Britain's Qing archives can be roughly divided into two parts. One is the archives of China plundered in the war, which were formed by the local government of China, such as the archives of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi; The second is the archives formed by British institutions in China in their daily work contacts with the Qing government and its affiliated institutions (in Chinese and English), such as the archives of East India companies and diplomatic institutions. The above documents are open to the public, and can be consulted, copied, copied, etc. Non-profit academic research.
① British public archives
1, looted Qing archives (1765— 1857)
This part of the file *** 1954 is the official file of 1858 that Britain plundered China in Guangdong during the Second Opium War. These include documents between the central government and local governments in China; Documents formed by local governments themselves; Documents from the front door of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the yamen of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi were originally collected. These documents can be divided into the following six categories:
(1) archives of opium trade and opium war (1835— 1857), 73 pieces;
(2) There were 337 official documents (1765—1857) between the central and local governments in the Qing Dynasty;
(3) Foreign Relations and Foreign Trade Archives (1810-1857), 529;
(4) Uprising, secret association, military organization and fighting, suppression of uprising (181-1857), 820;
(5) The Second Opium War, the first stage (1856-1857), 84 pieces;
(6) Maps and illustrations, 7 1 piece.
Our library has copied the above files into 25 boxes of 35mm microfilm.
2. Archives formed by British institutions in China
(1) Archives of China Secretariat of East India Company (1793— 1834)
This part of the document * * * Volume 34 was formed by the Special Committee of Guangdong and Macau Merchant Cargo Supervisors of the East India Company. Before 1834 was abolished, the Committee actually exercised the British trade monopoly right in China owned by the East India Company. One of the earliest manuscripts was 1793, the Chinese translation of the letter from King George II of England to Emperor Qianlong of China. The letter introduced Lord Magalny's trip to China as the ambassador of the mission. Many exchanges are about tea and cotton trade; Guangdong trade representatives negotiate with local authorities in China on judicial disputes; Bankruptcy of foreign businessmen and tariff issues. In addition, there are files on opium smuggling trade.
(2) British embassies and consulates in China archives (1727-? )
The closing date of this part of the file is ominous, with 699 files. The content involves: central government, Westernization Movement, Boxer Movement, civil strife, education, finance, Sino-foreign relations, industry, labor, mining, opium, passports, public health, railways, reform movement, shipping, Sino-Japanese War, telecommunications, trade and so on.
(2) Oriental Manuscripts and Books Department of British Library
This museum keeps precious archives and documents of China. Among them, Manchu archives include Manchu Zhu Pi memorial, Manchu please fold, etc. Chinese archives include Imperial edict from Emperor China to the King of England, Shen Kangnan's Tour Map, Land and Water Atlas of Zhenhai Camp in the 21st year of Daoguang, List of Guangdong Wuchuanying, Dapeng Camp and Shunde Camp, List of Naval Officers in Offshore and Inland Waters, Survey of Fauna and Flora and Minerals in Luofu Mountain, Guangzhou City Map, and Military Defence Atlas along the Pearl River from Guangzhou to Macau. In addition, there are Military Documents of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Complete Books Integration (first edition 1726) and Intelligence (also known as Beijing Bulletin, almost complete from 1820 to 1908).
(3) Indian Affairs Library (now incorporated into British Library)
1. Trade documents of the East India Company with China and Guangdong (1715—1833);
2. China-India border diplomatic archives (1800—1947);
3. Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its liaison files with China (1858—1947);
4. Guangdong factory files (1623 ——1841year), 193 1 year were moved to the Ministry of Indian Affairs through the British Foreign Office. The main content is the trade of the East India Company in China, and part of it is a copy of the factory file;
5. Tibet Archives (1760 ——1904), involving the bilateral relations between India and Tibet; Trade representative office activities; Various British and Indian missions visited Lhasa.
(4) Library of School of Asian and African Studies, University of London
1, China Customs Archives: Hurd (R? Hart) and Fenderick Maze (136 letters (1868-1906); 1884 ——1885 James Duncan Campbell's memorandum on the Sino-French peace talks.
