Series 1 consists of administrative subject files which includes annual reports, correspondence, budgets, NEH grant files, information about publications in microform, publication issues as well as other subject matters. Materials also include correspondence and index to the affiliated projects such as the Academia Sinica oral history project and the China Missionaries oral history project.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 4 Folder 4
Academia Sinica oral history project, 中央研究院近代史研究所口述歷史項目, 1960-1979
Annual Reports, 年度報告, 1960-1971
Box 1 Folder 1
1960-1961
Box 1 Folder 2
1961-1966
Box 1 Folder 3
1963-1970
Box 1 Folder 4
1971
Budget, 預算
Box 5 Folder 1
Budget and finance, 預算和財務, 1960-1973
Box 5 Folder 2
Expenditures, 支出, 1959-1970
Box 5
Account book, 記賬本, 1960-1961
Box 5
Account book, 記賬本, 1963-1967
China Missionaries oral history project, 中國傳教士口述歷史項目
Box 4 Folder 8
Chinese oral history project catalog, 中國口述歷史項目目錄, 1972
Correspondence, 信函, 1949-1988
General, 一般
C. Martin Wilbur, 韋慕廷
Box 2 Folder 3
1956-1960
Box 2 Folder 4
1960
Box 2 Folder 5
1961-1962
Box 2 Folder 6
1961-1973
Staff, 工作人員信函
Box 2 Folder 7
General, 一般, 1961-1976
Minta C. Wang; Larry N. Shu; Alice Kwong Bolocan
Box 3 Folder 1-13
How, Julie Lien-ying, 夏蓮瑛(夏連蔭), 1949-1984
Box 2 Folder 8
Chin, Lillian Chu, 1971
Box 2 Folder 9
Seideman, Crystal Lorch, 1962-1975
Box 2 Folder 10
Tong, Te Kong, 唐德剛, 1960-1975
Special Collections, 珍本手稿圖書館信函
Box 4 Folder 1
Manuscripts deposited, 有關手稿存放信函, 1961-1987
Box 4 Folder 2
Deposit letters and permission statements, 手稿存放和許可聲明, 1964-1982
Box 4 Folder 3
Researchers, 學者信函, 1967-1988
Box 4 Folder 9
Inventory and summary of memoirs and papers, 回憶錄和檔案清單摘要, 1967-1970
Box 4 Folder 10
Manuscript policy statements, 手稿利用聲明, undated
Microfilm, 縮微物品文件
Box 5 Folder 7
Correspondence, 信函, 1973-1974
Box 5 Folder 8
Correspondence, 信函, 1975-1983
Box 6 Folder 1
Correspondence, 信函, 1984-1988
Box 6 Folder 2
Publication permissions, 出版許可, 1974-1976
Box 6 Folder 3
Catalogs, 目錄, 1969-1983
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant correspondence and documents, 國家人文基金會津貼信函和文件
Box 5 Folder 3
1972
Box 5 Folder 4
1973-1974
Box 5 Folder 5
1974-1975
Box 5 Folder 6
1976
Newspaper Clipping about interviewees, 有關受訪者的新聞剪報
Box 6 Folder 4
In Chinese, collected in Hong Kong by Julie How, 由夏蓮蔭在香港收集的中文剪報, 1962-1966
Box 6 Folder 5
In Chinese, photocopies of some articles, 中文剪報複印, 1962-1966
Box 6 Folder 6
In English, 英文剪報, 1962-1962
Box 6 Folder 7
Publication issues, 出版問題, 1966-1967
Box 6 Folder 8
Record sheets of interview transcripts, 訪問記錄表, circa 1960s
Series 2 consists of correspondence, interview photographs and/or portraits of interviewees, interview records, and transcript draft versions and copies.
Arranged alphabetically by interviewees' last name.
Oral history transcripts in this series are drafts and editing copies. Finalized memoirs are cataloged individually and requestable through CLIO (please see related materials section to find the complete list of finalized transcripts). Researchers are highly recommended to see the finalized memoirs.
Some interviewees' personal papers were separated and described as their own collection during processing due to their collection's provenance and also for better access and discovery. Interviewees with personal paper collections: Chen Guangfu, Chen Lifu, Wellington Koo, Kung H.H., Li Hanhun and Mme. Wu Chufang, Li Huang, Li Shuhua, Li Zongren, Liu Ruiheng, Huang Fu, Tsiang Tingfu Fuller, and Zhang Fakui. Researchers may find the personal papers in CLIO.
