[ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CANTON ARCHIVES, 1886-1949.].
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Information compiled Fr. Michel Marcil 滿而溢, S.J. and Sr. Mary Celeste Rouleau, R.S.M.
Background: Xerox copies of original materials from the archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Canton administered by the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP).
Description: 7 boxes: Approximately 10,000 documents, consisting of correspondence, reports, records and other printed materials in French, Latin, English, Italian, Chinese and Portuguese. Documents are arranged in tied bundles as described below.

Note: Three sheets are included in Box 1:
[A] "Contents: Canton Archives", initialed and dated: MCR 5/87 (Marie-Celeste Rouleau, May 1987); 14 bundles, with the total number of documents in each bundle, plus the number of documents in the different languages.
[B] "Rev. Pe Manuel Teixeira, Seminario de S. Jose, Dicose de Macau (Documentos)".
[C] "Documentos" and "Copias", in Portuguese and Chinese.
Some bundles are wrapped in recycled paper with the letterhead of the China Jesuit History Project located in the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos in 1987.

BOX 1 : 14 Bundles: 1418 documents: 762 in French; 517 in Latin; 95 in English; 23 in Italian; 18 in Chinese; 3 in Portuguese.
Bundle 1. Five Year Reports to the Vatican. 2 Documents in Latin [1930 & 1935]. Partial translation in French.
Bundle 2. Encyclical letters. Instructions. Reports to Propaganda Fide (1886-1943). 26 Documents: 22 in Latin. 4 in French.
Bundle 3. Correspondence with Apostolic Delegation. 180 Letters: 1922-1929: 124 in Latin; 56 in French.
Bundle 4. Correspondence with Apostolic Delegation. 232 Letters: 1930-1949: 90 in Latin; 132 in French; 5 in Chinese 3 in English; 2 in Italian.
Bundle 5. Correspondence. Neighboring Missions. Holy Childhood, Archives. 63 Documents: 50 in French; 7 in Latin; 4 in English; 2 in Chinese.
Bundle 6. Mission of Canton. Mission of Swatow. 4 Documents: 2 in Latin 2 in French.
Bundle 7. Correspondence with Propaganda Fide. 226 Letters;: 1891-1946 (not in order) 160 in Latin, 27 in French, 20 in Italian 18 in English, 1 in Chinese.
Bundle 8. Correspondence 1928-1945 Synodal Commission; Apostolic Delegate (Pekin). 126 Letters: 89 in French, 37 in Latin.
Bundle 9, I. Correspondence (1924-1947). Sancian. Wuchow. Kaying. Canton & Pakkoi. Shiuchow. Nanking. Kunming. Changsha. Hong Kong. Swatow. 367 Letters: 245 in French, 65 in English, 48 in Latin, 6 in Chinese, 2 in Portuguese, 1 in Italian.
Bundle 9, II. Canton & Pakkoi. Pac-hoi.
Bundle 10. 5 Year Report (1940). 1 Document in Latin.
Bundle 11. Circulars, Correspondence with Missions étrangerès de Paris (1925-1946) 128 Letters: 127 in French, 1 in English.
Bundle 12. History Articles. (Different Periods). 25 Documents: 12 in Latin, 8 in French, 3 in Chinese 2 in English.
Bundle 13. Historical Archives. 38 documents: 22 in French, 12 in Latin, 2 in English, 1 in Chinese, 1 in Portuguese.

Box 2-7 descriptions under construction

Jiaowu jiao’andang 教務教案檔 /  [zhubian Zhang Guiyong ; bianji Lü Shiqiang, Li Sihan, Wang Ermin  主編張貴永 ; 編輯呂實强, 李思涵, 王爾敏] ; Zhongyang yanjiuyuan jindaishi yanjiusuo bian  中央硏究院近代史硏究所編.

本檔係據清季總理各國事務衙門清檔中之教務教案部分編纂而成.

"Chronology of major events" at the end of each volume in English.

第1輯. 1-3. 咸豐十年-同治五年 -- 第2輯. 1-3. 同治六年-同治九年 -- 第3輯. 1-3. 同治十年-光緖四年 -- 第4輯. 1-3. 光緖五年-光緖十二年 -- 第5輯. 1-3. 光緖十三年-光緖二十一年 -- 第6輯. 1-3. 光緖二十二年-光緖二十五年 -- 第7輯. 1-2. 光緖二十六年-宣統三年.* indicates mising sections.

Di 1 ji. 1-3. Xianfeng shinian-Tongzhi wunian -- di 2 ji. 1-3. Tongzhi liunian-Tongzhi jiunian -- di 3 ji. 1-3. Tongzhi shinian-Guangxu sinian -- di 4 ji. 1-3. Guangxu wunian-Guangxu shi’ernian -- di 5 ji. 1-3.Guangxu shisannian-Guangxu ershiyinian -- di 6 ji. 1-3. Guangxu ershiernian-Guangxu ershiwu nian -- di qi ji. 1-2. Guangxu ershiliunian-Xuantong sannian.

Library copy imperfect: parts 3, 4, and 7 missing.