Inventory of the Wei Daming 魏大銘 papers
Finding aid prepared by Jessica Lemieux and Amanda Robb
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Wei Daming 魏大銘 papers
Date (inclusive): approximately 1960-2012
Collection Number: 2023C3
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Wei Daming was a cryptographer and a general in the Chinese Nationalist Revolutionary Army. Collection includes manuscripts
written by General Wei Daming relating to his career in the National Government of the Republic of China secret service, a
memorial publication about Wei's wife, and other miscellaneous materials and photographs relating to Wei and his family.
Creator:
Wei, Daming, 1907-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2023.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wei Daming 魏大銘 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Wei Daming 魏大銘 (1907-1998) was a general and cryptographer. He was born in 1907 in Shanghai. He was a member of the Chinese
Nationalist Revolutionary Army and helped build the cryptographic network for the regime. He later joined the Nationalist
Chinese Military Intelligence Bureau. Wei headed the cryptographic division of Nationalist Chinese secret service for forty
years; he was a key figure in modern China's (and post-1949 Taiwan's) technology relating to code-breaking, signal intelligence,
and cryptographic ciphers. He was charged with corruption in 1965 and imprisoned until 1970. He died in Taiwan in 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes a copy of Wei's published autobiography, handwritten notes by General Wei Daming relating to his career
in the National Government of the Republic of China secret service, a memorial publication about Wei's wife, photographs,
and other miscellaneous materials relating to Wei and his family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cryptography
Cryptographers
Intelligence service -- China
Intelligence service
Military intelligence
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-
China
Taiwan
Zhongguo guo min dang
China. Jun shi wei yuan hui. Diao cha tong ji ju
China (Republic : 1949- ). Guo jia an quan ju
box 1, folder 1
魏大銘自述 Wei Daming Autobiography
2012
box 1, folder 2
第一篇 余妻夏芬迦氏所手寫本 Chapter 1 Handwritten by Wei's widow, Xia Fenjia
undated
box 1, folder 3
技術研究室室史總目錄 History of the Technology Research Office Table of Contents
undated
box 1, folder 4
附錄資料 Appendix materials
undated
box 1, folder 5
第十七篇 對蘇俄情報鬥爭之一奇蹟 我們台灣是如何渡過中國三十九年的危機的 Chapter 17: One of the Miracles of the Soviet Intelligence Struggle, How did Taiwan survive
the 39-year crisis in China?
undated
box 1, folder 6
總目錄篇序説明1989年二月 Preface to the General Table of Contents
1989 February
box 1, folder 7
二十世紀遠東一塵埃 魏大銘著1989年二月 A Speck of Dust from the Far East in the 20th Century by Wei Daming
1989 February
box 1, folder 8-9
Correspondence, notes, and photocopies
box 2
魏夫人夏芬迦女士紀念集 Collected Memoirs of Mrs. Wei Xia Fenjia
1980s
Access
Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
