Papers of George Conrad Westervelt, 1879-1956.

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Papers of George Conrad Westervelt, 1879-1956.

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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts and photographs chiefly pertaining to Westervelt's work in China for the China National Aviation Corporation, a partner of Curtiss-Wright. Correspondence discusses Westervelt's work and the Chinese and Japanese military conflict. Topics include negotiations with Chinese officials; Chinese politics, economics and daily life; cultural biases of American personnel; bandit raids; Chinese negotiations with Germans for airplane manufacture; Japanese bombing, invasion and armistice, 1932; opium cultivation and the sale of two children. General Chiang Kai-Shek is mentioned in an undated letter about Chinese-Japanese negotiations and chaos in the Chinese government. There is an essay "Shanghai to Chungking and return" about a business trip up the Yangtze River in 1931 to discuss possibilities of a mail and passenger air route to Chungking; and a melodrama "Mongolia," 1925, by Westervelt. Miscellaneous items include a letter from artist Howard Everett Giles, and photographs and other items pertaining to Elizabeth Dortch Emory.

57 (ca.) items.

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Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-

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American naval aviation pioneer. From the description of Papers of George Conrad Westervelt, 1879-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689904 ...

Emory, Elizabeth Dortch.

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Westervelt, Rieta Brabham Langhorne,

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Curtiss-Wright.

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Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-1956.

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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

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Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975. From the description of Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872867 1909-1911 served in the Japanese army; 1911 founding member of the Kuomintang; 1913-1916 participated in revolution against Yuan Shikai; 1923 commandant of military academy at Whampoa; ?1925 commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army; 1927-1937 leader of th...

China National Aviation Corporation

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Giles, Howard Everett,

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Keys, C. M.,

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Sanderson, John, 1560-1627?

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