香港華商特藏 Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection

香港大學圖書館挑選及數碼化部份藏品，以供海內外各界人士瀏覽、參考及研究，詳細目錄亦已整理並上載於 ArchivesSpace 。本項目獲香港大學知識交流2022/2023年度影響力項目資助, 並由中文學院及大學圖書館跨部門合作研發。

The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection comprises over 4,500 volumes of bound account books and year-end closing books as well as countless business materials, such as ledger books, income and expense logbooks, trade records, shares, mortgage papers, legal papers, certificates, business correspondence, and more. These materials were owned by the business firms of Hong Kong Chinese merchants, collected over the course of the business and community activities they were involved in during the late-19th to mid-20th century. They include some large and well-known firms at the time, like Luen Yick Hong, Wah Nam Printing Co., Eu Yan Sang, Eu Tong Sen Ltd., Kwong Sang Hong and Wah Ying Cheong, and over 200 large and small shops engaged in various kinds of business. Apart from business documents, the Collection also includes a great number of private materials such as contracts, litigation documents, various etiquette documents, genealogy, manuscripts, letters, certificates, photographs, greeting cards, invitation cards, etc., which belonged to individuals and their families related to the above firms. Mr. Ma Tsui Chiu, a prominent businessman, Mr. Wong Sai Ho, Mr. Cheung Tsun Lam, Mr. Chan Chee Suen, Mr. Chan Chi Heung, Mr. Kwong Kut Tong are some of the examples. The Collection provides researchers with a unique wealth of knowledge on the business activities of the Chinese merchants in Hong Kong and is an important first-hand source for those who wish to explore the social, economic, political and cultural history of Hong Kong of more than a hundred years back.

The University of Hong Kong Libraries has selected and digitized parts of the collection to share with people from all over the world to explore, study, and conduct researches. The detailed content lists have been organized and uploaded to ArchivesSpace . This project was supported by the HKU Knowledge Exchange Funding 2022/23 for Impact Project and developed by the School of Chinese and the University Libraries.