Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, Photo Album D, 1928-1932 (PL 4.5)

Collection

Identifier: PL 4.5

Staff Only

Content Description

This is an old photo album consisiting of 44 medium-size leaves with paste-on photos of Hong Kong Scout Groups etc from 1928 to 1932, with front and back covers. All leaves have single or multiple photos, some with captions, covering the activities and personnel of Hong Kong Scouting, mostly from late 1920s to early 1930s. Again, unlike the earlier Waldegrave albums, this one appears to be more general in nature, covering the later periods. This album is originally unlabeled. But given that it is clearly later in time, it has been provisionally labeled Album "D".

Dates

Creation: 1928 - 1932

Creator

G. T. WALDEGRAVE, Rev. (華德利) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

As all the photos have been fully scanned by the PR Branch for future access and use, access to 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 bases on clearly demonstrated needs

Extent

1 Volumes (44 medium-size leaves of black photo album pages protected by hard front and back covers )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The album, being a donation to the Association from descendants of the original album owner, was transferred from the PR Branch to the Association Archives for repairs, accessioning, cataloguing and secured 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 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 leaves are in rather poor conditions with damaged edges and missing binding portions making re-binding into a album impossible without repairs. 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. Bindng also missing when the album was transferred. Minor repairs of the leaves have been performed and new binding have been added during the initial accessioning phase.