2. Archives of China Church Supervision Committee: meeting minutes and correspondence (microfilm).
3. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom;
4. Map of Macau, China Album presented to Johnston by Emperor Xuan Tong in Qing Dynasty, etc.
(5) Cambridge University
Files of foreign companies in China:1760,000 letters and 78 bound letters.
(6) University of London
China church archives: letters, correspondence documents, reports, journals, etc. London society (1803— 1939) (microfilm).
Second, the United States
(1) Library of Congress
1, archives of the Qing internal affairs office, 28 volumes.
2, the book, 1 volume. Daoguang 29-30 years.
3, marriage register, 2 volumes, Daoguang 27 years to Tongzhi 8 years.
4. From the 28th year of Guangxu to the 2nd year of Xuantong, there were two general volumes, namely, the General Volume of Expenses and the General Volume of Expenses, with a total of 7 volumes.
5. Burial Book, Volume 1, the year of reunification.
6, the title book and the play book, worked for 7 years.
7. Detailed list of shops in Beijing compiled by the Ministry of the Interior, 30 pages.
8. Family tree map, including 5 volumes in Manchu.
9. Lanqiquan Grain and Silver Soldier Roster, 8 pages, Daoguang 12.
10, the roster of idle teenagers in Zhengbai Banner, 10 page, Qianlong Dynasty.
1 1, two volumes of red and silver, Qianlong dynasty.
12, account book, 7 years of Jiaqing.
13, weapons and supply account books of various warehouses, from Qianlong to Guangxu.
14, relevant building codes.
15, Ganlong 12 Entry and Exit List of Shengjing Neiku.
16. List of wealthy tax collectors.
17, ledger, from Kangxi to Jiaqing.
18, Damu statute of Yuanmingyuan.
19, Practice List of Pu Xiangyu Wannian Jidi Project, 8 volumes.
20. princess mansion project, 19, lived in Guangxu for one year.
2 1, Chaoyangmen archway, 6 volumes.
22. Detailed volume on estimation and restoration of sacred forest materials, 4 volumes.
23, "Xuan Tong chongling Project Record", 47 volumes, Xuan Tong Annual.
24, Putuo Valley, ten thousand auspicious things with the temple practice, 7 volumes.
25. Fengtian Dongling photo, 8 1 photo, 20th year of Guangxu.
26, "Gui Gong Fu Ge Engineering Practice Book" Volume 3.
27. Selected Works of Zong Renfu, 4 volumes, from Guangxu 10 to Xuan Tong for 9 years.
28. Selected Books of Zong Renfu, 4 volumes, Tongzhi 12 to Guangxu 15.
29, Xianfeng orchard population table, 4 volumes, Xianfeng 6-9 years.
30, Guangxu orchard population inventory, 4 volumes, Guangxu 2 1 year.
3 1, official document of Jiangnan prefect, volume 1, Guangxu 19.
32. Resume of Beijing-Chamans Palace, 2 volumes, Guangxu 13.
33. Resume of Beijing-Chamans Palace, 2 volumes, 7 years in Xianfeng.
34. Enzhi Exemption from Indemnity, 4 volumes, from the 25th year of Jiaqing to Daoguang 1 year.
35. Salary Book of Guangdong Buzheng's Four or Five Officials, 1 Volume, Guangxu 27-28.
36. "Jiangsu Yiwu Military Supplies Manufacturing and Sales Encyclopedia", 57 pages, Daoguang 22 years.
37, "jiangbei grain table account codex" 2 volumes.
38. jiangbei fanku cashier book, 4 volumes, Guangxu 3 1 year.
39, zhili grain pending case and exemption list, 1 volume, Xianfeng 7 years to Tongzhi 9 years.
40. Wang Fu ledger, blue-and-silver subsidiary ledger, name book, promotion and demotion dormant account, savings account, money account, financial account, etc., 9 volumes, from Guangxu 10 to Tongzhi 7 years.
4 1, list of chickens and ducks bought by catering department, 24 volumes, Guangxu 30-33 years.
42, "Qing Tongzhi Official Department Memorial" 4 volumes.
