Chen Chia-hsien 陳家賢 papers, 1900-1947

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Summary

Creators:
Chen, Jiaxian, 1900-1983
Abstract:
The Chen Chia-hsien 陳家賢 papers (1900-1947) contain diaries, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating mainly to Chinese émigré affairs, especially in Trinidad. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
1 manuscript box, 94 digital files (.19 GB) (0.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
Chinese
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Chen Chia-hsien 陳家賢 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers include correspondence between Chen Chia-hsien 陳家賢 and important Kuomintang Party officials regarding China's diplomatic relations with the Caribbean region and Latin America, the Kuomintang's policy toward overseas Chinese communities, and photos depicting Chen's activities in Trinidad and Latin America. A subsequent increment consists of file-based page images of Chen's diaries.

Biographical / historical:

Chen Chia-hsien (Chen Jiaxian 陈家贤), a Chinese Nationalist Party official in charge of overseas Chinese affairs in the Caribbean region and Latin America, Chen was born in 1900 in Honghualing, a small Hakka mountain village on the border between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. After graduating from the Teachers' College in Dongguan, he taught in south China and Borneo. In 1929, Chen joined the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-shek, who had recently completed the Northern Expedition and reunified China. In 1935, he moved to Trinidad, where he established a seat for the Kuomintang Party's diplomatic activities in the Caribbean region and Latin America. During World War II, Chen endeavored to obtain funds to support Nationalist China's war effort against Japan.

After World War II, Chen was posted to various countries of the Caribbean and South America before residing in Bogota, Colombia in 1947. There he played a crucial role in post-World War II China's connections with Latin America. Chen returned to Trinidad in 1950, serving as leader of the local Kuomintang Party and overseas Chinese community. In 1965, he moved to Canada, where he died in 1983.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2012.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Chen Chia-hsien 陳家賢 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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