Research Guides: CHIN 250: China from the Borders: Primary Sources

Primary Sources Collections

East Asia

East Asia History Sourcebook
Subject listing of documents from East Asian history. Includes cultural origins; religious traditions; imperial China; western intrusion; Japan as a world power; and more. From Fordham University.
Mongols in World History
Images, timelines, maps, and other sources on the role of the Mongols in world history. From Columbia University.
Maritime Asia
Explores the rivalry between the Dutch East India Company and the Zheng maritime network as they fought for control over key trades and sea routes. Digital exhibits on these maritime powers include a timeline, biographies of key actors, an archive with primary sources, the deerskin trade and territorial claims to Taiwan, as well as an annotated bibliography.
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Maritime Asia is an international collaboration with Adam Clulow at Monash University/University of Texas at Austin and Xing Hang at Brandeis University.
Library of Congress World Digital Library
Cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by UNESCO partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections.
Internet Archive
Open and permanent access to historical collections in digital format for researchers and the public.
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“Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons for a period of two weeks. You may read the books online in your browser, or download them into Adobe Digital Editions, a free piece of software used for managing loans.”
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Prints, photographs, manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, illustrated books, printed ephemera, streaming video, and more from the New York Public Library Collections.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog
Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings from Library of Congress collections. While international in scope, the collections are rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.

China

Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection
Collection of rare Chinese books housed at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. Nearly 2,000 are digitized and viewable online.

Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832 - 1953)
22 historical newspapers published in Beijing & Shanghai from 1832 to 1953. Most titles are in English.
Titles included are:
North China Herald (1850-1941)
Canton Times (1919-1920)
China Critic (1939-1946)
The China Press (1925-1938)
China Weekly Review (1917-1953)
Chinese Recorder (1868-1940)
Chinese Repository (1832-1851)
Peking Daily News (1914-1917)
Peking Gazette (1915-1917)
Peking Leader (1918-1919
Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921)
Shanghai Times (1914-1921)

Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters
Collection of posters relating to the Chinese Cultural Revolution. From the University of California San Diego.