43. Communication document of Tianjin rice inspection minister, 4 volumes.
44. The memorial of Shanxi Governor Zhang Zhidong, 4 volumes, Guangxu 7- 10 year.
45. Imperial edicts, 2 volumes, Guangxu 5- 13.
46. Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Munitions Regulations, Volume 1, Daoguang 22 years.
47. Official document of the Opium War, Daoguang for 22 years.
48, Beijing copy, 42 volumes, Daoguang 23 years.
49. Beijing Daily has 38 volumes, from Guangxu 33 to Xuan Tong 3 years.
50. Xuzhou Grain Platform and Military Articles of Association, Volume 1.
5 1, music played during Qianlong Jiaqing, 40 volumes.
52. Archives of Autumn Review, 9 volumes, from Jiaqing 18 to Daoguang for 2 years.
53. Autumn marker pen, volume 16, from Jiaqing 8 years to Daoguang 12 years.
54. Handbook for felons in Zhili, Ministry of Justice, 65 volumes, Guangxu 33 years.
55. Important Cases of Autumn Trial, 4 volumes, from 39 years of Qianlong to 0/4 years of Daoguang/KLOC.
56. Investigation on Folk Problems in Jiangxi, 2 volumes, Xuan Tong for 2 years.
57. Collect 38 volumes of Zhu Juan after having obtained the provincial examination, from Jiaqing to Daoguang years.
58, who lives in the past, 4 volumes.
59, rural examination list, 47 volumes (handwritten).
60. Jiang's manuscript includes an examination paper, six lists of books, Zhu Zhu's note of 1 and several afterwords of the examination paper.
6 1, Su Fan dignitaries, 2 volumes, Daoguang 6-7 years.
62. Ode to the custom of Qing Xiang Palace's treasures, jade articles, magnetic copper articles and jadeware furnishings in the armory, 4 volumes.
63, "Neifu artifacts spectrum" Volume 5.
64, plans to do Xuanhua House and other coal mine certificates, 1.
65. A virtuous woman, a dutiful son of Jiuyi, Su County, Volume 1.
66. The civil servants in the official department shall be Manchu officials, such as 1.
67. Articles of Association of Changsha Municipal Offices of Various Industries, 2 volumes, from 58 years of Qianlong to 6 years of the Republic of China.
68. The imperial edict preserved 700 volumes, from the 20th year of Guangxu to the 3rd year of Xuantong.
69. Imperial edict regulations, 240 volumes, from Yongzheng 13 to Qianlong 56.
70. Articles of Association of Shandong Province, 8 volumes, Guangxu 28 years.
7 1, Regulations on Calendar Publishing in Eastern Henan, 16, from the first year of Xianfeng to Guangxu 2 1.
72. On the Whole Law, 1 Volume, 7 years of stagnation.
73. Regulations on Currency Destruction over the Years, 120, from 16 to the 22nd year of Jiaqing.
74, official department to play the articles of association, 12 volume, Daoguang to Xianfeng.
75. Criminal laws and regulations, including family laws and etiquette laws and regulations, total 70 volumes, during the Qianlong period.
76. Money must be read, Jiaqing 19.
77. Articles of Association of Xiezhou Qingzhang Pictorial, Guangxu 7 years.
78. Diary of the Judge of Wanling, Volume 1, Guangxu 29 years.
79. The imperial edict stipulates that the volume of 12 is Xianfeng1-10 year.
80. Debate the court case, volume 1 1, Kangxi 59 years.
8 1, related autumn tests over the years, 1 volume, from 7 years of Qianlong to 0/2 years of Jiaqing/kloc.
82. Compilation of Statutes, 86 volumes, Qianlong 2 1 Daoguang 19.
Atlas of China drawn before 1662.
84, 1673 Large-scale map of China.
85, 182 1 large China wall chart printing.
86. 183 1 Large-scale China ink wall chart printing.
87. Hand-painted boundary of the Great Wall.
88. Two nautical charts from Tianjin to Guangzhou.
89. Hand-painted road map from Xi to Chengdu.
Atlas of Zhejiang in 1990s and180s (hand-painted).
9 1, hand-painted wall chart of Zhili, Shandong, Henan.
