Shau Wing Chan papers, 1911-1994.

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Shau Wing Chan papers, 1911-1994.

Notebooks, exams, reading notes, and a draft of his thesis from his graduate studies, 1930-1933; professional and personal correspondence, 1938-1949, including letters pertaining to his immigration status; correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to Stanford administrative and departmental matters, 1935-1982; and family papers, 1911-1994. Included in the family papers are extensive correspondence between Chan and his wife Anna during his trips away from home, 1938-1960; letters (many in Chinese) from his brothers Shou Yi Ch'en, 1937-1977, Stanley Hong (Shou Hong) Chan, 1938-1975, and Shau Wa (Wally) Chan, 1941-1950; correspondence of Chan's son Loren B. Chan with his parents and uncles, 1964-1989; personal documents of Anna Mae Chan, 1911-1994; Shau Wing Chan's passports and travel papers, 1937-1982; and some ephemera from China, 1925-1926.

2.5 linear ft.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Asian Languages

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Chan, Shau Hong.

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Chan, Loren Briggs, 1943-

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Historian; authority on the Chinese in Nevada. From the description of Loren Briggs Chan papers, 1960-1981. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428608 ...

Chʻen, Shou-yi, 1899-1977

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Chan, Anna Mae.

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Chan, Shau Wing, 1907-1986.

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Chan received his M.A. (1932) and his Ph.D. (1937) in English from Stanford University. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1938 and retired in 1972. He was instrumental in founding what is now the Department of Asian Languages, serving as its executive head from 1958-1962. From the description of Shau Wing Chan papers, 1911-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129593 ...

Chan, Shau Wa.

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Stanford University. English Dept.

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