Books, diaries, documents, and memoirs
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| From | To | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1838 | 2012 | Hong Kong, French Connections | Francois DREMEAUX [1980- ] | Book |
| 1852 | 1852 | Chinese Pass, 1852 | Dui CHEN (aka 陳兑) [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1863 | 2021 | Transport to Another World: HMS Tamar and the Sinews of Empire | Stephen Nicholas Guy DAVIES [1945- ] | Book |
| 1864 | 1950 | Policing Hong Kong – An Irish History | Patricia O'SULLIVAN [????- ] | Book |
| 1867 | 1867 | The Treaty Ports of China and Japan (1867) | Other | |
| 1885 | 1885 | Annie Oakes Huntington | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1893 | 1944 | Captain Pritchard's memoirs | Thomas PRITCHARD [c.1878-1944] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1895 | 1900 | Mary Unsworth's memoirs of life in Hong Kong | Mary UNSWORTH [1855-1934] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1900 | 1950 | Catherine Hellevik's Story | Catherine HELLEVIK [1904-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1902 | 1902 | Views of Hongkong | Robert Crisp HURLEY [c.1848-1927] | Book |
| 1907 | 1943 | Personal history of F.King Paget | Francis King PAGET [1907-1996] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1907 | 1908 | Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China (1908) | ||
| 1910 | 1933 | Betty Steel's Diary - impressions of an upbringing in 1920s Hong Kong | Betty STEEL [1910-c.1997] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1912 | 1987 | Green Jade by Dorothy Neale | Dorothy NEALE (née MOON) [1912- ] | Book |
| 1913 | 2013 | Lutherans on the Yangtze | ||
| 1914 | 1950 | The Sloan family's memories of WW2 in Hong Kong | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1916 | 1945 | The Survivors | Diana FORTESCUE [????- ] | Book |
| 1918 | 1918 | The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Disaster | David TWYNHAM [????- ] | Other |
| 1927 | 1929 | Childhood memories of 1920s Hong Kong | Barbara ANSLOW (née REDWOOD) [1918-2019] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1927 | 1927 | Hong Kong Telegraph | Newspaper | |
| 1929 | 1929 | "Light Airs" Vol. VI | Other | |
| 1929 | 1951 | Green Jade | Dorothy NEALE (née MOON) [1912- ] | Book |
| 1931 | 1959 | Lost in the Battle for Hong Kong | Robert TATZ (aka Bob) [1931- ] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1936 | 1951 | War and Revolution in South China - The story of a transnational biracial family, 1936-1951 | Edward John Michael RHOADS (aka Lo Hong Lok) [1938- ] | |
| 1937 | 1947 | Paul Atroshenko's childhood memories of wartime Hong Kong | Paul ATROSHENKO [1937- ] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1937 | 1945 | Stranger In My Heart | Mary MONRO [1963- ] | Book |
| 1938 | 1945 | My Beautiful Island | Chris POTTER [1941- ] | Book |
| 1940 | 1945 | In Time of War | Henry C.S. COLLINGWOOD-SELBY [????-????] | Book |
| 1940 | 1945 | The First Shall Be Last | John Coleman CHARTER [1912-1989] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1940 | 1945 | Barbara Anslow's diary | Barbara ANSLOW (née REDWOOD) [1918-2019] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Personal Experiences of the War and Internment in Hong Kong | Maurice Frederick KEY [1886-1969] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1946 | Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp | Other | |
| 1941 | 1946 | Recollections of Ted Harris 1941-1945 | Edward Robin HARRIS (aka Teddy) [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Raymond Eric JONES [1905-1957] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1944 | The Diary of Mrs Grace Smith - the blind lady of Stanley Internment Camp | Grace Rose / Grace Rosa SMITH (née BELCHER) [1863-1944] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | "Life in a Concentration Camp - The time I'll never forget" | Phyllis Alsager AYRTON [1884-1975] | |
| 1941 | 1945 | Edith May (May) Guest's Account of Japanese invasion | Edith May Peveril GUEST (née FINCHER) [1903-1990] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Memories of a Japanese Internment Camp | Margaret Elizabeth JAY [1900-1992] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1942 | Laura B Ziegler's wartime memories | Laura Beatha ZIEGLER [1900-1961] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1941 | Sheridan's diary of the hostilities | Patrick John SHERIDAN [1912-2009] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | INTERNED - DECEMBER 1941 | Kathleen Florence HAMILTON (née HERON, aka Kathie) [1908-2002] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1942 | Events at the Repulse Bay Hotel | Roberta Marjorie Crerar MATHESON [c.1903-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Irene Braudé's reports on the Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC (aka The VADs), 1941-45 | Irene Maude Selina BRAUDé (née DEACON) [1913-2010] | Other |
