Archives & Databases
Articles on archives, rare books, the Chinese Classics Full-text Database, and stone and bronze rubbings.


National Archives Administration’s Virtual Archives of Taiwan - Social & Political Themes

National archives are national government materials that are worthy of long-term preservation and the National Archives Administration (NAA) is Taiwan’s central authority of archives. NAA is responsible for the collection, transfer, organization and preservation of national archives, planning of other management operations and related facilities, as well as receiving gifts, safekeeping and procurement of important archives from individuals or organizations. .....

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Government-Owned Enterprises Digital Archives of Taiwan, National Archives Administration

Government-owned enterprises have been an important part of Taiwan’s industry. They were the corner stones in Taiwan’s economic development in the post-war period. Their growth reflected the operation and management of the companies, the relationship between manufacturing technology and industries, and the impact of national policies on the social and economic developments in Taiwan. Their history in the past six decades is documentary material for the historical and academic researches. .....

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Digitizing the Past, Creating the Future---The Digital Archives Projects of National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University (NTU) is the oldest research institute devoted to diverse fieldworks and houses one of the most comprehensive records of natural and cultural history in Taiwan.  Since 2002, NTU has initiated a digital project to archiving the research heritage in order to preserve and to broaden public access to the legacy holdings.  It is a collaborative effort involving a wide variety of content and data types, reflective of the many research specialties in the university.  We have created digital contents and databases, from anthropology to zoology, representing the rich cultural and biological diversity of Taiwan. .....

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NO.1, University, Taiwan

Currently, there are many historical documents and artifacts that still hold much value for present society.  These excerpts of history silently exist among us, but who will unearth these valuable messages?  They are still dispersed over a wide area, but who will renew these artifacts?  Since the Japanese colonial period, National Taiwan University, then Taihoku Imperial University, started to collect and preserve precious documents and artifacts pertaining to Taiwanese culture. .....

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Railroads

Under the supervision of Liu Mingchuan, then Governor of Taiwan, the construction of the railroad connecting Taipei and Keelung started in 1887, and by 1893, the rail line had reached Hsinchu. After a change of regime, in 1895 the Japanese colonial government started laying tracks to cover cities south of Hsinchu. In 1908, the North-South Line that stretches from Keelung to Kaohsiung was open for operation. Later construction and renovation extended the routes to Yilan, Hualien, Taitung, and Western areas. In addition to national railways, light rails (nicknamed Tai-train) laid by ......

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