Queen’s College (QC) was founded in the name of “Central School” in 1862 and moved from its first campus on Gough Street to Hollywood Road in 1889. Unfortunately, Hollywood Road campus, together with all school records were completely destroyed during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between 1941-45. That includes the whole school register - which by 1909 and 1923 had recorded at least 11,000 and 16,800 pupils’ enrolment in QC respectively.

In order to piece together the pre-war history of QC, the curatorial team initiated the OQC & Staff directory project in Summer 2018. The aim is to compile all pupil and staff records from 1862 to present from primary historical materials including our school magazine (The Yellow Dragon), historical photographs and collections, old newspapers, government gazettes and notices. It is estimated that up to 25,000 pupils have enrolled in QC from 1862-1941, and we have already compiled around 11,800 records.

皇仁書院（時稱「大書院」）始創於1862年。1889年，書院由歌賦街第一代校舍遷至荷李活道。由於第二代校舍在日佔時期（1941－45年）遭完全摧毀，幾乎所有學校檔案（包括學生名錄）均付諸一炬。歷史資料顯示，至1909年已有累積超過11,000名學童入學，至1923年數字已達16,800。由此推斷，保守估計二次大戰前夕學生名錄紀錄了近25,000學生的資料。

館長團隊於2018年夏推出「舊生名錄計劃」，旨在於原始歷史資料（如校刊《黃龍報》、舊照片、本館藏品、舊報紙、政府憲報等）中尋回所有戰前（1862－1941年）學生及教職員資料。自計劃推行至今，團隊已尋獲近11800條資料。