| Source | Date | Contributor |
| The Philatelic Database | 1908 | Atlas Xu |
| Citation | ||
| “A 1908 Map of East Asia,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 16, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1323. | ||
Xi'an County Town Center
A 1930s picture taken by a Japanese photographer shows Xi’an county’s town center (today part of Liaoyuan city, Jilin Province), which was the nearest town to Dr. Chang’s home village. In the 1940s, the Japanese military briefly detained General Jonathan M. Wainwright, the highest-ranking American POW during the Second World War, in the city. Notice the bilingual billboard in the middle, which juxtaposes Japanese (right) and Chinese (left) characters for Japan’s famous blood-fortifying tonic “Blutose,” a subtler sign of the country’s dominance in Manchuria.
1930s
Atlas Xu
Xi'an County, Fengtian Province, Machuria (now part of Liaoyuan city, Jilin Province), China.
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Xi'an County Town Center,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 16, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1324.
Portrait of General Zhang Zuolin
between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Portrait of General Zhang Zuolin,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 16, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1325.
The Northeastern University of China
circa 1920s
Atlas Xu
Fengtian (now Shenyang city), China
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“The Northeastern University of China,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 16, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1326.
Japanese Troops in Manchuria
Japanese troops in an unidentified city in northeastern China, circa September to October 1931. Notice the Chinese street signs and the Japanese national and military flags.
C. Peter Chan
1931
Atlas Xu
An unidentified city in northeastern China
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Japanese Troops in Manchuria,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1327.
1944 US Navy Map
Boston Rare Maps
1944
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“1944 US Navy Map,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1342.
A Monoplane Designed by Chieh-Chien Chang
A monoplane designed by Chieh Chien Chang and Yin Wenyou. Tsinghua University’s Grand Auditorum is in the background.
Tsinghua University
1936
Atlas Xu
Beiping (now Beijing), China
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
Tsinghua University, “A Monoplane Designed by Chieh-Chien Chang,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1329.
Tsinghua University in 1930
Glass lantern slide, "Ch'ing Hua College", Tsinghua University in parkland, hand coloured glass / paper, maker unknown, China / Australia, c.1930
Hand colored glass lantern slide showing the parkland of Tsinghua University in Peking. The building on the left is the Hall of Science while the building with a dome in the background is the Hall of Tsinghua which is often referred as the landmark of Tsinghua University.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Austrialia
According to the original catalog record, this image belonged to a box of lantern slides that was given to the Australia-China Society by the Methodist Church at the time they joined the Uniting Church of Australia in 1977.
circa 1930
Atlas Xu
Beiping (now Beijing), China
“Tsinghua University in 1930,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1328.
Chinese Soldier and the Marco Polo Bridge
A Chinese soldier guarding the Marco Polo/Lugou bridge in July 1937.
China Plus
1937
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Chinese Soldier and the Marco Polo Bridge,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1344.
West Point World War II Map
A 1944 map showing Japanese occupation of eastern China. Kunming is at the Southwest corner of the map. The map is believed to have been included in The West Point Atlas of American Wars, vol. II, 1900-1953, edited by Colonel Vincent Esposito, published by the Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1959.
the Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
December 1944
Atlas Xu
East Asia
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“West Point World War II Map,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1330.
Aerial view of the California Institute of Technology in 1944
1944
Atlas Xu
Pasadena, California
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Aerial view of the California Institute of Technology in 1944,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1331.
Left to right: Ludwig Prandtl (German), Qian Xuesen (Chinese), and Theodore von Karman (Hungarian-American). Courtesy of the U.S. Army.
Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman
Ludwig Prandtl (German scientist), Tsien Hsue-sen (Chinese scientist), Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian-American scientist). Prandtl served for Germany; von Kármán and Tsien served for US Army; after 1956, Tsien served for China (Tsien was deported by US government to China in 1955). Notice that Tsien had US Army rank. Prandtl was doctoral advisor for von Kármán; von Kármán was doctoral advisor for Tsien.
1945
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1343.
The American comic book Real Heroes published a flattering but inaccurate feature story about Chiang Kai-shek in its May 1942 issue. It concluded that "China under Chiang Kai-shek is now a valued ally of Uncle Sam's against the Japs."Courtesy of comicbookplus.com
Wartime Alliance
The American comic book Real Heroes published a feature story of Chiang Kai-shek in its May 1942 issue.
Parents' Magazine Press
May 1942
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Wartime Alliance,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1333.
