The special collections of ancient and rare books now being kept at the National Central Library were mainly acquired during the difficult and risky. period of 1940-41 in the middle of the War of Resistance., Against the Japanese Aggression, through the work of the Documents Preservation Federation, with financial support from both the Board of Trustees for the Sino-British Educational and Cultural Endowment Fund and the Ministry of Education. The Documents Preservation Federation was formed by the then President of the National Central Library, Mr. Chiang Fu-t'sung and other far-sighted persons in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Among its members, there were Messrs. Chang Shou-yung and Ho Ping-sung, both of whom died immediately before, or soon after the victory of the Resistance War, and not much of the materials that they had acquired have survived. Probably owing to this scarcity, the recent availability of another member of the Federation, Mr. Cheng Chen-tuo's collected materials has understandably drawn wide attention. But it is rarely known that the most important, most comprehensive, and original documents relating to the Federation were actually kept unacknowledged in the old files on the history of the National Central Library. These files include not only the original letters of Messrs. Cheng Chen-tuo, Chang Shou-yung, Ho Pingc-sung, Hsu Hung-pao, Yeh Kung-cho, and others, but also comprise official documents between the Ministry of Education, the Board of Trustees for the Sino-British Educational and Cultural Endowment Fund, and the National Central Library. This article is aimed at looking into the historical value of these materials, and the relationship of cooperation between the Library and the Federation.