The Chen Family Legacy
The Chen Family Legacy · Est. 1898
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Family records: photographs, letters, manuscripts, and documents.Each item is labeled with its source, date, and access level.

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1990-06·Stanford

Chen Zhaohua's Doctoral Degree Certificate

A copy of the 1990 Ph.D. degree certificate from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Stanford University.

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1976-09·Shanghai

Chen Chengzong's Obituary Notice

The original 1976 obituary notice, drafted by his eldest son Chen Shouren.

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1948·Kunming

Photograph of Chen Shouren with Mr. Wu Ta-You

Circa 1948, a group photograph of faculty and students of the Physics Department at Southwest Associated University.

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Photograph
1936·Wu County, Jiangsu

Old Photograph of the Family Ancestral Hall (Before the Westward Move)

Circa 1936, a group photograph of Chengzong's family and relatives in front of the ancestral hall at the old family home in Wu County. 23 people in all.

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1934·Shanghai

Chen Chengzong's "A Modest Discourse on Business Ethics"

A pamphlet self-published in 1934, discussing the social responsibilities that industrialists ought to bear.

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Photograph
1933-06·Wu County, Jiangsu

Chengyu Primary School First Graduating Class Photo

A 1933 group photograph of the first class of Chengyu Primary School students (24 in all) with Chen Chengzong and the school trustees.

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1929-10·Wu County, Jiangsu

Chengyu Textile Mill Completion Group Photo

A group photograph taken on the day the textile mill was completed in 1929, with Chengzong, his four partners, and worker representatives.

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1925-04-18·French Concession, Shanghai

Marriage Certificate of Chen Chengzong and Lin Peilan

Issued at their wedding in 1925. A Chinese-style hanging-scroll marriage certificate in brush regular script, bearing the seals of both sets of parents.

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1923-07-15·Tokyo

Chen Chengzong's Waseda Graduation Photograph

A 1923 group photograph of 11 classmates, with Chengzong second from the right in the front row. The background is the Okuma Auditorium at Waseda University.

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1885·Wu County, Jiangsu

Chen Zhaoyuan Juren Honor Tablet (Rubbing)

A rubbing of the honor tablet of the family's great-grandfather, who passed the provincial examination (juren) in Wu County, Jiangsu, during the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty; the rubbing was made by a family elder in 1985. The original tablet is kept in the ancestral hall of the old family home in Wu County.

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