Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Wei 魏景蒙 diaries
- Dates:
- 1959-1982
- Creators:
- Wei, James
- Abstract:
- The James Wei 魏景蒙 diaries (1959-1982) relates to political conditions in Taiwan, and to Taiwanese-American relations.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes, 14 card file boxes (8.0 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], James Wei 魏景蒙 diaries, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection relates to political conditions in Taiwan and to Taiwanese-American relations between the years of 1959 and 1982. Diaries written by James Wei 魏景蒙 detail political conditions across that span of time, as well as his reactions to current events. Wei also kept track of daily events, including descriptions of his conversations with various people and the different activities he engaged in. A small collection of notes contains contact information for other people, as well as other accounts of his aquaintances. A datebook details events Wei presumably attended and reminders about such events that he wrote for himself. There is also correspondence, including notes and a letter addressed to Wei from the Chinese News Service of New York.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Wei (Wei Ching-meng, Wei Jingmeng) was a Taiwanese writer. A native of Chekiang, Wei graduated from Yenching University in Peking. He started his career as a reporter in Tientsin and later worked in Shanghai. From 1942-1948, he joined the International Department, Ministry of Information.
Wei then became head of the Shanghai Office of the Ministry of Information (later called the Government Information Office). He then settled in Taiwan, where he served as a Reuters correspondent for three years, while simultaneously holding the post of Deputy Director of the Central News Agency. Wei was also one of the founders of the China News, an English language newspaper, along with being the publisher when it was first created in 1949. From 1954-1965, Wei worked as Managing Director of the Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC). In 1966, he was appointed Director General of the Government Information Office before becoming the Director of the CNA in 1972, before retiring from the CNA in 1978. He was also national policy advisor to President Chiang Ching-kuo until Wei died of a heart attack in October 1982 at the age of 74.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2003.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-14 13:20:42.522099
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 1 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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], James Wei 魏景蒙 diaries, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563