Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

The Tingfu Tsiang papers contains materials relating to Dr. Tsiang's life and his career as a Representative to the United Nations and an Ambassador to the United States, between 1942 and 1965. Materials included are correspondences, memoranda, press release, documents, statements, and news clippings.

The Shuhua Li papers consist of incoming letters from Chinese education administrators to Li Shuhua dating from 1926 to 1972. Also included are letters from Wu Zhihui (吴稚晖) and Li Shizeng (李石曾)， Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) and Hu Shih (胡適). The topics discussed in the letters include higher education policies, changes in the various universities, and political changes in China as well as other personal matters.

The Collection on Dr. J. Heng Liu consists of primary and secondary source materials on his medical education abroad and his career at the PUMC as well as other materials relating to medical education in China before and during the Sino-Japanese War, mostly dating from 1922 to 1946. Materials include the oral history interview transcript conducted by the Chinese oral history project, incoming and outgoing correspondence of Dr. Liu, reports on the political situation in China, as well as other articles and publications about the PUMC, western medicine, and medical education in China.

The Chen Lifu papers (陳立夫檔案) mainly document his involvement in Chinese politics during the Republican era, dating from 1926 to 1989, with the bulk dates from 1926 to 1951. The papers consist of correspondence, portrait, meeting documents, reports, plans, speeches, writings, memoir, and printed materials. The papers focus on Chen Lifu's political career as the Head of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Minister of Education, as well as his general involvement in politics dating from 1926 to 1949.