Inventory of the Taiwan newspaper collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Simon Ertz, Sarah Cassone
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2019
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
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Title: Taiwan newspaper collection
Date (inclusive): 1952-1990
Collection Number: 2019C139
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
83 oversize boxes
(107.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The newspapers in this collection were originally collected by the Hoover Institution Library and transferred to the Archives
in 2019. The Taiwan newspaper collection (1952-1990) comprises two English-language titles of publication. The titles within
this collection have been further analyzed in Stanford University Libraries catalog.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
Due to the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across its scope. Copyright is assumed to be held
by the original newspaper publications, which should be contacted wherein public domain has not yet passed. The Hoover Institution
can neither grant nor deny permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2019 from the Hoover Institution Library.
Preferred Citation
The following information is suggested along with your citation: [Title/Date of Publication], Taiwan newspaper collection
[Box no.], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Hoover Institution's collecting history regarding newspapers spans over 80 years. Newspapers became an integral core component
of the "Hoover War Collection" soon after it was established in 1919 as a repository of materials on World War I and the states
and societies involved in it. The subsequent widening of focus to cover the themes of "War, Revolution, and Peace" caused
the collection to grow further in scope and volume into a variety of directions.
As a result, over the course of 80 years, thousands of newspaper titles from close to a hundred different countries were collected.
They document major political and historical events, such as military conflicts and wars, the collapse of political systems,
states, and empires, the establishment of radical and revolutionary regimes, and the corollaries of all these developments,
including economic crises, famines, and migration for political reasons.
In 2000-2001, the Hoover Library's newspaper collection activities came to an almost complete halt. Around that time, the
"realignment" of library activities and collections at Stanford saw the transfer of more than 2,000 newspaper titles from
specific (mostly non-European) countries from the Hoover Library to other libraries at Stanford. Moreover, prior to the realignment,
a significant but unknown volume of paper copies of newspapers (including many Russian/Soviet titles) were discarded after
being microfilmed.
In totality, the remaining paper copies of newspapers at Hoover - excluding microfilm holdings - comprise more than 5,000
unique titles, of which at least many hundreds can be considered rare or very rare. These remaining newspaper collections
at Hoover contain materials dating from all periods of the 20th century, with some titles reaching back into the 19th century.
While the variety and diversity of papers is considerable, most titles fall into one of three groups: 1) general daily and
weekly newspapers; 2) party and propaganda newspapers; 3) newspapers addressing national or ethnic minorities, émigré newspapers,
veterans' papers, professional and union papers.
The largest number of newspaper runs include copies from the first half of the 20th century. Newspapers from this period illuminate
in particular the two world wars and their consequences as well as political, social, and economic developments in Europe
and beyond, including the rise of Socialist, right-wing, and Fascist ideologies and movements. Among the late 20th century
holdings, a significant number of papers reflect political change in various regions, most prominently the end of Socialist
and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also revolutionary or radical political movements in non-European states, e.g.
in Latin America.
Very few holdings of individual newspaper titles possess complete or near-complete runs. However, in cases of gaps, supplementation
can sometimes be found in the form of microfilm copies available at the Hoover Library or holdings at Stanford University
Libraries.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Taiwan newspaper collection (1952-1990) comprises two English-language titles of publication. Analyzed title information
can be found in Stanford University Libraries catalog
here
Arrangement Statement
The Taiwan newspaper collection has been organized into two (2) series, for the titles within the collection: 1. China news.
(Taipei: China News & Pub. Service, 1961-1990) and 2. China post. (Taipei, China: N. Yu-Huang, 1952-1953, 1959-1970, 1973-1975).
You will also notice a string of numbers within the series information. These numbers represent the library catalog ID for
that particular newspaper title. If input into Stanford's library catalog you will be directed to the full catalog record.
We have preserved this information within our finding aid for both the benefit and ease of the researcher, as well as our
intention to utilize it via automated linking in the future.
The materials in this collection are part of an Offsite Move Project spanning 2018-2019. The items were acquired from the
Hoover Institution Library as "news collections" and were originally housed, unboxed, on shelves via their call number (normally
a country) and ordered alphabetically by title. In some cases, newspapers were not assigned a particular country, but instead
a language designation.
