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Materials on David Hawkes, 1948-1950, 1989-1991, 1995, 2007-2011, undated

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0011_PER_DHawkes_Series_4_Folder_1

Consists of book reviews, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, videos with transcripts, etc. on David Hawkes, and a catalogue of David Hawkes's book donation. Arranged chronologically.

-1 photograph : black and white ; 10 x 17 cm. Group photo of eighteen scholars attending the first "Junior Sinologues Conference" in Cambridge in 6 January 1948. Attached with:
 1) Description of the photograph. 1 sheet. Printout (Note 2)
 2) Junior Sinologues : Cambridge 1948. 3 sheets. Printout. Printing date: 15/1/2012 (Note 2)

-Letter to Rowlands. 11th Nov., 1949. 2 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). On expressing thanks for the cheque. Also includes:
 1) On the same page: Sending form of telegram to David Hawkes and others with the Chinese text of the open letter. Photocopy (Note 2)
 2) On sheet 2: Photocopy of the open letter from the British residents of Peking representing business, educational and business fields. On urging immediate dejure recognition of the new government of China. In English and Chinese. Signed (Note 2)

-1 photograph : black and white ; 15 x 20 cm. On the wedding of David and Jean Hawkes on the 5th May, 1950 in Peking. With 3 post-it notes on the back of the photograph. Attached with: Description of the photograph. 2 sheets. Printout (photocopy). With duplicate copies (Note 2)

-Elegant adjudications. D.J. Enright. 1 sheet ; 42 x 15 cm. Photocopy. On a book review of David Hawkes's Classical, modern and humane : essays in Chinese literature. TLS (Times Literary Supplement), September 1-7 1989, page 951. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 1 (Totally open to public on the online archive; physically available upon request made to CUHK Library or Prof. John Minford)

-Casgliad David Hawkes Collection = 霍克思文庫. 1 volume (leaves [i]-viii, 1-178, [1], A1-A24) ; 30 cm. Catalogue of David Hawkes's donation of Chinese and Japanese printed literature to the National Library of Wales in 1983-84. Compiled by Wu Jianzhong. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 1990 (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 1 (Totally open to public on the online archive; physically available upon request made to CUHK Library or Prof. John Minford)

-Casgliad David Hawkes Collection (incomplete). 21 sheets. Holograph (photocopy). Pages 121-161. With duplicate copy (pages 121-131) (Note 2)

-Book review : Classical, modren and humane : essays in Chinese literature. D.E. Pollard. 3 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Chinese literature : essays, articles, reviews. Vol. 13, 1991. Pages 191-193 (Note 2)

-Letter from David to Tao Tao Liu. 25th March 1995. 2 sheets. Printout, signed (photocopy). On describing five photographs of David Hawkes taken between 1947 and 1953/54 in Oxford and Peking. With handwritten notes and postscripts

-An interview with David Hawkes at Addition Crescent, Oxford, July 2007 (Edited version). 1 videodisc : sound, colour ; 12 cm. Interviewer: John Minford. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

-An interview with David Hawkes at Addition Crescent, Oxford, July 2007 (Original version). 1 videodisc : sound, colour ; 12 cm. Interviewer: John Minford. "At Addison Crescent, Oxford, July 2007" Transcript of the interview (10 unnumbered pages) in Microsoft Word and pdf formats are also included (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 6 (Only listed on the archive as sealed items)

-Transcripts of interview with David Hawkes (English and Chinese). 1 computer disc ; 12 cm. Consists of 2 Microsoft Word document files with file names: Transcript of Interview with David Hawkes at 6 Addison Crescent.docx; and: Transcript_Interview with Hawkes_Chinese_by Tse Ka Hung_18102013.docx. "At 6 Addison Crescent, Oxford, July 2007, by John Minford" (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 6 (Only listed on the archive as sealed items)

-Transcripts with David Hawkes at Addison Crescent, Oxford, July 2007. 10 sheets. Printout. Transcript prepared by Rachel May of the interview conducted by John Minford (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 6 (Only listed on the archive as sealed items)

-霍克思訪談。打印本 7 張。訪問:閔福德。英文稿:Rachel May。中文翻譯稿、剪接:謝嘉雄 (Note 2)

 Conditions Governing Access: Accessibility level = 6 (Only listed on the archive as sealed items)

-David Hawkes : scholar whose superb translation of the lyrical Chinese novel The Story of the Stone is regarded as a masterpiece in its own right. 1 sheet (photocopy). Obituary by John Minford. The Times, August 28, 2009, page 75 (Note 2)

-《紅樓夢》兩個英譯本與美國紅學的互相接受。張惠。1 volume (pages [91]-124) ; 25 cm. 抽印本。韓國:中國語文論譯學會,2011. 中國語文論譯叢刊. 第 28 輯 (Note 1) (Note 2)

-1 photograph : colour ; 15 x 10 cm. Portrait of David Hawkes

-An Ordinary man. 4 sheets. Printout. On introducing David Hawkes' family history. Pages 1-8. Accompanied by: Postscript. D.H. 1 sheet. Printout (page 9)

Dates

  • 1948-1950, 1989-1991, 1995, 2007-2011, undated

Language of Materials

Chiefly in English

Conditions Governing Access

Unless otherwise specified, most of the items are at accessibility level = 2 (Only available on the online archive).

Conditions Governing Use

Note 1: Contains personal data or sensitive information; access restricted

Note 2: Copyright restrictions may apply

Extent

17 item(s)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the CUHK Library Archival Collections Repository

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