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Archive of Alfred E. Hippisley

Correspondence, diary and memoirs, miscellaneous papers and photographs of Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939), British Customs Official in China. Predominantly in English, some Chinese material also present.
Extents: 2.5 Linear metres (18 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1842-1940
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Archive of Averil Cameron

Archive of Averil Cameron (b. 1940), historian and professor of late antiquity and Byzantine history.
Extents: 1.68 Linear metres (24 boxes)
Dates: 1962-2022, n.d.
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Archive of Denis Healey

Personal, political and literary papers of Denis Winston Healey (1917-2015), politician.
Extents: 29.57 Linear metres (435 boxes)
Dates: 1880-1888, c. 1900-c. 2017; Majority of material found within 1900-2017
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Archive of James Callaghan

Papers of Leonard James [Jim] Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912-2005), primarily relating to his political career as a Labour MP, Cabinet Minister, Prime Minister and member of the House of Lords.
Extents: 208.681 Linear metres (572 boxes)
Dates: 1908-2013
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Archive of James Legge

Archive of James Legge
Extents: 0.85 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates: c.1839-1951
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Papers of David Beatty

Letters home from Canton and Christmas Island, with related photographs, press cuttings and farewell addresses, 1899-1954; transcript of journal of his father Robert Beatty's voyage to India, 1856.
Extents: 3 boxes : The farewell address, 1926, written on silk and originally stored in a wooden box, was donated to the library in a large frame format, with degraded paper backing. The Conservation Section of the Bodleian Library undertook limited drycleaning, minor repairs, etc. in [March 1997], rehousing the item in a card box and placing a hollytex sheet against the silk to prevent abrasion when rolled. Future plans for the item's preservation include flat storage and remounting of the silk with new borders by an experienced Oriental conservator.
Dates: [1856], 1899-1954
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Papers of Frank Brewer

Joint Wages Commission Report of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, 1948, with related papers on labour regulation and statistical information; Chinese papers relating to the Malayan emergency, 1948-1949; notes on Malayan political parties, 1954; lectures and articles on Malayan Chinese; speeches and pamphlets given to Brewer by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan; invitations and programmes for independence celebrations and other events, 1953-1959.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates: 1948-1959
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Papers of John Hamer

Papers relating to British administration of Perlis, Malaya and relations with the Rajas, 1915-1957; some early agreements with Siam regarding loans and suzerainty, 1905-1909; papers relating to Communist infiltration and organised criminal activities, 193-?.
Extents: 2 boxes, 1 portfolio
Dates: [1905-1957]
Single Item

Two photographs of the Tiananmen Square protests

Two photographs of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, taken by Edgar Huang. Mounted on black board, with a description written on the reverse by the photographer.
Shelfmark: MS. 22903 photogr.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1989

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19th century 3
21st century 3
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 3
Malaysia -- History -- 20th century 3
China 2
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th Century 2
Politicians 2
Antiquities 1
Cardiff (Wales) 1
China -- History 1
China -- History -- 20th century 1
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 1
China--Hai guan zong shui wu si shu 1
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
Chinese language -- Dictionaries -- English 1
Chinese literature -- Translations into English 1
Commonwealth countries 1
Communism -- Malaysia -- History 1
Correspondence 1
Customs administration -- China 1
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Indexed names
Beatty | David | fl 1899-1952 | colonial civil servant 1
Beatty | Robert | fl 1856 1
Brewer | Frank | 1915-1987 | colonial civil servant 1
Callaghan | Leonard James | 1912-2005| Baron Callaghan of Cardiff | statesman 1
Chinese Maritime Customs 1
Hamer | John | 1910-1990 | colonial civil servant 1
Hart | Sir | Robert | 1835-1911 | 1st Baronet | Inspector General of Customs in China 1
Healey | Denis Winston | 1917-2015 | Baron Healey | politician 1
Healey | Edna May | 1918-2010 | née Edmunds | biographer 1
Hippisley | Alfred Edward | 1848-1939 | Chinese Customs Official 1
Hippisley | William Frederick | fl 1820-1844 1
Huang | Edgar | b. 1962 | Photographer 1
Labour Party 1
Legge | Hannah Mary | 1822-1881 | née Johnstone, second wife of Professor James Legge 1
Legge | James | 1815-1897 | missionary and sinologist 1
Rockhill | William Woodville | 1854-1914 1
University of Oxford 1
 
Language
French 3
German 3
Greek, Modern (1453-) 3
Italian 3
Arabic 2
Czech 2
Finnish 2
Hungarian 2
Japanese 2
Malay 2
Russian 2
Spanish; Castilian 2
Afrikaans 1
Bengali 1
Catalan; Valencian 1
Danish 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
Georgian 1
Irish 1
Hausa 1