Inventory of the Liang Heng collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Archives Staff
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Title: Liang Heng collection
Date (inclusive): 1966-1982
Collection Number: 2010C13
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Chinese
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 12 sound cassettes (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to student democratization movements in Hunan Province, China.
source: Liang, Heng, 1954-
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

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Liang Heng collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

1954 Born in Changsha, Hunan Province, China
1966 Joined the Red Guards
1977 Admitted to the Chinese Department at Hunan Teachers College
1980 Emigrated to the United States
  Participated in the 1980 election of the county people's congress
1983 Co-authored Son of the Revolution, an autobiographical account of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
1986 Co-authored Cold Winds Warm Winds Intellectual Life in China Today and After the Nightmare: A Survivor of the Cultural Revolution Reports on China

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to student democratization movements in Hunan Province, China.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002
Student movements -- China
Liang, Heng, 1954-

 

Audiovisual materials undated, bulk 1980

box MC20

"Inside Story of Qin Cheng Prison, undated

Physical Description: 4 Micro sound cassettes

Scope and Contents

Label information: "Mr. Wei," accompanied by a note that says: parts of these four recordings have already been turned into articles. They have been published in the New York Book Review.
 

Sound recordings of the student movement 1980 September-October

box MC20

Tape One: Sound recording of election town hall meeting, Liang Heng 1980 September 20

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box MC20

Tape Two: Sound recording of election town hall meeting, Liang Heng 1980 September 23

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box MC20, onsite digital

Tape Three: Sound recording of election town hall meeting, Tao Sen 1980 October 12

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette

Conditions Governing Access note

Access copy reference number: 2010c13_a_0003052
box MC20, onsite digital

Tape Four: Sound recording of election rally speeches, Chen An-yong 1980 October 12

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette

Conditions Governing Access note

Access copy reference number: 2010c13_a_0003053
box MC20

Tape Five: Sound recordings of hunger strike protest at front of the Provincial Party Committee office 1980 October 13-14

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette

Conditions Governing Access note

Access copy reference number: 2010c13_a_0003054
box MC20

Tape Six: Sound recording of election debate, Professor Cheng Wen-shan 1980 September 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette
box MC20

Sound recording

Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 1

Students' hunger strike movement in Changsha, Hunan Province 1980

Scope and Contents

Contains 18 color slides and 3 b/w photos
 

Clippings, undated, 1966-1982 1966-1982

box 1

Chinese Cultural Revolution, undated, 1966-1982 1966-1982

box 1

Student movements, undated