The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials, often accompanied by enclosure, notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives,
memorandums  and correspondence with officials of other Government departments and with private firms and persons.

This file contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive or Supervisory committees of the Funeral Trade Association from January 1955 to August 1957.

This file contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive or Supervisory committees of the Funeral Trade Association from June 1949 to December 1950.

Detailed financial fiche of Dazhong Funeral Parlor (大眾殯儀館) in 1955, with figures back to 1953. Detailed record of income and the distribution of profits.

This file contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive or Supervisory committees of the Funeral Trade Association from 1 January 1946 to 3 August 1947.

File on the final removal of the Lingnan Cemetery from its original location.

Annual report of the Xi'an Cemetery (1950)

This file is about the planned construction of a joint coffin repository by the Federation of guilds, trade associations and charity cemeteries of Shanghai. It contains documents on the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese People's relief Association (中國人民救濟總會上海市分會).

This file contains a copy of the new charter of the Funeral Trade Association and various itmes of correspondence, especially letters of resignation of members.

This file contains the minutes of the meetings of the Executive committee of the Federation of guilds, gongsuo and charity cemeteriesfrom 26 April to 27 June 1951.

Situation record of the members of the Federation of guilds, trade association and charity cemeteries of Shanghai

This file contains questionnaires on individual guilds (會館), trade associations (公所) and charity cemeteries (山莊). Contains a lot of data.

This file contains the individual record fiches of the members of the Federation of guilds, gongsuo and charity cemeteries 公所會館山莊聯合會 for 1950. Very rich in data.

This file contains the text of the earliest regulation on funeral companies (parlors, cemeteries, etc.) by the People's Government of Shanghai, including the minutes of a few essential meetings

Dossier concerning Yang Xinda (楊新大), a 49-year-old woman from Shanghai whose death was investigated as a suicide by drowning in March 1949. The file contains a police report on the non-natural death, handwritten witness and family statements concerning the circumstances preceding her disappearance and death, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 楊新大, female, aged 49, and records the location of the body in the Pudong area near 東溝楊家門. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Yang Xinda died from entering/falling into water while alive (生前落水身死).

Dossier concerning Xu Zhongda (許仲達), a 40-year-old man from Fujian who died in Shanghai on 1 April 1949 after jumping from a building. The police investigated the death as a suicide and compiled a report on the non-natural death together with statements from persons acquainted with the deceased concerning his circumstances and behavior prior to the incident. The dossier also contains a prosecutorial inquest and a detailed examination of the corpse. The examination identifies the deceased as 許仲達, male, aged 40, native of Fujian. The final medico-legal conclusion states that he died from injuries to the head and cerebral concussion caused by a fall while alive (生前跌傷頭部腦震盪身死).

Dossier concerning Guo Yi (郭毅), a 28-year-old man from Hebei who died in Shanghai on 7 April 1949 after shooting himself. A medical certificate of death issued by Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院) identifies the deceased as 郭毅, male, aged 28, and records a gunshot wound to the head (頭腦部槍傷) as the primary cause of death. The place of death is given as the Lester Chinese Hospital on Shantung Road. The dossier contains the police report on the non-natural death, statements concerning the circumstances leading to the shooting, the hospital death certificate, judicial correspondence, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal examination concludes that Guo Yi died after using a handgun on himself, with the gunshot directed at the left temple.

Dossier concerning Ding Qian Yuyu (丁錢余玉), a 35-year-old woman from Jiangyin, Jiangsu, who committed suicide in Shanghai in April 1949 by ingesting sleeping pills. The police report records that she was found after taking an overdose of 安眠藥丸 and was sent for emergency medical treatment, where she subsequently died. The dossier contains a report on the non-natural death, police investigation records, statements from her husband and other persons concerning the circumstances preceding the suicide, administrative documentation, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 丁錢氏, female, aged 35, native of Jiangyin. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died after ingesting sleeping medication while alive (生前服安眠藥丸死).

Dossier concerning Zhao Wangshi (趙王氏), a 59-year-old woman from Zhejiang who died in Shanghai in May 1949 after ingesting poison. The file contains a medical certificate of death issued under the Shanghai Municipal Government Health Bureau, a diagnostic certificate from Shanghai Public Hospital (上海公濟醫院), a police report on the non-natural death, witness and family statements concerning the circumstances preceding the poisoning, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The corpse examination identifies the deceased as 趙王氏, female, aged 59, and records her native place as Zhejiang. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died from poison ingested while alive (生前服毒身死).

Dossier concerning Zhou Jianrong (周劍榮), a 39-year-old man from Haimen (海門), who died in Shanghai in May 1949 after jumping from a building. The police investigated the death as a suicide. The file contains a report on the non-natural death, statements concerning the circumstances preceding the incident, hospital documentation, correspondence concerning the judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. A medical certificate of death from Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院) identifies Zhou Jianrong and records death on 19 May 1949 from severe head injuries associated with the fall. The subsequent corpse examination identifies the deceased as 周劍榮, male, aged 39, native of Haimen, and the final medico-legal conclusion attributes death to injuries sustained in a fall while alive.

