Oral history interview with Guangfu Chen 1961
Oral history interview with Guangfu Chen 1961
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- Name
- Chen, Guangfu, 1881-1976 (Interviewee)
- How, Julie Lien-ying, -1982 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Guangfu Chen 1961
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Kuang-fu Chʻen 1961 [electronic resource] : oral history; 陳光甫口述回憶錄, 1961
- Abstract
- Early days in China; student in United States, 1904-09; Kiangsu provincial government and bank, 1910-15; Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, 1915-37; China Travel Service, interest in insurance business; National Revolution of 1925-27; travel before the war; currency reform and 1936 Silver Mission; views on general situation to 1937; contributions to War of Resistance; War of Resistance, 1937-45; postwar years, 1946-49; transition and revival, 1949-61. Audio does not represent full interview content. Most audio associated with interview was not retained. Content on reel was retained as sample of source material for edited transcript
- Collection Name
- Chinese oral history project
- Subjects
- Bankers--China; Banks and banking--China; China History Republic, 1912-1949; China History 1949-1976; China Economic conditions 1912-1949; Chen, Guangfu, 1881-1976
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1961
- Note (Biographical)
- Banker; interviewee also known as K.P. Chen
- Note (Language)
- Interviews conducted in Chinese; transcribed, translated into English and edited by interviewer
- Note
- Interviewed by Julie Lien-ying How (Mrs. William Hwa)
- Language
- Chinese
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13477223
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nb35-da40
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.