Reports, interviews, correspondences, publications, and documents related to the life and work of artist Wang Shikuo, which Tao gathered from 1975 to the early 1980s, and Tao’s notes and manuscripts. As an outcome of this research, Tao Yongbai published an essay entitled "The Teenage and Young Adult Years of Wang Shikuo" in Journal of Art History and Theories [Mei Shu Shi Lun Cong Kan] in 1982, which is included in the "Writings by Tao Yongbai" section of this archive.