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COLLECTIONS
East Asia
Images from the collection
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Cultural Revolution poster.
Poster collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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Japanese poster, 1930-1945?
Poster collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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Poster commemorating the founding of the Republic of China, 1911.
Poster collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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A Taiwan journal advocating democracy in Taiwan during the period of Martial Law (February 1984).
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"Give Taiwan a chance," the Democratic People's Party (DPP) 1995- 1996 election campaign principles.
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Poster celebrating village life in Guongdong Province, China.
Poster collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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Household registration document, Japanese colonial period.
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Chinese poster, 1953.
Poster collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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Xie Chi, an early national revolutionary leader of the Republican period (1911-1949).
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Original contract for the sale of rice paddy.
James Hayes papers
Hoover Institution Archives
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Map showing stages of military confrontation between Communist and Nationalist troops, 1939-1941.
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Photograph of Japan's assault on Shanghai in the early days of the Japanese invasion of China, circa fall of 1937.
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Original map showing distribution of Japanese military forces in Korea, November 10, 1906.
Araki Sadao collection
Japanese modern history manuscript collection
Hoover Institution Archives
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Journals of local assembly meetings in Nagano Prefecture, Meiji Period.
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Investigation report of Korean tenant customs authorized by Governor-General Terauchi Masatake.
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Survey of seized assets by Japan during Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
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Collection Highlights:
Chiang Kai-shek Diaries
Lei Zhen Papers
Leo Eloesser: A Doctor in the World
T. V. Soong Papers
The Kuomintang Project
The World War II Diaries of General Joseph W. Stilwell (1941-1945)
Curator(s)
Ramon H. Myers
Introduction
The collection consists of archival and special materials in the Chinese and Japanese languages acquired by the Hoover Institution in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Collections of special materials include rare books, newspapers, banned, illegal, or rare periodicals, political party internal documents, and government (state and local) internal documents. Archival materials include private papers donated by former public servants, military personnel, and others from Japan, China, and Taiwan, and other parts of Asia.
Description
I. Chinese Materials of the Taiwan and Mainland China Archives and Collections of Special Materials
In the first half of the twentieth century Taiwan was a colony of imperial Japan (1895-1945). Mainland China, in contrast, experienced foreign imperialism, revolution, warlord conflicts, wars with Japan, and a civil war. In the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first century, Taiwan modernized and democratized. Meanwhile, on the mainland the Chinese Communist Party tried to establish a collectivized urban and rural order while also industrializing the country. Not until 1979 did the party change course and begin to build a market economy governed by a new socialist political system but still dominated by the Communist Party.
Taiwan's historical experience, first under Japanese colonial rule and later under the Nationalist government's Guomindang, produced a very different Chinese society than that which evolved on the mainland. In the 1950s Taiwan began to depend more on ideas and knowledge from the Western world, evidenced by its rapid economic development and structural change, gradual democratization and the urbanization of society, and the rise of Taiwan nationalism.
Mainland China, by contrast, continued to retain much of its Chinese heritage while experimenting with a highly centralized political system, a planned economy, and various collective forms of life for rural and urban people. In 1979 the Communist Party leadership began opening up the country so as to build a socialist-market economy. Thus, two different types of regimes and societies evolved across the Taiwan Strait after 1950.
Taiwan's ruling party, the Guomindang, created a capitalist market economy and gradually expanded its limited democracy. Thus, by 2000 a new political party had arisen that promised to deepen Taiwan's democracy, preserve its sovereignty and independence, and promote a Taiwanese ethnic identity.
The People's Republic of China's Communist Party, meanwhile, has been trying to revitalize its leadership and broaden its membership in an effort to modernize China's economy and society as well as play a new role in the Asian-Pacific region and the world.
The following collections of special materials, along with private papers containing Chinese documentation, illustrate how divided China has evolved since 1949. They also depict important events and provide an understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural-ideological changes that have occurred in the two societies, as each society experienced events and interacted with the world in very different ways.
A. The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1977
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Types of Materials |
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Newspapers |
508 |
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Broadsides and handbills |
35 |
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Art and cartoons |
6 |
| 4. |
Monographs and journals |
227 |
B. Agriculture, Economics, Education, and Politics in Guongdong Province and Counties (1956-1977)
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Types of Materials |
Number |
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Agriculture |
32 |
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Economics |
7 |
| 3. |
Education |
5 |
| 4. |
Politics |
5 |
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Other |
3 |
C. Land, House, Company, and Household Registration Records of Zhutang Village, Taiwan
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Types of Materials |
Number |
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Registration of land |
10 |
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Registration of houses |
3 |
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Registration of companies |
24 |
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Registration of households |
10 |
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Other |
1 |
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Registration of land during the Japanese colonial period (microfilms) |
40 |
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Maps |
14 |
D. Twenty-five Maps Published by the Chinese Communist Party before 1949 E. A Collection of the 1979 Chinese Democratic Movement
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Types of Materials |
Number |
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Photo reproductions |
269 have date of publication and 127 are without publication date
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13 manuscript boxes |
Posters, broadsides, pamphlets, journals, and so on
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F. Internal (Neibu) Publications Not to Be Distributed Abroad
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Types of Materials |
Number |
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Chinese Communist Party |
31 |
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Communist International and revisionism |
43 |
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Economics |
24 |
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Law |
26 |
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Military |
29 |
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Modern and contemporary Chinese history |
3 |
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Public security |
96 |
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Other |
22 |
G. Xie Chi Collection
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Types of Materials |
Number |
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Diaries |
11 |
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Telegrams, letters, documents, and so on |
39 |
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Photographs and other items |
12 |
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Xie Chi, an early national revolutionary leader of the Republican period (1911-1949).
