Journal of a mission to China, 1944

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Title:: Journal of a mission to China
Dates:: 1944
Creators:: Taub, Alex, 1892-1974
Abstract:: Alex Taub (1892-1974) was an engineer with industrialization expertise. He was born in London in 1892, immigrated to the United States in 1908, became a U.S. citizen in 1920, and died in Washington, D.C., in 1974. Collection is composed of a single bound typescript - a personal journal titled "Journal of a mission to China," which describes Taub's activities in China in 1944.
Extent:: 1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)
Language:: In English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Journal of a mission to China, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Taub's bound, typewritten personal journal describing his activities in China in 1944.
Biographical / historical:: Alex Taub (1892-1974) was an engineer with industrialization expertise. He was born in London in 1892, immigrated to the United States in 1908, became a U.S. citizen in 1920, and died in Washington, D.C., in 1974. He led industrialization projects in Brazil during the late 1930s through the early 1940s. In 1944 Taub was recruited by the Nationalist Chinese government under Chiang Kai-shek to help devise an industrial program in China. He supervised a team of 300+ engineers to work on a fundamental industrialization program to develop China's industrial and economic conditions.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2022.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Industrialization -- China
Industries -- China
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Typescripts
Places:: China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-31 14:08:19.018376

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Journal of a mission to China, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US