92. Hand-painted detailed map of Nanjing, indicating the recovery of Taiping Army 1864.
93. Military map of the southern border mountain passage in Guangxi.
94. Two military hand-drawn drawings of the border between Yunnan and Sichuan.
95, Guangxi military defense wall chart.
Hand-painted in Hangzhou in the 96th and 65438th centuries.
97,18th century wall chart of Qiantang River and Hangzhou Bay.
98, 18 century Zhejiang coastline wall chart.
99. Planning of Laizhou City, Shandong Province.
100, hand-painted wall chart of Jilin province.
Wall chart of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province 10 1.
102,18th century Changsha Atlas.
103, Atlas of Taiwan Province Province before Japanese occupation (printed version).
104, Three Maps of the Yellow River Basin (hand-drawn).
105, dam map of the lower reaches of the Yellow River in Ganlong, including the engineering map of the Yangtze River and Canal, 20, from Kangxi to Ganlong.
106, Yellow River map.
107, River Map of Shandong Province.
108, full map of the Yellow River in eastern Henan.
109, Heyuan map.
1 10, the whole map of the middle reaches of the river.
1 1 1, map of the lower Yellow River.
1 12, the whole map of Huangyunhu River.
1 13. Full map of Yellow River dam in Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and Henan provinces.
1 14, Zhonghe Hall belongs to the river map in the first year of Guangxu.
1 15, Hebei road belongs to the full map of the Yellow River situation project in Guangxu two years.
1 16, Xiabei Hetang belongs to the first year of the second year of Guangxu.
1 17, Xia 'nan Hetang belongs to the second-year emergency repair section of Guangxu. Compared with the year before last, it turned the danger into a flat river map.
1 18, Yellow River Dam Map.
(2) Harvard Yanjing Library
There are about 1000 archives of Ming and Qing dynasties in the collection; There are more than 2,500 kinds and 30,000 volumes of rare books and manuscripts of ancient books in China. There are about 3,525 kinds of local chronicles and more than 35,000 volumes in China. There are more than 0/00 kinds of Manchu books/kloc, and there are many Manchu files. The main archives of the Qing Dynasty are as follows:
1. Archives of the Ambassador of Liang Cheng to the United States, 2 letters and 12 volumes.
2. Play the file in full title, with 6 volumes of 1 letter.
3. Comparison of autumn tests in different provinces, 2 letters 17 volumes.
4, Daoguang money and grain memorial, 1 volume.
5. Fuld Memorial Document (full text), 1 volume.
6. Jiaqing codex, 1 volume.
7. Song Nianhao memorial, 6 letters and 24 volumes.
8. Xiaoyu is dead, 1 volume.
9. Played in the Qing Dynasty, 1 volume.
10. Full map of the capital's first goodness, block printing.
1 1. The whole map of Shi Jing is a block printing paper.
12, the map of Shaanxi, is a grid map.
13, map of Anxi Qinghai outside Jiayuguan.
14, map of Dihua Branch of Jiayuguan Waizhen, Yili.
15, unified geographical map of Qing dynasty.
16, the genealogy of the Eight Banners Niuzhi Road.
17, Jile Tukan Commandment.
18, Jin Gyeong's parents were killed.
19, armory library.
20. The imperial edict of paper money.
2 1, Manchu-Chinese commemorative translation.
22. Manchu Memorial Record.
23 rd, memorial hall.
24, they want to record.
25. Monument to the Mausoleum.
26. Ministry of the Interior.
27. Batch depreciation.
28, Baiwenhang ministries hospital yamen.
29. Quaranda's account.
30. Document of June, 52 (Manchuria Huangzhengqi).
3 1, Jiaqing 12, 10 (Manchu Huangzheng Banner).
32. Zhenglan Banner Manchuria Unified Archives.
33. Zhenghongqi Quanshu (Zhenghongqi Manchuria Command).
34. Guard the archives of generals in Hangzhou and other places.
35. Guard the archives of generals in Jingzhou and other places.
36. Memorial file book.
37. the throne department.
38, imperial edict they wished.
39. The Foreign Minister of Tibet wishes to submit a complaint.
40, fourth gear.
4 1, treaty of clearing Russia.
