“进步书刊”“革命史料”与“革命历史文献”——兼述上海图书馆“革命历史文献特藏”的前世与今生

Progress Books,Historical Materials of Revolution and Historical Documents of Revolution:Also Describes the Past and Present Lives of The Special Collection of Revolutionary Historical Documents in Shanghai Library

经历了20世纪种种政治风暴、战争烽火和社会大动乱幸存于世的"革命历史文献",早已被海内外图书馆界视为不可多得的珍藏对象,但在业内外人士的口中和笔下,此宗文献往往指称不一,存在着概念上的模糊性。本文在搜集书例和书证的基础上进行语词辨识,试图厘清"进步(革命)书刊""革命史料(文物)"及"革命历史文献"等说法的语境及其内涵和外延,认为"革命历史文献"一词最能体现历史唯物主义的科学内涵。而当年顾廷龙先生在主持合众图书馆、上海历史文献图书馆及上海图书馆时所开设的"革命历史文献特藏",为与时俱进的资源开发和社会利用奠定了丰厚的文献资源基础,从而赋予今人若干重要的思想启迪。

The historical documents of revolution that survived various political storms,wars,and social upheaval in the 20th century have long been regarded as rare collection objects by libraries at home and abroad.However,in the oral and written expressions of people who are inside and outside the industry,the reference names of these literatures are often different,and the concepts of these names are ambiguous.Based on the collection of book examples and documentary evidence,this article attempts to clarify the context,connotation and extension of the terms progress (revolution) books,historical materials (cultural relics) of revolution and historical documents of revolution.It is believed that the term historical documents of revolution can best embody the scientific connotation of historical materialism.The Special Collection of Revolutionary Historical Documents opened by Mr.Gu Tinglong when he was in charge of the Hezhong Library,Shanghai Historical Literature Library and Shanghai Library laid a rich foundation of document resources for the resource development and social utilization that advance with the times,and thus endowed modern people with some important thoughts and inspirations.