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Call Number: SC0421
Creator:
Chan, Shau Wing, 1907-1986.
Creator:
Chan, Shau Wing
Title: Shau Wing Chan papers
Dates: 1911-1994
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Loren B. Chan, 1987, 1988, and 1995.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Shau Wing Chan Papers (SC0421). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
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.
Ch'en, Shou-yi, 1899-
Chan, Anna Mae.
Chan, Loren Briggs, 1943-
Chan, Shau Hong.
Chan, Shau Wa.
Chan, Shau Wing, 1907-1986.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. Dept. of Asian Languages
--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of English.
Chinese Americans --California.
See AM 95-032 for Stanford student memorabilia owned by Chan.