Fonds ACG - Papers of Angus C. Graham

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 ACG

Title

Papers of Angus C. Graham

Date(s)

  • 1942 - 1997 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

18 archival boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Angus C. Graham was born in 1919, in Penarth, Wales, and was educated in Penarth and Shropshire before attending Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he attained a BA in Theology in 1940. He served in the Royal Air Force during WWII, taking a Servicesread more

Archival history

The material belonged to Angus Graham until his death in 1991. It was then kept by his family until they sought a place for it to be archived. It was donated to the Royal Asiatic Society in 2018.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The material was donated by Dawn Baker, daughter of Angus Graham, in 2018.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Papers of Angus C. Graham include material pertaining to both book and article publications, to reviews written and to his translation, poetry and short story work. It includes correspondence with other academics in his field and with some poets.read more

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

The material arrived in boxes which had previously been listed and assigned a numerical order, but not arranged. Connected material was not together. The decision was made not to keep the original order but to create an order that should aid future researchers.

System of arrangement

The following series were created (the first 12 series are for his published books):

  • ACG/1 - Two Chinese Philosophers: Ch'eng Ming-tao and Ch'eng Yi-ch'uan
  • ACG/2 - The Book of Lieh-tzu
  • ACG/3 - The Problem of Value
  • ACG/4 - Poems of the Late T'ang
  • ACG/5 -
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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Mostly open. Some papers are closed for confidentiality reasons. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but itread more

Conditions governing reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Language of material

  • Burmese
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Sanskrit

Allied materials area

Related units of description

At the time of the donation of the Papers, Angus Graham's library of Chinese books and material relating to his research was also donated. This is a rich resource for researchers in this field.

Access points

Name access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-acg

Archivist's note

This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2020. The archivist is grateful to the compilers of the list that arrived with the Papers, particularly for their Chinese language skills in identifying some of the material: Professorread more