Mao and Marshall
A 1946 picture shows a rare moment of relaxation during George Marshall’s foredoomed mediation campaign between the Communist and Nationalist Forces in China. Second from the left stands China’s future leader for twenty-seven years, Mao Zedong. Fourth from the left is a conspicuously weary Marshall.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
1946
Atlas Xu
China
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Mao and Marshall,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1334.
Dr. Chang and his peer Chinese scientists during their studies at Cal Tech, early 1940s. Shortly after the 1949 Communist takeover in China, friends in this photo would part ways with each other, some temporarily, others for good. Dr. Chieh Chien Chang and Dr. Yuan Jialiu decided to pursue a career in the United States. Despite their initial career in American institutions, Dr. Qian, Dr. Yu, and Dr. Lu chose to serve their home country after the Communist takeover and spent the rest of their academic lives there. Courtesy of the Online Museum of Chinese Academicians
Dr. Chang and his peer Chinese scientists during their studies at Cal Tech, early 1940s.
Five scientists with distinctive career paths.
The Online Museum of the Chinese Academicians
early 1940s.
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Dr. Chang and his peer Chinese scientists during their studies at Cal Tech, early 1940s.,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1346.
The Qian family in 1955
Qian Xuesen and his family on their way back to China in 1955. Allegations that Qian was a Communist effectively led to the suspension of his security clearance with the US Army, but his actual political allegiance at that time remains a mystery today. He was under house arrest for three years before leaving for Communist China in September 1955. He led a remarkable career there and became the father of the Chinese missile program. Qian’s cousin, Qian Xueju, chose to become a U.S. citizen and later a chief engineer at Boeing. Xueju’s son, Roger Y. Tsien, was an acclaimed American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008.
Online museum of the Chinese Academicians
September 1955
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“The Qian family in 1955,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1345.
Plasma Space Sciences Symposium Banquet
Plasma Space Sciences Symposium Banquet in June 13, 1963. In a 1967 article, Dr. Gabriel D. Boehler briefly introduced Dr. Chang’s career and recalled that Chang “was in June 1963 Director of a very successful Symposium on Plasma Space Sciences which attracted world attention.” The symposium marked the beginning of his career at the Catholic University.
The Catholic University of America
1963
Atlas Xu
Shane MacDonald
Brandi Marulli
International Inn, Washington, DC
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
The Catholic University of America, “Plasma Space Sciences Symposium Banquet,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1320.
Dr. Chang and NASA's Satellite Designs
Dr. Chang explaining his Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (left) and Nimbus (right) satellite designs for NASA to the Catholic University of America's Rector McDonald.
The Catholic University of America
Catholic University Archives
circa 1963.
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
The Catholic University of America, “Dr. Chang and NASA's Satellite Designs,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1335.
Dr. Chieh-Chien Chang and the Tornado Machine
The Catholic University of America
circa 1969
Atlas Xu
Shane MacDonald
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
The Catholic University of America, “Dr. Chieh-Chien Chang and the Tornado Machine,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1319.
Dr. Chang’s interview in The Catholic University’s Envoy magazine, published in February 1973, was one of several rare accounts of his immediate reflection after the 1972 visit. Courtesy of ACUA.
Interview in 1973
Envoy Magazine, The Catholic University of America
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Interview in 1973,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1349.
Tsinghua University in 1966
This photo captures the fervor and madness in the beginning of the Cultural Revolution: on August 24, 1966, students in Beijing clamored to tear down Tsinghua University’s western-styled gate, established in 1911. A giant statue of Mao would replace it in 1967. It would take 25 years before the gate was rebuilt.
August 24, 1966
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Tsinghua University in 1966,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1339.
Tsinghua University, 1975
A rare photo in 1975 shows Tsinghua University’s Jeffersonian auditorium during the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese characters above the main entrance repeat the mantra of the decade: “Long Live Chairman Mao.” Dr. Chang might have noticed this change of scenery during his 1972 visit to Tsinghua.
Yang Size
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
1975
Atlas Xu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
Yang Size, “Tsinghua University, 1975,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1336.
This photo shows Zhang Xueliang receiving the letter of appointment from Dr. Chang in his Taipei apartment, to become the honorary president of the newly restored Northeastern University of China in 1993. Courtesy of the Northeastern University of China.
Dr. Chang and General Zhang Xueliang
The Northeastern University of China
1993
Atlas Xu
The Life and Work of Dr. C.C. Chang
“Dr. Chang and General Zhang Xueliang,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed April 17, 2024, https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/items/show/1340.