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H. Chinese Student Movement in Hunan Province, 1980-1982
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Types of Materials |
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Inside story of Chin Cheng Prison |
4 tapes and supplementary items
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Recordings on sites during the student movement |
6 tapes |
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Student hunger strike in Changsha, Hunan |
18 color slides, 3 black-white photos
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Fragments of documents of the student movement |
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Documents and newspapers on the Cultural Revolution |
22 |
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Speeches and writings of leaders and members of the underground organization of the Chinese democracy movement |
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I. Telegrams and Letters regarding the February 28, 1947, Incident in Taiwan: 99 items
J. James Hayes Collection of Land Deeds from the Late 19th to the 20th Century
K. Red Guards Publications: The Janek Rowinski Collection (documents gathered by a Polish diplomat during the Cultural Revolution)
L. Tiananmen Square Publications prior to and on June 4, 1989, by Students of Several Major Universities Who Had Gathered at Tiananmen Square
M. Economic Development in Taiwan during the late 1940s and 1950s as Recorded by Former Officials of the Republic of China Who Served in the Government in Those Years
N. Guomindang Central Reform Committee Minutes for 86 Meetings Held between August 1950 and September 1951 in Taipei, Taiwan
O. Rare monographs, Photographs, and Political Journals for China, 1911-1949, and Taiwan, 1945-2000
II. Japanese Language Materials in the East Asian Archives and Collections of Special Materials
A. Japanese Modern History
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Araki Sadao (1877-1966) Collection |
9 ms. boxes |
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Irie Toshio (1901-1972) Collection |
1 ms. box |
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Shinoda Jisaku (1879-1946) Collection |
11 ms. boxes |
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Hamada Tokkai (1899-1958) Collection |
5 ms. boxes |
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Hiranuma Kiichiro (1867-1952) Collection |
2 ms. boxes |
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Yano Toyotaro Collection |
20 ms. boxes |
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Miscellaneous items on pre-World War II domestic affairs |
6 ms. boxes |
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Miscellaneous items on pre-World War II and immediately after the war |
3 ms. boxes |
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Issues of post-World War II farmers |
1 ms. box |
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Materials about Nihon Yusen |
1 ms. box |
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Journals of local assembly meetings in Nagano Prefecture, Meiji Period (1868-1912) |
1 ms. box |
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Paul Goforth Collection |
1 ms. box |
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Newspaper items on Sino-Japanese war, 1894-1995 |
1 ms. box |
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Issues of post-World War II constitution |
1 ms. box |
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International Military Tribunal for the Far East |
4 ms. boxes |
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Issues regarding Ryukyu |
1 ms. box |
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Post-World War II communist movement |
3 ms. boxes |
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Post-World War II labor movement |
1 ms. box |
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Post-World War II public safety issues |
1 ms. box |
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Leaflets regarding U.S.-Japan Security Treaty |
1 ms. box |
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Post-World War II elections in Japan |
1 ms. box |
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Miscellaneous items on post-World War II Japan |
2 ms. boxes |
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Maps |
3 ms. boxes |
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John Emmerson Collection |
1 storage box |
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Japanese posters |
1 box |
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Photograph albums of Japanese people and scenes presented to Jane Lathrop Stanford |
3 volumes |
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Japanese military survey of lands, buildings, and other assets seized by the Japanese during World War II in China |
8 storage boxes
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The lst Army, the 6th Army |
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The 6th Army |
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The 6th Army |
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The 11th Army, the 12th Army, and the 13th Army |
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The 13th Army |
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The 13th Army |
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The 23d Army, the 43d Army |
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North China District Direct Control Army, Chinese Army |
III. Chinese Documents Contained in Personal Papers and Records Donated to the Hoover Archives: 49 Collections Representing Individuals and Organizations
IV. Archives Containing Personal Papers regarding Taiwan in Hoover Archives
Access Information
University online public access catalog Socrates contains information on books and serials in the Library, and descriptive overviews of all collections in the Archives. Socrates searches can be limited to the Hoover Institution Archives or Hoover Institution Library. Finding aids are also available for more than one thousand of the five thousand collections in the Archives via the Online Archive of California and in the Archives reading room. Photocopies of finding aids, subject lists, and new accession lists can be purchased by mail from the Carol Leadenham.
Internet Resources
Socrates
Online Archive of California
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