国立北平图书馆在西南——试述抗战时期国立北平图书馆对西南文献的访求

The National Library of China in the Southwest——A Search for Southwest Literature by the National Library of China During the Anti-Japanese War

1937年至1945年是中国国家图书馆历史上馆务南迁、战时服务的时期,当时的国立北平图书馆对西南地区文献进行了艰苦卓绝的搜访工作,保存下来大量的、十分珍贵的西南民族地区文献资料,如西南地区地方志、碑刻、少数民族文献等,本文试从抗战时期国立北平图书馆对西南文献访求的缘起、过程、成果等出发,展示图书馆人为守护民族文献、延续国家文脉所做的重要贡献,丰富中国国家图书馆在抗战时期馆史研究方面的资料。

The period from 1937 to 1945 witnessed the migration southwards and war-time service of the National Library of China, who conducted an arduous literature search in southwest China. So a large number of valuable documents and materials of southwest ethnic areas have been preserved, such as local chronicle, inscription, literature of ethnic minorities etc. Starting from the origin, process and results of the National Library’s searching for southwest literature during the Anti-Japanese War, this paper displays the important contributions of librarians to protecting national literature and passing on national context in order to enrich the information of the National Library of China in the study of library history during the Anti-Japanese War .