Upon transfer to the Archives, the collection's materials were housed in archival boxes according to size, and afforded item
level descriptive information. Intellectual arrangement was then imposed to each collection both alphabetically by title and
chronologically by date. When searching for a title alphabetically it is important to remember that all initial articles,
particularly ones used in varying languages, are excluded in alphabetical arrangement, and the title is organized based on
the first word (despite the initial article still remaining at the beginning of the title). The formatting of the dates preserves
the packet title holdings information, which was the format used by Hoover Library Staff for decades. As a result, some dates
may appear out of order by month. In the 1980s, Hoover grew less detailed in their capturing of holdings information, resulting
in generalized statements of "many issues missing" or sometimes not recording a missing issue at all.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Taiwan newspapers
China news. (Taipei: China News & Pub. Service, 1961-1990)
box 2
China news (Taipei)
1961:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 10-12, Dec 3, 19-21
box 2
China news (Taipei)
1962:Apr 10-Jun 30
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 1-9, May 10-12, Jun 2, 24-26
box 2
China news (Taipei)
1962:Jan 2-Mar 31
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 22, Feb 13, 25, Mar 3, 11, 17, 25
box 3
China news (Taipei)
1962:Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 10-12, 28-31, Aug 19-21, Sep 28, Oct 21, Nov 5
box 5
China news (Taipei)
1963:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jun 16-18, 28
box 4
China news (Taipei)
1963:Jan 5-Mar 31
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 28, Feb 5-7, Mar 10, 13-18, 25-28
box 4
China news (Taipei)
1963:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 10
box 1
China news (Taipei)
1963:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 3, 23-25, Dec 31
box 11
China news (Taipei)
1964:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 23, 25-27, May 11
box 10
China news (Taipei)
1964:Jan 2-Mar 31
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 27-29, Mar 7-9
box 8
China news (Taipei)
1964:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 8, Aug 25-27, Sep 4-6, 19, 29
box 12
China news (Taipei)
1964:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 11, 12, 14, 25
box 1
China news (Taipei)
1965:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 7-9
box 10
China news (Taipei)
1965:Jan 3-Mar 31
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 19, 23, Feb 17/19, 26-29, Mar 1-3, 13
box 12
China news (Taipei)
1965:Jul-Sep
box 13
China news (Taipei)
1965:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 13-15, 22-24
box 7
China news (Taipei)
1966:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 7-9
box 11
China news (Taipei)
1966:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 5, 13-15, Mar 26, 30
box 5
China news (Taipei)
1966:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 24, Aug 27, Sep 8-10, 26-28
box 6
China news (Taipei)
1966:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 19-24, Nov 10-12, 28-30, Dec 22-25
box 7
China news (Taipei)
1967:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 4-6, May 19-20
box 15
China news (Taipei)
1967:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 7-10, 22
box 9
China news (Taipei)
1967:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 13-15
box 9
China news (Taipei)
1967:Oct-Dec
box 19
China news (Taipei)
1968:Jan-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 16, Apr 8, 19, Jun 19-21
box 15
China news (Taipei)
1968:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 4-6, Sep 16
box 13
China news (Taipei)
1968:Oct-Dec
box 14
China news (Taipei)
1969:Jan-Feb
box 16
China news (Taipei)
1969:Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 10, 13, 16-18, 22, 24, 29, Sep 1-3, 27, Oct 4, 25
box 14
China news (Taipei)
1969:Mar-Jun
box 21
China news (Taipei)
1970:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 7, 10, Sep 16-18
box 26
China news (Taipei)
1970:June
box 18
China news (Taipei)
1970:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 10, 12
box 21
China news (Taipei)
1971:Apr-Jun
box 18
China news (Taipei)
1971:Jan-Mar
box 17
China news (Taipei)
1971:Jul 7-Sep 30
box 17
China news (Taipei)
1971:Oct-Dec
box 28
China news (Taipei)
1972:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 23
box 27
China news (Taipei)
1972:Jan-Mar
box 22
China news (Taipei)
1972:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 1-3
box 25
China news (Taipei)
1972:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 16, 23
box 20
China news (Taipei)
1973: Jul-Sep
box 8
China news (Taipei)
1973:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 4-6
box 6
China news (Taipei)
1973:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 3-7, 9, Mar 11
box 20
China news (Taipei)
1973:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing: Oct 25-26
box 28
China news (Taipei)
1974:Apr-Jun
box 27
China news (Taipei)
1974:Jan 1-Mar 31
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 19
box 29
China news (Taipei)
1974:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 25
box 25
China news (Taipei)
1974:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 19-21, Dec 10-12, 19
box 23
China news (Taipei)
1975:Jan-Jun
box 24
China news (Taipei)
1975:Jul-Dec
box 22
China news (Taipei)
1976:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 13-15, Nov 19-21, 28, 31
box 31
China news (Taipei)
