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Abstract

This paper treats the developments of the first collecting & assorting works of historical manuscripts in Korea. In the time of Gyeongseong Imperial University, historical manuscripts were purchased immediately after accounting procedure when the affiliated libraries and the professors of law, economy, history and language notified what were to be purchased to library. Historical manuscripts purchased from historical manuscript merchants were stamped with registration number that were given in the order of purchase, sealed with ownership stamp and kept in library. 300 or more historical manuscripts purchased from late of 1944 to early of 1945 were kept unregistered. In 1940, Mr. Jang Hong-Sik had done assorting work, in which he put historical manuscripts into portfolios, wrote the names and number of copies on the covers with writing brush. In 1952, Professor Jeong Gwang-Hyeon, who had keen interest in historical manuscript, took office as the director of Seoul National University Library. From 1957 to 1962, he had promoted the assorting work of as much as fifty thousands historical manuscripts. During that period, Mr. Jang Ji-Tae joined for the work in 1957 and the author of this poor paper also started the assorting work at 'historical manuscripts assorting office' in obedience to the official order of historical manuscript assorting entrustment. That is the first official assortment of historical manuscript. For historical manuscript assorting work, workers wrote the names of historical manuscript on the cover of large, medium and small portfolios, gave the assortment number then put them into envelope after folding length and breadth, by two times. At this time, historical manuscript that are linked each other had same class number and were registered in historical manuscript assortment register with the original book registration number. Historical manuscript assortment register was entered in order of historical manuscript number, document name, book registration number and remark. From 1959, Mr. Lee Jong-Se joined historical manuscript assorting team by the official order of entrustment. At the early 1962, even unregistered historical manuscripts were fully assorted, making out six volumes of historical manuscript assortment register and one volume of unregistered historical manuscripts register. Mr. Lee Jong-Se passed away in the late of 1960 and so did Mr. Jang Ji-Tae at the May of 1962. Around the July of 1962, the author of this poor paper resigned the post of entrustment and then the historical manuscripts assorting office disappeared. When collecting historical manuscripts, original copy and transcript as well as forged documents and modern document should be collected. Preconditions of historical manuscript assortment include historical manuscript deciphering ability, cursive characters deciphering ability and document identifying ability. It is necessary to foster historical manuscript researchers and assortment staff who are qualified with above preconditions and have a sense of duty on the preservation and research of historical manuscripts.