Inventory of the Leslie H. Dingyan Chen papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff and Yichen Jin
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Title: Leslie H. Dingyan Chen papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-2007
Collection Number: 2009C21
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese and English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Biographical data, personal documents, notes, printed matter, photographs, and videocassette relating to the Chinese politician Chen Jiongming (father of Leslie Chen) and the Chen family. Includes research material used by Leslie Chen in his book Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement: Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China (Ann Arbor, 1999).
Creator: Chen, Leslie H. Dingyan
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Leslie H. Dingyan Chen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Chinese-American engineer and historian.

Scope and Content of Collection

Biographical data, personal documents, notes, printed matter, photographs, and videocassette relating to the Chinese politician Chen Jiongming (father of Leslie Chen) and the Chen family. Includes research material used by Leslie Chen in his book Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement: Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China (Ann Arbor, 1999).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Chinese -- United States
China -- History -- 1912-1928
Chen, Jiongming, 1878-1933

 

Chen Jiongming File 1912-1998

Scope and Contents note

Presumably much of this file was source material for the book Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement: Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China.
box 1, folder 1-2

Historical photograph files 1912-1935

box 1, folder 3

Biographical sketch undated

box 1, folder 4

Family tree 1998

box 1, folder 5

Newspaper clippings 1998

box 1, folder 6

Published articles about Chen Jiongming 1978-1994

 

Chen Dingyan File 1933-2006

box 1, folder 7

Family photographs 1933-2000

box 1, folder 8

Portraits undated

box 1, folder 9

Graduation certificates and copies 1946

box 1, folder 10

Mechanical engineer awards 1976-2004

box 1, folder 11

Research and publications in mechanical engineering 1961-1986

 

Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement

box 1, folder 12

Author and bibliographic information undated

box 1, folder 13

Reference materials undated

box 1, folder 14

Glossary of names, undated

box 1, folder 15

Notes undated

box 1, folder 16

Book promotion materials 1999

box MC37

Gao Zonglu, Chen Dingyan book launch CD 1997

Scope and Contents

CD-R labeled 'notes/research'.

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.
box 1, folder 19

Gao Zonglu, Chen Dingyan book launch press conference videocassette 1997

Access

Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.
box 1, folder 19

Sun Yatsun: Frustrated Patriot 1976

box 1, folder 17

Memorial 2006

 

Chen Dingye File 1991

box 1, folder 18

Photographs taken in China and France 1991

Scope and Contents

Includes negatives.