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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

Early Registry Materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-022
Scope and Contents

37 items labeled "Early Materials" and one forlder titled "Pre-war file: Donor Scholarships."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1972

Gordon King Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-013
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence and other documents relating to the wartime degrees granted to students to fled Hong Kong during World War II to continue their studies in Free China. There are also some papers relating to general HKU and Faculty of Medicine business, as well as photographs of King and his family. All the documents are mainly related to Faculty of Medicine of HKU during war time (including their placements, further studies, graduation as well as...
Dates: 1942 - 1976

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

Patricia Aldridge Marshall Letters

 Collection — Box: 03632
Identifier: 2015-004
Content Description

26 letters written by Patricia Aldridge Marshall during her time as a lecturer of Zoology at Hong Kong University. These letters mostly detail Marshall's daily life in Hong Kong and provide insight into the life of an expat in the early 1960s. Marshall touches briefly on the topics of wet markets, Hong Kong wildlife, refugees from Mainland China, and contact between people in Hong Kong and people in Mainland China.

Dates: 1962 - 1963

Pre-War Files: General Records Closed Files

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-018
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a total of 171 files from the General Records section of the Registry. The files are from the year before the University shut down in 1941 due to World War II. These files are topical and cover many subjects relating to the academics, faculty, students, and University administration. Originally the files were titled "Closed Files" since after the Japanese occupation the Registry decided stop adding material to them.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1913 - 1941