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Course outlines and university correspondence

File consists chiefly of course outlines, correspondence with McGill University, other correspondence, and McGill ephemera. Course outlines are for new or adapted courses in Chinese history and literature at McGill. McGill correspondence include some correspondence with principal Sir Arthur Currie regarding Kiang's employment at McGill. Other McGill documents include commencement ephemera (1930, 19330, a report on an M.A. thesis, etc. Other correspondence includes letters from the Library of Congress and the Gest Chinese Research Libray. One course outline contains biographical information on Prof. Kiang.

Correspondence, 1931-1933

File consists chiefly of scholarly correspondence and inquiries regarding the Department of Chinese at McGill University. Letters in English and Chinese.

Witter Bynner correspondence

File consists of correspondence with Witter Bynner. Letters frequently refer to Kiang's publication The Jade Mountain, of which Bynner was the translator. Also included is a copy of Bynner's letter to the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation regarding a fellowship for Kiang.

Order slips

Consists of McGill Univeristy order slips for books. Two are blank, one is filled out by Kiang Kang-hu for "The Spirit of the Chinese Revolution," by Arthur Holcombe.

Financial records and correspondence

File consists chiefly of financial records for the McGill Department of Chinese Studies, including bills for office equipment and supplies, McGill purchase orders, statements of expenditures, and applications for appropropriations. Also includes some personal financial records, including salary letters and travel receipts and expenses. Also includes some correspondence with Gest Chinese Research Library and American Museum of Natural History. Contains some parcel dispatch notes and customs declarations.

Hung Tao Society

File contains correspondence, clippings, invitations, and announcements regarding the Hung Tao Society of Montreal and its events, including Hung Tao Society scholarships. Includes undated list of members or attendees. Also includes some Hung Tao Society financial records.

Exams and administrative correspondence

File consists of final exams for Department of Chinese Studies courses at McGill and during summer session 1931 University of Oregon. Also includes McGill University correspondence, including regarding the creation of a graduate programme in Chinese Studies, correspondence with Sir Arthur Currie regarding travel expenses, and departmental expense appropriations. Also included are a document of information prepared for the press on Kiang and the Department of Chinese Studies, a report by Kiang for the League of Nations, McGill Department of Chinese Studies departmental reports (corrected typed drafts), and a newspaper clipping regarding Kiang's arrest in China.

Lectures and talks

File consists of invitations, announcements, and correspondence related to public talks and lectures given by Kiang for clubs and associations, university groups, and learned societies, including the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal, the Young Peoples' Assembly of the B'nai Jacob Synagogue, the St. James Literary Society, the Art Association of Montreal, the Elgin Lodge, the Canadian Institute of Music, and the Advertising Club of Montreal. Also includes forms from the McGill Department of Extra-Mural Relations regarding Lyceum Lecture, 1931 and 1932. Inclues some dinner menus.

Library

File consists of correspondence, purchase orders, book lists, and catalogues regarding Chinese books and periodicals. Includes in particular correspondence with McGill librarian Gerhard Lomer.

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