42. Records of the Shunzhi period of Shengjing Interior Office (4-8 years of Shunzhi).
43. In the Qing Dynasty, Ruan Yuan collected rubbings of inscriptions and Wu Daxiao collected about 2,000 epitaphs.
③ East Library of Princeton University.
1, A Record of the Full Foot Chapter of Qing Taizu (Volume 4-Volume 6), June of the second year of Shunzhi-June+February of 65438, Zhu wrote this book and dressed as a butterfly.
2. The sermon of the Qing Emperor Saint Zuren (Volume 14, Volume 40-42, written by Zhu).
3. A Record of Emperor Gao Zongchun in the Qing Dynasty (Volume 60) Qianlong 65438+From April to June 2005, Zhu wrote this book and dressed as a butterfly.
4. Man Moon Hee and Zhu wrote a book with 2 letters 16 volumes.
5. The Biography of China Ethnic History, with 6 letters and 60 volumes, is a transcript of Qianlong Dynasty.
6. Biography of Loyalty and Righteousness in Manchu Dynasty (12 letter) 24 volumes.
7. Manchu etiquette rules, 4 letters, 186, written in Zhu Sizhu.
8. The jade model of Manchu Dynasty, 1 volume, is the sixth generation emperor's ancestor chapter.
9. Imperial edict of the Qing Dynasty, 18, 1 12.
10. Archives of Qing Dynasty, including Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu.
1 1, The Complete Works of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Chance (edited by Nian Gengyao) has 8 volumes 1 seal, and the preface is inscribed in the first month of the second year of Yongzheng, which seems to be an original manuscript.
12, 1 military foreign affairs letters, 12 volumes, all of which are original manuscripts, in the same series as Shenyang Lu Ying and Guangning Lu Han 'en.
13, "Reprinting Hundred Gold Recipes", 2 letters and 20 volumes, Daoguang 65438+April 2002.
14, Notes on the Laws of the Qing Dynasty,10,70 volumes, in the original version of Qingge.
15, Comparative Collection of Autumn Reviews 1 letter 8 volumes, 7 lines in red ink.
16,24 volumes of 7 letters, 9 lines in red, Daoguang 18- Guangxu 1 1 year.
17, 24 volumes of statutes compilation and integration.
18, interview with Shen Jiaben prison (print queue).
19, five ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, including Zaize, and two letters, 10 volume, written by Zhu Ge, the research institute of constitutional compilation.
(d) Yale University Library East Asia Library
The library has about 0/90,000 volumes of Chinese books/kloc-,which is the richest historical materials in modern China. There are 320 kinds and 640 books about Taiping Army. The museum also has various maps of China and the world, reflecting centuries from 16 to 18.
(5) East Asia Library of Washington University in Seattle
The collection of Chinese books is about 6.5438+0.5 million, and there are about 360 kinds of materials related to the Diaoyu Islands incident. Data of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 103 species; Kang Youwei has 72 kinds of works and biographical materials; There are 82 kinds of works and biographical materials of Liang Qichao. There are also 40 volumes 10 of Zhang Xueliang's "Manchu seal script Yu Shengjing Fu"; There are *** 10 pictures of Miao people in Yunnan, Guangxi and so on.
Third, Japan.
(1) National Library of Congress
1, 360 kinds of genealogy.
2. Some knowledge about Qiannan.
3. Yunnan, two sets of four letters and six other letters.
4. Jiangsu Fufu Quanshu, letter 14.
5, Fujian Fu Quan Shu, 4 letters.
6. Fish Scale Book of Dongting Mountain in Wuxian County, 12 letter 120 book.
7. Changzhou County Fish Scale Book.
8, fish scale book, measured in Kangxi 15, 2 letters and 2 volumes.
9. Wuxian rented 6 books.
10, Changyi Fish Scale Book, 16.
1 1, Luchang salt affairs book (original file), 1 1 letter 22 volumes.
12, Wuxian busy collecting Cao Yin's grain, 32 letters, 133 volume.
13, Henan Qian Liang Shu, 87 letters 1092 book.
14, Qianlong Dibao (Qianlong 36, 38, 40, 44 years, Jiaqing 6 years).
