Alternate Title
Category
Archival Material
Institution
Simon Fraser University
Access
open access
URL
https://grassrootschinesehistory.ca/
Description
The Grassroots Chinese History Archive (GCHA) is an open-access digital archive hosting grassroots documents collected primarily in Tianjin between 2003 and 2011, focused on China's social, political, and cultural history from the 1950s through the 1970s. The archive contains two main collections: Tianjin's Cultural Revolution Collection, comprising documents created by mass organizations and discarded institutional records, and the Chen Xiuliang and Sha Wenhan Family Collection, featuring files related to two prominent Zhejiang provincial officials of the 1950s. Built by students and faculty at Simon Fraser University, the database supports keyword search, advanced search, and tag-based browsing, with new items regularly added.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Full-text Early PRC (1949–1966) Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) Historical archive Local history Biography Digital humanities
Last Modified
5/13/2026 5:12pm