Summary
Grand secretariat archives is a collection of archival materials from the Chinese Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. The collection records general administrative activities and legal cases from the period, with a focus on memorial documents. It includes imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tributes, examination papers, documents from the offices of the Grand Secretariat, and old documents from Mukden (former capital of the Qing dynasty).