Personal papers, 1887-1944
- Component identifier:
- Subseries 13-1
- Content Summary:
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Chiefly personal correspondence and documents relating to various appointments and honours, including J.P. Braga's appointment to the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 1929, and his receipt of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. There are business papers, primarily relating to a proposed housing scheme in Kowloon in the 1920s. The printed material includes an address delivered by J.P. Braga at St Joseph's College Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 1926, and other writings by him including newspaper articles. There are also papers relating to J.P. Braga's death in 1944, including condolence letters and signatures of those who attended his funeral.
Among the correspondents are A.C. Botelho, P. Ramiro Branco, R.A. Dastur, A.J. d'Eca, E.J. Figueiredo, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Lam Chi Fung, Richard Look, Arthur A. Lopes, Rhoda Reeves, C.A. da Roza, E.A. da Silva and Henrique Nolasco da Silva.
[5 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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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