一八四一年開埠時，香港祇是一個罕為人知的漁村，百多年後的今天，它已經成為世界有數的大城市，東南亞的金融中心。在過去一百五十年間，香港經濟的發展，取得了煇煌的成就，它發展速度之快、變化之大，在亞洲以至世界歷史上都是罕有的。香港的成功有什麼因素?它發展的過程如何?未開埠前的香港又是怎樣的呢? 這一連串問題,不單生於斯、長於斯的香港人感到興趣,就是國內，海外的學者都亟欲找尋答案，所謂「香港學」，就是在這種情況下出現的 。研究「香港學」的熱潮正在香港、中國及海外的學術機構中掀起，方興未艾。
研究歷史，首先必須充份掌握歷史資料,為了促進大家對香港歷史資料的認識，發揚研究香港歷史的風氣，香港博物館特別舉辦了「香港歷史資料」展覽，介紹研究不同時期香港歷史的各種各類中英文、官方及私人的檔案文獻，以至碑銘、繪畫、照片等資料。「香港歷史資料」展覽是由香造市政局主辦，政府檔案局歷史檔案處及香造大學圖書館協辦，所展出的的文獻，除香港博物館庋藏者外,多借自上述兩個機構。
為了配合這展覽，香港博物館特別邀請本港一些專門研究香港史的學者撰寫專文，介紹各類歷史資料或庋藏香港史料的機構，編輯成這本文集。
When the British took over Hong Kong in 1841,she was merely a small fishing village unknown to the world. Today, some hundred and fifty years later, Hong Kong has emerged as leading cosmopolitan city as well as a major financial centre in Southeast Asia. During the past one and a half century, Hong Kong's economy has developed at an astonishing rapid pace never witnessed in Asia or even the world before. What are the major factors which have contributed to the spectacular growth of Hong Kong? How did Hong Kong develop through the past years? These
questions are of interest to local people but also to scholars from mainland China and overseas. Under
such circumstances, "Hong Kong Studies" has now become a popular topic for researchers.
With a view to stimulating public interest as well as promoting a better understanding of such materials, the Hong Kong Museum of History has organised a thematic exhibition on "Historical Materials for Hong Kong Studies" which covers the varioous materials in different periods up to 1945, ranging from official and private records, inscriptions, paintings and historical photographs etc. in Chinese and English, and grouped under three sections. The exhibition is presented by the Urban Council in association with the Public Records Office and the University of Hong Kong Libraries from which a major portion of the displayed archival materials are drawn, apart from the Hong Kong Museum's own collection items.
To complement the exhibition, the Hong Kong Museum of History has solicited invaluable support from renowned scholars on Hong Kong studies who have contributed artides on various aspects in the study of historical materials, or on maijor local historical archives as well as institions which held important collections of history documents. The Hong Kong Museum of History is indeed honoured to be able to include their papers in this symposium.
目錄 Contents
4 序
6 Preface
8 Dr. Solomon Bard - Grave Momorials as Historical Documents
14 Dr. Fok Kai-cheong - Private Chinese Business Letters and the Study of Hong Kong History - a Preliminary Report
20 Dr. Patrick Hase - New Terrotories Poetry and Song
33 Dr. James Hayes - Women and Female Children in Hong Kong and South China to 1949: Documents of Sale and Transfer
48 Dr. Lau Yun-woo - Public Records Office and its War-time Records
55 Dro. Elizabeth Sinn - The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Archives
61 蕭國健博士 - 談研究香港前代史之華文資料
66 楊國雄 - 香港大學孔安道紀念圖書館所藏香港史料介紹
74 丁新豹博士 - 歷史畫中的香港歷史 1816-1846
81 Susanna Lai-kuen Siu - War-time Postla History of Hong Kong Illustrated by Philatelic Items of the Museum
90 鄒兆麟 — 香港族譜學概述
96 鳴謝 Acknowledgements
