Inventory of the Xie Chi papers

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Title: Xie Chi papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1929
Collection Number: 2007C47
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Chinese
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to China.
Creator: Xie, Chi, 1876-1939
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2007.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Xie Chi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical / Historical

Chinese politician.

Biographical Note

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

The papers include diaries, correspondence, telegrams, and photographs related to political leaders of China in the early part of the twentieth century.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

China -- History -- 1912-1928

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Diaries (6 volumes) 日记 (六卷) 17 May 1913 - 31 Dec 1918

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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

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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

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 1923

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Telegram to Chen Yucun 致陈雨村电 1923

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Telegram to Yang Cangbai 致杨沧白电 21 Mar 1923

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Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 24 Mar 1923

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Telegram from Wanxian Bureau 万县局来电 1923

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Telegram to Liu Gongqian 致刘公潜 7 May 1923

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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

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Council meeting notes/memos 各总裁各代表政务会议议事日程 Mar 10

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Military Plans 军事计划 1923

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Central Committee secret meeting motion 中央党部秘密决议案 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Mar 12 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 8 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 10 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 10 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 13 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 Apr 24 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 3 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 5 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 5 1923

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Telegram to Sun Yat-sen 致孙中山电 May 7 1923

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Telegram to Yang Cangbai, Lu Xiqing, and others 致杨沧白、卢锡卿诸人电 May 5 1923

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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

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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

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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

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Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 Apr 23 1923

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2 telegrams 电文两件 Mar 14 1923

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1 letter reply 复函一件 1923

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Letter to Yang Chunfang 致杨春芳函 Apr 10 1923

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59th Council meeting agenda 第五十九次政务会议议事日程 Mar 17

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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

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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

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Letter to Chengdu Warlord Xiong 致成都熊督军函 1923

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Telegram to Lu Xiqing 致卢锡卿电 Mar 12 1923

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Declaration of Kuomindang 1st National Congress 中国国民党第一次全国代表大会宣言 1924

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Order to conduct Chinese-Soviet relations 与中俄交涉事令 1924

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2 photographies of Xie Chi 谢持个人照两张 undated

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2 photographs of Xie Chi and Zou Lu taken in Beijing 谢持与邹鲁合照两张 1925

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Group photo of Xie Chi and others 谢持和其他人士团体照 undated

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2 photo negatives of Xie Chi and others 谢持和其他人团体照底片两张 undated

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Copies of Xie Chi's address book, 46 pages 谢持人名地址簿46张 undated

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Poem compilation of Fan Wenyu (Daughter in law of Xie Chi) 范问余(谢持之儿媳)诗集 undated

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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

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"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

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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

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Summary of Kuomindang 国名党民国三年至十三年简述 1914-1924

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Summary of activities in SiChuan 川省进行概要 1926