1977:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 19-21, Jun 15-16
box 35
China news (Taipei)
1977:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 18-20, Mar 16
box 29
China news (Taipei)
1977:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 4-6, 18, Aug 25
box 30
China news (Taipei)
1977:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 1-3, Dec 16-18
box 31
China news (Taipei)
1978:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 25-26
box 30
China news (Taipei)
1978:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 25, Mar 20
box 32
China news (Taipei)
1978:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 26, Sep 22-24
box 32
China news (Taipei)
1978:Oct-Dec
box 39
China news (Taipei)
1979:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 13-15, Jun 17
box 38
China news (Taipei)
1979:Jan-Mar
box 37
China news (Taipei)
1979:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 13, 14
box 38
China news (Taipei)
1979:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 10-12, 21, Nov 16
box 33
China news (Taipei)
1980:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 25, Jun 4-5
box 33
China news (Taipei)
1980:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 19-20, Feb 16-18, Mar 15, 20, 23
box 34
China news (Taipei)
1980:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 9, Aug 7, Sep 4-6
box 34
China news (Taipei)
1980:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 16, Dec 25
box 35
China news (Taipei)
1981:Apr-Jun
box 36
China news (Taipei)
1981:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
1981:Jan 11, Feb 2, 5-7, 26
box 40
China news (Taipei)
1981:Jul-Sep
box 36
China news (Taipei)
1981:Oct-Dec
box 43
China news (Taipei)
1982:Apr 10-Jun 30
box 37
China news (Taipei)
1982:Jan-Mar
box 40
China news (Taipei)
1982:Jul-Sep
box 39
China news (Taipei)
1982:Oct-Dec
box 41
China news (Taipei)
1983:Apr-Jun
box 41
China news (Taipei)
1983:Jan-Mar
box 65
China news (Taipei)
1983:Jul-Sep
box 65
China news (Taipei)
1983:Oct-Dec
box 61
China news (Taipei)
1984:Apr-Jun
box 61
China news (Taipei)
1984:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Some Missing
box 60
China news (Taipei)
1984:Jul-Sep
box 60
China news (Taipei)
1984:Oct-Dec
box 66
China news (Taipei)
1985:Jan-Jun
box 67
China news (Taipei)
1985:Jul-Dec
box 64
China news (Taipei)
1986:Apr-Jun
box 63
China news (Taipei)
1986:Jan-Mar
box 64
China news (Taipei)
1986:Jul-Sep
box 63
China news (Taipei)
1986:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 22-24, Dec 10-12, 19-21
box 62
China news (Taipei)
1987:Apr-Jun
box 37
China news (Taipei)
1987:Jan-Feb
box 61
China news (Taipei)
1987:Jul-Sep
box 62
China news (Taipei)
1987:Oct-Dec
box 59
China news (Taipei)
1988:Apr-Jun
box 60
China news (Taipei)
1988:Jan-Mar
box 59
China news (Taipei)
1988:Jul-Dec
box 42
China news (Taipei)
1989:Jan-Jun
box 42
China news (Taipei)
1989:Jul-Sep
box 43
China news (Taipei)
1989:Oct-Dec
box 58
China news (Taipei)
1990:Apr-Jun
box 58
China news (Taipei)
1990:Jan-Mar
China post. (Taipei, China: N. Yu-Huang, 1952-1953, 1959-1970, 1973-1975)
box 69
China post (Taipei)
1952:Sep 3-1953:Dec 17
Scope and Contents
Many Issues Missing
box 70
China post (Taipei)
1959:Sep-Dec
box 70
China post (Taipei)
1960:Apr-Jun
box 71
China post (Taipei)
1960:Jan-Mar
box 72
China post (Taipei)
1960:Jul-Sep
box 71
China post (Taipei)
1960:Oct-Dec
box 78
China post (Taipei)
1961:Jan-Apr
box 77
China post (Taipei)
1961:May-Aug
box 68
China post (Taipei)
1961:Sep-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 4
box 76
China post (Taipei)
1962:Jan-Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 30, Apr 12
box 81
China post (Taipei)
1962:May-Aug
box 79
China post (Taipei)
1962:Sep-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 25
box 74
China post (Taipei)
1963:Apr-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing: May 13
box 75
China post (Taipei)
1963:Jan-Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 5
box 82
China post (Taipei)
1963:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 11
box 83
China post (Taipei)
1963:Oct-Dec
box 57
China post (Taipei)
1964:Apr-Jun
box 44
China post (Taipei)
1964:Jan-Mar
box 55
China post (Taipei)
1964:Jul-Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 9
box 54
China post (Taipei)
1964:Oct-Dec
box 56
China post (Taipei)
1965:Apr 1-Jun 21
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 6
box 80
China post (Taipei)
1965:Feb 15-Mar 31
box 80
China post (Taipei)
1965:Jan 1-Feb 14
box 55
China post (Taipei)
1966:Apr-Jun
box 44
China post (Taipei)
1967:Jul-Sep
box 73
China post (Taipei)
1967:Oct-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 1
box 52
China post (Taipei)
1968:Jan-Apr
box 53
China post (Taipei)
1968:May-Aug
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 14
box 56
China post (Taipei)
1968:Sep-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 31
box 51
China post (Taipei)
1969:Jan-Apr
box 50
China post (Taipei)
1969:May-Aug
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 8
box 47
China post (Taipei)
1969:Sep-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 22
box 45
China post (Taipei)
1970:Jan-Apr
box 46
China post (Taipei)
1970:May-Dec
box 54
China post (Taipei)
1973:Jan-Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 22, 29
box 53
China post (Taipei)
1973:May-Aug
box 52
China post (Taipei)
1973:Sep-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 18
box 49
China post (Taipei)
1974:Jan 4-Jun 30
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 23-26, Apr 1
box 54
China post (Taipei)
1974:Jul-Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 12
box 48
China post (Taipei)
1975:Jan 1-Sep 9