| 1941 | 1941 | Major John Monro MC RA diary of the Battle of Hong Kong | Mary MONRO [1963- ] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Eric MacNider's wartime diary | Eric Herbst MACNIDER [c.1911-1969] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Report of the P.M.O. of the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong (1941-1945) | Hugh Latimer CLEAVE [1910-2010] | Other |
| 1941 | 1945 | More than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment. A Personal Narrative. | Chaloner Grenville ALABASTER [1880-1958] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1942 | Escape from Hong Kong by Ted Ross | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1941 | 1941 | Lt. L D KILBEE HKRNVR WAR DIARY Dec 1941 | Laurence KILBEE [1914-2006] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | It Won’t Be Long Now: The Diary of a Hong Kong Prisoner of War | Graham Scudamore Percival HEYWOOD [1903-1985] | Book |
| 1941 | 1945 | Some encouragements from medical and surgical work (Hong Kong Argyle St. Camp and Japan Shinagawa POW Camp) by H. L. Cleave | Hugh Latimer CLEAVE [1910-2010] | Other |
| 1941 | 1945 | Memories of Stanley Internment Camp | Leslie Isobel PUCKLE (née BREMNER) [c.1892-1948] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1942 | Colin McEwan Diary | Colin Mitchell MCEWAN [1916-1985] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1941 | War Diary of the Hong Kong Police | ||
| 1941 | 1945 | My War Years. 1941-1945. | Guy WALKER [1913-2000] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | W J Carrie's wartime diary | William James CARRIE [1891-1969] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Miss Olga Franklin - Report of the Matron of the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong (1941-1945) | Olga Heather FRANKLIN [1895-1987] | Other |
| 1941 | 1945 | HONG KONG Before, During and After the Pacific War | Maurice Frederick KEY [1886-1969] | Book |
| 1941 | 1945 | Harry Ching's wartime diary | Harry CHING [1891-1968] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Three Years and Eight Months | Icy SMITH [????- ] | Book |
| 1941 | 1941 | Father Biotteau's wartime diary | BIOTTEAU [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Bold Venture: The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945 | Steven K. BAILEY [1965- ] | Book |
| 1941 | 1941 | Battle for Hong Kong December 1941 | Philip CRACKNELL [????- ] | Book |
| 1941 | 1942 | Charles Mycock's report of his wartime experiences | Charles MYCOCK [1890-1955] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1945 | Roland H J Brooks' War Diary - Stanley Internment Camp WWII | Roland Henry John BROOKS (aka Ron) [1910-1970] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1941 | 1942 | Sheridan's Escape - His Own Account | Patrick John SHERIDAN [1912-2009] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1945 | John Charter's wartime journal | John Coleman CHARTER [1912-1989] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1942 | L. T. Ride's P.O.W. and ESCAPE DIARY. | Lindsay Tasman RIDE (aka BAAG codename "Blue") [1898-1977] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1945 | AJ Savitsky's portraits in Stanley Internment Camp | Arseny Joseph SAVITSKY (aka Joe) [1903-1990] | Other |
| 1942 | 1942 | Dietetics in Stanley Camp | John BECHTEL [1899-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1945 | Tweed Bay Hospital | Harry TALBOT (aka Harris Teitelbaum) [c.1903-1982] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1942 | Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes | Lorenz August BUUCK [1905-1993] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1942 | Ella Buuck's wartime diary | Ella BUUCK [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1942 | 1942 | Memories of the trip from Stanley Camp to Shanghai | ||
| 1943 | 1945 | Diary of George Gerrard in Stanley Internment Camp Hong Kong | George GERRARD [1894-1966] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1943 | 1944 | Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary | Thomas Henry HUTCHINSON [1897-1986] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1944 | 1945 | Moving to Macau during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong | Irina / Irene SMIRNOFF GARFINKLE [1934-2023] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1944 | 1944 | Journal of Lt. Donald W. Kerr | Donald W. KERR [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1944 | 1944 | Escape from the Japanese | Ralph Burton GOODWIN [1902-1994] | Book |
| 1944 | 1964 | Nostalgic Journey and Reflections | Peter Pak Foon YEE (aka 余伯寬) [1944- ] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1945 | 1945 | Edith Townsend's diary | Edith TOWNSEND [????-1985] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1945 | 1945 | Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War | Steven K. BAILEY [1965- ] | Book |
| 1945 | 1945 | Pio-Ulski family's wartime memories | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1945 | 1945 | The Daily News, Nelson, B. C. , Canada - Monday, 3 September 1945 | Newspaper | |
