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A Draft Article for Spectator by Evelyn Waugh
An original 3-page manuscript draft by world renowned author Evelyn Waugh (1903-66), a British writer regarded as the most brilliant satirical novelist. His most noteworthy novels include Decline and Fall (1928), A Handful of Dust (1934) and the most popular Brideshead Revisited (1945). This signed manuscript is of an article subsequently published in the Spectator on 8th July 1955 entitled ‘Awake, my Soul! It is a Lord’.
A Leaf with Luke 1:26-35, Book of Hours (Illuminated Manuscript)
Single columns of 16 lines of Latin in gothic hand. Recto with five-line miniature of the winged Ox of St Luke marking the opening of a reading from his Gospel narrating the Annunciation ‘in that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth…’. Verso without any decoration.
Alfred Steele-Perkins Collection
The Collection, comprising mainly photographs and private papers of his wife, Mrs Gwen Steele-Perkins. Materials include photographs (totalling 37), letters (152 sheets), bills and receipts (28 sheets) and miscellaneous items such as identity card, manuscript, newspaper clipping etc. covering the years 1908-1960 with bulks in the periods of 1930s and 1940s.
Chinese International School Records
Composed of minutes, letters, reports, financial statements, news clippings and photos relating to Chinese International School.
Colin Gimson research notes on Hong Kong during Japanese occupation
Dr. Osler Thomas Collection
Composed of collected maps, newspapers during Japanese Occupation, service badge and certificates, sworn statement to War Crimes commission, funeral programme book and other materials recounting the experience of Dr. Osler Thomas during the World War II and his later years.
Gordon Jones Collection
Composed of 17 books of Who's Who in the Administrative Service of HK Government/HKSAR, documents about Association of Members of HMOCS in Hong Kong and the AO Liaison Group, the Gordon Jones Collection reflects the career of Mr. Gordon Jones, former Registrar of Companies, as a civil servant of the Hong Kong Government and the HKSAR during 1990-2006.
Harold Thomas Matches Collection, 1941-1948.
Heather Coulson Photograph Collection
Composed of photographs, slides, negatives, and transparencies of Hong Kong’s major infrastructure projects taken by Heather Coulson.
JCS McDouall Collection
Includes JCS McDouall’s diaries from 1969 to 2007 plus supplementary notes, police books, clippings, letters and photos, recording his life in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and Freemasonry.
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