Leong-Yau Chan, also known as Yushan Chan, was born in China in the 1900s. Hereceived a his bachelor’s degree at Peking University in 1921 then came to the U.S. and completed at masters program at NYU in the 1930. He was appointed as a professor at National Zhongshan University in 1931 and served in several important positions in the Kuomingtang's military forces. He returned to the U.S. in the early 1940s and lectured at NYU from 1941-43, during which time he was also the secretary of "The Chinese Military Mission to U.S.” Chan would later run the Chinese American World Publishing Corp in New York’s Chinatown.
Chan was married three times, bearing one child with his first wife and one child with his second wife. He was married to his third wife, the aunt of the collection’s donor, for forty-two years. In the collection are a series of letters from his second wife, King-Fong. In her letters, she speaks sorrowfully of their separation across Hong Kong and Washington D.C. and tells him about the things their baby daughter has been doing, such as starting to eat rice. Fang also wrote a short autobiography, describing how she and Chan fell for each other, fled to Hong Kong to marry when the Japanese conquered Guangzhou, and began the process of bringing Fang and their children to the U.S. until the bombing of the Kai Tak Airport of hong kong dashed her dreams of reuniting with her husband.
陈良猷（Leong-Yau Chan），也被叫做陈玉山（Yushan Chan），20世纪初在中国出生。1921年，他在北京大学获得学士学位，随后来到美国，1930年在纽约大学完成硕士课程。1931年担任国立中山大学教授，在国民党军队中担任要职。上世纪40年代初，他回到美国，并于1941年至1943年在纽约大学授课，在此期间，他还担任中国军队驻美使团（The Chinese Military Mission to U.S.）的秘书。他后来在纽约唐人街开办了美国华人世界出版公司（Chinese American World Publishing Corp）。
陈先生结过三次婚，与第一任妻子育有一个孩子，与第二任妻子也有一个孩子。他的第三任妻子是该馆藏捐赠者的姑妈，他与第三任妻子结婚42年。该馆藏中有他第二任妻子琼芳（Fang）发来的一系列信件。信中，她悲伤地谈到了他们在香港和华盛顿两地的分离，并告诉他他年幼的女儿的事情，比如开始吃米饭了等等。琼芳还写了一个短短的自传，描述她和陈先生是如何爱上对方，当日军占领广州的时候，他们逃到香港结婚，以及陈先生开始准备把琼芳和他们的孩子们一起带到美国，直到香港启德机场被轰炸破坏了她与丈夫团聚的梦想。
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