Inventory of the Song Feiqing papers

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Title: Song Feiqing (宋棐卿) papers
Date (inclusive): 1926-2013
Collection Number: 2013C4
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Chinese and English
Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 motion picture film reel, 1 DVD (8.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, printed matter, motion picture film, and audiovisual material relating to operations of the Oriental Corporation in Tianjin, China, and subsequently in Hong Kong.
Creator: Song, Feiqing, 1898-1955
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013, with additional materials acquired in 2017.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Song Feiqing papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Born in 1898 to a Christian family in Shandong Province, the Chinese businessman Song Feiqing is best known for his role in modern China's industrialization and for promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship in China. In the early 1920s, Song went to Chicago to study business management at Northwestern University. In 1925, he returned to China and spent the next several years working in his father's business in Tianjin. Seeing that China's industry was lacking entrepreneurship, especially in the textile market where foreign countries were profiting at China's expense, in 1932 Song established the Oriental Corporation (Dongya) in Tianjin. That corporation became China's first textile company to use Chinese wool to produce its yarn and to sell its products both domestically and internationally. By the 1940s, the corporation had become the largest yarn production company in China, having garnered more than 80 percent of the domestic Chinese market.
Song's entrepreneurship transformed the business environment in modern China. In addition, Song brought his religious beliefs into his management style and enterprise culture, as well as forming a social communication network that relied on the Christian spirit to serve his entrepreneurial purposes. After the Chinese Communists won the civil war and established the People's Republic in 1949, Song struggled to keep his enterprises intact but was unable to do so. In 1950, he moved his company to Hong Kong and later immigrated to Argentina. He died in Buenos Aires in 1955.

Scope and Content of Collection

The papers of Song Feiqing include correspondence, writings, legal and financial records, printed matter, motion picture film, and audiovisual material relating to the operations of the Oriental Corporation in Tianjin, China, and then in Hong Kong, including what part Christian beliefs played in Song's management practices. The papers also provide a rare glimpse into the formation of industrialization and entrepreneurship in China's recent past.
An increment received in 2017 contains documents related to Song Feiqing's life and legacy collected by his children, including personal correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, and Oriental Corporation records.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Business enterprises -- China
Business enterprises -- China -- Hong Kong
Oriental Corporation

 

Biographical and Historical File on Song Feiqing and The Oriental Corporation 宋棐卿生平和东亚毛纺织公司历史资料 1965-2009

box 1, folder 1-2

Articles and reports on the Oriental Corporation and Song Feiqing in newspapers, magazines and the internet 近期在报纸、杂志和网络上有关东亚公司和宋棐卿的文章和新闻报道 after 1990

box 1, folder 3-5

Newspaper clippings 代较为久远的剪报 before 1990

box 1, folder 6

Biographical article on Song Feiqing by Wang Weigang, "Dong Ya Fang Zhi Da Wang Song Feiqing," originally published in the book Biographies of Chinese Capitalists in Taiwan 收录于《中国大资本家》一书中由王维刚撰写的"东亚纺织大王宋棐卿",最早在台湾出版 undated

box 1, folder 7

Biography of Song Feiqing authored by his daughter Song Yunzhang 由宋棐卿之女宋允璋撰写的《我国著名的民族纺织工业家—宋棐卿先生传记 2001

box 1, folder 8

Biographical article on Song Feiqing and the Oriental Corporation in the book Chinese Business Giants in the Century, with English translation 《中国百年商业巨子(下)》一书中"宋棐卿和东亚毛纺织股份有限公司"一文及其英文翻译 1997

box 1, folder 9

Biographical article on Song Feiqing and the Oriental Corporation by Li Jingshan and three others in the collection of Tianjin Wen Shi Zi Liao Xuan Ji, with English translation 收录于《天津文史资料选辑》中由李静山等人撰写的"宋棐卿与天津东亚企业公司"一文及其英文翻译 1984

box 2, folder 1

Academic papers on the Oriental Corporation written by professors in the United States 美国教授撰写的关于东亚纺织公司的学术文章 2009

box 2

Publications that include articles on the Oriental Corporation and Song Feiqing 收录东亚纺织公司和宋棐卿相关文章的出版物 1965-2005

box 3

Publications that include articles on the Oriental Corporation and Song Feiqing 收录东亚纺织公司和宋棐卿相关文章的出版物 1965-2005

 

