China Primary Sources Subject Guide  

Manuscripts and Archives is a major center for historical inquiry and also serves as the documentary memory of Yale University. All members of the Yale community as well as those outside the university are welcome to use the resources and services of the department.

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The following brief descriptions highlight most of the major collections in Manuscripts and Archives that provide primary resource materials on the study of China.  In addition to these, there are approximately twenty video testimonies of holocaust survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies in Manuscripts and Archives.

The collections are arranged by subject or primary emphasis. Choose a subject area or view a list of all the collections by choosing the appropriate tab above.

All of our collections are described in Orbis.  Call number (local) searches can be done in Orbis using MS or RU followed by the numbers.

MS: manuscripts in a collection of personal papers created by an individual, members of a family, or an artificial assemblage of materials on a specific topic

RU: a record unit of University archives created by an organization or other unit within Yale