Introduction
Wen-tsung Chiang (1920–1998), born in Nansi, Tainan, was a member of the Lutaoyang Jiang [Chiang] Family Settlement. After graduating from the Kaohsiung Prefectural Pingtung Agricultural School in 1938, he served at the Xinhua District Office of Tainan Prefecture. In 1944, he worked at the Taiwan Foodstuffs Corporation, and later in 1946, transferred to the Yujing Sugar Factory of Taiwan Sugar Corporation, moving between Zhaoxing Farm, Yujing Raw Materials Division, and Nansi Raw Materials Division.
Fonds contents primarily consist of personal and family documents belonging to Wen-tsung Chiang, totaling twenty-eight items, from 1928 to 1980. These include photographs, registration documents, bonds, and other materials from the period of Japanese colonial rule, as well as post-war stock certificates, passbooks, and certificates from his time at the Yujing Sugar Factory. In concert, they document Chiang’s professional career and family history while reflecting administrative, economic, and societal transformations in local community during the transition from Japanese rule to the post-war era.
Fonds contents primarily consist of personal and family documents belonging to Wen-tsung Chiang, totaling twenty-eight items, from 1928 to 1980. These include photographs, registration documents, bonds, and other materials from the period of Japanese colonial rule, as well as post-war stock certificates, passbooks, and certificates from his time at the Yujing Sugar Factory. In concert, they document Chiang’s professional career and family history while reflecting administrative, economic, and societal transformations in local community during the transition from Japanese rule to the post-war era.