chinese literary and historical materials collection

Chinese Literary and Historical Materials Collection

Ai-lin YangCenter for Chinese Studies Library (CCSL)

UC BerkeleyOct. 7, 2005

Historical Background of

Chinese Literary and Historical Materials

aka. Wen shi zi liao ( 文史資料 ) Initiated by Zhou Enlai at the Chinese People

’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Apr. 1959

Founded Central Committee of Wen shi zi liao, 1959

Expanded Subcommittees to the level of provinces, cities and counties, 1961-

Nature of Wen shi zi liao

Similar to oral history work“San-qin” principles:

“qin li” (personal participation)“qin jian” (eye witness)“qin wen” (directly transcribed)

Primary sources for studying Chinese contemporary historyVery comprehensive materialsVery subjective

Scope of Wen shi zi liao

Late Qing to Chinese Revolution (1898-1911)

Founding of the ROC to Northern Expedition (1912-1928)

Guomingdang government (1928-1949)Founding of the PRC (1949- )

Contents of Wen shi zi liao

Political and military affairsEconomyCulture and educationSocial activitiesBiographies

CCSL Wen shi zi liao Collection

CCSL Wen shi zi liao collection 2010 Serial titles Around 13,000 volumes

National Provinces / Special Municipalities

Cities / Counties

Districts Total

12 54 1658 286 2010 Bibliographic holding list www.lib.berkeley.edu/CCSL/xls/ccsl_wszl.xls

CCSL Wen shi zi liao Cataloging

Assign call numbers (Chinese Local History Numbers)

Serial cataloging Analytical cataloging

Classification # Description

DS793.A~Z Provinces, dependencies, regions, etc.

DS795 Beijing

DS796.A~Z Chongqing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai,Tianjin

DS797.22-88 Other cities, towns, counties, prefectures

Major Wen shi zi liao Series

文史資料精選,16 v. (1990)中華文史資料文庫,20 v.(1996)武漢文史資料文庫,8 v.(1999)上海文史資料存稿滙編 ,12 v.(2001)文史資料存稿選編,26 v.(2002)

Major Directories & Indexes

五十二種文史資料篇目分類索引 (1982)文史資料選輯篇目分類索引:v.1-100 (1986) 中國史志類內部書刊名錄:1949-1988 (1988)全國各級政協文史資料名錄:1960-1990 (1990)

全國各級政協文史資料篇目索引 : (1960-1990) (1992)

Wen shi zi liao in digital format

UCB Wen shi zi liaoPrint materialsBenefits of digital format materials

Availability of digital format materialsSuperStar Digital Library ( 超星數字圖書館 )Future collection development

Chinese Literary and Historical Materials Collection

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