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Du Xiang-guo Papers (杜香國文書)

Author: The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

Du Xiang-guo was a member of local gentry and industrialist in Dajia Town, Taichung County. His father, Du Qing, was dedicated to improving quality of Dajia Straw hats and mats and exporting them to Europe and the United States. Being a successor of his father’s business, Du Xiang-guo was active in manufacturing and financial industry. The Du Xiang-guo Papers, with coverage date from 1908 to 1946, contains his correspondence on business matters, diaries during attending schools, and literary works.

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Related Collections and References
 I. The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History
  1. Eastern Taiwan Prospect, Guo Shuang-fu Collection, (T1022).
  2. Summary of Hualien Port Construction Plan, Records Preserved by Bank of Taiwan (T0868).
  3. Catalogue of Ninth Taiwan Art Exhibition, Kuo Hsueh-hu Paintings and Papers (T1089).
  4. The Taiwan Shinminpo Nos. 3115 (1939-10-01) and 3116 (1939-10-02), Records of The Taiwan Shinminpo (T1119).
  5. Album of Inspection Photos (17), Kiyoshi Hasegawa Papers (T0886).
II. Taiwan Rare Book Collections
  1. Document Section of the Government-General of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Taipei: Editor, 1908.
  2. Kanya Endo, ed. Views of Campaign Against the Aborigines in Formosa, Taipei: Endo Photo Studio, 1912.
  3. Photographic Society of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Volume 2, Taipei: Editor, December 1914.
  4. Taiwan Nichi Shinpo, ed. Photo of Crusade Against the Truku, Taipei: Editor, 1915.
  5. Japan Travel Association, Taiwan branch, ed. Taiwan Railway Travel Guide (1940 edition), Taipei: Editor, 1940.
III. References
  1. Lin Yu-ju, The Colonial Frontier: Political and Economic Development of Eastern Taiwan, Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd., 2007.
  2. Chang Su-bing, Unaccomplished Colonization: Japanese Immigrant Village in Taiwan, Taipei: Acropolis, 2017.
  3. You Jhih-sheng, “From concentrating in major ports to expanding to regional minor ports: A study on the context of the changing port construction policy of Taiwan Governor General’s Office in the 1930s”, Taiwan Historica 65: 3 (September 2014): 267-306.
  4. Tai Pao-tsun, “Centennial Review of Truku War”, Newsletter of Taiwan Studies 82 (July 2014): 9-11.
  5. Chung Su-ming, “The role of political-merchant in the development of east Taiwan during Japanese colonization - The case of Katakinsaburou”, Taiwan Historical Research 11: 1 (June 2004): 79-117.

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