The personal papers and finalized individual memoirs are cataloged in CLIO; see the related materials section for a complete list.
受訪者個人檔案在整理過程中已被分開以便編目, 搜索, 和利用。有個人檔案的受訪者為：陳光甫, 陳立夫, 顧維鈞, 孔祥熙, 李漢魂與李吳菊芳, 李璜, 李書華, 李宗仁, 劉瑞恆, 黃郛, 蔣廷黻, 張發奎。學者可利用CLIO搜索以上個人檔案。
Cai, Zengji/Choy, Jun-ke/蔡增基, 1969-1974
Oral history transcripts in the files are drafts and editing copies. Researchers are highly recommended to request the finalized memoirs available here:Reminiscences of Choy Jun-ke, 蔡增基口述回憶錄.
Chen, Guangfu/Chen, Kwang Pu/Chen, K.P./陳光甫, 1955-1976
Box 8 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1956-1976
Box 8 Folder 2
Correspondence about his personal papers, 1955-1976
Box 8 Folder 3
List of names in interview record, 1960-1961
Interview transcripts, 1960-1963
Box 8 Folder 4
Interview 1-15, 1960-1961
Box 8 Folder 5
Interview 16-30, 1961
Box 8 Folder 6
Interview 1-15, 2nd copy, 1960-1961
Box 8 Folder 7
Interview 16-30, 2nd copy, 1961
Box 8 Folder 8-9
Final draft, carbon copy, 1963
Chen, Lifu/陳立夫, 1958-1989
Box 9 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1958-1962
Box 9 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1968-1977, 1987-1989
Box 9 Folder 5
Inventory of papers and interview documents, 1989
Interview documents
Box 9 Folder 6
Topics, interview 6-42, 44, 46, 56, 1959-1968
Box 9 Folder 7
Names mentioned during interviews, 1958-1959
Box 9 Folder 8
Interview reports, 1-6, 49, 1958-1959
Editor transcripts
Box 9 Folder 9
1-7, 1958-February 3, 1959
Box 9 Folder 10
8-15, February 3, 1959- May 1959
Box 10 Folder 1
16-23, May 7, 1959- July 1959
Box 10 Folder 2
24-31, July 2, 1959- December 1959
Box 10 Folder 3
32-39, December 17, 1959- March 1960
Box 10 Folder 4
40-45, March 24, 1960-May 1960
Box 10 Folder 5
46-48, 52, 54-56, May 12, 1960-July 2, 1968
Box 10 Folder 6
Editor's transcripts and notes, part II, circa 1958-1968
Box 11
Editor's transcripts and notes, part II, circa 1958-1968
Box 12
Editor's transcripts and notes, part II, circa 1958-1968
Chiang, Yee/Jiang, Yi/蒋彝 (Restricted), 1961-1972
Ho, Franklin L./He, Lian/何廉, 1945-1975
Box 13 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1960-1975
Box 13 Folder 2
Interview photos, circa 1966
First Five-Year Program for China's Postwar Economic Development, compiled by the Central Planning Board,物質建設五年計畫草案提要, 中央設計局編
Box 13 Folder 3
In Chinese, 1945 December
Box 13 Folder 4
In English, 1946 January
Box 13 Folder 5
In English, preservation copy, 1946 January
Hu, Shih/Hu, Shi/胡適, 1914, 1957-1982
Box 13 Folder 6
Correspondence, with inventory of papers, 1957-1982
Box 6 Folder 9
Correspondence, researchers, 1969-1970
Box 6 Folder 10
Interview photos and portrait of Hu Shih, 1914, 1958
Box 6 Folder 11
Interview reports, table of contents, chapter 1, notes, 1958
Box 14
Autobiography at Forty 《四十自述》, translated from Chinese to English by T.K. Tong, circa 1958
Box 14
Reminiscence of Hu Shih, 1st draft, 1st copy, transcribed from audiotapes, 1958
Box 92
Reminiscence of Hu Shih, microfilm
Huang-Shen, Yiyun/Mme. Huang, Fu; Huang-Shen, I-yun/黃沈亦云, 1961-1980
Koo, V. K. Wellington/Gu, Weijun/顧維鈞, 1958-1984
Correspondence
Box 14 Folder 1
1958-1962
Box 14 Folder 2
1963-1964
Box 14 Folder 3
1965-1970
Box 14 Folder 4
1971-1984
Box 14 Folder 5
Julie How, and interview reports, 1961-1962
Box 14 Folder 6
Portrait and photos, 1963-1976
