英国藏开滦煤矿档案研究述评

Review of Archive of Kailuan Coal Mine in UK

开滦煤矿作为近代中国最大的中英合资企业,在近代中国工业史上占据重要的地位。随着国际交流的深入,开滦煤矿的档案资料海外部分得以公开,其中英国藏开滦煤矿档案部分,既涵盖公务档案,也涉及私密性较强的个人史料,尤其是牛津大学博德利(Bodleian)图书馆馆藏那森爱德档案(E.J.Nathan Papers)。这些档案对于全面了解开滦煤矿的建立、经济活动及矿权问题具有重大意义,也可为研究同时期政治、经济、外交等关键事件提供核心史料。

As the largest Sino-British joint venture in modern China,Kailuan Coal Mine occupies an important position in modern Chinese industrial history.With the deepening of international communication,the overseas archives of Kailuan coal mine have been made public.The archives of Kailuan coal mine in Britain covers both official files and personal historical materials with privacy,especially the E.J.Athan Papers from Oxford's Bodleian Library.These archives are of great significance for a comprehensive understanding of the establishment,economic activities and mining rights of Kailuan Coal Mine,and can also provide core historical materials for the study of key political,economic,and diplomatic events in the same period.