Ancient China to Ch’in Dynasty 	50000 – 206 BCSong to Yuan Dynasty 	960 – 1368Early ROC period 	1911 – 1945
Han to Tang Dynasty 	206 BC – AD 907Ming to Ch’ing Dynasty 	1368 – 1911Taiwan, after liberation from Japan 	1945 – present
 
The Manuscripts of Kanori Ino (National Taiwan University)

Kanori Ino (1867-1925) was a pioneer in Taiwan studies. Sent to Taiwan for anthropological research in 1895, after Japan's occupation of the island, Ino was the first to propose a comprehensive categorization of Taiwan's indigenous populations. His f...
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Rubbings of Taiwan's Ancient Tablets (National Taiwan University)

In December 1997, the library received a collection of old rubbings from the Department of Anthropology, which were originally collected by Taihoku Imperial University (now National Taiwan University) during the Japanese occupation. Among the rubbing...
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The Yasusada Tashiro Collection (National Taiwan University)

Yasusada Tashiro was a botany expert who worked for the Taiwan Governor Genera's Office during the Japanese occupation period. A pioneer in Taiwan botanical studies, Tashiro left behind numerous field reports and other research manuscripts. During hi...
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Type Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University)

The original specimen that acts as evidence in the discovery of a new species is known as the type specimen, and should be preserved permanently. The image, label, and collection of information about the specimen, as well as the original text and pic...
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General Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University)

Established in 1929, the Herbarium of the Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the National Taiwan University (NTU) is now over seventy years old, with a collection of over 260,000 specimens. Among its collection, specimens of Taiwan’s ...
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Type Specimens of Insects (National Taiwan University)

The Insect Museum of National Taiwan University (NTU) was founded during the Japanese Colonial Period, and holds numerous precious specimens in its collections. The NTU Insect Museum and the Agricultural Research Institute contain the two most abunda...
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Common Insects (National Taiwan University)

The genre “Common Insects” in the Insect Museum of National Taiwan University includes specimens for research and specimens for education. Different from type specimens, these specimens are insects the general public is usually familiar with, cho...
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Fossils (National Taiwan University)

The Department of Geosciences of National Taiwan University was established during the Japanese Colonial Period. Most of its paleontological collection was inherited in the age of Taihoku Imperial University, and its database is quite large in size, ...
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Minerals (National Taiwan University)

The Department of Geosciences of National Taiwan University was established during the Japanese Colonial Period. Most of its paleontological collection was inherited in the age of Taihoku Imperial University, and its database is quite large in size,...
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Rocks (National Taiwan University)

The Department of Geosciences of National Taiwan University was established during the Japanese Colonial Period. Most of its paleontological collection was inherited in the age of Taihoku Imperial University, and its database is quite large in size, ...
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Historical Resources on Reputable Geologists (National Taiwan University)

This historical catalogue of essential scientific materials and interviews detail the development of the geosciences in Taiwan through the scientists and scholars that defined the movement. Included are both original manuscripts as well as digitized ...
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Ethnological Photos (National Taiwan University)

These ethnological images are field-based photos from the Taihoku Imperial University Ethnoarchaeology Seminar period and the National Taiwan University Department of Anthropology period. The main content covers not only various ethnic groups and the...
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Ethnological Artifacts (National Taiwan University)

These ethnological images are field-based photos from the Taihoku Imperial University Ethnoarchaeology Seminar period and the National Taiwan University Department of Anthropology period. The main content covers not only various ethnic groups and the...
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Archaeology (National Taiwan University)

This archaeological collection was founded during the period of the Taihoku Imperial University Ethnoarchaeology Seminar, and was developed and expanded with field research conducted by the National Taiwan University Department of Anthropology from 1...
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Mammals (National Taiwan University)    

The Mammal Database contains 8 orders, 19 families, and 67 mammal species in Taiwan. In this database, you can search and observe basic information on all of these mammal species, including their classification, morphology, natural environment, and ...
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Medical Journals (National Taiwan University)

In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan, and the Japanese medical education system and health care system were directly transplanted to Taiwan and influenced the establishment of the local health care system. Therefore, all the medical papers and journal ...
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Medical Artifacts (National Taiwan University)

Since the beginning of the Japanese Occupation in 1895, the Japanese had built Taiwan's first hospital on Chiaki street in Da-dao-cheng– the “Japanese Taiwan Clinic,” the former name of National Taiwan University Hospital – followed by the co...
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Medical Books (National Taiwan University)

In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan, and the Japanese medical education system and health care system were directly transplanted to Taiwan and influenced the establishment of the local health care system. Therefore, all the medical papers and journal...
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Medical Photographs (National Taiwan University)

Since 1895, when Taiwan was ceded to Japan, National Taiwan University (“NTU”) College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital experienced the initial rough stages of building foundations and plan implementations. While introducing we...
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General Physics Manuscripts (National Taiwan University)

Having passed through a long history—from inheriting the hand-made or antiquated laboratory apparatuses in the age of Taihoku Imperial University and receiving an abundance of equipment during the period of U.S. aid after Taiwan’s retrocession, t...
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General Physics Texts (National Taiwan University)

Having passed through a long history—from inheriting the hand-made or antiquated laboratory apparatuses in the age of Taihoku Imperial University and receiving an abundance of equipment during the period of U.S. aid after Taiwan’s retrocession, t...
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The Archives of the National Government (Academia Historica)   

The content covers historical documents of internal and external affairs and major construction projects of the National Government of the Republic of China, a total of 16,,942 volumes in 21 categories, and covering the time period from July, 1925 to...
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The Collection of President Chiang Kai-shek (Academia Historica) 

