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

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Series VII: Paul Chih Meng papers, 1929-1976

Paul Chih Meng (孟治, 1901-1990) headed the China Institute between 1930 and 1967 and directed the Institute's various sets of developments, in particular, the educational aspect of the work such as scholarship and teaching services. Meng's prolific portfolio of writings on the topics of literature and arts, international politics and diplomacy, formulation of cultural identities is documented through Sub-Series VII.1. Sub-Series VII.2 collects correspondences from 1930s and 40s, and from post-retirement years between 1967 and 1975. Additional correspondences from the in-between years are possibly integrated in the general program operations files. Sub-Series VII.3 consists of the Institute's Executive Committee meeting minutes from the years of Meng's directorship.


Sub-Series VII.1: Writings

article manuscripts unless otherwise noted



Box 47 Folder 1-2 1930s-1960s

Miscellaneous articles, papers, presentations written by Chih Meng, on topics of education, cultural exchange, US-China relations


Box 47 Folder 3 1933-1946

Articles written by Chih Meng on the politics in China: Political Re-adjustments in China (1933); China in 1937: Some Observations; China: A World in the Re-making (1940); A Young Republic with an Ancient Foundation (1942); China's Double Ten


Box 47 Folder 4 with correspondences, 1931-1932

Relevant Factors in the Manchurian Situation (1931); The Manchurian Crisis and World Peace; The Real Conflict Between China and Japan; The Manchukuo Fiction;


Box 47 Folder 5 1929, 1945, 1954-1956

Women and Social Changes in China (1929); Chinese Women Again Rise to the Occasion (1929, 1945); Absolutivity in Human Relations (1954); Liu Fang - Flowing Fragrance, Chinese Familyism (1956)


Box 47 Folder 6 1931, 1966

Influences of Chinese Culture on European and American Intellectuals (1931); Survey of Chinese Literature (1966)


Box 47 Folder 7 Writings on Music, 1932-1945

Miscellaneous writings on music by Chih Meng, including Folk Songs of China (1932)


Box 47 Folder 8 1933-1966

And the Cycle of Cathay Goes On (1933); Some Introductory Remarks to the Study of Chinese Civilization (1933); What Has China Contributed to World Civilization (1935); The New Literature in Changing China (1935); China in 1937: Some Observations; Chinese Music (1939); China's Double Ten; China: A World in the Remaking (1940); A Young Republic With An Ancient Foundation (1942); Hu Shih and the Chinese People (1946); Survey of Chinese Literature (1966); Toward Understanding China (1966)


Box 47 Folder 9 1932-1973

China and America (1932); American Contributions to the New International Order (1933); Hu Shih: Scholar - Diplomat (1938); What China Is Today and Why (1943); Microscope Versus Telescope (1947); From Jefferson to Nixon, How and What Has China Contributed to American Life (1973)


Box 47 Folder 10 Writings, clippings of published articles, 1933-1938

The Conflict Between the Old and the New Orders (1933); Whither China (1933); China Today (1933); China and The League of Nations (1933); China's Higher Education Faces an Uncertain Future (1937); America and Chinese Education (1937); Some Economic Aspects of the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1938); Westward Ho: Student Epic (1938); The Price of Peace (1938); Questions and Ansers about the Boycott


Box 47 Folder 11 Writings, clippings of published articles, 1933-1940

And the Cycle of Cathay Goes On (1933); China, Your Neighbor (1937); Chinese Music (1939); America's Chinese Burbank (1940)



Box 48 Folder 1 1934-1970s

Remarks on Cultural Contacts between China and America (1934); Remarks on Chinese Students in the United States (1948); Grand Strategy in Winning the Peace (1944); New Notes on Chinese Students (1943); Challenge to Chinese Students in the United States (1969); The Education of Chinese Students in America: A Survey and an Appraisal (1931); Chinese Students and the Development of Science in the United States (1933); Report of the Director (1939); The Chinese Students in Trade Relations (1930); Training of Chinese Technical Personnel in the United States (1943); Report, Committee on Wartime Planning for Chinese Students in the United States (1944); The American Returned Students of China (1931); Emergency Aid to Chinese Students (1949); Chinese Student Emergency Aid Bill in Conference Committee (1949); Chinese Students in Need (1949); Certain Problems Concerning Chinese Students and Professionals in U.S. (1951); Miscellaneous reports from/by The C. T. Loo Chinese Education Fund (1970s)


Box 48 Folder 2 1934, 1945

On Cultural Contacts Between China and America (1934); A Century of Chinese-American Cultural Relations (1945); Some Projects for the Furtherance of Cultural Relations Between The United States and China, including memoranda (1945)


Box 48 Folder 3 1935-1970s

What Do You Know About China? (1935); The Orange and Lue Gim Gong, an episode dramatized in three scenes (for third graders) (undated)