Reminiscences of Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, Transcript and Related Audios, 1975
Box 15 Folder 1
Inventory of interview transcripts and papers, 1963-1975
Box 15 Folder 2
Interview and meeting reports, March 1958-August 1958
Box 15 Folder 3
Interview transcripts in question and answer format in Chinese from audio recording, interview 1-4, November 9, 1966-February 6, 1971
Box 15 Folder 4
Interview transcripts, interview 1-8, carbon copy, circa 1958
Box 15 Folder 5
Interview transcripts, interview 1-8, carbon copy with edits, circa 1958
Interviewer/editor materials
Box 71 Folder 1
Table of contents of original transcript and notes of explanation
Box 71 Folder 2
original transcript, Early Childhood, vol. I (pp.1-29), 1958
Box 71 Folder 3-4
Vol II, original transcript, carbon copy, page 1-203 (2 copies), 1961
Box 71 Folder 5
Bibliography re: Koo's career, other notes and questions
Interviewer notes and transcripts from audio tape (mostly in question and answer format)
Box 71 Folder 6
Typing instructions
Box 71 Folder 7
Table of contents (pre-1966)
Box 71 Folder 8
1961-1962
Box 71 Folder 9
1963-1965
Box 72 Folder 1
1971-1972
Box 72 Folder 2
1973-1974
Box 72
Interviews and correspondences with Koo concerning the first decades of his diplomattic career (1912-1932, vol. II and III), 1968-1975
Box 72 Folder 4
Chronologies list prepared by various interviewers (pre-1966)
Box 72 Folder 5
Reference materials on Dr. Koo's entire career, 1959-1971
Box 72 Folder 6
Off the record remarks to James Seymour, 1964-1966
Box 72 Folder 3
Introductory, vol. I-III
Box 87
Vol. III-VII
Box 73 Folder 1
Vol. IV
Box 73 Folder 2
Vol. V
Box 73 Folder 3
Vol. VI
Box 73 Folder 4
Vol. VI-VIII
Editor's transcript draft
Box 74
Vol. VI, Part A-F
Box 75
Vol. VI, Part G-I
Box 76
Vol. VI, Part I-J
Box 77
Vol. VI, Part J-Vol. VII, Part A
Box 78
Vol. VII, Part A-C
Box 79
Vol. VII, Part C-D
Box 80
Vol. VII, Part D-E
Box 81
Vol. VII, Part E-F
Box 82
Vol. VII, Part F-G
Box 83
Vol. VII, Part G-H
Box 84
Vol. VII, Part H-I
Bound original transcripts
Bound transcripts, first edited version
Box 37
Vol. I
Box 46
Vol. IV, Vol. I, part A to J, 1st carbon copy
Box 47
Vol. V: A-E, carbon copy
Box 48
Vol. VI: part A-E
Box 50
Vol. VI: part A-J, carbon copy #1
Box 51
Vol. VI: part A-J, carbon copy #2
Box 52
Vol. VI: part F-H
Box 54
Vol. VI: part I
Box 55
Vol. VI: part J
Box 56
Vol. VII: duplicate, part A-B
Box 57
Vol. VII: duplicate, part C-D
Box 58
Vol. VII: duplicate, part E
Box 59
Vol. VII: duplicate, part F-G
Box 60
Vol. VII: duplicate, part H-I
Box 61
Vol. VII: duplicate, part J-K
Box 62
Vol. VII: part A-D
Box 63
Vol. VII: part E-I
Box 64
Vol. VII: part J-L
Bound transcripts, final edited version
Kung, Hsiang-hsi/Kung, H. H./Kong, Xiangxi/孔祥熙, 1958-1974
Box 15 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1958-1974
Box 15 Folder 7-8
Interview reports, with notes, 1-22, February 10, 1958- June 10, 1958
Interview transcript
Box 15 Folder 9
Second final copy, 1961
in question and answer format, 1958
Box 15 Folder 10
Interview 1-2
Box 16 Folder 1
Interview 3-6
Box 16 Folder 2
Interview 7-11
Box 16 Folder 3
Interview 12-17
Box 16 Folder 4
Interview 18-19
Box 16 Folder 5
Interview 20-22
Box 16 Folder 6
with edits, carbon copy, 1st interview
Box 16 Folder 7
with edits, carbon copy, 1-9
Box 17 Folder 1
with edits, carbon copy, 10-15
Box 17 Folder 2
with edits, carbon copy, 16-19
Box 17 Folder 3
