Inventory of the Xie Chi papers
1876 | Born, in Sichuan Province, China |
1900 | Studied under Zhou Shaohuai |
Entered the Jingwei Academy at Yibin, Sichuan | |
1902 | Followed Zhou to Chengdu |
Graduated from the Jingwei Academy | |
1903 | Became a superintendent of school construction for the Sichuan office of education |
Appointed as a physical education instructor in a police academy | |
1907 | Plotted a revolutionary takeover of the city on Oct. 2 but the plan failed |
Appointed as the superintendent of trade by the Sichuan government | |
1909 | Sent to Fengxiang, Shanxi to work as shepherds and engaged in anti-Manchu activities |
Returned to Shanghai to serve as provost at new Shu Shuang Gong Suo | |
Joined Tongmenghui in Chongqing | |
1911 | Elected director of the general affairs bureau of the new military government in Chongqing |
Chongqing declared its independence on Nov. 22 | |
Plotted to take over Chongqing | |
1912 | Appointed as the vice director of the general affairs of the military government of Sichuan |
1913 | Fled to Japan to assist Sun Yat-sen in organizing Kuomintang |
Arrested on May 17 but escaped indictment | |
Plotted to assassinate Yuan Shikai but the plot was discovered by Yuan's agents | |
Elected to the Senate | |
1918-1919 | Elected to the director of the department of party affairs |
Served Sun Yat-sen in the Canton government as vice minister of justice | |
1919-1921 | Served as vice minister of interior |
1921-1922 | Served as secretary general of the presidential office |
1924 | Elected one of the five members of the Central Supervisory Committee by the First National Congress of the recognized Kuomintang |
1926 | Expelled by the leftist faction of the Kuomintang and joined the Western Hills faction |
1927-1929 | Named to the special committee by the Western Hills faction Withdrawn from the government and retired to Shanghai |
1930 | Left for Tianjin to seek safety after the conference was dissolved |
Elected to the standing committee of the enlarged conference which serves as the decision-making organ of the Kuomintang in opposition to the party apparatus functioning in Nanjing | |
1931 | Went to Shanghai after the peace meeting between the Nanjing and Canton leaders had been successfully concluded |
Listed by the Canton leaders as a member of their government council | |
1937 | Returned to his native Sichuan from Shanghai |
1939 | Died on April 16 |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diaries (6 volumes) 日记 (六卷) 17 May 1913 - 31 Dec 1918
Diaries (5 volumes) 日记 (五卷) 31 Jan 1924 - 24 Dec 1928
Telegrams, memos and documents 电报,函件,文件等 1913 - 1923
Records relating to Xie Chi arrest's for assasination plot against Yuan Shikai, Senate interrogatories, Congress response 谢持被捕,参议院质问书,国务院复函 May 1913
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 1923
Telegram to Chen Yucun 致陈雨村电 1923
Telegram to Yang Cangbai 致杨沧白电 21 Mar 1923
Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 24 Mar 1923
Telegram from Wanxian Bureau 万县局来电 1923
Telegram to Liu Gongqian 致刘公潜 7 May 1923
Petition on Yandian from Senators and Congressmen in Guangdong and Sichuan 驻粤四川参议两院议员有关艳电之呈文 1923
Council meeting notes/memos 各总裁各代表政务会议议事日程 Mar 10
Military Plans 军事计划 1923
Central Committee secret meeting motion 中央党部秘密决议案 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Mar 12 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 8 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 10 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 10 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 13 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 24 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 3 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 5 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 5 1923
Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 7 1923
Telegram to Yang Cangbai, Lu Xiqing, and others 致杨沧白、卢锡卿诸人电 May 5 1923
Telegram to Yang Cangbai, Lu Xiqing, and Sun Yat-sen 致杨沧白、卢锡卿并呈孙中山电 Mar 31 1923
Telegram to Yang Cangbai, Lu Xiqing, and Sun Yat-sen 致杨沧白、卢锡卿并呈孙中山电 Apr 17 1923
Telegram to Yang Cangbai, Lu Xiqing, and Sun Yat-sen 致杨沧白、卢锡卿并呈孙中山电 Apr 4 1923
Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 Apr 23 1923
2 telegrams 电文两件 Mar 14 1923
1 letter reply 复函一件 1923
Letter to Yang Chunfang 致杨春芳函 Apr 10 1923
59th Council meeting agenda 第五十九次政务会议议事日程 Mar 17
Suggestion to invite Sun Yat-sen to assume provisional presidency 有关请孙中山任临时大总统的建议 1911
Sichuan provisional government's memo to protest election law 四川临时省政府执行委员会就选举法提出抗议书 Jul 13 1925
Letter to Chengdu Warlord Xiong 致成都熊督军函 1923
Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 Mar 12 1923
Declaration of Kuomindang 1st National Congress 中国国民党第一次全国代表大会宣言 1924
Order to conduct Chinese-Soviet relations 与中俄交涉事令 1924
2 photographies of Xie Chi 谢持个人照两张 undated
2 photographs of Xie Chi and Zou Lu taken in Beijing 谢持与邹鲁合照两张 1925
Group photo of Xie Chi and others 谢持和其他人士团体照 undated
2 photo negatives of Xie Chi and others 谢持和其他人团体照底片两张 undated
Copies of Xie Chi's address book, 46 pages 谢持人名地址簿46张 undated
Poem compilation of Fan Wenyu (Daughter in law of Xie Chi) 范问余(谢持之儿媳)诗集 undated
Memoir of Zhu Zhihong's and Zhu Biqian's participation in the Xin Hai Revolution authored by Peng Yongyi 朱必洪朱必谦先生参加辛亥革命前后的事略 May 4 1981
"Kuomindang historical manuscript" authored Zou Lu, originally published by the Shanghai Minzhi Bookstore, 1929. Pages 379-406, 411-421 邹鲁著"中国国名党史稿"原稿 -上海民智书局民国十八年版 379-406;411-421页 1929
Summary of the development of Chinese Communist Party and current labor movement 综述中国共产党发展经过及目前劳工运动 1918 - 1923
Summary of Kuomindang 国名党民国三年至十三年简述 1914-1924
Summary of activities in SiChuan 川省进行概要 1926