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Title: Huang Fu (黄孚) papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1937
Collection Number: 72027
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder
(3.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, writings, and printed matter, relating to Chinese foreign relations, the 1927 incident at Nanjing,
the Tanggu Truce settlement with Japan in 1933, domestic politics in China, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Nationalist government
of China.
Creator:
Huang, Fu, 1880-1936
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 1972.
[Identification of item], Huang Fu papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1880 | Born, in Zhejiang Province, China |
| 1905-1908 | Matriculated at Shimbu Gakko (military preparatory school) and joined Tongmenghui |
| 1910 | Served as a topographer for the Military Advisory Bureau in Beijing |
| Graduated from Military Survey Academy in Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1912 | Superintendent of base headquarters of the northern expeditionary forces |
| 1915 | Resided in Oakland, California |
| 1916 | Went to Shanghai to help plan military action in Zhejiang and assume post of military commissioner for the revolution troops there. |
| 1917 | Organized the National Peace Association |
| 1918 | Published Ou Zhan Zhi Jiao Xun yu Zhongguo zhi Jiang Lai ( Lessons of the European War and the Future of China) |
| 1919 | Published Zhan Hou Zhi Shi Jie ( The World After the War), a series of lectures he gave in Tianjin |
| 1920 | Published Ou Zhan Hou Zhongguo: Jingji yu Jiaoyu ( China After the European War: Economics and Education) |
| Served as consultant in the presidential office and director of the Chinese economic investigation bureau | |
| 1921 | Sent to the United States and Europe to study economic conditions |
| 1923 | Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1924 | Vice Chairman of the financial rehabilitation commission |
| 1927 | Mayor of Shanghai from July 7 to August 12 |
| 1928 | Member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1931 | Organized the New China Reconstruction Society |
| 1933 | Chairman of the Peiping political affairs council, where he facilitated the Tanggu Truce |
| Established the Mokan Elementary School and organized the Mokan Countryside Improvement Association | |
| 1934 | Appointed Minister of Interior |
| 1936 | Died of liver cancer in Shanghai, China on December 6 |
| 1922 | Served as acting foreign minister |
| Returned to Tianjin, China |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Huang Fu (黄孚) document the political activities of a government official and sworn "blood brother" of Chiang
Kai-shek (蒋介石) during the early Republic of China period. The collection includes Huang's personal and official correspondence,
reports, directives, speeches and writings, newspapers clippings and other posthumous materials.
In the early 1920s, Huang held posts in Beijing such as acting foreign minister, acting premier and minister of education.
During the Nanjing decade he served in multiple positions, including Shanghai mayor (1927), and in the National Government
as minister of foreign affairs (1928), minister of the interior (1934) and chairman of the Peiping political affairs council
(1933 to 1935).
Materials that relate to the fall of Cao Kun (曹锟) in the 1924 Beijing coup, when Huang Fu became acting premier of the Republic
of China at the request of warlord Feng Yuxiang (冯玉祥), are in the Coup D'etat of 1924 File.
The Nanjing Incident (南京事件) file groups materials relating to the incident, which occurred in March 1927 when the National
Revolutionary Army, comprised of both Kuomintang (KMT) and Communist troops, ransacked and looted foreign properties in Nanjing.
This resulted in property damage and casualties of British, French and American citizens. Huang Fu played an instrumental
role in negotiating settlements with the affected parties.
The Jinan Incident (济南事件) file includes materials relating to the May 3, 1928, armed conflict between the Japanese Army allied
with Northern Chinese warlords against the KMT's southern army in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, during the Northern
Expedition.
Documents relating to the Tanggu Truce (塘沽停战协定), a cease fire agreement signed on May 1, 1933, which ceded portions of northern
Hebei Province to the Japanese, can be found in the Tangu Truce File, 1933 to 1934
In 1934, Huang Fu, in his capacity as commissioner in Northern China, had to mollify Japanese demands to restore railway and
postal services between Manchuria and Northern China. Though Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) supported Huang's decision, the concession
received considerable opposition within the government since the dealings lent de facto legitimacy to Japanese rule in Manchuria.
Lastly, papers deemed "private" include Huang's articles and public talks on Sino-Japanese relations affairs, as well as incremental
materials dealing specifically with the resumption of postal and railway services in 1934 and the Nanjing Incident.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
China -- Foreign relations
China -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Japan -- Foreign relations -- China
Statesmen -- China
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975