with edits, carbon copy, 20-22
Li, Hanhun/李漢魂, 1961-1974
Box 17 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1961-1974
Box 17 Folder 5
Correspondence regarding the donation of his library to Columbia, 1967-1969
Box 17 Folder 6
Portrait, 1961
Box 17 Folder 7
Interview transcript, final carbon copy, 1962
Li, Huang/李璜, 1968-1975
Box 17 Folder 8
Correspondence and notes, 1968-1975
Box 92
Li Huang memoir, in Chinese, circa 1972
Li Huang memoir, in English, 1972
Li, Shuhua/李書華, 1961-1979
Li, Zongren/Li, Tsung-jen/李宗仁, 1958-1980
Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 1
With preface to memoir, 1958-1964
Box 18 Folder 2
1967-1980
Box 18 Folder 3
Publication, 1965-1977
Box 18 Folder 4
Publication, copies of correspondence to lawyer, February 24, 1966
Box 18 Folder 5
Publication, re: University of California Press and editors, 1969-1975
Transcript, 1st draft, in Chinese with edits, 1958-1961
Box 18 Folder 6
Table of contents
Box 18 Folder 7
Chapter 1-8
Box 18 Folder 8
Chapter 9-16
Box 19 Folder 1
Chapter 17-23
Box 19 Folder 2
Chapter 24-32
Box 19 Folder 3
Chapter 33-41
Box 19 Folder 4
Chapter 42-49
Box 19 Folder 5
Chapter 50-56
Box 19 Folder 6
Chapter 57-64
Box 20 Folder 1
Chapter 65-72 (missing chapter 66)
Final transcript in Chinese, carbon copy, 1958-1961
Box 20 Folder 2
Table of Contents, Chapter 1-9
Box 20 Folder 3
Chapter 10-17
Box 20 Folder 4
Chapter 18-23
Box 20 Folder 5
Chapter 24-34
Box 20 Folder 6
Chapter 35-43
Box 21 Folder 1
Chapter 44-52
Box 21 Folder 2
Chapter 53-62
Box 21 Folder 3
Chapter 63-71, Conclusion
Transcripts, selected translation from Chinese, in English with edits, circa 1960s
Liu, J. Heng/Liu, Jui-heng/Liu, Ruiheng/劉瑞恆, 1960-1961
Box 23 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1960-1961
Box 23 Folder 8
Transcripts, interview 1-2, 1960
Tsiang, Tingfu Fuller/Jiang, Tingfu/蔣廷黻, 1963-1974
Box 24 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1963-1974
Box 24 Folder 7
Interview photos (6), 1965
Carbon copy transcripts, 1963-1966
Box 24 Folder 8
Completed before COHP, chapter 1-8
Box 24 Folder 9
Original transcripts, chapter 9-17
Box 24 Folder 10
Duplicates of redone chapter, chapter 9, February 22, 1966
Box 25 Folder 1
Original transcripts, chapter 9-13
Box 25 Folder 2
Original transcripts, chapter 14-17
Top copy transcripts with edits, circa 1965
Box 25 Folder 3
Transcript based on dictation to Crystal Lorch Seidman, chapter 11-17
Box 25 Folder 4
Redone top copy, chapter 9-11
Box 25 Folder 5
Additions, chapter 15, August 25, 1965
Box 25 Folder 6
Chapter 13, pp.177-222, questions and answers, notes
Box 25 Folder 7
Chapter 14, pp.223-274, notes
Box 25 Folder 8
Chapter 15, pp.275-335, questions and answers, notes
Box 25 Folder 9
Chapter 16, pp.336-380, questions and answers, notes
Box 25 Folder 10
Chapter 17, pp.381-435, questions and answers, notes
Editor's transcript, 1974
Box 25 Folder 11
Chapter 1-5
Box 26 Folder 1
Chapter 6-11
Box 26 Folder 2
Chapter 12-14
Box 26 Folder 3
Chapter 15-17
Bound transcripts, copy of original transcript, 1965
Box 28
Final edited version, flower binder, 1974
Wang, C. T./Wang, Chengting Thomas/Wang, Zhengting/王正廷, 1960-1961
Wu, K. C./Wu, Kuo-Cheng/Wu, Guozhen/吳國楨, 1960-1982
Oral history transcripts in the files are drafts and editing copies. Researchers are highly recommended to request the finalized memoirs available here:Reminiscences of Wu KuoCheng, 吳國楨口述回憶錄.
