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Report on Recent (1950-1953) Chinese Source Materials and Research Projects Regarding
Contemporary China in the Leading Eastern Institutions as of Mid une, 1953
Institutian
Library of Congress
Research Project
Materials
Dr. Chang, on a State Depto
grant, made a study on
ideological and political
implications of Chinese
Communismo
All important books, monographs and
periodicals from the Chinese mainland
at the L. of Co are available at the
Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard.
An excellent collection of current
local newspapers from Communist China;
most of them are not available elsewhere
in the U.S.A4 (For dctailed items,
see Appo I)
Columbia University
East Asian Library
Lass nsian institute
Princeton University
yale University
University Library
Institute of Far Eastern
Langru-ags
No research projects are
being carried out on contemporary China, ac::ording to
Mr. Hsu Liang, one of the
librarians at Orientalia,
L. of Co
Som Chinese researchers are
Very little recent Chinese material,
according to a member of the East Asian
Institutes that is not available at
HarvardwYenching Library
compiling a documentary study
of the' Chinese Commfunist moveunder
ment
the direction ot Profo iiartin
Wilbur.
Dr. Allen Whiting wrote a
dissertation on Sino-Soviet
relations in the 1920's which
will be published this summer,,
Practically no recent materials regarding
No research projectP ,n
contemporary China Gnd no iaterials are
forthcoming according to Mr. S, K. Tung,
Librarian of the Chinese Section of the
Princ eton Library o
Chinese Communism or
communist China are in
A small collection of Chinese mate4rials
Thu
was brought bac, ,: y Dr, Talker from
Hongkong in September 1952, but all tV
a-e
major items are available at
progresSo
:
gre
'hinese
er
a students
r Libliographical]
:
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Ciuner Profe Rowe 0
COMMENTS
lo
Although few new items of recent Chinese source materials, except
mainland newtipapers, are found during the trip to the leading Eastern insti.
tutions, it :1
not without positive value to confirm that harvard-Yenching,
plus certain private collections, is comparatively the best place to conduct
academic research on Communist China or Chinese Comunism so far as the availability of recett Chinese materials is concerned.
24
Harvard -Yenching L'.brary not only has the best and largest collection
of Chinese books, monographs and periodicals on contemporary and modern China,
but is the only lnstitution in the East (probably in the whole country) where
the following maj r sources are available inielatively c omplete filess
Hsik-hua Yu-a
(Yew China Monthly, Peking, which is the best single
source, from Iovembir 1949 to December 1952, except January - July 1952
issues0
CENIS has the photostatic copies of March-April 1952 issues)
Jen-mi
jihp
(Piople's Daily, Peking, most authoritative CCP organ,
frva February 6, :949 to May
5,
Jaauary-March 195)); and Chigc
1953, except issues of March 1952 and
hou-po (Economic Weekly, Shanghi,
best source on r3onomic problems in Communist China),,
For detailo, Ve
Appendix II & JIo
3.
The only ;sible institution which may add considerable items to the
Harvard-Yenching allection is the Hoover Institute and Library on Peace and
War at Palo Alto, .alifornia.
However, from a list which included Chinese
mat4iAals publitad on t.e mainland between 1951 and 1952 made available to mt
in Jugust 1952 ,y Mrs. Mary Wright, Curator of the Chinese Section of the Huooer
Library now rr leave, no -major items are found that are not obtainable at
Harvard-enn.ngo
It is desirable to secure a list of non-literary Chineso
materials a s.uired by Hoover since July 1952.
