Collection on Democracy Wall
Scope and Contents
The collection on Democracy Wall consists of eight pamphlets, three pages of handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Democracy Wall in Beijing and the final years of the Cultural Revolution. All of the material in this collection was found in a folder labeled "Pamphlets from Democracy Wall 1978-9" and "Democracy Wall Stuff." Brett Sheehan was the immediate source of this acquisition, but the person who originally compiled the material in this collection is unknown. The pamphlets in the collection were published in China and written in Chinese. The newspaper clippings were published in the United States and written in English. The three pages of notes are handwritten in English and titled "Chen Jo-hsi talk at UC Berkeley 1978, May." One of the pamphlets is titled in both Chinese and English: "The Spring of Peking" -- with a publication note written on January 8, 1979 and attributed to 《北京之春》编辑部.
Dates
- 1978 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
Chinese
English
Abstract
The collection on Democracy Wall consists of eight pamphlets, three pages of handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Democracy Wall in Beijing and the final years of the Cultural Revolution. All of the material in this collection was found in a folder labeled "Pamphlets from Democracy Wall 1978-9" and "Democracy Wall Stuff." Brett Sheehan was the immediate source of this acquisition, but the person who originally compiled the material in this collection is unknown. The pamphlets in the collection were published in China and written in Chinese. The newspaper clippings were published in the United States and written in English. The three pages of notes are handwritten in English and titled "Chen Jo-hsi talk at UC Berkeley 1978, May." One of the pamphlets is titled in both Chinese and English: "The Spring of Peking" -- with a publication note written on January 8, 1979 and attributed to 《北京之春》编辑部.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brett Sheehan, April 26, 2022. Sheehan was given this material by a colleague. The person who originally compiled the material in this collection is unknown.
- Chen, Ruoxi, 1938- -- Archives
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Archival resources
- China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Democracy -- China -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Newspaper clippings
- Notes
- Pamphlets
- Protest movements -- China -- Beijing -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Source
- Sheehan, Brett, 1960- (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Collection on Democracy Wall
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1825 United States