Description
Notebooks, exams, reading notes, and a
draft of his thesis from his graduate studies, 1930-1933; professional and personal
correspondence, 1938-1949, including letters pertaining to his immigration status;
correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to Stanford administrative and
departmental matters, 1935-1982; and family papers, 1911-1994. Included in the family papers
are extensive correspondence between Chan and his wife Anna during his trips away from home,
1938-1960; letters (many in Chinese) from his brothers Shou Yi Ch'en, 1937-1977, Stanley
Hong (Shou Hong) Chan, 1938-1975, and Shau Wa (Wally) Chan, 1941-1950; correspondence of
Chan's son Loren B. Chan with his parents and uncles, 1964-1989; personal documents of Anna
Mae Chan, 1911-1994; Shau Wing Chan's passports and travel papers, 1937-1982; and some
ephemera from China, 1925-1926.
Background
Chan received his M.A. (1932) and his Ph.D. (1937) in English from Stanford University. He
joined the Stanford faculty in 1938 and retired in 1972. He was instrumental in founding
what is now the Department of Asian Languages, serving as its executive head from
1958-1962.
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