Inventory of the Chen Lifu typescript: The storm clouds clear over China: the memoir of Chen Li-fu
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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, 9 digital files (.001 GB), digital media
(4.7 Linear Feet)
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
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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
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
Correspondence File
1950-2004
box 1, folder 1
Acceptance of memoir for publication by the Hoover Institution
1992-1998
box 1, folder 2
Chiang Kai-Chek and Chen Lifu on Communism
1950
box 1, folder 3
Chen Lifu and Sidney Chang on promoting Confucianism in Russia
1997
box 1, folder 4
Chen Lifu and Sidney Chang on stipends for Chang's research work
1992
box 1, folder 5
Chen Lifu and W. W. Rostow
1964
box 1, folder 6
Chen Lifu's agreement with Sidney Chang and the Hoover Institution
1991
Scope and Contents
Regarding the publication of Chen Lifu's memoir.
box 1, folder 7
Chen Lifu's letters to Sidney Chang
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Regarding application for a grant from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.
box 1, folder 8
Chen Lifu's letters to Sidney Chang
1993
Scope and Contents
Regarding instructions on contract with Hoover Institution.
box 1, folder 10
Chen, Chang, and Myers on researching and writing of the memoir
1991-1994
box 1, folder 11
Sidney Chang on international conference on Chen Lifu's memoir in Hong Kong
1995
box 1, folder 12
Problems with publicity
1994
box 1, folder 13
Sidney Chang's grant application: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
1992-1993
box 2, folder 1
Sidney Chang's application: Pacific Cultural Foundation
1992
box 2, folder 2
Translations and publication
1992-2004
box 2, folder 3
CIA Research Reports on China
1953-1954
box 2, folder 4
CIA records, "Shanghai Municipal Police Investigation Files, 1894-1944," in UC Southern Regional Library Facility Microfilm
1927-1929
box 2, folder 5
U.S. State Department, Central Files, China Internal Affairs
1945-1947
box 2, folder 6
External Affairs Monthly Bulletin of the Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Canada
1951-1953
box 2, folder 7
Reports from U.S. Embassy in China to the State Department
1950-1951
box 3, folder 1-2
U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: China (Part I and II)
1911-1941
box 3, folder 3
First ceremony of the Lifu Academic Award for Chinese Medicine
1993
box 3, folder 4
Commission of Inquiring on the League of Nations
1932
box 3, folder 5
Apparatus of the Kuomingtang and the Nationalist government
1933-1949
box 3, folder 6
Notes on Chen Lifu's memoir
undated
box 4, folder 1
The unification of China after World War II
1944-1945
Speeches and Writings File
1966-1994
box 4, folder 2
"A Study of Chinese Characters," Chen Lifu
undated
box 4, folder 3
"On Nation-Building through Education," Chen Lifu
undated
box 4, folder 4
Charles Kitt's PhD dissertation chapters
1984
box 4, folder 5
Chen Lifu's editing notes on the memoir
undated
box 4, folder 6
"Confucianism, Education and Economic Development in Taiwan," Chen Lifu and Hou Ching-ming
1989
Draft notes and addenda to publication
circa 1993
box 4, folder 7
Drafts of Chen Lifu's speeches in U.S.
1991
box 4, folder 8
"Four Years of Chinese Education (1937-1941)," Chen Lifu
1941
box 4, folder 9-10
Interview: Chen Lifu and Sidney Chang
1991 August-December
box 4, folder 11
Chen Lifu's memoir, chapter one
undated
box 5, folder 1
Preface and table of contents
1992
box 5, folder 2-7
Chen Lifu's memoir, chapters 1-6
undated
box 5, folder 8
"Interview with Professor Te-kong Tong on Chen Lifu's memoir," Sidney Chang
1994 December
box 6, folder 1-2
Lifu's memoir, preliminary draft, chapters 1-2
undated
box 6, folder 3
Lifu's memoir (5th draft)
1993 February
box 7, folder 1-2
Lifu's memoir (7th draft), chapters 1-2
1993 April
box 7, folder 3-4
Lifu's memoir, chapters 1-2
undated
box 8, folder 1
"Philosophy of Modernization," Chen Lifu
1966
box 8, folder 2
"Chinese Philosophy and Russian Political Culture -- From Legalism to Confucianism,"
1999
box 8, folder 3
"The Golden Mean and Chinese Culture," Chen Lifu
1965
box 8, folder 4
"The Future of the Commission on Land Research and Planning," Chen Lifu
undated
box 8, folder 5
"Why Confucius Has Been Reverenced as the Model Teacher of All Ages," Chen Lifu
1976
box 8, folder 6
Bibliography of published works on modern Chinese history
undated
box 8, folder 7
Chinese National Party Monthly Journal
1925 January
box 8, folder 8
Excerpt from
Historical Dictionary of Modern China
1985
box 8, folder 9
Foreign Relations
1944-1947
box 8, folder 10
John K. Fairbank obituary
1991
box 8, folder 12
Excerpts: History of Republican China
1968-1987
box 8, folder 13
Time Magazine and
New World News with Chen Lifu on cover
1947-1948
2018 Incremental Material
Scroll: Example of Chen Lifu's personal calligraphy
Digital material
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