Chinese Literary and Historical Materials Collection Ai-lin Yang Center for Chinese Studies Library (CCSL) UC Berkeley Oct. 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 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 history Very comprehensive materials Very subjective

Scope of Wen shi zi liao Late Qing to Chinese Revolution ( ) Founding of the ROC to Northern Expedition ( ) Guomingdang government ( ) Founding of the PRC (1949- )

Contents of Wen shi zi liao Political and military affairs Economy Culture and education Social activities Biographies

CCSL Wen shi zi liao Collection CCSL Wen shi zi liao collection 2010 Serial titles Around 13,000 volumes NationalProvinces / Special Municipalities Cities / Counties DistrictsTotal Bibliographic holding list

CCSL Wen shi zi liao Cataloging Assign call numbers (Chinese Local History Numbers) Serial cataloging Analytical cataloging Classification #Description DS793.A~ZProvinces, dependencies, regions, etc. DS795Beijing DS796.A~ZChongqing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai,Tianjin DS Other cities, towns, counties, prefectures

Major Wen shi zi liao Series 文史資料精選,16 v. (1990) 文史資料精選,16 v. (1990) 中華文史資料文庫,20 v.(1996) 中華文史資料文庫,20 v.(1996) 武漢文史資料文庫,8 v.(1999) 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) 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) 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 (1986) 文史資料選輯篇目分類索引 :v (1986) 中國史志類內部書刊名錄 : (1988) 中國史志類內部書刊名錄 : (1988) 全國各級政協文史資料名錄 : (1990) 全國各級政協文史資料名錄 : (1990) 全國各級政協文史資料篇目索引 : ( ) (1992) 全國各級政協文史資料篇目索引 : ( ) (1992)

Wen shi zi liao in digital format UCB Wen shi zi liao Print materials Benefits of digital format materials Availability of digital format materials SuperStar Digital Library ( 超星數字圖書館 ) Future collection development

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