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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 ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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