Chinese Cultural Revolution handwritten documents
Scope and Contents
A collection of very rare original hand written documents from the Chinese Cultural Revolution era about individuals under political persecution during the massive national political drives. It also includes a set of printed materials from the Land Reform Movement (1950s), whose circulation was restricted to the inner circle of power within the Chinese government at the time.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1976
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is not processed and therefore has not been prepared for research use. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Special Collections department. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Biographical / Historical
No biographical or historical information is available at this time.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
Chinese
Abstract
A collection of very rare original hand written documents from the Chinese Cultural Revolution era.
Other Finding Aids
China Classics provided a description, written entirely in Chinese, of the collection. A working translation with explanatory notes about the collection, based entirely on the dealer's item descriptions, is available offline. Please Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased from China Classics in 2014.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2015 by Jordon Steele.
Source
- China Classics (Bookseller, Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Chinese Cultural Revolution handwritten documents
- Author
- Jordon Steele
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA
specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu