Content Description From the Collection: This collection consists of the personal papers and effects of Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride. There are documents including letters, speeches, notes, and other materials relating to both Ride’s role as a professor of physiology and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. Also included are materials relating to his military services with the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps (HKVDC) and British Army Aid Group (BAAG). In the 1950s Ride became interested in the Protestant Cemetery in...

Scope and Contents 1957: Bangkok and Angkor The Lodge, front door, study, back lawn—view of harbor—frangipanis—orchid in pot—coolie watering flowers—hibiscus—roses==magnolia. Wyndham Street: rickshaws—corner D’Aguilar St/Wellington St.—Hollywood Rd. Temple—Hollywood Rd.—Queens Rd—Bonham Strand. Praya: loading junks and unloading bananas—flame tree at corner of Park Rd. Races. Causeway Bay: mending sails—sampans and reclamation at Causeway Bay—chickens on junks—sampans at Shaukiwan—rope making—children reading...