Columbia University： CHINESE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AT COLUMBIA: TOWARD BETTER ACCESS

CHINESE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AT COLUMBIA: TOWARD BETTER ACCESS

1 Chengzhi Wang Columbia University

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The Chinese Oral History Project proper produced sixteen finalized reminiscences that were deposited at RBML. A few unfinished interviews were also deposited. Table 1 shows the author names in pinyin, simplified Chinese, and original Romanization, the titles of life reminiscences, and the interview year for the sixteen reminiscences in the project. Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 140, Oct. 2006 72

Table 1. Chinese Oral History Project Collection of Reminiscences Pinyin Name Chinese Name Original Name Record Title Date

Cai, Zengji 蔡增基 (1892-?) Choy, Jun-ke (Tsai Tseng-chi) Reminiscences of Choy Jun-ke 1970

Chen, Guangfu 陈光甫 (1881- 1976) Ch’en, Kuang-fu Reminiscences of Kuang-fu Ch’en 1961

Chen, Lifu 陈立夫 (1900- 2001) Ch’en, Li-fu Reminiscences of Li-fu Ch’en 1959

 Gu, Weijun 顾维钧 (1888- 1985) Koo, Vi Kyuin Wellington Reminiscences of Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo 1958- 1975
有中文本


 He, Lian 何廉 (1895-1975 ) Ho, Lien (Ho, Franklin L.) Reminiscences of Ho Lien (Franklin L. Ho) 1966

Hu, Shi 胡适 (1891-1962) Hu, Shih Reminiscences of Shih Hu 1958
有中文本


Jiang, Tingfu 蒋廷黻 (1895- 1965) Tsiang, Ting-fu Fuller Reminiscences of Ting-fu Fuller Tsiang 1965

Kong, Xiangxu 孔祥熙 (1880- 1967) K’ung, Hsianghsi (Kung, H. H.) Reminiscences of H. H. Kung 1958

Li, Hanhun 李汉魂 (1895- 1987) Li, Han-hun Reminiscences of Han-hun Li 1962

Li, Huang 李璜 (1895-1991) Li, Huang Reminiscences of Huang Li: manuscript [195-?] Li, Shuhua 李书华 (1890- 1979)

Li, Shu-Hua Reminiscences of Shu-Hua Li 1961 Li, Zongren 李宗仁 (1891- 1969) Li, Tsung-jen Reminiscences of Tsung-jen Li 1961
有中文本


Shen, Yiyun 沈亦云 (1894- 1971) Shen, I-yun (Huang, Shen Iyu; Mme. Huang Fu) Reminiscences of Huang Shen I-yun 1962
有中文本


Wu, Guozhen 吴国桢(1903- 1984 ) Wu, Kuo-Cheng Reminiscences of Wu KuoCheng 1962
有中文本


Zhang, Fakui 张发奎 (1896- 1980) Chang, Fa-k’uei Reminiscences of Fa-k’uei Chang 1970- 80

Zuo, Shunsheng 左舜生(1893- 1969) Tso, Shun-sheng Reminiscences of Shun-sheng Tso 1961


Personal papers and archives of the interviewees were also acquired and added to the collections. These are open to public users.

Table 2 shows the major papers and archives and their major points. These personal papers and archives form an indispensable part of the oral history collections at Columbia.

Table 2. Chinese Oral History Project Collection of Major Personal Papers Pinyin Name Chinese Name Original Name Papers & Key Points

Chen, Guangfu 陈光甫 Ch’en, Kuangfu Ch’en, Kuang-fu Papers, including diplomatic loan documents, diaries, memoir, and notebooks.

Chen, Lifu 陈立夫 Ch'en, Li-fu Ch’en, Li-fu Papers, including government documents, diplomatic files, correspondence, manucripts, public speeches, etc. associated with Chen's different stages of career. Journal of East Asian Libraries, No. 140, Oct. 2006 73

Gu, Weijun 顾维钧 Koo, Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, Vi Kyuin Wellington Papers, including 90,000 items. Columbia's second largest archives (second to President Truman archives), mostly 1932-1956.

Hu, Shi 胡适 Hu, Shih Hu, Shih Diaries, on microfilm, the Library of Congress has a copy. Photocopies were published in Taiwan, but some of the diaries are not included. Hu’s father’s works are also Included.

Huang, Fu 黄郛 Huang, Fu Huang, Fu Papers, mostly in microfilm, including documents associated with Huang's career related to important events, communications with eminet people, 1913-1936.

Jiang, Tingfu 蒋廷黻 Tsiang, Ting-fu Fuller Tsiang, Ting-fu Papers, including correspondences, diplomatic papers, newspaper clippings, 1947- 1964.

 Kong, Xiangxu 孔祥熙 K’ung, Hsianghsi (Kung, H. H.) K’ung, Hsiang-hsi Papers, mainly Xi’an Incident documents, government documents, correspondences. Li, Hanhun 李汉魂 Li, Han-hun Li, Han-hun Papers, including photocopied documents, diaries and the first draft of memoir, 1926-1946.

Li, Huang 李璜 Li, Huang Li, Huang Papers, including diaries, manuscripts, 1922-1971.

 Li, Shuhua 李书华 Li, Shu-Hua Li, Shu-Hua Papers, including hundreds of letters from eminent people, 1922-1972.

Li, Zongren 李宗仁 Li, Tsung-jen Li, Tsung-jen Papers, largely correspondences with American government officials, 1949-1951.

Liu Ruiheng 刘瑞恒 J. Heng Liu (Jui Heng Liu) J. Heng Liu Papers, including interview on Liu's education, materials on Peking Union Medical College.

 Xiong Shihui 熊式辉 Hsiung, Shih-hui Hsiung Shih-hui Papers, including diaries 1930- 1974, autobiography 1907-1950, Jiangxin provincial documents, reports on military delegation in Russia 1945-1946, correspondence from Chiang and other important people.

Zhang, Fakui 张发奎 Chang, Fa-k’uei Chang, Fa-k’uei Papers, in microfilm, including diaries, war documents, reports, letters, the 3rd Force documents, 1937-1953

There are also other manuscripts and papers related to Liang Qichao; Sun Yat-sen; Song Qingling; Wu Tingfang; Chiang Chiek-shek; Chen Jieru; Song Meiling; Hu Shi; Mao Zedong; Huang Renlin and others. These documentary collections were not associated with the Chinese Oral History Projects at Columbia, or a similar project at Academic Sinica of Taiwan, which is discussed below. Much smaller in scale, these unique manuscripts and papers are also very valuable (Yang, 1998).