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  • Title: Chen Lifu typescript: The storm clouds clear over China: the memoir of Chen Li-fu, 1900-1993
    Date (inclusive): 1911-2004
    Collection Number: 2006C58
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, digital media (4.7 Linear Feet)
    Physical Description: 9 digital files (.001 Gigabytes)
    Abstract: The collection includes drafts, working materials, and correspondence associated with the translation, editing, and publication of Lifu's memoir. Edited and compiled by Sidney H. Chang and Ramon H. Myers and published by the Hoover Institution Press, the memoir and collection materials relate to political conditions in China and Taiwan. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Myers, Ramon Hawley, 1929-2015
    Creator: Chen, Lifu
    Creator: Chang, Hsu-Hsin
    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 2006.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Chen Lifu typescript: The storm clouds clear over China: the memoir of Chen Li-Fu., [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note

    Chinese politician; secretary to Chiang Kai-shek, 1926 to 1949.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection is composed of documents relating to political conditions in China and Taiwan. Additionally, it includes drafts, working papers, and correspondence associated with the translation, editing, and publication of Chen Lifu's memoir. The memoir was edited and compiled with an introduction and notes by Sidney H. Chang and Ramon H. Myers and published by the Hoover Institution Press.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
    Taiwan -- Politics and government
    Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975