Inventory of the H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1949
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Inventory of the H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1949
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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- Hoover Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2009
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- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Lisa H. Nguyen.
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Collection Summary
Title: H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1949
Dates: 1919-1949
Collection Number: 2006C51
Creator: Kung, H. H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967
Collection Size:
100 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(46.75 linear feet linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, and audiovisual material, relating
to political and economic conditions in China and to Chinese diplomatic policy and finances during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Chinese
Administrative Information
Access
51 of the 103 boxes in this collection are open for research on January 19, 2010. Due to the fragility of the original documents,
only microfilm copies (68 reels) will be provided for researchers' use.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], H. H. Kung papers, 1917-1949, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
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Biographical/Historical Note
| 1881 |
Born, Shanxi Province, China |
| 1896-1900 |
Studied at North China Union College in Tongzhou |
| 1906 |
Graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio |
| 1907 |
Graduated from Yale University, M.A. in Economics |
| 1913 |
Secretary of the Chinese YMCA, in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1914 |
Married Soong Ailing |
| 1924 |
Joined the Kuomintang (KMT) |
| 1925 |
Received honorary LL.D. degree from Oberlin College |
| 1928 |
Named Minister of Industry and Commerce |
| 1929 |
Elected to the KMT Central Executive Committee |
| 1932 |
Appointed special commissioner to study European industrial conditions, assigned to secure foreign aid for the development
of China's national defense
|
| 1933 |
Governor, Bank of China |
| |
Minister of Finance |
| |
Vice-Premier, Executive Yuan |
| 1937 |
Represented the Chinese National Government as special envoy during the coronation of King George VI |
| |
Received honorary degree from Yale University |
| 1938-1939 |
Premier, Executive Yuan |
| |
President, Chinese-American Institute of Cultural Relations |
| 1948 |
Moved to New York, United States |
| 1967 August 15 |
Died, Long Island, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Hoover Institution received on deposit, 103 boxes of H. H. Kung papers in 2006. Of this material, contents of 51 boxes
are available for research. Due to the fragility of the original documents, only microfilm copies will be provided for researchers'
use. This finding aid describes the papers in these 51 boxes. A microfilm reel list, which indicates corresponding box and
reel numbers, is available at the Hoover Institution Archives.
The other boxes are closed due to the hazardous physical condition of the papers. A significant portion of the papers suffered
mold infestation, and displayed other signs of deterioration when received at the Hoover Archives.
The microfilmed Kung papers at Hoover bear witness to and describe turning points of the Republic China era, such as the passing
of Sun Yatsen in 1925, the Manchurian Incident of 1931, the Xi'an Incident of 1936, the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945),
the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949), and the reformation of China's modern banking and monetary system.
Among the previously less-known historical accounts now revealed from Kung's personal papers are Nationalist China's endeavors
to manufacture its own military weapons before and during World War II, intelligence reports concerning the Chinese Communist
Party's financial, economic, and military operations in the Shaaxi-Gansu-Ningxi Border Region, Japanese secret activities
in China in the early war years, and the intricate relationship between Chiang Kai-shek's central government and regional
warlords and political factions.
A major component of the collection includes KMT records, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, resolutions,
and other support documents from the Central Executive Committee and the Supreme National Defense Commission (bulk 1930-1943).
The collection also includes core domestic and foreign policy making files compiled during Kung's political career as Minister
of Industry and Commerce, Minister of Finance, and Premier of the Executive Yuan.
The papers also exhibit Kung's charitable and educational endeavors such as his involvement in disaster relief efforts and
the establishment of the Oberlin Shansi Ming Hsien School (see English correspondence files, 1917-1948) which fostered cross-cultural
and education exchange programs.
Arrangement
The arrangement of this material reflects the original order of the papers when received from the donors.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kung, H.H. (Hsiang-hsi), 1880-1967
Finance, Public--China.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects
China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
China--Economic conditions--1912-1949.
Statesmen--China.
