Books, 1927-1969
- Component identifier:
- Subseries 6-1
- Content Summary:
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Correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, notebooks, photographic material, research material and printed material. The papers relate to various publications with which Braga was involved, either as an author, transcriber or editor. It appears that some of these works were never published.
Some of Braga's earliest writings were guidebooks for Macau, perhaps arising from his work with Macau's Secção da Propaganda (Publicity Information Bureau) from the 1920s to the 1930s. In 1951 Braga edited a special English-language supplement of the colony's main Portuguese newspaper, Noticias de Macau, and copies of this issue are included here. Later works documented in this subseries relate to Braga's interests in the history of Macau, trade in the region, the Jesuits and Portuguese exploration, Macau's economy and the Portuguese language.
Among the correspondents are Charles Boxer, Sir Alexander Grantham, Hong Kong University Press, John Keswick, Dorothea Scott, G.A. Smith and H. Vetch, primarily re publication matters. The Boxer sequence also concerns the sale of Boxer's considerable library to the University of Indiana in 1966.
Correspondence regarding Braga's work with the Secção da Propaganda is included in Subseries 4.1. Further correspondence with Charles Boxer is found in Subseries 3.2, 4.4 and 5.2.
[14 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
- Parent Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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