Escola Technica de Macau, 1943-1945

Component identifier:

Subseries 4-3

Content Summary:

Towards the end of World War II, Braga's father J.P. Braga became keenly interested in the establishment of a technical school in Macau, as a move towards post-war reconstruction in the colony, which had become flooded with refugees from the surrounding region during the war.

A committee for the Escola Technica de Macau was established in 1942, with J.P. Braga as Chair and J.M. Braga as Honorary Secretary. The school opened in early 1945, offering courses in architecture, electricity, air conditioning and refrigeration, accountancy, secretarial practice and Portuguese language. Less than a year later the school had closed, largely influenced by the return of many refugees to Hong Kong.

Issues of staffing, curriculum, funding and government support are documented in this subseries, which features correspondence, minutes, records of expenses and other financial papers, school prospectus, course outlines, lecture notes, enrolment lists, printed material and related papers. Among the correspondents are Pedro Correia de Barros, Pedro José Lobo, João Moraes and F.X. Soares.

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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)

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