Collection Contents
Box/Folder: 1 :
Aircraft manufacturing for warplanes
1933-1942
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, price quotations, and aircraft description and specifications from aircraft manufacturing companies.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Aircraft standards and regulations,
1938
Box/Folder: 1 : 2-4
Correspondence,
1940-1942
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Far-East Aviation Co., Ltd,
1933
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Koolhoven Aeroplanes,
1938
Box/Folder: 1 : 13
China Child Welfare Inc.,
1929-1931
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-10
Sino-Japanese relations, 1932-1937
1932-1937
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
Manchurian (Mukden) Incident,
1931
Box/Folder: 2 : 12-13
Xi?an Incident,
1936-1937
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Zhang Xueliang correspondence file,
circa 1931
Box/Folder: 1 : 2-5
Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang correspondence file,
1936-1937
Box/Folder: 1 : 6-8
Shanxi file,
1circa 1930-1931
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Chinese Communists,
1939-1946
Box/Folder: 4 : 1-7
Chinese Communists,
1939-1946
Box/Folder: 4 : 8-11
Wang Jingwei and Hu Hanmin correspondence file,
1935-1938
Box/Folder: 5 : 1-2
Sun Yatsen Mausoleum Construction Committee,
1925
Box/Folder: 5 : 3-11
Sun Yatsen Funeral Services Committee, in Chinese,
circa 1925-1930
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Digest of translated and transcribed news reports, records, telegrams, correspondence, meeting minutes,
undated
Box/Folder: 6 : 1-5
Digest of translated and transcribed news reports, records, telegrams, correspondence, meeting minutes,
undated
Box/Folder: 7 : 1-2
Digest of translated and transcribed news reports, records, telegrams, correspondence, meeting minutes,
undated
Box/Folder: 7 : 3-10
English correspondence files,
1917-1945
Box/Folder: 8 : 1-6
English correspondence files,
1917-1948
Box/Folder: 8 : 7
William Hunt and company,
1941-1945
Box/Folder: 8 : 8
Aviation, 1941-1944
1941-1944
Box/Folder: 8 : 9
Aerial transportation,
1941-1944
Box/Folder: 8 : 10
China Foundation,
1940-1941
Box/Folder: 9 : 1
KP Chen (Chen Guangfu),
1941
Box/Folder: 9 : 2
Appointment applications received,
1944
Box/Folder: 9 : 4
Chinese embassy, London,
1941
Box/Folder: 9 : 5
Chinese government Trading Commission,
1941
Box/Folder: 9 : 6
East-West Association,
1945
Box/Folder: 9 : 7
Customs administration, general,
1943
Box/Folder: 9 : 8
Foreign Exchange Central Commission (application for Foreign Exchange),
1941
Box/Folder: 9 : 10
Export Import Bank Cotton and Wheat Loan,
1939
Box/Folder: 10 : 1-14
Intelligence reports,
circa 1935-1940
Box/Folder: 11 : 1-11
Intelligence reports,
circa 1935-1940
Box/Folder: 12 : 1-10
Intelligence reports,
circa 1935-1940
Box/Folder: 13 : 1
Shanghai municipal government intelligence reports,
1932
Box/Folder: 13 : 2
International relations,
1938
Box/Folder: 13 : 3-4
Finance and banking,
1924-1934
Box/Folder: 13 : 5
Miscellaneous documents,
1934-1938
Box/Folder: 13 : 6-10
Provincial policy address,
undated
Box/Folder: 14 : 1-10
Intelligence reports,
circa 1938-1939
Box/Folder: 15 : 1-10
Intelligence reports,
circa 1938-1939
Ministry of Industry,
1931
Box/Folder: 17 : 1-3
Ministry of Commerce,
1925-1928
Box/Folder: 17 : 7
Headquarters of Four Joint Banks,
1944
Box/Folder: 17 : 8
Farmer's Bank of China,
1944
Box/Folder: 19 : 1-3
Four Banks (Central Bank, Bank of Communications, Bank of China, Agricultural Bank) joint meeting,
circa 1943
Box/Folder: 20 : 1-4
Disaster relief,
circa 1933-1935
Box/Folder: 20 : 5-7
Foreign affairs, national defense and political affairs,
1934-1936
Box/Folder: 21 : 1-6
Economic Committee,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Consists of the records of various several subcommittees, including the establishment of fundamental industrial and commercial
units, reorganization of domestic and foreign loans, wartime financial policies, the stabilization of the Foreign Exchange
Market in Shanghai and natural resources.
