Draft work in progress 'A selective and annotated bibliography of Chinese history, thought and society to 1965 in Western languages (excluding Russian)'
- Component identifier:
- Series 1
- Content Summary:
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In 1965, Van der Sprenkel commenced work on a comprehensive bibliography of important writings on China which had been published in Western languages other than Russian up until that date. Although materials written in Chinese or Japanese were deemed out of scope for the project, any known translations of such works in Western languages were included in the review. The entries were divided into general subject classifications, and provided bibliographic descriptions and abstracts for all titles.
Whilst compiling the bibliography Professor Van der Sprenkel spent much time at the National Library, where he and his research assistants were allocated a special study room. He was still absorbed in the compilation task until shortly before his death in 1978, and regrettably plans for the posthumous publication of the bibliography did not eventuate.
An additional typed extract from the draft bibliography forms part of the papers in Series 2/File 5.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The material forming Series 1 of the collection was presented to the Library by Otto van der Sprenkel in 1972. Several additions to the papers, which were donated in separate instalments by Dawn Richardson and Stephan Williams in 2001, are contained in Series 2.
- Names:
- Otto Van der Sprenkel
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- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2788171).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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