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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0286 |
| Title: | Jerome Ch'en fonds |
| Dates: | 1954 |
| Extent: | 0.15 m of textual records |
| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | Jerome Ch'en (1919- ), teacher and author, was a professor at York University 1971-1987, serving in the Department of History, and later as the director of the University of Toronto/York University Joint Centre on Modern East Asia (1983-1985). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1980) and in 1984 was named Distinguished Research Professor at York. Professor Ch'en (PhD London, 1956) was a scholar in the field of Chinese history and his many publications in the area include 'The highlanders of Central China: a history 1895-1937,' (1992), 'Mao and the Chinese Revolution,' (1965) which was translated into several languages, 'The military-gentry coalition -- the warlords period in modern Chinese history,' (1980) as well as translations of others works, edited collections, and several articles in scholarly journals and conference proceedings. Professor Ch'en retired from York in 1987. |
| Scope and Content: |
The fonds consists of Jerome Ch'en's collection of statements of delegates to the Geneva Conference in 1954 [1955?], along with newspaper clippings and related material concerning the Korean War. |
| Restrictions on Access and Use: | No restrictions on access |
| Finding Aid: | Fonds level description only. |
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000286.pdf |
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accession: 1990-001. Further accruals are expected. |
| Provenance Access Points: | Ch'en, Jerome, 1919- |
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Date of creation: 2002/04/04 Date of last revision: 2003/04/16 |
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