Chinese Newpapers Published on the Chinese Mainland
and Available at Crientalia Library of Gon ges,
Washingt
Title
o T;
~As ofeealy June 1953) o
English Translation
Place Published
Perieg Available
An-hui jih-pao
Anhwei Daily
Hofei
June 1952=Dev. 1952,
Ch' a-ha-erh jih-pao
Chahar Daily
Kalgan
1951
Ch'ang-chiang jih-pao
Yangtse Daily
Hankow
1950-Noro 1952
Che-chiang jihpao,
Chekiang Daily
Hangohow
1950-1952
Chiang-hsi jih-pao
Kiangsi Daily
Nanchang
1950-1952
Chieh-fang Jih-pao
Emancipation Daily
Shanghai
1950-1952
Ch'ing-tao jih-pao,
Ts ingtao Daily
Tas ingtao
1950-1952
Ch'un-chung jih-pao
Mass Daily
Sian
195174uly 1952
Fu-chien jih-pao
Fukien Daily
Foochow
1951=1952
Ho-nan jih-pao
Honan Daily
Kaifeng
Novo 1950
Ho-pei jih-pao
Hopei Daily
Paoting
1950-Nov
Hin-chiang jih-pao
Sinkiang Daily
Tihua (Urumchi) May 1951
Hain-hua jih-pao,
New China Daily
Nanking
1949-1952
Hin-nng-ts un pao
New Rural Daily
Kiukan g
't950-1952
Hein-suchou pa*
New Soochow Daily
Soochow
1950-1952"
Hein-wen jih-pao
News Daily
Shanghai
1950=Des,, 1952
Hu-pei jih-pao
Hupeh Daily
Wuchang
1950=1952
Hua-ch iao jih-pao,
Overseas Chinese Daily
Hongkong
1950=1952
*952
Ii
Title
-_Englianslation
Place Published
Period ,vailabT
Kuang-ming jih-pao
Light Daily
lientsin
then Peking
19504952
Kung-jen jih-pao
Workers's Daily
Peking
1952-1952
Lao-tung pao
Labor Daily
Shanghai
1950-1952
Nan-fang jih-pao
South Daily
Canton
Jan. 1950-Nov, 1952
Ning-po jih-pao
Ningpo Daily
Ningpo
1949-1950
Shan-hsi jih-pao
Shinsi Daily
TO ayuan
19501952
Shih-chia-ohuang jih-pao
Shihchiachuang DaiVy
Hopei
19504952
Su-nan jih-pao
South Kiangsu Daily
Wushih
1950-1951
Su-pei jih-pao
North Kiangsu Daily
Yangohow
1950-1952
Ta-ohung jih-pao
Mass Daily
Tainan
1950-1952
Teen-chin jih-pao
Tientsin Daily
Tientsin
1950Oct
Tung-pei jih-pao
Northeast Daily
!Iukden
Dec, 1949-Dec<9
soy,; 1952
NOTE8
There are missing issues in almost, all tk
abova newspapero
1952
5
APPENDIX II
Collections at the Harvard-Yenching Library, as of 1952
(Information obtaL ned from Dr. A. Kai-ming Oh' iu, Librarian of the
Harvard-Yenching Library)
1
The total number of volumes in the Harvard-Yenching Library amounts
to 237,000, mainly in Chinese and Japanese with a few scattered in other lan=
guages of Eastern Asia, such as Korean, Mongolian, fibetan and Manchu,
2.
The total number of Chinese publications amounts to 192,340 voluines,
of which about 10 per cent deals with political and economic matterso
3.
Contemporary Chinese works in titles and volumes acquired by the
Harvard-Yenching Library in the post-war period (up to 1952) are statistically
sunarised in the following table:
Year
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
Titles
950
Volumes
h40o
600
500
535
497
1,700
600
564
550
1951-52
1,900
2,9500
1946-1952:
4,982
9,914
4o For detailed items on the major Chinese general references, newspapers and periodicals which deal with Communist China, please see Appendi-r 1l,
6
APPENDIX III
Major Chinese General References, Newspam and Periodicals on
doumunist ChinaLi~n the Harvard-Yenching
brary, Harvard University
(I).
General Reference
aterials
Ao Chung-hua nien-cien,, 1948 (China Yearbook of 1948), China Yearbook
Association, Nanking, 2 vols., 1949, 2080 po (Personal copy)
2o Chung-hua en-min kung-ho-kuo san-nien-lai ti wei-ta ch' en -hin
(Great Achievemantasoof the People
Republic
ChN n h Past T
e ears),
Jen-min Pub, Co., Peking, Dec. 1952, 172 p.
3o
h
tst!.am
oh
Isa'
fa-11
hui-
en (Compendium of
Laws and
con
a
isa of the Central
GOvernment), compiled by FEC, GAC, Hsin-hua Book Co., Peking, 1st Series, Aug0
1950, 824 p.I 2nd Series, June 1951, 1149 p.
