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Title: Chang Kia-ngau papers
Date (inclusive): 1856-1981
Collection Number: 74058
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese, Japanese, English, and Russian
Physical Description:
26 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 4 panels of calligraphy, 5 oversize folders
(31.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, letters, writings, reports, financial records, instructions, statistics, and printed matter relating to financial
and economic conditions in China, economic conditions in Manchuria at the end of World War II, Chinese-Soviet negotiations
for the return of Manchuria to Chinese control, and daily commodity prices of Chinese products, 1950-1957. Includes some materials
collected from Japanese organizations, calligraphy by Liang Qichao, and letters by Chiang Kai-shek. Part of collection also
available on microfilm (11 reels).
Creator:
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
Creator:
Chang, Kia-ngau, 1889-1979
Creator:
Liang, Qichao, 1873-1929
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], Chang Kia-ngau papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1888 | Born, outside of Shanghai, China |
| 1910 | Editor-in-chief of the Official Gazette published by the Ministry of Communications |
| 1913 | Began his banking career as assistant manager of the Bank of China in Shanghai |
| 1913-1935 | Contributed to the development of modern practices in private banking in China, fending off government control of the Bank of China |
| 1935 | Minister of Railways |
| 1935-1943 | During the Sino-Japanese war, served as Minister of Communications, accompanying the central government from Nanking to Chungking |
| 1935-1943 | Minister of Transportation |
| 1947-1948 | Held various other positions of importance in the Chinese Nationalist Government |
| President, Central Bank, China | |
| 1979 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries, letters, writings, reports, financial records, instructions, statistics, and printed matter relating to financial
and economic conditions in China, economic conditions in Manchuria at the end of World War II, Chinese-Soviet negotiations
for the return of Manchuria to Chinese control, and daily commodity prices of Chinese products, 1950-1957. Includes some materials
collected from Japanese organizations, calligraphy by Liang Qichao, and letters by Chiang Kai-shek. Part of collection also
available on microfilm (11 reels).
Last Chance in Manchuria: The Diary of Chang Kia-ngau, edited by Donald G. Gillin and Ramon H. Myers, translated by Dolores Zen. Hoover Institution Press, 1989.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manchuria (China) -- Economic conditions
Finance, Public -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Manchuria (China) -- History -- 1945-
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Economic conditions
Prices -- China
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- China -- Manchuria