Legal documents and correspondence re real properties owned by DeFrancis and the transfer of said properties to the University via UH Foundation. Documents include Deeds, title reports, Uniform residential appraisal report, The title of the folder refers to Defrancis' intent the income of the endowment "for the furtherance of Pinyin may change the world of the Chinese and the world forever." Correspondence acknowledging DeFrancis' donations toward the Chinese Studies Unrestricted fund" and other funds including The John and Katharine DeFrancis Endowment to be funded by the sale of his residence after his death. A copy of DeFrancis' CV is supplemented by a certificate appointing him to the Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Woman on July 21, 1988 by Mayor Frank Fasi with b & w 8" x 10" photogprint of Fasi and DeFrancis with said certificate. Certificate of Honorary degree of recognition for being a founding member of the Chinese Language Education Association of Hawaii, dated October 17, 1997.