Below are links to archival introductions I have compiled over the years (some published, some unpublished). These archives contain materials on Chinese-Western relations and the history of Catholic missions in China and East Asia.
Archives of the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples, or ‘De Propaganda Fide,’ Rome
Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus (SJ), Rome
Archives of the Province of France, Society of Jesus (SJ), Vanves (Paris)
Archives of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), Paris
Archivo Franciscano Ibero-Oriental (OFM), Madrid
Archives of the Dominican Province of the Holy Rosary (OP), Avila