Elder John Lai’s Archives (賴永祥長老史料庫)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Elder John Lai’s Archives
- 漢名: 賴永祥長老史料庫
- Official site: http://www.laijohn.com/
- Era: site live as John Lai’s online 蒐藏; 《教會史話》欄 1988–
- Geography: Taiwan church history (stage = Taiwan, also 涉外); operator later US/Boston
- Core roles: digital archive of PCT / Taiwan Christianity sources; 《教會史話》全文；剪報與信徒檔
- Not: PCT official website (|pct.org.tw); not TAH Foundation
History
Official Index (1990-04 識, archived 2026-08-18): the site studies history of Christianity in Taiwan, especially the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. Three parts:
- Full text of John Lai’s 《教會史話》 (Kau-hoe-su-oe)
- Scrapbook files and related sources
- Personal biography, works, and family history
Materials: 中日文、台文、西文；刊物、檔案、各教會紀念刊、受洗名冊、家譜、回憶錄、見證、信函. 蒐藏經過見講演〈台灣教會史料研究回顧與展望〉（1998-05 中原／宇宙光）.
《教會史話》應《台灣教會公報》總編輯盧俊義之邀。約定一題一話約千字。自第 1871 期（1988-01-10）至第 1985 期（1990-03-18）共百篇，結為初輯。結集時文儘量照原，加圖。續編仍在公報刊登。賴寫：不作長篇大論，要「上窮碧落下黃泉，動手動腳找東西」（傅斯年）。範圍不限狹義傳道史、不限 PCT；要寫西洋宣教師，也不忽略本地傳教者與信徒。
English home: prepared mainly for Chinese readers; also English, Japanese, and romanized Taiwanese. Academic/private use; Contact.
《教會史話》 (index only)
Harvested 2026-08-18 from contents.htm. Titles + numbers + URLs only — article bodies not archived. Machine index: knowledge/research/laijohn-com-suoe-index.json (628 rows, nos. 1–674).
| 輯 | n | First / last title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 · 282 面 | 100 · 1–100 | 「歷史年譜」 … 指向台灣府城 |
| 2 | 1992 · 264 面 | 90 · 101–200 | 「臺灣今昔」 … 「至於我和我家」 |
| 3 | 1995 · 262 面 | 93 · 201–300 | 馬雅各名醫神技 … 李水車教師的父母 |
| 4 | 1998 · 254 面 | 80 · 301–400 | 馬雅各紀念教會史 … 台南教土會議事錄 |
| 5 | 2000 · 280 面 | 98 · 401–500 | 高長伯的傳道生涯 … 石舜英義子郝文章 |
| 6 | (year not on TOC) | 93 · 501–600 | 偕叡廉牧師談父親 … 許水發的信仰傳承 |
| 7 | (year not on TOC) | 74 · 601–674 | 幾種中文馬偕傳記 … 蓋有高尖頂的教堂 |
Wiki-linked titles (not a dump of 628):
- |馬雅各 — 25, 105, 108, 114, 122, 124, 201, 301 馬雅各紀念教會史
- |巴克禮 — 18–20, 30, 435, 439
- |許凌雲 cites 321 府城教會高耀長老
- |馬偕 — 51 title hits (not listed)
374 on this TOC is 〈埤頭草店尾人林乾〉 — not 蕭泰然.
Site map (v1+v2)
| Area | Path |
|---|---|
| 史話 1–7 輯 | /contents.htm — titles indexed; bodies not archived |
| 本土信徒 | /archives/pc-contents.htm — not absorbed |
| 宣教師 / 馬偕 / 原住民 / 日人 | /archives/pm pt pg pj /Mackay/ |
| PCT cluster | /PCT/ /PCTC/ /PCT-W/ |
| Around John | /life/biog.htm /works/ /interview/ /Loas/ /Laus/ |
Archive coverage (v1 + v2, per source hub)
Per |laijohn.com source hub (harvested 2026-08-18):
- v1: official Who/識 + 生平 (
/life/biog.htm) + 著作目錄 TOC + 1998 lecture - v2: 《教會史話》 628 titles (nos. 1–674), machine index
knowledge/research/laijohn-com-suoe-index.json; article bodies not archived - Not archived: 本土信徒 (
/archives/pc-contents.htm, firehose) / 日人 / 原住民 / 宣教師 bodies; the 史話 article firehose; off-sitetaigi.fhl.net - Site is HTTP-only, no sitemap.xml, on-site search via Google CSE; English home: http://www.laijohn.com/English/Home.htm
Related Pages
From the record
- 2018-07-17 — TAH published the feature essay “ELDER JOHN LAI’S ARCHIVES 賴永祥長老史料庫” (value band B), documenting the archive in the Taiwanese American historical record: TAH — Elder John Lai’s Archives.
Role in the Community
Our own TAH story corpus documents the archive’s founder across four records — the archive is part of the Taiwanese American historical record itself, not just a Taiwan-side resource:
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-41-john-lai|TAH Who’s Who #41, John Lai 賴永祥]] (2014-10-04)
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/106-elder-john-lai-e8-b3-b4-e6-b0-b8-e7-a5-a5-e9-95-b7-e8-80-81-famous-librarian|TAH #106, Elder John Lai — Famous librarian of Harvard University, Boston]] (2015-12-10)
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/83-elder-john-lai|TAH #83, Elder John Lai 賴永祥長老]] (2018-09-10)
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/senior-taiwanese-american-6|TAH Seniors #6, Elder John Lai (賴永祥長老)]] (2019-08-28)