Chinese oral history project collection, 1914-1989, bulk 1958-1980

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Series 3: Autobiographies and manuscripts, 自傳和手稿, circa 1960s-1984, undated

Series 3 consists of autobiographies and manuscripts collected by the project.

Arranged alphabetically by the last name of the authors.



Box 34 Folder 4 Chang, Kia-ngau/Zhang, Jia-ao/張嘉璈, autobiography, original handwritten manuscript, in Chinese, possibly acquired from interview with Wang C.T. (王正廷) by Julie How in 1960-1961, undated



Box 92 Chang, Kia-ngau/Zhang, Jia-ao/張嘉璈, autobiography in Chinese, microfilm



Box 34 Folder 5 Chang, Kia-ngau/Zhang, Jia-ao/張嘉璈, autobiography, English translation by Albert Lu from original Chinese manuscript , circa 1960-1961



Box 36 Folder 5 Chen, Qitian/陳啓天, autobiography, original handwritten manuscript in Chinese, possibly acquired from interview with Zuo Shunsheng (左舜生) in 1965, circa 1958



Box 35 Folder 1 Meng, Chih/孟治, manuscript of China Institute: A Chinese-American Partnership, gift of Meng, Chih, 1982


Box 35 Folder 2 Durham, Donald, The Influence of American Education in South China, typescript copy, gift of James Hayes, 1981



Box 36 Fritz, Chester, Chester Fritz's Six Month Diary through Inland China, Album Four, 1917 with original photographs of Chester on a carriage en route to the Tibetan Frontier, gift of Harold K. Hochschild, a friend of Chester Fritz, 1979


Huang, Renlin/Huang, J. L./黃仁霖, Memoirs of J. L. Huang



Box 35 Folder 3 Typescript in English, 1984


Box 35 Folder 4 Publication in English, and biographical sketch, news clipping, 1981, 1984



Box 36 Folder 4 Portraits and negatives of Sun Ju-ju, Li Yuanliang (李元良), Mo Dehui (莫德惠), gift of Michael Lee (Li Huamin, 李化民), 1930-1940s


Box 36 Folder 3 Xu, Enzeng/徐恩曾, The Invisible Conflict, autobiography in English, gift of Chen Lifu, undated