Register of the Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生 papers
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Robb
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生 papers
Date (inclusive): 1899, 1931-2017
Collection Number: 2018C28
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, digital media
(3.13 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生 papers (1899, 1931-2017）contain correspondence, writings, certificates, printed matter, and photographs
relating to the twentieth-century history of China. Includes papers of Tao Xisheng 陶希聖, father of Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生, a Nationalist
Chinese journalist and government official.
Creator:
Tao, Hengsheng
Creator:
Tao, Xisheng, 1899-1988
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生. Chinese-American engineer and historian.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生 papers (1899, 1931-2017）contain correspondence, writings, certificates, printed matter, and photographs
relating to the twentieth-century history of China. Includes papers of Tao Xisheng 陶希聖, father of Tao Hengsheng 陶恆生, a Nationalist
Chinese journalist and government official.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- History -- 20th century
box 4, folder 1
Commemorative greetings from Chiang Kai-shek
1956
box 2, folder 9
Wedding certificate and letters of appointment booklets
1954
box 2, folder 10
Obituary of T'ao Heng-sheng 陶恆生
2017 March 20
box 1, folder 1-4
Correspondence
1966, 1990s-2000s
box 1, folder 5-6
Correspondence with He Ziquan 何兹全
1988-2009
box 2, folder 1-2
Family correspondence
1980s-1990s
box 2, folder 3
Family correspondence and copies of published letters by T'ao Heng-sheng 陶希聖
1938-1940s
T'ao Heng-sheng 陶希聖
1899-1998
box 2, folder 4
Diaries
1949 January-1950 December
box 2, folder 5
Newspaper clippings
1978-1998
Photographs
1935-2002, undated
box 5, folder 11-31
Positive film strips, pages 1-21
undated
box 2, folder 8
Printouts of photographs
1935-2002, undated
Education and Career
1931-2008
box 3, folder 1
School report cards, university transcripts and degrees, engineering certificates
1931-1982
box 3, folder 2
CV and dissertation
1953-1975
box 3, folder 3
National Taiwan University class of 1952 yearbook 國立台灣大學四十一學年度畢業同學紀念冊
1953 July
Writing materials
1939-2008
box 3, folder 4
Research materials and newspaper clippings
1939-2000
box 3, folder 6
The "Gao Tao Incident" from Start to Finish 《高陶事件始末》book by T'ao Heng-sheng 陶恆生
1998 February
Career letters and professional certificates
1953-1986
box 4, folder 3
Professional certificates
1953-1970s
box 3, folder 7
Career letters of introduction and newspaper clippings
1954-1971
box 3, folder 8
Letters of appointment booklets
1985-1986
Digital Media
2004-2014, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more
information.
Scope and Contents
10 disks removed from Box 5. Labels indicate that contents include CCTV and Phoenix TV stations' interviews of T'ao Heng-sheng
on oral history topics "Escape: 1940" and the "Gao Tao Incident," family photographs, and the Hoover Institution Archives'
recording, "Grandpa in America".