The Oriental Corporation Records 东亚公司的相关资料 1932-2000

box 3, folder 1

Company ordinances 东亚企业的企业条例 1932-1980

box 3, folder 2

Employee handbook 东亚公司职工手册 1935

box 3, folder 3

Song Feiqing's participation in the Tianjin Guo Min Da Hui and his proposal to the government 宋棐卿参加国民大会并提交提案 1935-1936

box 3, folder 4

"The Spirit of the Oriental" 东亚公司出版物《东亚精神》 1945

box 3, folder 5

Employees' leisure activities and welfare in the Oriental Corporation 东亚公司职工娱乐活动和福利手册 1948

box 3, folder 6

Research materials on Brazil and Australia's wool industry 对巴西和澳大利亚羊毛工业的研究资料 1948-1957

box 3, folder 7

Sewing machine history and a book list 纺织机历史及书单 1951

box 3, folder 8

Business and trade with Japan and Germany 东亚公司的日本和德国合作伙伴 1952

box 4, folder 1

Rules on training execution 训练实施办法 1953

box 4, folder 2

Argentina business name list 阿根廷生意伙伴名单 undated

box 4, folder 3

A collection of the corporation's songs 东亚歌集 undated

box 4, folder 4

The establishment of Tianjin Oriental Corporation in 1978 有关年天津东亚毛纺针织联合公司成立的文件 1978

box 4, folder 5

Brochures on the history and products of Tianjin Oriental Worsted Mill Group 天津东亚毛纺织集团有限公司产品与历史宣传资料 2000

 

Documents for Pretrial and Trial on Factory Ownership in Hong Kong 有關香港工廠所有權問題的开庭相关文件 1952-1963

box 4, folder 6

Copies of pretrial documents 庭审前预备会议的文件复印件 1952-1958

box 4, folder 7

English translation of the tape recording for pretrial 庭审前预备会议录音的英文翻译 1952-1958

box 4, folder 8

Miscellaneous documents, including letters and recordings, regarding legal actions 其他文件(信件、谈话记录和诉讼回复) 1955

box 4, folder 9

Letters exchanged with lawyer Alfredo Barry 与Alfredo Barry 律师的信件交流 1955-1956

box 4, folder 10

Documents relating to preparation for trial 开庭的准备材料 1957

box 4, folder 11

Pretrial with lawyers 1957

box 4, folder 12

Correspondence between Harvey Sung and Attorney Currie 宋宇涵和律师Currie 之间的通信往来 1957-1958

box 4, folder 13

Pretrial account of what happened with Hong Kong office 审前预备会议关于香港公司发生情况的叙述 1958

box 4, folder 14

Letters between Hong Kong and California 年审前预备会议之后的香港和加州两地的通信摘要 1961-1962

box 4, folder 15

Correspondence with lawyer, friends, and Song Yuhan before and after the trial 打官司前后与律师、朋友以及宋宇涵来往信件 1962-1963

 

Correspondence 通信 1951-1961

box 5, folder 1

Notes on the exchange with Song Yuhan, Xianmin, Xianyong, and Du Zhishen 与宋宇涵、显勇、显民和杜之绅交流的条目记录 1951 December 3 - 1952 November 28

box 5, folder 2

Between Du Zhishen, Shi Shaodong, and Song Xianmin discussing the business plan for the Hong Kong office 杜之绅、石少东和宋显民谈香港公司业务的通信往来 1951-1953

box 5, folder 3

Relating to Draper Corporation in Brazil 有关巴西 Draper 公司的信件 1951-1953

box 5, folder 4

Relating to trading with Japanese companies 与日本公司贸易往来的信件 1951-1953

box 5, folder 5

Between Du Zhishen, Song Xianmin, and Song Feiqing 东亚企业公司香港分公司杜之绅、宋显民与宋棐卿的通信摘要 1952

box 5, folder 6

Exchanged with Song Yunhua 与宋允华的通信 1952-1953

box 5, folder 7-8

Between Song Yuhan, Song Xianmin, and Li Jingfang 宋雨涵和宋显民与李景芳的通讯往来 1952-1959

box 5, folder 9

Du Zhishen and Li Jingfang (copies) 杜之绅与李景芳的原始信件复印件 1952-1961

box 5, folder 10

Li Jingfang with Xianmin and Cunzhen (copies) 李景芳与显民存贞信件存底 1953-1959

box 5, folder 11

Family members 1955-1958

box 6, folder 1

From Xianmin and Xianzhi to Jiangfang (copies) 显智显民写给景芳信件存底 1956-1957

box 6, folder 2

Family letters 家信 1956-1960

box 6, folder 3

Yuzhen and other friends in Hong Kong 从 1955 来与玉珍等香港同仁的通信 1957-1960

box 6, folder 4

Jingbo 与泾波夫妇的通信 1958

box 6, folder 5

Friends and family 1958-1960

box 6, folder 6

From Bo Yixiang to Li Jingfang 博义祥写给李景芳的信件 1959

box 6, folder 7

Jingfang and Xianyong 年后景芳和显勇之间的通信 after 1955

box 6, folder 8

Oriental Corporation (after Song Feiqing's death) 棐卿去世后宋家与东亚的通信 after 1955

box 6, folder 9

Recent years and eulogy scripts for Mrs. Song 近些年的信件和对宋夫人的慰词 undated

 

