Inventory of the Jin Wensi papers
Finding aid prepared by Rita Wang
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Jin Wensi papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-1952
Collection Number: 68042
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, Chinese, Russian, and other languages
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder
(0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Transcripts of conversations with foreign officials, memoranda, and reports relating to Chinese foreign relations with the
Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, and Czechoslovakia; the Sino-Japanese War; and the Korean National Council to the League
of Nations, 1919.
Creator:
Jin, Wensi, 1892-1968
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 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jin Wensi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Chinese diplomat; ambassador to the Netherlands, 1933-1944; ambassador to Norway, 1945-1950. Referred to as both Jin Wensi
and Wensi Jin.
Scope and Content of Collection
Transcripts of conversations with foreign officials, memoranda, and reports relating to Chinese foreign relations with the
Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, and Czechoslovakia; the Sino-Japanese War; and the Korean National Council to the League
of Nations, 1919.
The original order of the files has been mostly maintained, except for Interviews, which have been arranged chronologically.
Folder titles have been transcribed as they appeared on the original files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
Diplomats -- China
World War, 1939-1945 -- Governments in exile
China -- Foreign relations -- Netherlands
China -- Foreign relations -- Norway
Korea -- History -- Independence movement, 1919
Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- China
Norway -- Foreign relations -- China
box 1, folder 1-6
Interviews
1932-1952
Language of Material: Mostly in English. Contains some Chinese documents.
box 2, folder 1
Interviews (cont.)
1932-1952
box 2, folder 2
The Latest Phase of the Sino-Japanese Crisis
1937-1940
box 2, folder 3
Maps of the Netherlands
1935-1936
undated
Language of Material: In German, Dutch, and French.
drawer L02
Maps of the Netherlands
1935-1936
undated
box 2, folder 4
Letter on Japan's Annexation of Korea
undated
Language of Material: In Russian, translated from Korean.
box 2, folder 5
Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
1933
Language of Material: In Chinese and English.
box 2, folder 6
Arms and War Material Prohibition Memorandum
1935
Language of Material: In Chinese.
box 2, folder 7
Processing and Printing Problems Report
1944
Language of Material: In Chinese.
box 2, folder 8
Germany and Dutch War Report First Manuscript
1939
Language of Material: In Chinese.
box 2, folder 9
Sino-Dutch New Treaty Draft
1945
Language of Material: In Chinese.
box 2, folder 10-12
Exit Leopold III: The Abdication of King Leopold III of Belgium
1952
Scope and Contents note
Contains a manuscript, compact discs, and a printed copy of a monograph written by Jin Wensi on the abdication of King Leopold
III. The original manuscript was finished in 1952, and additional copies were made posthumously in 2007. Includes a photo
of King Leopold III's abdication.
