University Archives 

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Our archives and records collection, regardless of formats, has reached 3,000 L.M. as of December 2025. Records are transferred from all Faculties and units, deposited as well as donated by our Professoriates, alumni and senior staff members, regards of formats. Our Archives is managed following international archival standards ISAD(G), DAC(S), BS, ISO and best practices recommended by International Council on Archives, The National Archives UK and Society of American Archivists etc.

  Our Collection comprises departmental records, physical and digital, reflecting on their distinctive administrative functions, personal manuscripts of individual professors, senior staff members, and alumni including their teaching materials, unpublished manuscripts, and records relating to their University lives and duties. These include but not limited to:

 

 

Administrative Series

• University Foundation Records (1909 - )

• Pre-war Vice-Chancellor Records (1911 - )

• War-time Records ( -  1945)

• Minutes of Court, Council and Senate

• Student Records (1912 - )

• Registry Records

• Estates Office Records

• Faculties (Arts, Architecture, Business and Economics, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Social Science, School of Business, SPACE, and departments and units thereunder;

• Early Records of Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1889 -);

• University Libraries, HKU Press and University Gallery and Museum Records;

• University Health Services;

• Student Union and associations thereunder;

• Student Halls, Residence and University Lodge;

• University Silver Jubilee Collection

• University Centennial Collection

• University Publications (Annual Reports, Departmental Reports, University Calendars etc.)

 

Manuscripts Series

• Vice Chancellor Lindsey Ride Papers (Medicine)

• Professor Gordon King Papers (Education)

• Professor Anthony (Tony) Sweeting Papers (Education)

• Professor David Charles Hamilton Florance Papers (Physics)

• Professor Ian Davies Papers (Dentistry)

• Dr. Bernard Mellor Papers (Registry)

• Professor Priscilla Roberts Papers (History)

• Mr Chan Kwan-po diaries (Librarian of Fung Ping Shan Library)

• Dr. Simon K. Y. Lee (Simon K. Y. Lee Foundation)

• Professor Ronald Hill Papers (Biological Science)

• Sir David Todd Papers (Medicine)

• Professor Hsu Ti-Shan Papers (Chinese)

• Professor Petula Ho Sik-ying Papers (Social Science and Gender Studies)

• Professor Peter Cunich Papers (History)

• Professor Lee Ho-yin Papers (Architecture)

• Professor Johannes Chan Collection (Law)

• Mr Patrick Yu Shuk-siu Papers (Law)

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