Other Materials 其他文件(财务记录、经营计划和家庭事务) 1947-1961

Scope and Content note

Includes financial records, business plan, and family documents.
box 6, folder 10

Reports for chicken raising 关于建养鸡场的研究报告 1952

box 6, folder 11

Documents relating to deposit in the New York Bank 有关在纽约银行存款的文件 1954

box 6, folder 12

Documents relating to insurance claim 有关保险赔付的文件 1958-1959

box 6, folder 13

Expenses at Berkeley 在伯克利的开销 1961

box 6, folder 14

Signature book for Yuntai and Jingshu's wedding 允泰和泾淑婚礼签名纪念册 1947-1948

 

Personal Materials 宋棐卿的私人资料 1951-1954

box 7, folder 1

Diary 1951 年到 1952 年的日记 1951 December 1 - 1952 January 22

box 7, folder 2

Original correspondence to Song Feiqing relating to Hong Kong office 寄给宋棐卿有关香港公司的信件原件 1952

box 7, folder 3

Bank account statement 宋棐清的银行对账单 1952-1954

box 7, folder 4-10

Correspondence received and sent (personal, business) 宋棐卿的信件 1953-1954

box 7, folder 11

Photocopy of Song Feiqing's industrial plan "My Dream" 宋棐卿的工业计划《我的梦》复印件 undated

box 8

Sound recordings of Song Feiqing's funeral and obituaries 宋棐卿追悼会录音资料和讣告剪报 1956

film shelf

16mm motion picture film

 

2017 Incremental Materials 1947-2013

box 9

Biographical material 1957, 2000-2013

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings.
box 9

Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents note

Contains clippings, correspondence, and other documents mainly related to Song Feiqing and The Oriental Corporation. Includes a family tree.
box 9

Will of Li Jingfang (宋李景芳) 1960

General note

Ching Fan Lee Sung (宋李景芳) is Song Feiqing's wife.
box 9

Material related to the death of Li Jingfang's (宋李景芳) 1979-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, inheritance documents, and material relating to the death of Song Feiquing in 1955.
box 9

Journals 1952

box 9

Shi Shao Dong Desk Diary pages 1950-1962

box 9

"Transcribed Copy of Ba's Diary"

box 9

"Mother's (Song Li Jingfang) Original Writings on Song Feiqing's Life" 1970

box 9

"Mom's Effort in Trying to Get a Book Written About Ba" 1969

box 10

"Shi Shao Dong & Mother's Recollection on Song Feiqing" undated

box 10

"Remembrances by Different People" 1969-1974

box 10

Correspondence 1950-2009

Scope and Contents note

Contains the correspondence of Song Feiqing, Albert Sung, and Li Jingfang. Included are letters to Cardinal Tien, 李靜山, family members, and others.
box 11

Correspondence (continued)

box 11

"Passports, Letters, Etc." 1951-1962

box 11

The Oriental Corporation: A Review 1947

box 11

The Oriental Corporation pamphlets 1948

box 11

"F. C. Sung (Harry Sung) and Tianjin Oriental Corporation" undated

box 11

Tianjin 1980-1999

box 12

"The Oriental Corporation Shares 1984"

box 12

United Overseas Company Limited Directors' Meeting Minutes 1957 December 1

box 12

The Oriental Corporation deed 1962 October 26

box 12

"Various receipts - Argentina" 1951-1955

box 12

Reports, Hong Kong branch 1957 undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes an outline of Song Feiqing's life.
box 12

Clippings 2003-2009

box 12

I Have a Warm Family 《我有一个温暖的家》 2009

box 12

My Dream 我的梦, television script by Jiang Zilong 蒋子龙 undated

box 12

Orange yarn from Tianjin Oriental Corporation undated

box 13

Miscellaneous photographs 1955, 2000-2010

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of Hong Kong, Argentina, Uruguay, China and various family photographs.
box 14

Photograph album 1947

box 14

Photograph album 1950-1959

box 15

Holy Bible: Papal Edition 1952

 

Digital materials

Access

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box MC5

"Sung Interviews: R1, R2, Albert, Allen" 2011

Physical Description: 1 DVD

Scope and Contents

Interviews with several of Song Feiqing's children