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"The archives of the Grand Secretariat currently housed at the Institute were originally kept at the Grand Secretariat Storehouse in the Ch'ing imperial palace. They were removed from the Storehouse when it underwent renovation in 1909. After the overthrow of the Ch'ing, these archives changed hands several times, and were, at one point, even sold to a paper recycling factory. Eventually, the Institute purchased them from Li Sheng-to, a book collector, in 1929 thanks to the efforts of Fu Ssu-nien, the Institute's first director. There are over four thousand Ming (1368-1644) documents and more than three hundred thousand volumes of Ch'ing (1644-1911) archival materials in this collection, including imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute document, examination questions, examination papers, rosters of successful examination candidates, documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat, documents from the offices for book compilation, and old documents from Mukden. Memorials make up the bulk these documents.The archives contain valuable source materials for institutional, social and economic historians. They record general administrative activities and legal cases, many of which cannot be found in Ch'ing legal compendia." (cited from database website)

Contributed articles presented at the conference "11th Bod-kyi rig-gnas bgro-glen" held in 2014 at Sa-rā Bod-kyi Mtho-rim Slob-gnyer-khang, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh; on the historical value of Simla Accord, 1914. The Simla Accord, or the Convention Between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, in Simla, was a treaty concerning the status of Tibet negotiated by the representatives of the Republic of China, Tibet and the British India (United Kingdom) in Simla in 1913 and 1914

Collection of articles on the 1913 Tibeto-Mongol Treaty, including the Tibetan and Mongolian versions of the treaty, and their respective translations into English

Right there but still unnoticed information on dGa' Idan pho brang Mi ser from archival material published in German(y) Jeanne Bischoff -- The role of the Ambans in the Dalai Lama government according to the Ten-Point Edict Kalsang Norbu Gurung -- In search of the Tibetan translators within the Manchu empire an attempt to go from the global to the local Fabienne Jagou -- On the edition, structure, and authorship of the Weizang Tongzhi Liu Yuxuan -- Sde srid Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho's short remarks on ordeals in his Guidelines for Government Officials Christoph Cüppers -- An almost forgotten dGe lugs pa incarnation line as Manorial Lord in bKra shis ljongs, Central Tibet Peter Schwieger -- How to tame a wild monastic elephant Drepung monastery according to the great Fifth Berthe Jansen -- How should we define social status? The study of "intermediate groups" in Central Tibet (1895-1959) Alice Travers -- Who were the Tibetan lawmakers? Fernanda Pirie -- Recapturing runaways, or administration through contract the 1830 covenant (Gan rgya) on Kotapa Tax exiles and Sikkimese border regions Saul Mullard -- Reflections on recruitment and ritual economy in three Himalayan village monasteries Astrid Hovden -- Hidden Himalayan transcripts strategies of social opposition in Mustang (Nepal), 19th-20th centuries Charles Ramble