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Anthony Sweeting Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-017
Scope and Contents

This collection includes personal files, materials generally related to education in Hong Kong, and materials related to Sweeting’s time as a professor the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of History at the University of Hong Kong. There are also files relating to research he did for several publications, including two volumes on the history of education in Hong Kong, and drafts for these works. These files are the bulk of the collection.

Dates: 1948 - 2008

Geoffrey Bonsall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-044
Scope and Contents

The range of the Geoffrey Bonsall Papers starts in 1955 with Bonsall’s application to HKU, they end in 2009-2010 before his death. The collection mainly consists of correspondence, photographs, and written articles. The topical coverage for the collection includes Art History, Hong Kong History, and Hong Kong University as its main three areas. The collection is mostly complete with a few exceptions.

Dates: The documents included mainly range from the 1955-2009. One exception being a document from 1943 from an internment camp.

Charles Gurney Collection

 Collection — Box: 05291
Identifier: 2012-042
Scope and Contents

The Charles Gurney Papers consist of engineering notes, academic papers, copies of "A Matchbox of Happiness," which feature Gurney's poetry, and an A. A. Griffith medal.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1965-1973, 1993

Daffyd M.E. Evans Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010.025
Scope and Contents

The Evans Collection is comprised of personal records, research materials on Hong Kong land, research materials on Hong Kong wills, photographs, and publications.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1960s-1990s

Doris Gray Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-046
Content Description

The Doris Gray Papers consist of an autobiographical summary, publications by Dr. Gray, including "Experiments in Biological Chemistry," as well as other scientific papers, and academic correspondence while at HKU. Additionally, three photo albums and dozens of slides depicting life at HKU and in Hong Kong are included as well as one trophy.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1960s-1970s

George B. Endacott and Geoffrey Emerson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-044
Scope and Contents

The Endacott and Emerson Collection is composed of newspaper clippings detailing Hong Kong history (mostly related to World War II), lecture notes, and journals, magazines, and documentation of the Stanley Prison Camp.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1942-1980

John Gerald Heath Lander Papers

 Collection — Box: 03632
Identifier: 2015-010
Content Description This collection contains 53 letters from John Gerald Heath Lander to his wife Betty written in 1941. At the time John was in Hong Kong and Kathleen Elizabeth Francis Lander (Betty) was in the Philippines. Also included is one CD that contains scanned copies of the letters as well as a background on the letters and the Lander family. The letters mostly contain day to day information about family members, colleagues at Shell, and other British people in Hong Kong at the time. Overall Lander's...
Dates: 1941-06-14 - 1941-12-02

Muriel Blandford Collection

 Collection — Box: 03986
Identifier: 2008-026
Content Description

12 black and white photographs and 1 postcard with images of Hong Kong, including 4 pictures of the Elliot House at HKU.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s

Murray Groves Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-027
Scope and Contents

The Murray Groves Papers are composed of Groves' lecture notes, research materials and newspaper clippings about Hong Kong, teaching materials--including lecture notes--, and various administrative documents.

Dates: 1970s-1980s

Royal Asiatic Society Photographs

 Collection — Box: 03986
Identifier: 2010-029
Content Description

Photos of Hong Kong from the Royal Asiatic Society, mostly documenting architecture. Eight photos are HKU related.

Dates: Majority of material found in undated