The donation ceremony for the Maurice and Judith Freedman Collection presented by the Anthropology Department, CUHK, was held at the Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore Library on 20 September by the University Library System to express gratitude to the Anthropology Department for their generous donation. Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Prof. Sidney Cheung, chairman of the Anthropology Department, and Dr. Colin Storey, University Librarian, officiated at the ceremony.

Professor Freedman (1920–75), a British scholar, was one of the world’s leading experts on Chinese anthropology. His interest in Chinese culture includes the family, marriage and kinship. He is best known for his study of lineages in Southern China. He died in 1975. After his wife (Dr. Judith Djmour, 1921–2009) passed away, his two students, Prof. Hugh Baker (former director, Centre for East Asian Studies, CUHK) and Prof. Stephen Feuchtwang (the literary executor of the book collection), liaised with the CUHK Anthropology Department to discuss the donation of the late couple’s books to the department. The department then generously donated the collection to the Library.

In December 2010, a total of over 3,400 books and journals arrived. Among them, 49 titles were western rare books and 92 titles were autographed and signed copies of prominent scholars. This is clearly a significant collection. Over 1,800 volumes have become valuable additions to the library collections. The rest are kept in the Anthropology Department.