the inventory of the austin coates collection...

The Inventory

of the

Austin Coates

Collection

#1615

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Coates, Austin

11/7/01

Preliminary Listing

I. Manuscripts

A. By AC.

Box 1 1. MARTHA MEROP, TS with holograph corrections, 380 p.

2. RIZAL.

a. TS with holograph corrections, 324 p. [Originally bound;

binding discarded due to deterioration.]

b. AFootnotes,@ TS and holograph.

3. AMagistracy Memoirs.@ 4. AFerdinand Blumentritt and the Philippine Revolution,@ English

version (CS) and German version (TS).

Box 2 5. ADraft Synopsis for a Libretto,@ TS with holograph corrections, 18

p.

6. THE KASHMIR LOVER.

a. TS with holograph corrections, 86 p.

b. TS with holograph corrections, signed by AC=s father Eric

Coates.

c. TS with holograph corrections, approx. 50 p.

d. Fragment, TS with holograph corrections, 9 p.

e. TS with holograph corrections, 29 p.

7. SIXTEEN BY EIGHTEEN, TS, 268 p., 1944.

8. NIGHT IS SWEETER THAN DAY, TS with holograph

corrections, 414 p.

9. AA Knight of Malta,@ musical play, TS, 90 p.

10. AA Question of Breeding.@ a AMusical play,@ TS, music by Vilem Tavsky, 25 p.

Box 5 b AOperetta for television,@ TS, 25 p.

Box 2 11. AJuggernaut Journey,@ also titled AA Journey to Juggernaut,@ collected poems, TS with holograph corrections, 1944-1945.

12. THE STORY OF THE RUBBER TRADE, TS with holograph

corrections, 286 p.

13. CHINA RACES, TS with holograph corrections, 289 p.

14. ATelephone Book,@ notebook with holograph notes.

15. OMAR KHAYYAM, TS, 75 p.

16. CHINA AND INDIA: AN INTERPRETATION, TS with

holograph corrections, 312 p., 1977, 312 p.

17. WHAMPOA SHIPS ON THE SHORE, TS with holograph

corrections, 228 p.

Box 4 18. Unidentified MS, TS with holograph corrections, pp. 23-56.

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Box 5 19. VISITORS TO MACAO, TS with holograph corrections, 386 p.,

June 1995.

20. AHumayan,@ holograph, 3/26/48; includes holograph notes.

21. AIn Father=s Footsteps,@ synopsis, TS, 2 p.

22. AQuartet,@ synopsis, TS, 2 p.

23. AAn Englishman=s Home,@ synopsis, TS, 2 p.

24. AOmar Khayyam: A Romance of Old Persia,@ TS, 18 p.

25. Untitled collection of poems, TS with holograph notes.

26. ALiberetto: draft dialogue without lyrics,@ TS with holograph notes,

66 p.

27. Speech given at International Philippine Rev. Conf., 15 p., 2

copies.

28. AHistory of Portugal.@ a. First draft, holograph.

b. TS with holograph corrections.

29. BASUTOLAND, TS with holograph corrections, 144 p.

30. THE CITY OF BROKEN PROMISES, novel by AC, TS with

holograph corrections, 497 pg., includes 2 items of personal

correspondence.

31. Unidentified MS fragment, TS with holograph corrections, pp.

311-335.

32. Unidentified MS fragment, TS, pp. 100-155.

34. APortrait of an Eastern City,@ essay by AC, TS, 9 p.

35. Fragments from unidentified MS re: Lisbon and Portugal, TS with

holograph corrections, p. 110 and p. 119.

36. WISDOM IN NUMBERS, non-fiction, TS with holograph

corrections, 80 p.

37. MACAO, nonfiction, TS with holograph corrections, approx. 143

p. total; includes 1 item of professional correspondence.

38. 6 miscellaneous MS pages.

39. A SUMMARY MEMORANDUM ON THE SOUTHERN

DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, TS, 188 p., May

1953-July 1955; includes printed material [some insect damage;

removed from original binding for preservation purposes].

Box 6 40. ADiary in Paris,@ holograph, n.d.

41. RUBBER TRADE and CHINA RACE, bound manuscripts,

holograph, n.d. [some insect damage].

Box 7 a. 14 volumes.

Box 8 b. 6 volumes.

42. Short stories.

Box 2 a. AThe Prince and The Sage,@ TS.

b. AThe Suicides,@ TS.

c. ADirect Action,@ TS.

d. AOld Jagan,@ TS.

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43. Poetry.

a. Notes re: poems, approx. 20 p., 8/22/51.

b. Poems, TS with holograph corrections, approx. 20 p.

B. HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, by M. Pinheiro Chagas, holograph, 95 p.,

1990.

II. Correspondence.

A. General (Personal and Professional).

Box 1 1. TLS, ALS, ANS, includes printed material, photographs, MS

pages.

Box 2 2. Re: salary information, approx. 45 p. total.

Box 3 3. Approx. 30 TLS, ALS, 1969, 1980-1996.

Box 4 4. Approx. 60 TLS, most re: AC=s publications, 1950-1980.

5. Approx. 125 TLS, CSLS, ALS, 1980-1997.

6. Approx. 150 p. total, TLS, ALS, most re: publishing, 1960.

B. Personal.

Box 1 1. TLS, ANS; includes printed material, speeches, photos.

2. TLS, ALS, most re: lecture for Rizal Day, includes speeches given,

1982-1996.

Box 4 3. CTLS, TLS, ALS, 1950-1970.

C. Professional.

Box 1 1. 3 TLS, includes printed material.

Box 4 2. Approx. 100 TLS, ALS, most from Oxford University Press,

1970-1980.

3. Approx. 30 p. total, TLS, ALS, 1980.

4. Approx. 50 TLS from Oxford University Press, TLS, 1980-1990.

Box 5 5. TLS from High Commissioner for the U.K. relieving AC of his

duties, 1961-1962.

6. TLS re: to Directorship of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board,

1965-1966.

7. TLS, ALS re: International Conference of Philippine Revolution,

1996.

8. TLS from publishers, 1971-1972, includes MS by AC (ALantao

Island@).

III. Professional Material.

Box 4 A. Classified material re: Soviet / Chinese activity during the early 1950s,

TS and holograph, approx. 60-70 p. total; includes maps of Africa.

IV. Research Material.

Box 1 A. Printed material re: Dr. Jose Rizal.

B. Re: Josephine Brachin and Jose Rizal; includes birth and death

certificates.


Box 4 C. AEstudios de Cultura Nahuatl,@ vol. 5, by Universidad Nacional Autonoma

de Mexico, TS, 1965.

D. AThe Portuguese in Japan,@ by Michael Teague, n.d.

E. AThe Rise and Fall of Nicholas Iquan,@ by C.R. Boxer, printed, 1966.

F. AExtracts from Letters from Hong Kong and Macao, 1887-1888,@ by James

Knight Rebbeck, TS.

G. AAnswers to Questionnaire on Mon Freedom Movement,@ by New Mon

State Party,TS, 2 copies, 1970 and 1985.

H. Approx. 60 p. of miscellany, TS and holograph, includes professional

correspondence.

V. Photographs.

Box 4 A. Print, black and white wedding photo of James and Lili Rebbeck, Hong

Kong, 1888.

B. 13 3"x5" color prints, 1980-1990.

C. 7 black and white prints, 1905 and 1924.

Box 5 D. 29 black and white prints.

E. 6 color slides.

F. 129 color prints.

G. 1 framed black and white print.

Box 6 H. Approx. 25 small black and white prints of AC and his friends, n.d.

I. 12 black and white photos of AC in Hong Kong with various diplomats

and friends, n.d.

VI. Personal Memorabilia.

Box 1 A. 1 folder from International Congress, including 7 invitations to various

events at Congress.

Box 5 B. 2 business cards for AC.

Box 6 C. Diplomatic ID card.

D. Malaysian driving license, issued 6/9/65.

E. Sarawak driving license, issued 4/12/57.

F. St. John=s Wood Post Office Savings Bank Book.

G. Fed. of Malaya, Intl. Cert. Of Vaccination, 2/14/64.

H. Leather pouch with assorted business cards.

I. Leather pouch with ID cards, bank cards, ATM cards, medical cards.

J. 6 British passports, issued Dec. 1956, Nov. 1961, Jan. 1939, Sept. 1964,

June 1952, May 1987.

K. Approx. 20 invitations for AC, mostly to Hong Kong governor=s house,

1970-1990.

L. Datebook with few entries, 1971; includes business cards, 1 black and

white photograph.

M. Address book labeled AFriends in Asia,@ Oct. 1944.

N. Address book, 1947.


VII. Scrapbooks.

Box 1 A. Scrapbook, includes correspondence, printed material.

B. Scrapbook, includes ALS, TLS, printed materials, photos (1965-1966,

1996.)

Box 5 C. Scrapbooks re: printing of books; includes printed materials, newspaper

articles in English and Portuguese, correspondence, TLS, 1961-1997.

VIII. Diaries and Journals.

Box 1 A. Dated diaries.

1. 1939.

2. 1943.

3. 1949, 2 diaries.

