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History of Scouting, Worldwide 童軍歷史, 全球

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Primary and secondary sources related to the history and historical contexts of the development of Scouting/Boy Scout Movement worldwide, sometimes touching on but not entirely on that of Hong Kong and China.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

5th Commonwealth Scout Conference; 2nd World Scout Public Relations Seminar, July-August, 1971 (HQ 98.1)

 Collection
Identifier: HQ 98.1
Content Description

This collection contains meeting minutes, correspondences, papers, records, publicity materials, and other documents related to the 2nd World Scout Public Relations Seminar and the 5th Commonwealth Scout Conference held in Hong Kong during July-August, 1971

Dates: 1969 - 1971
Found in: SAHK

11th Asia Pacific Scout Conference, August 12-18, 1978, files and papers(HQ 99.2)

 File
Identifier: HQ 99.2
Content Description

Contains correspondences, papers, circulars, and participant lists of the 11th Asia Pacific Scout Conference held in Hong Kong on August 12-18, 1978.

Dates: 1978
Found in: SAHK

15th World Scout Jamboree, Alberta, Canada, 1983, documents, records, correspondences, etc. (HQ 99.4)

 Collection
Identifier: HQ 99.4
Content Description

This collection contains documents and files related to the Hong Kong Contingent to the XV World Scout Jamboree held in Alberta, Canada in 1983. They incl. general correspondences, meeting minutes, forms, circulars, pamphlets, publications, Jamboree bulletins, contingent organization charts and participant lists in one ring binder and two loose-leaf folders; as well as a separate folder containing details of all adult members who participated in the Jamboree Adult Saving Scheme.

Dates: 1982 - 1983
Found in: SAHK

24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference, Group photo/poster, 2012 (HQ 98.5)

 Collection
Identifier: HQ 98.5
Content Description

This collection contains two copies of the group photograph/poster of the participants of the 24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference, held during 24-29th November, 2012, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dates: November, 2012
Found in: SAHK

Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of World Scouting, Hong Kong events, 1981-83 (HQ 2.10)

 File
Identifier: HQ 2.10
Content Description

Contains files related to the events initiated by the Scout Association, Hong Kong Branch, celebrating the 75th anniversary of world Scouting. These include meeting minutes of the Working Party, work papers, circulars, correspondences, newspaper clippings, posters, etc. related to all the 75th Anniversary events organized in Hong Kong, including "Tree Planning," "Do a Good Turn," "Stamp Exhibition," "Fund-Raising Ball," etxc.

Dates: 1981 - 1983
Found in: SAHK

Dissertations on the History of Scouting, Hong Kong, Great Britain, China/Taiwan and America (Dr. Paul KUA donation) (PL 17.1)

 Collection
Identifier: PL 17.1
Content Description Hardcopies of six theses/dissertations, including three Doctoral Dissertations on the history of Scouting around the world, namely, 1) Paul KUA, "Scouting in Hong Kong: Citizenship Training in Chinese Contect, 1910-2007", Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Hong Kong, June 2010 (on the history of Scouting in Hong Kong); 2) James Herbert Galt-Brown, "Baden-Powell and His Boy Scouts: The Reasons for Their Creation, Growth and Success in Great Britain, 1906-1920," Ph. D. Dissertation,...
Dates: 1993 - 2010
Found in: SAHK

Early Scout publications in English, 1910s - 1970s (Dr. Paul KUA donation) (PL 32.1)

 Collection
Identifier: PL 32-1
Dates: 1910s - 1970s
Found in: SAHK

History of Scouting in Hong Kong: primary & secondary sources (Dr. Paul KUA donation), 1900s-2000s (PL 18.1 - PL 18.6)

 Collection
Identifier: PL-18
Abstract

This collection contains copies of mostly historical documents and publications on or related to the history of the (Boy) Scout Movement in Hong Kong and its general historical contexts in Hong Kong and around the world, from the 1900s through to the 20001940s.

Dates: 1900s-2000s
Found in: SAHK

International Scout Events, Jamborees, Conferences, Seminars, 1962-1973 (HQ 4.6)

 Record Group
Identifier: HQ 4.6
Content Description Individual folders by subject each containing correspondences, memos, circulars, booklets, etc. related to a particular international/overseas Scout events, including 1. 3rd Far East Regional Scout Conference, 1962 2. 7th Australian Jamboree, 1964-65 3. 20th World Conference in Mexico, 1965 4. Australina Corroboree, 1966 5. 4th Nippon Jamboree, 1966 6. 3rd National Jamboree, Korea, 1967 7. 1st AP Full-time Scouters Institute, 1971 8. 1st AP Scout Management Seminar, Wellington, New...
Dates: 1962 - 1973
Found in: SAHK