IN DEPTH Archived relationships
Garfield Lam looks at the relationship between archives, donors and the institutions that holds them. Focusing on University Archives of the University of Hong Kong he picks out some highlights and discusses the relationships surrounding them.
WHILST watching HRH Prince Philip’s funeral, it reminded me that the HRH Duke of Edinburgh and Her Majesty the Queen visited the University of Hong Kong together on 6 May 1975. Although it was the one and only Royal
Visit to the University, the materials relating to the Royal Visit at our University Archives shed light on the relationship of our colonial ties, as our establishment in 1911 was modelled on British higher education. I got to thinking about relationship – we, archives, keep thousands of materials relating to relationships – countries and peoples, funding and politics, institutions and companies, families and siblings, friends and feuds. Relationships are important to archives, not only to attract donations but also to unearth some intrigu- ing stories buried in our collections. As Reference Archivist, I have been meeting and keeping in touch with many passionate researchers who motivate me to research further on some of the stories behind our archives at the University Archives, even beyond our own collections.
Garfield Lam CA, MCLIP, FRSA is Head of Reference, University Archives of the University of Hong Kong; Executive Bureau Member of International Council of Archives – Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA-SUV)
kfglam@hku.hk
Donor-archives relationship One of our earliest photographs of Engineering Society, dated 1923, was brought and donated from New Zealand in 2019. The significance of this photograph is
The Royal Visit by Her Majesty The Queen in 1975. Pictures © University Archives, the University of Hong Kong. December 2021 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL 27
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