李俨与史密斯的通信

The Correspondence between Li Yan and David Eugene Smith

美国哥伦比亚大学珍本与手稿图书馆史密斯(David Eugene Smith)档案和中国科学院自然科学史研究所图书馆藏有近20通李俨(1892—1963)和史密斯(1860—1944)通信的正本、副本及草稿。这些通信的主要内容是有关合作撰写英文本中国数学史。尽管他们的合作没有成功,但这些信件是研究中国数学史学史的重要材料。

The David Eugene Smith Archive of the Rare Books and Manuscript Library of Columbia University in New York,and the Library of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing,have preserved almost 20 letters（including some carbon copies and drafts） between Li Yan（1982—1963） and David Eugene Smith（1860—1944）.The main content of the correspondence is on writing an English book on Chinese mathematics.Though the book project eventually failed,the archive materials are important primary sources for history of the study of Chinese mathematics.This paper provides a Chinese translation of these letters,including some drafts,preserved in the mentioned two institutions.