Finding Aids
K.C. Wu Collection
Collection primarily consists of personal and professional papers from K.C. Wu’s time at Armstrong State College, including his lecture and teaching notes, research materials, and drafts of books and articles—including The Chinese Heritage—as well as papers concerning his 1972-1975 lawsuits against the National Endowment for the Humanities ( 1972-1975), biographical information, and genealogical materials. The collection also features manuscripts by K.C. Wu’s father Jingming Wu from c. 1930-1963.
Collection Abstract
K.C. Wu (1903-1984) served as mayor of several Chinese cities during the 1930s and 1940s and then in December 1949 was appointed Governor of Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. Wu emigrated to the United States in 1954. Wu joined the faculty of Armstrong from 1966 to 1973. The collection consists of biographical information, manuscripts mainly of The Chinese Heritage (1982) and early novel Flags and Cross, lecture notes, clippings and information on his lawsuit with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1972. The Wu family genealogy and writings of K.C. Wu’s father Wu Jing Ming b. 1875, see series four.