These files include documents, telegrams, diaries, letters, books, maps, audio-visual data and other artifacts of Chiang Kai-Shek's administrative legacy, compiled through the years by close aides of Chiang. During Chiang's relinquishment of power in...
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The Archives of the National Resources Commission (Academia Historica) 

These files span the years from 1939 to 1952, in a total of 27,985 volumes; of these, 20,074volumes are in Chinese, and 7,911 are in foreign languages. Chinese files are documents interchanged between the National Resources Commission and other subsi...
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The Collection of President Chiang Ching-kuo (Academia Historica) 

Includes 2,314 volumes of artifacts related to president Chiang Ching-Kuo, including previously classified military files, files of the Kuomingtang servicemen, records of meetings with foreign guests, acts and events, notes and speeches, photographs,...
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Archives of the Taiwan Sotokufu (Taiwan Historica)  

The files of the Taiwan Sotokufu (Governor-General) were originally stored in a large storage room in the archives department of the residence of the Taiwan Sotokufu. These included 6,789 volumes of permanent official records, and 3,226 volumes of 15...
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Archives of the Taiwan Sotokufu Monopoly Bureau (Taiwan Historica)  

The Taiwan Sotokufu Monopoly Bureau was the general administrative organization of the monopoly system of the Japanese government in Taiwan. The Taiwan Historica has in its collection approximately 4 million pages in 12,815 volumes of files of the Ta...
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Rare books, Vernacular literature, Quasi rare books, Ancient spring-bound books (Academia Sinica)  

The rare collections in the Fu Ssu-Nien Library are of great value and relevance to sinologists all over the world. The rare collection includes: (1)Over 44,765 volumes of rare books; (2)About 10,579 volumes of vernacular literature that are essentia...
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Southwestern China's nationalities Combined archive of Southwestern China's nationalities (field photographs) (Academia Sinica)  

Between 1929 and 1943, early Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica) researchers carried out planned, scientific, and inter-provincial investigative field work in southern, southwestern, and northeastern China on a historically unprecede...
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Online Public Access Catalogue for the Digital Archives of Archaeological Data (Academia Sinica) 

There are two sets of archaeological data and related information housed in Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Archaeological data collected before 1949 were recovered from Mainland China. Archaeological data collected after 1949 ar...
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Literatures of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

Literature Database of Native Plants in Taiwan consists mainly of the classified literature on Taiwan vascular plants. The intent is to build a classified catalogue and data system of native Taiwan plants and to present data of different periods and ...
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Specimens of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

There are over 115,000 specimen items in the Herbarium of Academia Sinica, among which approximately 85,000 were gathered locally in Taiwan. The intent is to build a Chinese-English bilingual search system of native Taiwan plant specimens that compri...
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Images of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

The image database of native plants in Taiwan consists mainly of the wildlife photos of Taiwan vascular plants. Preserving valuable image files, the database documents the precious natural resources of Taiwan, and provides a great basis for expert ac...
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Book Collections on Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895-1945 (Academia Sinica)

Japanese old books are collected by Institute of Taiwan, previously held by Imperial Taiwan Library, Southern Materials Center and partly purchased from the Japanese professor of Taiwan university after the war, included books, periodicals, newspaper...
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The Yang Yun-Ping Collection (Academia Sinica)

Yang Yun-Ping (1906-2000) is previously known as Yang You-Lian. He published an article on The Taiwan Minpao with the pseudonym “Shih-Lin Yun-Ping Sheng” in 1924, after that he was known as Yun-Ping generally. In 1925, he published “Renren” m...
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Taiwan Sotokufu Archives

This database embodies Taiwan Sotokufu Archives(1895-1945). It was established by Academia Sinica and Taiwan Historica since 1997....
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Taiwan Archival Information System

This database embodies historical records, private manuscripts, official documents and book collections collected by Institute of Taiwan History. The formats of the resources include physical and digital manifestations. The establishment of integrati...
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Historical Images (Academia Sinica)

The contents of this collection are mainly portraits, family photos, events photos, old postcards and maps. Topics include the famous scenic and historic site of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period, construction work, official buildings, abori...
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The Du Xiang-Guo Collection (Academia Sinica)

Du Xiang-Guo (1893-1946) was born in Dajia, Taichung County. He and his father, Du Qing (1869-1937), devoted to the refinement of straw hats. Du Qing founded the first private company in Taiwan and he was the first to set up factories to produce Daji...
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Diplomatic and Economic Archives (Academia Sinica)

The Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, has kept a collection of files on foreign and economic offices and data donated by individuals. The files on foreign offices include documents from the Office in Charge of Foreign Affairs (1861-1901),...
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Western paintings (National Museum of History)

The National Museum of History houses 737 Western paintings of the early Republic of China period, such as those by Chang Yu, Pan Yu-Liang, Ma Bai-Shui, Zhao Er-Dai, Liao Ji-Chun, Zhao Wu-Ji, Yang San-Lang, Lan Yin-Ding, and Xi De-Jin. Foreign painti...
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Calligraphy (National Palace Museum)     

The National Palace Museum has a vast collection of calligraphy works, dating from the Jin and Tang dynasties to the ROC Era. The collection’s variety of styles, including the seal script (zhuanshu), the clerical script (lishu), the standard scrip...
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Painting (National Palace Museum)   

he paintings in the National Palace Museum span several dynasties, dating from the Tang dynasty to the ROC Era. This collection covers over one thousand years of Chinese painting tradition and development, and encompasses a wide range of genres, inc...
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Embroidery and Tapestry (National Palace Museum)   

The collection of embroidery and tapestry pieces in the National Palace Museum date from the Song dynasty to the ROC era, with a complete range of subjects, including landscape, flower and bird, figure, and so on. Though not particularly large in siz...
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