Fonds ACG - Papers of Angus C. Graham

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 ACG

Titre

Papers of Angus C. Graham

Date(s)

  • 1942 - 1997 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

18 archival boxes

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Angus Charles Graham
(1919-1991)

Notice biographique

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 Services… read more

Nom du producteur

Columbia University Press

Dépôt

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Histoire archivistique

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.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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.

Mode de classement

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 -
    • … read more

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

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 it… read more

Conditions de 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.

Langue des documents

  • birman
  • chinois
  • anglais
  • français
  • allemand
  • italien
  • japonais
  • sanskrit

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

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.

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-acg

Note de l'archiviste

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: Professor… read more