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.

This collections contains files from the Registry that relate to the the re-establishement of various parts of the University. Most files pertain to physcial aspects of campus.

This collection includes 283 files of from the office of the Vice Chancellor. The files cover a wide variety of topics relating to the academics and administration of the University of Hong Kong.

These files are called "Unnumbered" to differentiate them from later Vice Chancellor's files which were each assigned a file number.