Business and community affairs, 1904-1906, 1920-1973

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

This large and wide-ranging series has been arranged into eight subseries, comprising papers relating to Braga's business and community interests prior to World War II, followed by records of the Companhia das Aguas de Macao, then post-World War II material, and then papers relating to Braga's involvement with the Sino-British Club of Hong Kong, the St Joseph's College Old Boys Association, Sir Robert Ho Tung and Hong Kong's Society of St Vincent de Paul. Although primarily relating to Braga's business and community interests during his time in Macau and Hong Kong, there is also substantial material relating to Braga's historical interests.

Papers include correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts of writings by Braga, notes, circulars, invitations, minutes, reports, memoranda, financial documents, legal documents, plans, photographs, newspaper cuttings and other printed material.

Among the correspondents are Warren Achuck, John Correia Afonso, Laurenço O. Aguilar, Luis Menezes Alves, Charles Appel, Alberto Ares, T.S. Bao, O.D. Barretto, Pedro Correia de Barros, B. Basto, Lee Ben, Edmund Blunden, William Boby, Geoffrey W. Bonsall, Charles Boxer, A.M. Braga, Clement Braga, Paul Braga, P. Ramiro Branco, C.B. Burgess, Cesar Carqueja, Chang Kam Sing, S.W. Cheng, Chow Sin Kum, Daphne Chun, Wei Chung, A.T. Clark, Austin Coates, Albert Cooney, Mário Lopes da Costa, Augusto Sá da Costa, Joseph Dehergne, F.S. Drake, G.B. Endacott, Charles Ferguson, G.A. Figueiredo, Maude Franks, F.J. Gellion, W.L. Gerrard, Luis Gomes, Eric Halpern, Herbert Hilscher, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Cheng Hung, Soame Jenyns, Horace Kadoorie, Johannes Laures, Carlos Leitao, W.G. Let, Pedro José Lobo, George Mensaert, Francisco Monteiro, João Moraes, Adriano Moreira, Henrique Nolasco, W. O'Neill, F. de Carvalho Rêgo, António da Silva Rego, Eduardo Reis, Faustino Reis, John B. Romano, Carlos Roza, Gustavo U. da Roza, Fred Roza, J.H. Ruttonjee, R. Schwab, F.X. Soares, Manuel Teixeira, G.M. Toscano, H.A. Wittenbach and J.M. Xavier.

Further correspondence relating to business matters is found throughout the collection. Material relating to Braga Co, Braga's import-export business, is found in Series 20.

[100 files]

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the Braga Collection (including manuscripts, pictures, maps, newspapers, serials, periodicals, monographs and ephemera) was purchased from J.M. Braga in 1966. The component held in the Manuscript Collection at MS 4300 appears to have been formally accessioned as the J.M. Braga Papers in 1975. Several small additions have been made since the original instalment of papers was received. Most of these additions were transfers to the Manuscripts Collection from other collection areas, including a file of newspaper cuttings in May 1975, a set of microfilm reels in 1984, a file of manuscript material in 1985, lists of the Braga Collection in 1994, and two files of assorted printed material and other papers in 2009. As well, several small additions have been made by members of the Braga family. In 1992, various Braga family members donated a copy of the eulogy and order of service for Augusta Braga's memorial service, and in 2002 Angela Braga donated photographs of medals and decorations awarded to J.P. Braga, together with photocopies of early writings of J.M. Braga and eulogies for J.M. Braga and his grandson Michael Braga.

Subjects:

History

Names:

Braga, J.M. (José Maria)

Contents

Access and use