Scope and Contents
Included in this collection are:
- Notebooks and manuscript study materials for learning Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka.
- Hokkien-Dutch and Dutch-Hokkien manuscript dictionaries.
- Manuscript collections of Hokkien sayings and riddles.
- Manuscripts of secret societies and other religious manuscripts and objects.
- Manuscript report on secret societies by Schaalje.
- Chinese translations of Netherlands Indies law.
- Some religious objects (a tangki’s doudu).
This collection is part of the Collection Bibliotheca Publica Latina.
Dates
- 1855-1896
Language of Materials
Dutch, Chinese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese
Conditions Governing Use
Regulations that apply during the use of these materials can be found on the website of Leiden University Library.
Biographical / Historical
Maurits Schaalje (1840-1899) studied Chinese (Mandarin) with J.J. Hoffmann in Leiden in 1855-1859, and Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka in China (Amoy, Canton) in 1859-1864. He was Chinese interpreter in Tanjung Pinang, Riau (1864-1872, 1875-1888) and in Medan (1890-1896).
Extent
0.7 metre
Abstract
M. Schaalje (1840-1899) was tolk voor de Chinese taal in Nederlands-Indië in 1864-1896. De collectie omvat vele handschriften van zijn studie Chinees: Mandarijn, Hokkien, Hakka en Kantonees. Er zijn ook een nota van Schaalje en enkele manuscripten over de Chinese geheime genootschappen.
Abstract
M. Schaalje (1840-1899) worked as a Chinese interpreter in the Netherlands Indies in 1864-1896. The collection contains many manuscripts from his Chinese studies of Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese. It also contains Schaalje’s report and some manuscripts concerning Chinese secret societies.
Physical Location
Leiden University Library, Special Collections
Other Finding Aids
The manuscripts BPL 2104-2106 are included in the online catalogue (tab Special Collections) and are described in more detail in Kuiper, Catalogue (2005).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired at Van Stockum’s auction in The Hague in May 1917.
Accruals
No future additions are to be expected.
Separated Materials
M. Schaalje, tolk voor de Chineesche taal, NEHA archives, IISG, Amsterdam
Bibliography
- Kuiper, K., Catalogue of Chinese and Sino-Western Manuscripts in the Central Library of Leiden University, Leiden 2005. (Codices Manuscripti, 33).
- Kuiper, K., M. Schaalje, tolk voor de Chineesche taal, Leiden 2004.
General
The material can be requested and consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Processing Information
The Schaalje collection was registered upon arrival as BPL 2104-2106.
- Canton Subject Source: Tgn
- Cantonese dialects Subject Source: Fast
- China Subject Source: Tgn
- Chinese language Subject Source: Fast
- Chinese literature Subject Source: Fast
- Hakka dialects Subject Source: Fast
- Indonesia Subject Source: Tgn
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Aat
- Medan Subject Source: Tgn
- Riau Subject Source: Tgn
- Schaalje, M., 1840-1899
- Secret societies Subject Source: Fast
- Sinologists Subject Source: Fast
- Southern Min dialects Subject Source: Fast
- Translations Subject Source: Aat
- Xiamen Subject Source: Tgn
- Title
- Collection guide of the Maurits Schaalje archive (1855-1896)
- Subtitle
- Archief van Maurits Schaalje
- Author
- Koos Kuiper, 2012
- Date
- 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Beschrijving is in het Engels.
Revision Statements
- 30 January 2013: latest update
Repository Details
Part of the Leiden University Libraries Archives & Collections Repository
Witte Singel 27
Leiden 2311 BG Netherlands
+31 71 527 2857
specialcollections@library.leidenuniv.nl