全面开展党史资料征集工作以来,我们一直十分重视征集历史文献资料,即发掘“死资料”的工作。早在普遍发动、广泛征集的阶段,我们就在广大干部和群众中大力宣传征集党史资料的重要性和紧迫性。不少地市县还通过印发通告、放映幻灯和广播等各种形式,广泛宣传征集革命文献资料和革命文物。转入专题征集和研究阶段以后,由于历史文献资料的缺乏,工作中遇到很多困难,更使我们感到征集历史文献资料的重要和紧迫。两年来我们结合 Since we started the work of collecting information on the history of the party in an all-round way, we have always attached great importance to the collection of historical documents and materials, that is, to the excavation of the “dead information.” As early as the period of widespread mobilization and extensive solicitation, we vigorously publicized the importance and urgency of soliciting party history materials among the broad masses of cadres and the masses. Many prefectures and counties also widely publicize and solicit revolutionary literature and revolutionary artifacts through the issuance of notices, screening of slides and broadcasts, and other forms. After moving into the special collection and research phases, due to the lack of historical documents and materials, we encountered many difficulties in our work and made us feel the importance and urgency of soliciting historical documents and materials. Two years we combine