Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, Photo Album A, 1920-1932 (PL 4.2)

Collection

Identifier: PL 4.2

Staff Only

Content Description

This is an old photo album consisiting of 42 medium-size leaves with paste-on photos of Hong Kong Scout Groups etc from 1920 to 1932, with front cover only. All leaves have multiple photos, some with captions, covering the activities and personnel of Hong Kong Scouting during during the pre-WWII period of Rev, Waldegrave, who was the CC from 1921 to 1934. There are many photos of the 1st HK Sea Scouts, which was a troop directly under Waldegrave.

Dates

Creation: 1920 - 1932

Conditions Governing Access

As all the photos have been fully scanned by the PR Branch for future access and use, access of this physical volume would be unnecessary unless in very EXCEPTIONAL situations. Written pre-approval of the Association Archivist would be required for any request for physical access based on clearly demonstratedical volume would be unnecessary unless in very EXCEPTIONAL situations. Written pre-approval of the Association Archivist or the ACC of the PR Branch would be required for any request for physical access based on clearly demonstrated needs.

Conditions Governing Use

See notes under conditions governing access.

Extent

1 Volumes (42 medium-size leaves of black photo album pages protected by a hard front cover.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This albums, being a donation to the Association from descendants of the original album owner, was transferred from the PR Branch to the Association Archives for repairation, accessioning, cataloguing and secured and fire-resistent storage in May 2017, with the approval of the Chief Commissioner of the Association.

Materials Specific Details

All captions of the photos, if any, are in English only. Many of the captions are rather faded and often difficult to read.

Condition Description

Most photos are in good to very good conditions, given age and the fact that they were glued onto the page. Some photos are missing or had been cut out earlier on, esp. for the publication of the booklet entitled 75 Years of Hong Kong Scouting in 1987. Back cover and binding also missing. Some pages have been repaired and new binding added in May, 2917 during the initial phase of accessioning this item.