This is how Biographical Literature was able to get so many moving firsthand stories. Also, a number of Republican-era history researchers who served in the KMT department of party history accepted invitations from Liu to be regular contributors to Biographical Literature.
而當時幾位民國史的研究者沈雲龍、王禹廷、李雲漢，及任職於國民黨史會的蔣永敬，旅美史學家唐德剛、吳相湘等人，也都在劉紹唐的邀約下，成為「傳記」的長期供稿者。