【藏品名稱】：民國三十七年畢業證書
[name of collection]: Diploma in the 37th year of the Republic of China
【藏品數量】：一件
[collection quantity]: one piece
【藏品簡介】：這是一份保存非常完整的畢業證書，制作考究，白色紙張質地堅韌，經過70余年的時間，現已微微泛黃。證書上方正中間印有民國時期領導人孫中山先生的頭像，左上方蓋有“湖南省教育廳驗訖”紫色印章。
[introduction to the collection]: This is a very well preserved diploma. It is well made and the white paper is tough. After more than 70 years, it has been used as a reference,It is now slightly yellowing. On the certificate, the head of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the Republic of China, is printed in the middle, and the purple seal of "verified by Hunan Provincial Department of education" is stamped on the top left.
正文行文自右至左豎排，為純手工書寫，繁體楷書，筆畫工整，全文如下：“學生田光驅，系湖南湘鄉縣人，現年貳拾歲，在本校高級部機械科第壹班修業期滿，成績及格，準予畢業，此證。”文末加蓋“湖南立湘鄉高級工業職業鈐記”紅色印章及校長簽名印章。證書左下為該畢業生免冠照片，且加有“湖南省立湘鄉高級工業職業學校”紅色印章，落款時間為“中華民國三十柒年拾貳月”。與現代畢業證書不同的是，此證書左上方附有“中華民國印花稅票”印花兩枚，加蓋有藍印章。民國時期，北洋政府開始征收印花稅，這些印花稅最初只是在開具發貨票、當票、公司股票等情況下征收，后來征收范圍逐步擴大，領取出國護照、畢業證書等人事方面的證件都要征稅。當前，市檔案館保存有豐富的湘鄉民國時期各學校的畢業證書，極具歷史研究價值
The text is arranged vertically from right to left. It is written by hand, in traditional regular script, with neat strokes. The full text is as follows: "student Tian CD-ROM, a native of Xiangxiang County, Hunan Province, is now 20 years old. He has passed the first class of mechanical engineering in the senior Department of our university and is allowed to graduate. This is the certificate." At the end of the paper, the red seal of "Hunan Lixiang Township senior industrial occupation seal" and the signature seal of the president are stamped. At the bottom left of the certificate is the bareheaded photo of the graduate, with the red seal of "Hunan Provincial Xiangxiang Higher Vocational School of industry", which was signed on "December, 1937 of the Republic of China". Different from the modern graduation certificate, there are two "Republic of China tax stamps" on the top left of the certificate, with a blue seal. During the period of the Republic of China, the Beiyang government began to levy stamp tax. At first, the stamp tax was only levied under the circumstances of issuing invoice, pawn ticket and company stock. Later, the scope of levy was gradually expanded, and personnel certificates such as passport and graduation certificate were collected. At present, the city archives has a wealth of graduation certificates from schools in Xiangxiang during the period of the Republic of China, which is of great historical research value