Box 48 Folder 4 1935-1966

What Has China Contributed to World Civilization? (1935); What Do You Know About China? (1935); The ABC About China; The Orange and Lue Gim Gong, an episode dramatized in three scenes (for third graders) (undated); Summary of Mr. Chih Meng's Address Given at the Opening of an Exhibit of 3,000 Years of Chinese Ceramics (1941); Toward Understanding China (1966)


Box 48 Folder 5 1939-1959

China At War (1939); Confucius and His Teachings (1939); The Post-War World and The Christian World (1943); Preface to Study Confucianism (1939); American Churches and Communist China (1959)


Box 48 Folder 6 1935, 1944

The New Literature of Changing China (1935); The Seventh Eve of the Seventh Moon (1944)


Box 48 Folder 7 1942-1976

China and Enduring Peace (1942); Intercultural Understanding and Misunderstanding (1944); Grand Strategy of Peace (1944 May); Cooperation and Understanding: The Basis of Peace (1944); Remarks on "International Understanding in Practice" (1945); Yung Wing Centennial (1954); Training of Chinese Leadership (1957); American Educational Influence on China (1960); Recollections of Chinese-American Cultural Persons: A Sampling (1976)


Box 48 Folder 8 Writings, China Institute reports and press releases, 1946-1967

Proposed Program for Expansion to Meet Greatly Increased Demands on China Institute in America (1946); The American Way with China (1955); The Old Horse and China Institute (1966); Farewell Address by Chih Meng (1967); Memoranda and China Institute Press Releases (1952-1953)


Box 48 Folder 9 1945-1952

Social and Economic Foundation for Peace (1945); A Little Understanding Is a Dangerous Thing (1946); A Short Cut to One World (1946); Whither Exchange of Students? (1948); One World Here and Now (1949); The Primary Component of Foreign Policy (1952)


Box 48 Folder 10 Report, The China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture (1925-1945), 1946 August


Box 48 Folder 11 Report, A Statement Concerning the Free China Educational and Service Program of China Institute in America, 1952


Sub-Series VII.2: Correspondences, 1930s-1940s, 1967-1975

correspondences unless otherwise noted



Box 49 Folder 1 1934-1936


Box 49 Folder 2 Letter from P.W. Kuo 郭秉文, 1932 March 23


Box 49 Folder 3 on students from China, 1935


Box 49 Folder 4 1935 November-1936


Box 49 Folder 5 on immigration and traveling in and out of the US, 1933-1936


Box 49 Folder 6 China Institute Activity Reports, 1931 July-1932 June


Box 49 Folder 7 List of Conferences and Institutions addressed by Chih Meng (1926-1968), circa 1960s


Box 49 Folder 8 W, 1935-1936


Box 49 Folder 9 1934-1935


Box 49 Folder 10 1935 January-December


Box 49 Folder 11 1940-1941


Box 49 Folder 12 Transcripts, WQXR Series on China, 1943 February-March

Speakers included Chih Meng, Ruth Pratt, and Lin Yutang 林语堂


Box 49 Folder 13 1942, 1969


Box 49 Folder 14 1943-1944, 1956


Box 49 Folder 15 1945-1946


Box 49 Folder 16 with Wendell Willkie, Carl White, 1944


Box 49 Folder 17 We, 1945-1948


Box 49 Folder 18 Wh-Wu, 1945


Box 49 Folder 19 China Institute Report, on Library, Scholarship and Training Programs, 1945 April-May


Box 49 Folder 20 with Paul Hoffman, W. Reginald Wheeler, 1949 December-1950 January


Box 49 Folder 21 1940, 1947



Box 50 Folder 1 1946


Box 50 Folder 2 1948


Box 50 Folder 3 1967-1976


Box 50 Folder 4 with Pierre F. Goodrich, 1971-1972


Box 50 Folder 5 on Chih Meng's lectures, 1971-1974


Box 50 Folder 6 on Virginia Meng Scholarship, 1971-1973


Box 50 Folder 7 on history of China Institute, 1975 July-October


Box 50 Folder 8 with Chinese Historical Society of America 华人侨美历史学会, 1974 August-December


Box 50 Folder 9 with the C. T. Loo Chinese Educational Fund and Henry Luce III, 1975 June-October


Sub-Series VII.3: China Institute Files


Box 50 Folder 10-11 History of China Institute, 1950s


China Institute in America Executive Committee Meeting Minutes



Box 51 Folder 1 1944-1946


Box 51 Folder 2 1947-1949


Box 51 Folder 3 1950-1951


Box 51 Folder 4 1952-1954


Box 51 Folder 5 1955-1956


Box 51 Folder 6 1957-1961