Ben shu suo shou Ding Jiali dang an, shou cang yu Meiguo Datemaosi da xue (Dartmouth College) Laonai'er tu shu te cang guan (Rauner Library) de bian hao wei 485 de dang an zhong. Gai dang an cun you zhe ming xiao you Ding Jiali de yi xie Ying wen wen gao. Wen gao zhong you da zi gao ye you shou xie gao, bao kuo Ding Jiali suo xie de wen zhang, yi wen ji jiang yan gao deng gong ji shi er pian (qi zhong you liang pian chong fu), zhe xie wen gao biao zhu de shi jian da yue zai 1919 nian zhi 1925 nian jian. Ding Jiali yi sheng dui Zhongguo de jiao yu he zheng zhi xian dai hua de shi ye zuo chu le zhong yao gong xian. Ben shu zuo wei di 1 shou zi liao, bu jin dui yan jiu Ding Jiali ben ren ji qi zhu zuo you zhong yao jia zhi, dui liao jie he yan jiu wan Qing Minguo li shi ji qi shi zai hua xi ren de sheng cun zhuang kuang, dou you zhong yao de xue shu yi yi.
本书所收丁家立档案, 收藏于美国达特茅斯大学(Dartmouth College) 劳耐尔图书特藏馆 (Rauner Library) 的编号为485的档案中. 该档案存有著名校友丁家立的一些英文文稿. 文稿中有打字稿也有手写稿, 包括丁家立所写的文章, 译文及讲演稿等共计十二篇 (其中有两篇重复), 这些文稿标注的时间大约在1919年至1925年间. 丁家立一生对中国的教育和政治现代化的事业做出了重要贡献. 本书作为第一手资料, 不仅对研究丁家立本人及其著作有重要价值, 对了解和研究晚清民国历史及其时在华西人的生存状况, 都有重要的学术意义.