Box/Folder: 22 : 1-4
Economic Committee,
undated
Box/Folder: 22 : 5-10
Confucius Temple,
circa 1928-1935
Box/Folder: 23 : 1-4
Sun Yatsen funeral records,
1925
Box/Folder: 24 : 1-6
Sun Yatsen funeral records,
1925
Box/Folder: 25 : 1-6
Sun Yatsen funeral records,
1925
Box/Folder: 26 : 1
KMT Party Affairs Report,
1936
Box/Folder: 26 : 2-4
Central Executive Committee,
1929
Box/Folder: 26 : 6-8
Central Executive Committee,
1941
Box/Folder: 27 : 1-2
Central Executive Committee,
1941
Box/Folder: 27 : 3-4
Central Executive Committee,
1929
Box/Folder: 27 : 5-8
Central Executive Committee,
1930
Box/Folder: 27 : 9-12
Central Executive Committee,
1931
Box/Folder: 28 : 1-9
Zong Li (Sun Yatsen) Memorial Committee,
1929-1931
Box/Folder: 29 : 1
Party Affairs Report,
1929
Box/Folder: 29 : 2-3
Central Executive Committee,
1930
Box/Folder: 29 : 4
Central Executive Committee,
1931
Box/Folder: 29 : 5
Central Executive Committee,
1932
Box/Folder: 29 : 6
Central Executive Committee,
1935
Box/Folder: 29 : 7
Central Executive Committee,
1936
Box/Folder: 29 : 8-12
Central Executive Committee,
1939
Box/Folder: 30 : 1
KMT National Congress Meeting Minutes,
1924
Box/Folder: 30 : 2-4
KMT National Congress Meeting Minutes,
1926
Box/Folder: 30 : 5-7
KMT National Congress Meeting Minutes,
1929
Box/Folder: 30 : 8
KMT Central Executive Committee,
1929
Box/Folder: 30 : 9
KMT National Party Congress
1931
Box/Folder: 30 : 10-12
KMT Central Executive Committee,
1931
Box/Folder: 31 : 1-3
KMT Central Executive Committee,
1929
Box/Folder: 31 : 4
KMT Central Executive Committee,
1930
Box/Folder: 31 : 5-8
KMT Central Executive Committee,
1931
Box/Folder: 31 : 9-20
National Party Congress,
undated
Box/Folder: 32 : 1
Central Executive Committee,
1940
Box/Folder: 32 : 2-3
Central Standing Committee,
1938
Box/Folder: 32 : 4
Central Executive Committee,
1930
Box/Folder: 32 : 5
Central Standing Committee,
undated
Box/Folder: 32 : 6-7
Central Executive Committee,
1938
Box/Folder: 32 : 8-10
Central Executive Committee,
1940
Box/Folder: 32 : 11
Central Executive Committee,
1939
Box/Folder: 32 : 12
Central Executive Committee,
1935
Box/Folder: 32 : 13
Central Executive Committee,
1939
Box/Folder: 32 : 14
Central Executive Committee,
1938-1940
Box/Folder: 32 : 15
Central Executive Committee,
1940
Box/Folder: 32 : 16
Central Executive Committee,
1937
Box/Folder: 33 : 1-14
Central Executive Committee,
1940-1941
Box/Folder: 34 : 1-4
Central Executive Committee,
1935
Box/Folder: 34 : 5-15
KMT Political Council,
1927
Box/Folder: 35 : 1-6
KMT Political Council,
1927
Box/Folder: 35 : 7-15
Central Executive Committee,
1927-1931
Box/Folder: 35 : 22-26
Ministry of Finance,
1936
Box/Folder: 36 : 4
Ministry of Transportation,
1940
Box/Folder: 38 : 7-10
National Assembly,
undated
Box/Folder: 38 : 11-12
National Supreme Defense Council,
1938
Box/Folder: 38 : 13
National Supreme Defense Council,
1939
Box/Folder: 38 : 14
National Supreme Defense Council, 1940
1940
Box/Folder: 39 : 1-13
National Supreme Defense Council,
1939-1940
Box/Folder: 40 : 1-18
National Supreme Defence Council,
1939-1940
Box/Folder: 41 : 1-28
National Government State Council,
1928-1931
Box/Folder: 42 : 1-16
State Affairs Conference, laws and regulations,
1928-1931
Box/Folder: 42 : 17-20
State Affairs Conference, miscellaneous documents,
1928-1931
Box/Folder: 43 : 1-9
State Affairs Conference, miscellaneous documents,
1928-1931
Box/Folder: 43 : 10-24
Executive Yuan, state affairs,
circa 1928-193
Box/Folder: 44 : 1-10
Executive Yuan,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 44 : 11-20
Wartime Finance Committee,
circa 1936-1937
Scope and Content Note
Includes resolutions, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other supporting documents relating to wartime finance.
Box/Folder: 45 : 1-6
Currency policy, taxation System, and currency management,
undated
Box/Folder: 45 : 7-12
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1935-1936
Box/Folder: 46 : 1-14
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1936-1940
Box/Folder: 47 : 1-3
National Mobilization records,
circa 1943
Box/Folder: 48 : 1-4
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1943
Box/Folder: 49 : 1-3
Executive Yuan,
circa 1943
Box/Folder: 49 : 4
Ministry of Finance,
circa 1927-1928
Box/Folder: 50 : 1-4
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 50 : 5-7
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1931
Box/Folder: 50 : 8
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1938
Box/Folder: 50 : 9-10
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1943
Box/Folder: 51 : 1-9
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1930
Box/Folder: 51 : 10-13
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1931
Box/Folder: 51 : 14
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1940
Box/Folder: 51 : 15-17
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1941
Box/Folder: 51 : 18
Executive Yuan meetings,
circa 1943
