Inventory of the Chen Jiaxian papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Chen Jiaxian papers
Date (inclusive): 1900-1947
Collection Number: 2012C2
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 94 digital files (.19 GB)
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating mainly to Chinese émigré affairs, especially in Trinidad.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Chen, Jiaxian, 1900-1983
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012.
[Identification of item], Chen Jiaxian papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
A Chinese Nationalist Party official in charge of overseas Chinese affairs in the Caribbean region and Latin America, Chen
was born in 1900 in Honghualing, a small Hakka mountain village on the border between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. After
graduating from the Teachers' College in Dongguan, he taught in south China and Borneo. In 1929, Chen joined the Chinese Nationalist
Party (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-shek, who had recently completed the Northern Expedition and reunified China. In 1935,
he moved to Trinidad, where he established a seat for the Kuomintang Party's diplomatic activities in the Caribbean region
and Latin America. During World War II, Chen endeavored to obtain funds to support Nationalist China's war effort against
Japan.
After World War II, Chen was posted to various countries of the Caribbean and South America before residing in Bogota, Colombia
in 1947. There he played a crucial role in post-World War II China's connections with Latin America. Chen returned to Trinidad
in 1950, serving as leader of the local Kuomintang Party and overseas Chinese community. In 1965, he moved to Canada, where
he died in 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers include correspondence between Chen and important Kuomintang Party officials regarding China's diplomatic relations
with the Caribbean region and Latin America, the Kuomintang's policy toward overseas Chinese communities, and photos depicting
Chen's activities in Trinidad and Latin America. A subsequent increment consists of file-based page images of Chen's diaries.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Emigration and immigration
Chinese -- Trinidad and Tobago
Diaries 1900-1947
Physical Description: 93.0 digital_files
These digital files are page images of two diaries written in Chinese. The pages were digitized by the donor of the collection.
The Hoover Archives does not have the original, hard-copy diaries, nor does it have higher-quality digital files of the diary
pages.
onsite digital
Diary 1 1900-1945
onsite digital
onsite digital
Printed matter circa 1945 December 25
Physical Description: 1.0 digital_file
One clipping, "Chinese National Govt. Envoy Acclaims People's Patriotism," about Chen visiting British Guiana. In English.
Part of the text is cut off. This digital file was provided to the Hoover Archives by the donor. The Hoover Archives does
not have the original, hard-copy clipping, nor does it have a better-quality or more complete digital file of the clipping.
box 1
Rest of collection not yet described