Hong Kong History Centre

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The complete private archive of Elizabeth Ride has been donated to the Hong Kong History Centre at

Bristol University. The material contains inter alia:

  • Copies of four years (1942-1945) of BAAG documents sorted chronologically.

  • Copies of BAAG intelligence summaries sorted chronologically

  • Nine files of original BAAG documents (see below)

  • A collection of printed books about Hong Kong and China

  • Files containing correspondence with former BAAG members

  • Lists of files seen in the National Archives.

  • Material concerning HK history, including newspaper cuttings.

  • Original photographic material of China interior; cine films of Hong Kong and the New Territories in the 1950s.

  • etc, etc.

A detailed list of contents will be made available later.

Original BAAG documents, from 1942-1945

File I to File 9 (photos and content for each file).

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Summary of File 1 Contents.

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Summary of File 2 Contents.

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Summary of File 3 Contents.

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Summary of File 4 Contents.

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Summary of File 5 Contents.

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Summary of File 6 Contents.

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Summary of File 7 Contents.

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Summary of File 8 Contents.

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File 9

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For more information, please visit the HK History Centre website.