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History : Asia: Primary Sources - East Asia

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Asian history.

Images: 1934 cover of Ling Long, 1933 issue of The North China Herald courtesy of Chinese Newspapers Collection & Korean War leaflet courtesty of Korean War Propaganda Leaflets

General Collections on Asia

Korea

Annals of Choson Dynasty
Between Liberation Space & Time of Need, 1945-1950
Choson Ilbo Archive
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Database of Korean Classics / 한국고전종합DB
Despatches from United States ministers to Korea, 1883-1905

Hanguk ui chisik kontench Korean database This link opens in a new window
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Harvard-Yenching Library's Korean Collection
Ilche ha chŏnsi chʻejegi chŏngchʻaek saryo chʻongsŏ
Korea Political & Economic Reports, 1882-1970
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Korea Times 1956-2016
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Korean History On-Line / 한국역사정보통합시스템
Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Korean War Propaganda Leaflet Collection
Kyongsong Ilbo / Keijō nippō / 京城日報
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Moffett Korea Collection
National Institute of Korean History
National Library of Korea: Digital Library
North Korea (Wilson Center)
North Korean Serials
Pan’gye Surok / 磻溪隨錄
Peace Corps Korea Archive
UCLA Online Archive Korean Christianity
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Korea Mission
United States and the Two Koreas: 1969-2000
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United States and the Two Koreas, Part II, 1969-2010
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Taiwan

For additional sources see Primary Sources: History of Taiwan (Frog in a Well).

China

CHANT: Chinese Ancient Texts 漢達文庫 This link opens in a new window
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China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998
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China Collection

China Local Gazetteers (Post-1949) 中国地方志数据库 (新方志) This link opens in a new window
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Chinese Classic Ancient Books 中國基本古籍庫 This link opens in a new window
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Chinese Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
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Chinese Pamphlets

Chinese Periodical Full-Text Database (1911-1949) 民国时期期刊全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
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Late Qing Dynasty Periodicals 晚清期刊全文数据库 This link opens in a new window
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Policies and Laws of China 中国法律法规数据库 This link opens in a new window
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Policing the Shanghai International Settlement, 1894-1945 This link opens in a new window
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Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of China, 1910-1929

Scripta Sinica (Academia Sinica) 中央研究院漢籍電子文獻資料庫 This link opens in a new window
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Sidney D. Gamble Photographs
South China Morning Post‎ 1903-2001
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Thomas Manning Archive
Tibet Mirror
Virtual Shanghai
YMCA International Work in China: Annual & Quarterly Reports 1896-1948

Japan

Web-ban Fūzoku gahō This link opens in a new window
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Yomidasu rekishikan / ヨミダス歴史館
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Mongolia

Last Updated: Dec 7, 2023 10:02 AM
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Subjects: Asian Studies, History, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies

Tags: china, history, india, japan, korea, vietnam