Box 26 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1960-1982
Box 26 Folder 5
Interview photos (3), November 1960
Transcripts, in question and answer format, final draft with edits
Box 26 Folder 6
Page 1-219, 1960
Box 26 Folder 7
Page 220-379, 1960
Box 29 Folder 1
Revised, 321 pages, 1963
Box 29 Folder 2
Wu Kuo-Chen: The Night Cometh: A Personal Study of Communist Techniques in China, unpublished manuscript in English, 夜來臨—我對共產主義在華鬥爭策略的研究, 英文未刊稿, 1982
Box 92
Wu Kuo-Chen: The Night Cometh: A Personal Study of Communist Techniques in China, unpublished manuscript in English, in microfilm format
Books 92
Wu Kuo-Chen: Reminiscences, in English, on microfilm, 1946-1953
Zhang, Fakui/Chang, Fa-k'uei/張發奎, 1946-1984
Box 30 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1962-1984
Box 30 Folder 2
Correspondence, publication and edited transcript by Dale Finlayson, 1968-1973
Box 30 Folder 3
Interview photos and negatives, circa 1962-1967
Box 30 Folder 4
Inventory of personal papers, 1967-1968
Box 30 Folder 5
Julie How's working notes, 1961-1967
Box 30 Folder 6
Zhang Fakui autobiography written in Canton, in Chinese, and Julie's notes in English, 張發奎自傳和夏蓮蔭的筆記, November 31, 1946
Interview topics and initial transcripts
Box 30 Folder 7
Interview topics, 1-42
Box 30 Folder 8
Carbon copy, interview 1-20
Box 30 Folder 9
Carbon copy, interview 21-42
Box 31 Folder 1
Interview 1-10
Box 31 Folder 2
Interview 11-20
Box 31 Folder 3
Interview 21-30
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 31
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 32
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 33
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 34
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 35
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 36
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 37
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 38
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 39
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 40
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 41
Box 31 Folder 4
Interview 42
Transcript drafts
Box 31 Folder 5
First draft, chapter 1-10, 1964
Box 31 Folder 6
Second draft with edits, chapter 1-5, 1965
Box 32 Folder 1
Second draft with edits, chapter 6-9, 1965
Box 32 Folder 2
Partially edited version, chapter 1-9, pp.1-199
Box 32 Folder 3
Partially edited version, chapter 1-9, pp.200-451
Box 32 Folder 4
Final edited version
vol. 1, with photos
Box 32 Folder 5
vol. 2
Box 33 Folder 1
vol. 3, with photos
Box 33 Folder 2
vol. 4, with photos
Box 33 Folder 3
vol. 5, with photos
Box 33 Folder 4
vol. 6, with photos
Zuo, Shunsheng/Tso, Shun-sheng/左舜生, 1919-1968
Box 33 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1961-1966
Box 33 Folder 6
Interview photos (7) and negatives, April 16, 1968
Box 33 Folder 5
Group photos and negatives of Young China Association members, 少年中國學會合照和負片(2), 1919, circa 1921
Box 33 Folder 7
Names mentioned during interviews, 1961
Box 34 Folder 1-2
Interview topics and initial transcripts with edits, interview 1-29, 1961
Box 34 Folder 3
Final transcript, black bound volume, 1965
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 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
Series 5 consists of 7 name card file drawers (in the RBML reference area) and 4 index boxes of names mentioned in the interview transcripts.
Mostly arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person mentioned in oral history transcripts. Some are not interfiled. Duplicate of names mentioned in the transcript of Shen, Yiyun (Mme. Huang Fu), another set of duplicates in the interfiled drawers. Three boxes of names mentioned in Koo transcripts, two drawers of handwritten cards (A-O), and one drawer of typed cards (A-Z).