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100 Years of Taiwanese Voice & 30th Anniversary of ITH

Publication date: 20 Oct 2023
Author: The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

The 30th anniversary of the ITH coincides in 2023 with the centennial of the launching of ‘Taiwan Minpao.’ Both institutions are important milestones for the people of Taiwan coming into the process of exercising their self-awareness, voicing their opinions accordingly and forging a consensus around the issue. With ‘100 Years of Taiwanese Voice’ and ‘30th Anniversary of ITH’ as focal points, the exhibition makes use of specially selected diaries, newspapers, old books, manuscripts and photographs retracing the 1920s and how contemporary Taiwanese popularized ideas by means of the press, thereby sowing the seeds of conviction for change. The founding and subsequent development of the ITH help to explore Taiwan’s journey from the yoke of martial law to the state of diversity as well as the evolution of Taiwanese history from a marginal academic discipline to a new frontier in mainstream academic research.

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I. Institutional Archives
(i) Historical Materials Related to the February 28 Incident and White Terror (1947-1956)

This record group includes investigative reports conducted by agencies of the Secrets Bureau. It contains intelligence sources collected by agencies in different divisions of Taiwan during the February 28 Incident and White Terror periods. The records are important historical materials for research on the February 28 Incident and the White Terror period.

(ii) Records on the Taiwan Provincial Legislature (1946-1951) 

The Taiwan Provincial Legislature was established on May 1, 1946. It was the supreme public opinion institution until the Taiwan Provincial Interim Assembly was founded in December of 1951. This record group contains official documents related to the February 28 Incident, including the petition jointly submitted by representatives asking the government to release arrested representatives and suggesting that they hand down lenient sentences. These records are first-hand historical materials for research on the attitudes and behavior of the Taiwan Provincial Legislature during the February 28 Incident.

(iii) Forestry Records during the Taiwan Provincial Executive Office Period (1945-1947)

After World War II, the Kuomintang government took over Taiwan and established the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office and later founded the Forestry Bureau to take over the transactions conducted by the Taiwan Government General and to manage Forestry administrative works in Taiwan. The record group includes documents related to inner investigations of staff members’ involvements in the February 28 Incident. It contains reports on the progress of events, and statistics on death, injury, and property damage. Although this record group presents the government’s perspectives, it still gives the reader a glimpse of the government’s reaction to the February 28 Incident and the tension between officials and citizens.


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