H. H. Kung papers, 1936-1958, bulk 1936-1944

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H. H. Kung papers, 1936-1958



Box 1 Folder 1 Xi'an Incident announcement and writings, 西安事件與戡亂, 西安事件本末, 1936, 1953


Box 1 Folder 2 Development of agricultural and animal husbandary documents, 規定林業建設時期並設立模範墾區以謀林業事業之發展案, 發展畜牧事業案, circa 1937


Box 1 Folder 3 Sino-Japanese War intelligence report by Wang Yusheng (4 items), 王芃生情報報告 (4份), circa 1937


Box 1 Folder 4 Letter from H. H. Kung to Chiang Kai-shek (photocopy), circa 1938


Box 1 Folder 5 60th birthday tribute written in calligraphy by Chiang Kai-shek to H. H. Kung (copy), 1941


Box 1 Folder 6 60th birthday tribute written in calligraphy by various Republican figures to H. H. Kung (copy), 1941


Box 1 Folder 7 Political documents, 國家總動員設計委員會組織大綱, 國防最高委員會第十七次常務會議決議案, circa 1937, 1940


Box 1 Folder 8 China-US Loan agreement, handwritten copy, 中美五萬萬元美金借款協定正本譯文抄件, circa 1942


Box 1 Folder 9 China-US Loan resolutions, handwritten copy, 關於清算美軍墊欽一案抄本, 1944


Box 1 Folder 10 A General Survey of the Financial Administration of the Republic of China, circa 1944


Box 1 Folder 11 Truth about US aid to China after victory over Japan day, 1947


Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1950, 1956


Box 1 Folder 13 Oberlin Shansi Fiftieth Anniversary, 1958


Box 1 Folder 14 Index to microfilmed materials, 1958



Box 2 Reel 1 Microfilm Reel 1: Xi'an Incident files, 西安事件, 1936-1937

More than 600 telegrams originals, copies, or drafts dating from December 12 onward between Dr. Kung and Zhang Xueliang (張學良), Yang Hucheng (楊虎城), Song Zheyuan (宋哲元), Yan Xishan (閻錫山), Han Fuju (韓復榘), He Yingqin (何應欽), and other important Chinese political or military figures at the time. Some are copies of communications between them, or are circular telegrams from regional leader such as the Guangxi clique or from elder statesmen.


Box 2 Reel 2 Microfilm Reel 2: Documents on foreign diplomacy, Executive Yuan, KMT Central Standing Committee meeting records, CEC Plenums, 外交, 行政院, 中央執行委員會會議紀錄, 1936-1944

Telegrams to and from Chinese diplomatic missions abroad, records of Dr. Kung's conversation with foreign diplomats in Nanking, as well as his activities, letters, reports, and his resolutions on the Xi'an Incident. There are also telegrams from Chinese diplomats abroad to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to Dr. Kung dating from 1936 to 1944; three work reports of the Executive Yuan between 1938 and 1939 and meeting records from 1941 and 1943; records of three meetings of the KMT Central Standing Committee in November 1939 and resolutions proposed by Dr. Kung to the CEC Plenums from November 1938 to December 1941.


Box 2 Reel 3 Microfilm Reel 3: Intelligence reports, correspondence and documents relating to the developments in various province, 情報報告和省份發展文件, 1933-1938

Documents relating to the developments in some province: Fujian from 1934 to 1935, Jiangxi in 1933 and 1938, and undated reports and letters on Anhui, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia. 省份發展的文件: 福建1934年至1935年, 江西1933年和1938年,有關安徽, 甘肅, 青海, 寧夏未註明日期的報告和信件.


H. H. Kung's Chronological Records of Events, 孔祥熙大事記

Prepared by the Ministry of Finance.


Box 2 Reel 4 Microfilm Reel 4, 1938


Box 2 Reel 5 Microfilm Reel 5, 1939


Box 2 Reel 6 Microfilm Reel 6, 1940


Box 2 Reel 7 Microfilm Reel 7, 1941


Box 2 Reel 8 Microfilm Reel 8, 1942


Box 2 Reel 9 Microfilm Reel 9, 1943


Box 2 Reel 10 Microfilm Reel 10, 1943