Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 papers, approximately 1940-approximately 1989

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Summary

Creators:
Ku, Feng-hsiang
Abstract:
The Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 papers (1940-1989) include correspondence, diaries, other writings, reports, memoranda, and printed matter relating to the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/KMT/Guomindang) and to political conditions in China.
Extent:
13 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (6.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
Chinese
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Background

Scope and content:

The Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 (Gu Fengxiang) collection documents Ku's career in the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/KMT) before and after the Chinese Civil War that ended in 1949. This includes reports, memoranda, correspondence, and printed matter related to KMT Party laws and regulations, anti-Communist committees, and KMT commemorative publications. Materials related to Ku's tenure as Secretary-General of the KMT Central Committee include overviews of his policy implementations, meeting miutes, speeches, handbooks, and letters of appointment. Materials related to Ku's tenure as Minister of Justice in Taiwan include correspondence with people in his jurisdiction, court training documents, and materials on the investigation into Lei Chen (Lei Zhen) 雷震 (1960-1961), the case of P'eng Ming-min (Peng Mingmin) 彭明敏 (1964), and the cases of Li Tsung-jen (Li Zongren) 李宗仁 and Wu Guozhen (K.C. Wu) 吳國楨 (1950-1954). This collection also contains records of Ku's time as member of the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement 中華文化復興運動, including the creation of the China Television Company, and his personal notebooks from 1964-1977.

Biographical / historical:

Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 (谷凤翔, Gu Fengxiang)（approximately 1904-1988), 號岐山. Chinese scholar and official of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/KMT); served as Minister of Justice in Taiwan (1954-1960) and Secretary-General of the KMT Central Committee (1964-1968).

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2018.
Arrangement:

Chinese titles taken from the donor's original titles.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ku Feng-hsiang 谷鳳翔 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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