Folder 1 Correspondence with the US Chamber of Commerce 

• Letter to French, Treasurer 
• Two bulletins (oct 1927, Jan 1928) regarding US businessmen's viewpoint on the abolition of extraterritoriality 
• Report on Meeting of the Chamber dated April 26, 1927 (chairman speech, list of members attending, statements of balance)
• Resignation of the CWR’s membership May 19, 1927
• Letter from French to Hoover dated June 1927 regarding US position and interests in Nationalist China between the US - 9p
• Outline of a suggested Policy for the American Chamber of Commerce - What American can do to save China from oppression and bolchevism - 6p
• Letter from French to Calder forwarding three publications distributed by the Chamber of Commerce (one booklet on soviets in China and two editorials reprinted from the China Press and NCDN) - June 6, 1927
• Reminder for a meeting of the committee of the 30 at the American club August 4 1927
• Letters from the American Chamber advising of Regular, special and other meetings of the board of directors on July, August, September 1927 - including their respective agenda 
• Letter from Calder to French reporting on his recent meeting with the representative of the Sun Maid Raisin Co concerned over the imposition of a luxury tariff on their products, and requesting the Chamber assistance, dated August 23, 1927 - 1p 
• American Chamber of Commerce by-laws and rules adopted feb 10, 1926 (booklet). Printed by the China Press, Shanghai - 9 
• Proposed amendments to the bylaws - undated - 1p
• Letter from the trade commissioner in Shanghai to French suggesting that the chamber should fulfill a clause of responsibility and support the war effort - Aug 22, 1927 - 1p
• ACC Invitation to Calder to the Chinese-American relations comittee - October 27, 1927 - 1p
• ACC petition “an appeal to Shanghai Americans” calling for support on behalf of the American community chest - an organization founded in 1924 aimed at dispensing relief to destitute Americans (undated) - 2p 
  • brief history and purposes of the organization 
  • reasons and ways of providing support 
  • list of members of the committee 
• Miscellaneous letters
  • French appointed member of the committee of 30 in December 1927 - 2p
  • letter from Cunningham to ACC chairman dated oct 3, 1927 “duty on imports” - 1p
  • letter to French in response to his request for statistical information on several commodities (us imports/exports to China), pointing to the difficulties to secure reliable figures on several specific items and to forecast future possibilities, includes tables of figures, dated October 26, 1927 - 5p 

Also includes

• Copy of Chung Hua, a monthly journal published by the China Club of Seattle vol.1, no.4, July 1928 - 8p
  • featuring a sketchy portrait of Dr. Ch’ao-Chu Wu (minister of foreign affairs of China) 
  • includes a list of board members of the club (p.2)
  • Special articles *report on the newly appointed foreign minister CT Wang and Nanking policy, statiscal Information (graphs), book reviews, advertisements, Chinese note