4o Hain-Ch
-knio ien-wu-chih (Biograp hies of Personalities of New China),
Chou-mo
Pub o Hog
1
P. (179 men and 29 women leaders of
Communist China) (Personal copyi
5o Hain-min-tsu tas'u-tien, (Encyclopaedia of New T£ms), Ch'un-ming
Pub. Society, Shanghai, 1952, M p.
6,o
Hgm Yings T
-cta±Rh
.mo, shih- eh *ri-a-chih (Biographies of
Industrialists of Conemporary
(28 leading Chinese entrepreneurs;
Coaunist China) (Personal copy)
ng,
U
0 Co,, Shanghai, 1948.' 202 po
h now dead, and about 20 are now in
7. Hu Hua, editor, Chung-kno hin-min-chu chu-i ko-ming-shih tas an-k' ao
tsu-liao (Source Materials for the Studfy of the History of New Democratie
RevolUtion in China), Commercial Fress, Shanghai, 1951, 494 Po
8. Hua-shn pao shou-tse, 1949 (Handbook of Hua-shang Pao of 1949),
Hongkong,
sban Jaily, 1949, 390 po
90 Hua-t
-chlu ts'ai-oheng
-chi fa-lin hui-pien (Compendium of
Laws and Rgat
n Regarding Finang
and Econoi Policies for the East
China Region), compiled by FEC, East China Military and Political Committee
(East Chim Adminitrative Commission since January 1953), Shanghai, Sept, 1951,
2 vols, 2033 Po
100 I-chiu wu-san nien ching-chi nien-pao (Economic Yearbook of 1953),
Ching-chi tao-pao she, Hongkong, February 1953, 252 po
110 Jen-min nien-chien, 1950 (People's Yearbook of 1950), ra-kung Book Co.
Hongkong, .950,
3
P
12o Jon-min shou-ts'e, 1950, 1951, and 1952 (Peoples Handbook, 1950, 1951
and 1952 editions), Ta-kung pao, dhangb,
April 1950, 271 po Feb. 1951, 2 vois,
559 P.; and Aug. 1952, 582 po
7
APPENDIX III
( 3. Mao etng
hSuan-ehi (Collected Works of Mao T*--tung)
(The Norhea) book Go., kiarbin, May 1948, 999 p.
iung
pe
16. Mao, Ze-tung hapan-ehi (Collected Works of Mao fse-tung), Jen-min
Pub. Co., Peking, 1st volume pub. in August 1951, 296 p.; 2nd volume pub0 in
March 1952i 786 p. Preface states, among other points, that "the" works of
Chairman Mao, written from March 1926 to May 1941, have been proof-read by
the author himself and a few revisions are made." 3rd volume is also published
but not yet available hereo
N
.
!L'"
-
(Handbook on Agricultural
I~ I%,,206J)
16. an-nien-lai hein-Chun -kao ching-chi ti cheng-chiu (Economic Achieve
ments of Now C
in the Past 11ree Years), Jn--mn Pub. Goc, keking Jan0 19 5 3
192 pe
7. Ting Fang agd Lo I, Hain ta'ai-cheng-hauh chiao-chk (Textbook on
New Finance), Shih-yueh Pub, C~1951T
ola 597 fc
18. Tu-pao shou-tsIe, 190 (Handbook for Newopaper Reading, 1950), Chanagkiang Jih-pa(Yangtze Daily), Hankow, Aug. 1950, 879 p. with 235 p. in ad ia4.
19. T' u-ti kai-ke chng ao wen-chien hui-chi (Compendium of Important
on Agrarian Reform), Jen-ain Pub Co., Peking, 1951, 155 p4
20. lee-mm
.4
.1
~. W1rsn
COW).
Sb
hlh-m
te' u-tien (People'' s raotiad Enoyviosdia
F bra
1953 9080 p
8
APPgNDIX III
(116 )0
Nesapr
.- 2han
ih- o (!angtse Daily), Hankow.
~Jly I95O-JiiW1952 issues (incomplete).