| 1945 | 1945 | Notes on the life of Hugh Blackwell Layard Dowbiggin | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1946 | 1946 | 1946: Letters from Hong Kong | Barbara ANSLOW (née REDWOOD) [1918-2019] | |
| 1946 | 1946 | 1946 In Hong Kong with the RAF | John HANSBURY [1916-1994] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1947 | 1981 | John Bechtel's memories of Hong Kong | John BECHTEL [1939- ] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1947 | 1951 | Memories of my childhood years in Hong Kong, 1947-1951 | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1947 | 1953 | Pokfulam Dairy Farm | Diary / Memoir | |
| 1952 | 1952 | Flying from London to Hong Kong 3 January 1952 | Peter HALLIWELL [????-????] | Diary / Memoir |
| 1960 | 1963 | Noble House by James Clavell | Charles Edmund DuMaresq CLAVELL (aka James Clavell, Peter Marlowe) [c.1921-1994] | |
| 1967 | 1997 | The Accidental Prawn: "Interesting Times" - Policing 20th Century Hong Kong and other stories | Guy Sanderson SHIRRA (aka Din Gao) [1947- ] | Book |
| 1968 | 1970 | The Hong Kong Letters | Gill SHADDICK (née STEVENSON) [1947- ] | Book |
| 1976 | 1997 | A Small Band Of Men - An Englishman's Adventures in Hong Kong's Marine Police | Les BIRD [????- ] | Book |
| Japanese media reports of Hong Kong in WW2 | Other | |||
| Smuggled in and out of Stanley | F. W. WRIGHT (aka BAAG No. 41 / Shiner / Shinah) [????-????] | Other | ||
| 150 Years of Cricket in Hong Kong | Peter Arthur HALL [1935- ] | Book | ||
| In the web | Peter Arthur HALL [1935- ] | Book | ||
| Tales from The Tiger's Den - Foreigners in The Far East 1920-2020 | Book | |||
| Mapping Hong Kong, A Historical Atlas | Book | |||
| Turbans and Traders: Hong Kong's Indian Communities | Barbara-Sue WHITE [????- ] | Book | ||
| A Young Englishman in Victorian Hong Kong: The Diaries of Chaloner Alabaster 1855-1856 | Benjamin PENNY [1959- ] | Book | ||
| Eastern Waters Eastern Winds | Book | |||
| WW2 Evacuations from Hong Kong | ||||
| Hong Kong Landslides - new Ebook from Geotechnical Engineering Office | Book | |||
| South China Morning Post | Newspaper | |||
| 1845..51 Anglo-Chinese Calendar for the year | Book | |||
| Scottish Mandarin: The Life and Times of Sir Reginald Johnston | Shiona AIRLIE [1953-2023] | Book | ||
| "Exchange Ship" by Max Hill | ||||
| Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography | Book | |||
| Carl Thurman Smith Collection | Carl Thurman SMITH [1918-2008] | Other | ||
| Hong Kong in Picture and Story | John Arthur STERICKER [1908-1989], Veronica Marjorie WEILL / STERICKER (née JEFFORD, aka Vera) [1910-1968] | Book | ||
| Landscapes Lost and Found: Appreciating Hong Kong's Heritage Cultural Landscapes | Ken NICOLSON [????- ] | Book | ||
| 1863 China Directory Streets | Book | |||
| Additional notes | Other | |||
| A Mountain of Light | Austin COATES [1922-1997] | Book | ||
| Thistle and Bamboo: The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart | Shiona AIRLIE [1953-2023] | Book | ||
| Health and medicine in Hong Kong during WW2 | Percy Selbourne CLARKE / SELWYN-CLARKE (aka BAAG No. 13 / Septic / Scamp / Nobby / Sir Percy) [1893-1976] | Book | ||
| A. H. Potts' wartime diary | Alec HUTTON POTTS (aka Alex) [????-????] | |||
| Mabel Large's memories | Mabel LARGE (née REDWOOD) [1923-2019] | |||
| History Notes, issue 1 | Phillip BRUCE [1950-2011] | Book | ||
| Paper Tigress: A Life in the Hong Kong Government | Rachel CARTLAND [????- ] | Diary / Memoir | ||
| Daily Mirror | Newspaper | |||
| Notes on Stanley Internment Camp, March 1942 | F. W. WRIGHT (aka BAAG No. 41 / Shiner / Shinah) [????-????] | |||
| BAAG Reports and Weekly Intelligence Summaries | ||||
| History Notes, issue 2 | Phillip BRUCE [1950-2011] | Book | ||
| Repatriation notices | Other | |||
| Hong Kong: Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth | Barbara-Sue WHITE [????- ] | Book | ||
| The Happy Valley: A History and Tour of the Hong Kong Cemetery | Ken NICOLSON [????- ] | Book | ||
| Valerie Davies - Hong Kong 1965-70 blog link | Diary / Memoir | |||
| The Hongkong News | Newspaper | |||
| Marble Hall Hong Kong - A Pictorial Review | Book | |||
| Airplane crashes in and around Hong Kong | Other | |||
| WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China | ||||
| Diary of Ida Andrews Levinge 1941-1945. Hong Kong and Stanley Camp. | Ida Florence ANDREWS-LEVINGE (née LEVINGE) [1892-1965] | Diary / Memoir | ||
| Gweimui's Hong Kong Story | Christine CAPPIO [????- ] | Diary / Memoir | ||
| Don Ady's wartime memories | Don ADY [1932-2023] | Other | ||
| Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong | Book | |||
| Hong Kong in Picture and Story | John Arthur STERICKER [1908-1989], Veronica Marjorie WEILL / STERICKER (née JEFFORD, aka Vera) [1910-1968] | Book | ||
| Clara Ho Tung: A Hong Kong Lady, Her Family and Her Times | Irene CHENG (née HOTUNG) [1904-2007] | Book |