Over the past several years, SEAM has collaborated closely
with the Ford Foundation on a variety of microfilming
projects in Indonesia. In exchange for provision of
raw film stock, SEAM has received positive microfilm copies
of the collections below. Print indexes to the collections
are available on loan at CRL.
Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Indonesia
manuscript collection
(Faculty of Letters, University of Indonesia)
The entire collection of over 2300 Javanese manuscripts
at the University of Indonesia (Faculty of Letters) was
filmed as part of this project.
- 250 reels plus catalog (Katalog induk naskah-naskah
nusantara, Jilid 3), on-line index
CRL Call No: (MF-11169)
Manuscripts of the Kraton Yogyakarta
The approximately 700 filmed manuscripts
originated from the palace (kraton) collections
in Yogyakarta, Central Java. The ca. 450 manuscripts
from the Widaya Budaya collection include court annals
as well as works of general interest such as literature,
history, genealogy, religion, and arts. With a few
exceptions, most notably a Koran from 1797, these manuscripts
were copied in the 19th and early 20th century.
The ca. 250 Krida Mardawa manuscripts are on dance, music,
and wayang (wong and gedhog). The majority were copied
in the 1920s and 1930s. This collection was given
to SEAM by Sultan Hamengkubowono IX of Yogyakarta.
- 121 reels plus catalog (Katalog induk
naskah-naskah nusantara, Jilid 2)
CRL Call No: (MF-5920)
Newspapers at the National Library of Indonesia
Not officially a Ford Foundation project,
this was the first effort of SEAM in collaboration with
the Perpustakaan Nasional in Indonesia. In 1983,
Alan Feinstein proposed filming (or acquiring) up to 75
Javanese-language newspapers at the National Library,
including Bramartani (Jurumartani),
Djawi Kondo, and Darma Kondo, some of
the earliest vernacular newspapers of the Indies.
Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia manuscript
collection
(Manuscripts of the National Library of Indonesia)
50% of the total collection of 9870 manuscripts in a variety
of languages at PNRI were filmed.
- 850 reels plus catalog (Katalog induk naskah-naskah
nusantara, Jilid 4), on-line index
CRL Call No: (MF-11681)
Proyek Pelestarian Naskah Universitas Hasanuddin,
Yayasan Ford
(South Sulawesi Manuscripts)
This collection was gathered from a variety of institutions
in the region: Hasanuddin University (UnHas),
the National Archives branch in Ujung Pandang, and regional
offices of the Pusat Bahasa, Balai Kajian Sejarah dan
Nilai-nilai Tradisional, the Provincial Museum, and the
Regional Library. Approximately 4040 manuscripts,
mainly in Buginese, Makasarese, and Mandarese, were filmed.
- 107 reels plus preliminary index (reels 1-82)
CRL Call No: (MF-11732)
Sonobudoyo Museum Project
First proposed in 1986, this project was
to film the manuscript collection at the Museum Negeri
Sonobudoyo in Yogyakarta. This collection, the largest
single collection in Indonesia outside of Jakarta, contains
approximately 1,350 manuscripts on Javanese history, religion,
and culture collected mainly in the first half of this
century. The subject matter ranges from historical
chronicles (babad) to texts on genealogy, law,
Wayang, literature, Javanese ethics, Islam, almanacs,
language, music, dance, and customary law.
- 162 reels and catalog (Katalog
induk naskah-naskah nusantara, Jilid 1)
CRL Call No: (MF-12137)
Surakarta Manuscript Project
(Javanese language manuscripts of Surakarta,
Central Java)
SEAM has recently received microfilm
of 2,300 manuscripts from the Museum Radya Pustaka, Istana
Mangkunegaran, and Istana Sultan Surakarta (Surakarta,
Indonesia), courtesy of the Royal Institute of Linguistics
and Anthropology in Leiden (Netherlands). This was
one of the earliest microfilm efforts of the Ford Foundation
(and NEH) in the region. The Radya Pustaka is the
oldest museum in Surakarta (Solo) and houses more than
3,000 manuscripts in Javanese, Indonesian, and Dutch languages.
The Rekso Pustoko in the Istana Mangkunegaran holds
rare volumes of literature, religion, and philosophy in
Javanese. The microfilmed manuscripts include dynastic
histories, genealogies of Surakarta kings, history of
Islamic prophets, studies of Javanese language and literature,
accounts of royal travel, court ceremonies, Wayang plays,
correspondence and diaries, and more. The collection
is described in "Javanese language manuscripts of
Surakarta, Central Java : a preliminary descriptive catalogue
/ by Nancy J. Florida" [not held by SEAM].
- 227 reels 35mm, 51 reels 16 mm.
Universitas Padjadjaran (Bandung) manuscript
collection
(Sundanese Manuscripts)
This collection was gathered from of 1800 manuscripts
was filmed on 52 reels of microfilm. Unfortunately,
the microfilms sent to SEAM were not successfully delivered.
SEAM is attempting to obtain another copy of this
collection.