15, estimated list of the first-phase renovation of Zhaoling Minglou (up and down) 24 volumes.
16, five letters from Sheng Xuanhuai to Noue Kaoru (unpublished).
17, Yuan Shikai's letter (in the document of Japanese Minister Terauchi Masatake).
(2) Oriental Library
Oriental Library has Tibetan books in Manchu and Mongolian: Red Flag Archives, which came to Xuan Tong in the fifth year of Yongzheng, with 2420 pieces; A Mongolian "Ganjul Sutra", *** 108 sets; Zong Kaba has 20 sets of dharma instruments, including more than 220 scattered Buddhist scriptures. In Tibetan, there are 225 sets of Ganjul Sutra 103 and Tanjul Sutra. The main directories are as follows:
1, Yang Shouyuan's telegram draft (written version), Guangxu 16-24 years, 1 letter 3 volumes.
2. Records of law from the perspective of politics, 30 volumes.
3, Jiangxi Fu Fu Quan Shu, photocopying.
4. Old accounts, 5 volumes.
5. There are 26 requisition books (files) for grass and rice houses in Wuxian county, 156 volumes.
6, Zhejiang Fu Fu Quan Shu, 7 letters.
7, Huai Guan Tong Zhi, Manchu, 6 letters.
8. Continue to be mindful.
9. Sichuan Fu Quan Shu, 2 volumes 10.
10, Henan fu quanshu, 13 letter 78 volumes.
1 1, complete book of prefects of Xuanhua Prefecture in Zhili, complete book of prefects of Jifu Prefecture in Zhili, volume ***35.
12, Suzhou Fu Quan Shu, 8 letters and 48 volumes.
13, Shanxi Fuxi encyclopedia, 6 letters and 36 volumes.
14, Fujian Fu Quan Shu, 4 letters and 24 volumes.
15, banknote specimen collection (in kind), 10 (various styles of banknotes in China).
16, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent the royal copy of Mu, with 2 copies and 33 copies.
17, Notes on Dingling, 2 volumes (copy).
18, the memorial file was in March 3, 165438+ 10 -60, 65438+February.
19, memorial file, the first month of the first year of Jiaqing.
20. The memorial document, Daoguang 27-29 years, 1 letter 8 volumes.
2 1, manuscript of the examination section of the official department, Jiajing 20-22 years, 4 letters, 1 1 volume.
22. Imperial edicts, 53 years of Qianlong-the first year of Jiaqing, 5 letters 16 volumes.
23. Diary of Prince Chun's visit to Beiyang Coastal Defence. Brother Zhu wrote this book on line 10. Lu, the second-grade director, informed Zhou Fu, the ambassador of Tianjin Customs Road.
24. Border remittance, letter 1.
25, Miao customs map, picture album, letter 1.
26, Miao books, picture books, 2 letters.
27. Genealogy of Hongyigong on the Road of Huang Qi Niu, 2 letters 10 volume.
28. Han Wang came to the museum and wrote four volumes, copied according to the book collection of Chongmo Pavilion in Shenyang 1935.
29. In the first year of Jiaqing, the master of ceremonies conferred the title of empresses, with 6 letters and 6 volumes.
30, the investigation of the eight banners affairs table file, volume 24.
3 1, genealogy of hereditary wuzhi and its descendants in Manzhouli Banner, letter 19.
32. The Manchu Eight Banners is an example.
33. Various Buddhist scriptures.
Fourth, Russia.
(1) Russian historical archives
1, the sacred purpose of Sino-Russian negotiations.
2. Middle East Railway Document,1817-1930.
3. China visited the Russian navy, 1888.
4. Zhang's commercial activities during the government period, 1902.
(2) Russian naval historical archives
1, 1840 map of Beijing.
2. 1886 Chinese general business document.
3.1989-1916, Guangxu requested China to rescue Russian sailors.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) Canada
National archives
China individual or family immigration and poll tax files.
The intransitive verb Australia
China immigrated to Australia.
Seven. Italy
The National Archives of Rome keeps the deed of sale during the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty and the file of military pay during the Yongzheng period, the number of which is unknown.
Note: If the year is not indicated, the original is not provided.