Huang Fu 黃郛 papers, 1916-1937

Summary

Creators:

Huang, Fu, 1880-1936

Abstract:

The Huang Fu 黃郛 papers contains (1916-1937) correspondence, reports, writings, and printed matter, relating to Chinese foreign relations, the 1927 incident at Nanjing, the Tanggu Truce settlement with Japan in 1933, domestic politics in China, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Nationalist government of China.

Extent:

7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.3 Linear Feet)

Language:

Chinese

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Huang Fu 黃郛 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Huang Fu (黃郛) document the political activities of a government official and sworn "blood brother" of Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) during the early Republic of China period. The collection includes Huang's personal and official correspondence, reports, directives, speeches and writings, newspapers clippings and other posthumous materials.

In the early 1920s, Huang held posts in Beijing such as acting foreign minister, acting premier and minister of education. During the Nanjing decade he served in multiple positions, including Shanghai mayor (1927), and in the National Government as minister of foreign affairs (1928), minister of the interior (1934) and chairman of the Peiping political affairs council (1933 to 1935).

Materials that relate to the fall of Cao Kun (曹锟) in the 1924 Beijing coup, when Huang Fu became acting premier of the Republic of China at the request of warlord Feng Yuxiang (冯玉祥), are in the Coup D'etat of 1924 File.

The Nanjing Incident (南京事件) file groups materials relating to the incident, which occurred in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army, comprised of both Kuomintang (KMT) and Communist troops, ransacked and looted foreign properties in Nanjing. This resulted in property damage and casualties of British, French and American citizens. Huang Fu played an instrumental role in negotiating settlements with the affected parties.

The Jinan Incident (济南事件) file includes materials relating to the May 3, 1928, armed conflict between the Japanese Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the KMT's southern army in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, during the Northern Expedition.

Documents relating to the Tanggu Truce (塘沽停战协定), a cease fire agreement signed on May 1, 1933, which ceded portions of northern Hebei Province to the Japanese, can be found in the Tangu Truce File, 1933 to 1934

In 1934, Huang Fu, in his capacity as commissioner in Northern China, had to mollify Japanese demands to restore railway and postal services between Manchuria and Northern China. Though Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) supported Huang's decision, the concession received considerable opposition within the government since the dealings lent de facto legitimacy to Japanese rule in Manchuria.

Lastly, papers deemed "private" include Huang's articles and public talks on Sino-Japanese relations affairs, as well as incremental materials dealing specifically with the resumption of postal and railway services in 1934 and the Nanjing Incident.

Biographical / historical:

Biographical Chronology

Date	Event
1880	Born, in Zhejiang Province, China
1905-1908	Matriculated at Shimbu Gakko (military preparatory school) and joined Tongmenghui
1910	Served as a topographer for the Military Advisory Bureau in Beijing Graduated from Military Survey Academy in Tokyo, Japan
1912	Superintendent of base headquarters of the northern expeditionary forces
1915	Resided in Oakland, California
1916	Went to Shanghai to help plan military action in Zhejiang and assume post of military commissioner for the revolution troops there.
1917	Organized the National Peace Association
1918	Published Ou Zhan Zhi Jiao Xun yu Zhongguo zhi Jiang Lai (Lessons of the European War and the Future of China)
1919	Published Zhan Hou Zhi Shi Jie (The World After the War), a series of lectures he gave in Tianjin
1920	Published Ou Zhan Hou Zhongguo: Jingji yu Jiaoyu (China After the European War: Economics and Education) Served as consultant in the presidential office and director of the Chinese economic investigation bureau
1921	Sent to the United States and Europe to study economic conditions
1923	Appointed Minister of Education
1924	Vice Chairman of the financial rehabilitation commission
1927	Mayor of Shanghai from July 7 to August 12
1928	Member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs
1931	Organized the New China Reconstruction Society
1933	Chairman of the Peiping political affairs council, where he facilitated the Tanggu Truce Established the Mokan Elementary School and organized the Mokan Countryside Improvement Association
1934	Appointed Minister of Interior
1936	Died of liver cancer in Shanghai, China on December 6
1922	Served as acting foreign minister Returned to Tianjin, China

Acquisition information:

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1972.

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Statesmen -- China

Names:

Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

Places:

China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
China -- Foreign relations
China -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Japan -- Foreign relations -- China

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], Huang Fu 黃郛 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:

Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US

Contact:

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