August-October


City Bank Farmers Trust Company


Box 13 Folder 3 Receipts and Deposits, 1942


Account Statements


Box 13 Folder 4 1942-1945


Box 13 Folder 5 1945-1946


Box 13 Folder 6 Quarterly Review of Funds, 1944 February


Box 13 Folder 7 Fund Recommendations and Comments, 1942-1945


Box 13 Folder 8 Extra Copies, Statements and Reviews, 1942-1944


Box 13 Folder 9 The China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture, Special Committee in America, 1942-1945


China Foundation, Paid Bills



Box 14 Folder 1 1943


Box 14 Folder 2 1944


Box 14 Folder 3-4 Hsi, Te-Mou 席德懋, 1945


Box 14 Folder 5 1946


Box 14 Folder 6 1947



Box 15 Folder 1-2 National Library of Peiping, 1944-1946

Includes correspondences, book and periodical lists, references on Sino-American library collaboration and the aid to the National Library of Peiping


Box 15 Folder 3 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Account, 1944 September-1945 October

Includes bills, receipts, statements


Committee on Wartime Planning for Chinese Students in the United States 留美中國學生戰時學術計劃委員會, 1944-1947

Mostly budget files


Box 15 Folder 4 Budgets, 1944-1946


Box 15 Folder 5-6 Monthly Account Statements, 1944 June-1946 November


Box 15 Folder 7 Monthly Account Statements, 1946 July-1947 June, 1950-1952



Box 16 Folder 1 Yearly Statements of Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1944-1947

Leslie, Banks and Company


Box 16 Folder 2-3 Bank of China, Correspondences on Remittances, 1944-1948


Box 16 Folder 4 Chase National Bank, Correspondences on Account and Payments, 1942, 1944-1947


Box 16 Folder 5 Paid Bills, Travel, 1944-1947


Box 16 Folder 6-9 Paid Bills, 1944-1945



Box 17 Folder 1 Paid Bills, Tuition, 1945 June-October


Box 17 Folder 2 Paid Bills, Tuition, 1945 October-1946 June


Box 17 Folder 3 Paid Bills, Tuition, 1946 July-1947


Box 17 Folder 4 Paid Bills, Administrative, 1945 June-December


Box 17 Folder 5 Paid Bills, Administrative, 1946 June-December


Box 17 Folder 6 Paid Bills, Travel & Tuition, 1946 December-1948 July



Box 18 Folder 1 Account Statements, 1947-1953


Box 18 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Bills and Receipts, 1945-1949


Box 18 Folder 3 Final Letter from the Committee to Fellow Students, 1946 June 1


Box 18 Folder 4 Correspondences, Edwin Koh, 1949-1950

Edwin Koh's research project in the Pacific Northwest, its funding, etc.


Box 18 Folder 5 Executive Communications, 1944-1947