10
2. -Chieh-
iAh-o (Emnipation Daily), Zenan then Shanghai 0
oer 9 -February 1949 and June 1-July 4, 1952c
3o
Hain-hua-jih-po (New China Daily), Chungkingo
August.
to February 1947 (1942-1946 issues available at
Hoover Library),,
4.
fua-oh'iao
5a
Jen-min ih(People a Daily), Peking, leading Comnmist organo
Fibi~iV 6, 1949-May 5, 1953 (March 1952, January-March 1953
not available).
6b
Nan-fan ih-o
(South China Daily), Cantono
STO-November 30, 1950 and Sept. W=November 2, 19520
7
Shen Pao (Shanghai Daily), shanghai, independent-conaervative
Xust 1923 to May 1949. (A few issues missing)
8
T
ih-
o (China Daily News), New York.
(omplete file).
(o
paq (Ta-kung Daily), indpendent-left
November 1929-Decsmber 1941 (Almost complete, Tientsin, Shanghai)
October 1942-March 1943 (incomplete)
May 18-August 161 December 1-31, 1944 (Chungking edition)
January 1945-March 1946 (c
king edition)
April 12, 1946-December 5, 19
(Tientain, almost complete)
August 5, 1946-November 21, 1948 (Shanghai, almost complete)
May 15-December 31, 1950 (Shanghai, almost complete)
October 1949-December 1950 (Hong Kong)
Current (Hong Kong)
9.
Wen-huipao (Wen-hui Daily),
hanghai then Hongkong left,
1946 to date (with many missing issues).
j
9
APPNDIX II
Perid
(III)o
1~s
( Otlook), weeksy, abangbai
Febrary19$3 (Insouuplete).
1.
2.
3.
M-chi bomr
Ch~nqchg
o
(Economic Weekly), Shangha
-April 1953 (with a few issues missing).
(The Mases), Weekly, Shanghai then Hongkong
June 946-November 1949 (with a few issues missing).
(louth of China), Bi-monthly, Peking
a chi
1iFJiune 1,510 and No. 9 1953 (maw issues missing)
MiW
4w
5.Woer
of China), Bi-monthly, Peking.
A ZW
,8104,In 1.950 and 1951
t a Hain-chien-she (New Reconstrution), Bi-mothly, dhangha
194-MAY 1.953 (with missing issues).
t
Han-ChungkuO fu-A (Women of New China), Bi-monthly
August 195April 1953 (with missing issues).
8e Hin-hu
Peking0
(New China Monthly), Peking0
to December 1951, except June 1951a (Jan.-Deo
personal coy)
March-April 1952 (photostatic cop, CENIS, M.I.To)
August-December 1952.
N
e19
9o Reln-knan-oh'a (New Observer), Bi-aonthly, Peking.
5-ay 1953 (with some issues missing)
Jt
Bi-uonthly reking.
10. Heaseb-bi (dtu)
seiweber 199 -April 1953 (with a few issues unavailable)0
11, Jain
chia=
January 1
(People'A Education), Bi-monthly, Peking.
1953 (Sporeaic issues only).
12.
en-ain, hou
(People's Weekly), Peking.
7DI 1550-December 1952 (a few issues unavailable)o
13.
uan-h'a (Observer), Bi-monthly9 ShmnghaL predecessor to
A71st oeiplete file, September 1946-May 1950.
-
P
I
n
1951
10
(KUo-Wn Weets), Shanghai
then
Tient3sin0.
-~Iiis96 to 1935 (ith a few issues missing).
5.
Li-sbib bhi-hsleh (Histr
Tecshing), monthly, Tientain.
Jamiiir l95-ovmber 1952 (inoompte).
16.
BiEaftm s)-monthly, Shanghai,
Noes
Appendix III inolude only major Chines*
soure mtertials on contemmporary ChIna
av4lable at Harvard-lenohing Library,.
For .*m of the important English souroes
on the same period, please see *elected
Works 'in
English. for a tpical, 5ml"o
Oder GhinAg .1M0-1952, containfing497
Its~rrdeir
topical headingas
The bibliography, compiled by t he author
of this report, is reproduced and diatributed on a limited scale by the Reg n
Studies Progra on East Asia, Harvard
University, in November 1952.