4. 1950.

5. 1952.

Box 2 6. 1942.

7. 1943.

8. 1947.

9. 1948.

10. 1955.

11. 1961-1970.

12. 1971.

13. 1973-1997.

B. Journal, holograph, approx. 20 p.., 8/22/51.

Box 5 C. AFolio 1,@ TS with holograph corrections, 114 p. [some insect damage].

D. AFolio 2,@ TS with holograph corrections, 143 p. [some insect damage].

IX. Printed Material.

A. Newspaper and magazine clippings.

Box 1 1. Newspaper clippings, playbills, miscellany.

Box 3 2. Newspaper clippings, 1981-1999.

3. Newspaper and magazine clippings re: AC and East Asian affairs

and leaders, approx. 200 articles total, 1957-1996.

Box 4 4. Approx. 20 newspaper clippings re: AC, 1990.

5. Book section of unidentified magazine, contains article about AC=s

book THE ROAD, approx. 14 p.

Box 5 6. Newspaper clippings re: The International Congress on Rizal,

12/4-8/61.

Box 6 7. Newspaper article from The Manilla Chronicle, 12/7/61, AC in

picture.

B. Magazines.

Box 3 1. Optima quarterly review, with item by AC, March 1965.

2. Time, 7/17/57.


3. Far Eastern Economic Review, June and November 1996.

4. The Asia Magazine.

a. 8/11/68.

b. 6/16/68.

Box 4 5. Artists of the China Coast, by Martyn Gregory, periodical, Summer

1991.

Box 3 C. The Sarawak Gazette newspaper.

1. 3/30/57.

2. 7/31/57.

3. 1957.

D. Exhibition catalogs.

1. APeasant Painters from Bali,@ 17 p., 1971.

2. AJamimi Roy the Indian Maestro,@ Alpha Gallery, 1972.

Box 1 E. Transcript of interview with AC, CS, 12/26/88; includes TLS (personal,

4/5/89), printed material (2 booklets re: Jose Rizal, 1962 and 1982).

Box 3 F. AOriental Studies,@ Oxford University Press, 36 p.

G. AThe Danes in Siam During the End of Last Century and Their

Involvement in the Establishment of the Siam Commercial Bank Ltd.@ H. AThe Complete Sherlock Holmes,@ 25 p.

I. AEncyclopedie par L=image Versailles,@ 1925.

J. 3 Asian postcards.

K. Book catalog for Muller Books, July- December 1968.

Box 4 L. 2 book covers for CHINA RACES by AC, rough drafts.

M. AHong Kong Old and New,@ calendar, 1961.

Box 5 N. Newspaper, newsletter, and program in Chinese, 1957 and 1994.

O. Booklet and information re: Golders Green Crematorium.

Package 1 P. NOLI ME TANGERE, by Jose Rizal, facsimile of MS, (c) 1961, 465 p.

Q. EL FILIBUSTERISMO, by Jose Rizal, facsimile of MS, (c) 1961, 217 p.

X. Financial Material.

Box 5 A. Order for memorial at Golders Green Crematorium for AC and his parents,

10/6/98.

B. Shipping documents re: AC=s ashes.

XI. Legal Material.

A. Photocopy of death cerificate for AC, 3/18/97.

B. Photocopied documents re: death of AC, dated 5/28/98.

C. Photocopy of AC=s passport; expired 5/8/97.

D. Wax seal on paper from Policia de Seguranca Publicia de Lisbon.

XII. Miscellaneous.

A. Material re: AC=s crematorium (photos, printed material).

B. Small metal plate, stamped with AREG 1026-1997.@


C. Greeting card from BU Special Collections.

D. AQuestions and Answers on the Book of El-Doud and Advanced

Teaching,@ TS, 1947-1949.

E. AQuestions and Answers on Their Books and Teaching,@ TS and

holograph, 1957-1958.

F. AReport on the New Territory at Hong Kong,@ TS, November 1900.


Coates, Austin (2/21/06)

Coates, Austin

#1615

2/21/06

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 8

I. Correspondence.

A. From AC to his parents, Eric and Phyllis Coates.

1. Approx. 300 TLS, ALS re: tour of service in British Royal Air

Force while stationed in South East Asia, 6/3/44 - 9/28/46;

includes articles by AC; photographs; poems. [F. 1-3]

2. Approx. 400 TLS, ALS re: employment in southern Asia, 1/3/51 -

5/27/59; includes printed material. [F. 4-6]

B. From AC=s parents to AC, approx. 30 TLS, ALS, 11/13/53 - 1/02/75; may

include articles re: AC; correspondence from others; financial material.

[F. 7]

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