Dossier concerning the death of Liu Wencheng (劉文成), who died after jumping from a building in Shanghai in September 1948. The file documents the police investigation and request for examination of the body, a report concerning a non-natural/non-illness death, related administrative and medical correspondence, the prosecutor's inquest, and detailed examination of the corpse and injuries. The documents record the identification of the deceased and the official investigation into the circumstances and cause of death.

Dossier concerning Li Shimin (李世民), a male Shanghai resident who attempted suicide in 1948 by jumping from the second floor of his residence. A certificate from Chung San Memorial Hospital records that he had attempted suicide by jumping from a second floor and had subsequently received treatment in the hospital’s orthopedic department. Li Shimin died in Zhongshan Hospital on 10 September 1948, after which the hospital notified his family or related persons and the authorities. The Shanghai Municipal Police subsequently requested a judicial examination. The dossier contains police correspondence, hospital documentation, interrogation records concerning the circumstances of the suicide attempt, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The medico-legal examination concluded that Li Shimin died from injuries sustained in a fall (生前跌傷身死).

Dossier concerning Cai Wangshi (蔡汪氏), a 39-year-old woman who committed suicide by jumping into the river in the Bund area of Shanghai on 8 October 1948. The Shanghai Municipal Police Water Branch investigated the case and recorded the place of the incident as the Huangpu River in the Bund area (外灘一帶浦江). The file contains a death certificate issued by Lester Chinese Hospital (上海仁濟醫院), police reports and witness interrogations concerning the circumstances of the incident, correspondence requesting a judicial examination, and the subsequent prosecutorial inquest and corpse examination. The examination identifies the deceased as Cai Wangshi, female, aged 39, and concludes that she died from drowning while alive (生前溺斃身死).

Dossier concerning Li Xingxing (李杏興), an 18-year-old woman from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, whose body was found in a well in Shanghai in November 1948. The police treated the case as a suicide by jumping into a well and prepared a report on the non-natural death, together with statements concerning the discovery of the body and the circumstances surrounding her death. The file also contains judicial inquest records and a detailed corpse examination. The examination identifies the deceased as Li Xingxing, female, aged 18, native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and records signs consistent with immersion. The final medico-legal conclusion states that she died after falling into water while alive (生前落水身死).

Dossier concerning Chu Landi (褚蘭弟), a 32-year-old woman from Jiangsu who died in Shanghai in November 1948 after ingesting poison. The file includes a certificate from the Shanghai Municipal Fourth Hospital (上海市立第四醫院), police reports and witness statements concerning the circumstances preceding the poisoning, correspondence requesting a judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The inquest identifies the deceased as 褚蘭弟, female, aged 32, and records physical findings associated with the poisoning. The final medico-legal conclusion states that the deceased died from poison taken while alive (生前服毒身死).

Dossier concerning Fu Junsheng (傅俊生), a 25-year-old man from Sichuan who died in Shanghai in November 1948 following a fall from a building while hospitalized. He had been admitted to the Shanghai Municipal Police Hospital (上海市警察局警察醫院) on 16 November and died on 22 November 1948. The police file characterizes the incident as suicide by jumping from a building. The dossier contains the hospital death certificate, a report on the non-natural death, police investigation records and witness statements concerning the circumstances of the fall, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Fu Junsheng died from injuries sustained in a fall following illness (生前因病後跌傷致死).

Dossier concerning Yang Zu'an (楊祖安), a 35-year-old man from Wuxing, Zhejiang, who committed suicide by poisoning in Shanghai on 26 November 1948. According to documentation submitted by his brother, Yang, suffering from illness and weary of life (因病厭世), took poison with suicidal intent and was taken to Zhongshan Hospital, where efforts to save him were unsuccessful. A certificate from Chung Shan Memorial Hospital records that he was brought to the hospital by his brother on the evening of 26 November suffering from acute poisoning by a substance of the barbiturate group and was in a very critical condition. The dossier contains police reports and witness statements, hospital documentation, applications and judicial paperwork concerning examination and disposal of the body, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed corpse examination. The final medico-legal conclusion states that Yang Zu'an died from poisoning after intentionally taking sleeping medication while alive (生前服安眠藥自殺中毒身死).

Dossier concerning Li Weifang (李維芳), a young woman who attempted suicide in Shanghai in February 1949 by ingesting Lysol (來沙). She was taken for emergency treatment to the First Hospital of the Chinese Red Cross (中國紅十字會第一醫院), where her condition was recorded as critical. The Shanghai Municipal Government Health Bureau subsequently issued a medical certificate of death recording poisoning following ingestion of Lysol as the cause of death. The dossier contains medical documentation, police investigation reports and statements concerning the circumstances of the poisoning, correspondence requesting judicial examination, a prosecutorial inquest, and a detailed examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal conclusion states that the deceased died from poison ingested while alive (生前服毒身死).

File about the issue of land registration in 1947