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This page highlights important elements of
the SEAM collection as well as recently completed projects
which have been officially reported to the SEAM membership
at the annual business meeting.
This page does not represent the complete
holdings of SEAM, but is rather a representative description
of some of the items in the collection. For more details,
please consult the CRL CATALOG.
Burma
[1875-1927,
1951-1970]
Proceedings:
v. 1-9 (1937-1941); fiche
Proceedings:
v. 1-6 (1937-1940); fiche
India Office Records [1861-1936]
SEAM holds records from the India Office Library relating
to the colonial administration of Burma. These files include:
Cambodia
Dr. Stephen Heder served as deputy director of the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Information
Educational Division. Over the course of his tenure, he
collected materials relating to the organization and management
of local elections in Cambodia. The material has been preserved
on 595 fiche. Online guide (pdf
file)
Buddhist literature in Khmer and Pali.
Online guide (pdf file)
Buddhist and Khmer literature held in the library of the
Cambodia National Museum. Online guide
(pdf file)
SEAM contributed funds for a cooperative project with Yale
and Cornell Universities to film secret police documents
of the Khmer Rouge. The archives document the process
of repression, terror, and extermination of civilians and
leaders in the capital and countryside of Cambodia (1975-79).
Documentation Center of Cambodia - Other Projects:
Continuing the collaboration with Yale and Cornell, SEAM
committed funds to film up to seven other collections held
by the Documentation Center of Cambodia and the National
Archives of Cambodia. These archives may include Chinese
documents from the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh during
the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) era; dossiers on military
actions and events of the Lon Nol period; Khmer Rouge prison
guard notebooks; Vietnamese documents; and the Renakse collection
of petitions relating to genocide in Cambodia.
[1952-57;
1965-70]
[1970-73]
Indonesia
Over several years, SEAM collaborated closely with the
Ford Foundation on a variety of microfilming projects in
Indonesia.
Willem Henrik de Vriese was a 19th century botanist specializing
in East Indies flora. He traveled extensively from 1858-1861
through the Dutch East Indies at the instigation of the
Ministry of the Colonies. His extensive archives document
his observations and recommendations covering European and
native agriculture in the Dutch East Indies, including a
range of tropical products.
no. 1-153 (Oct. 2, 1924-Oct. 24, 1927). Journal edited
by Tjokroaminoto Umar Said, an Indonesian nationalist leader.
Dutch Language newspapers:
Deli
Courant (Medan, Indonesia): [Jan 1885-Mar 16
1940]. The first newspaper of Medan, founded in 1885.
142 reels
De
Locomotief (Semarang, Indonesia): [Jan 1864-Mar.
1956]. The influential and "ethical" daily paper
from Semarang helped shape the social and political issues
relating to rights of the domestic population in Indonesia.
383 reels.
See: Indonesian
Microfilming Projects.
Photo collection of the National Research Centre of Archaeology
of the Republic of Indonesia, 1901-1956, at the Kern Institute,
University of Leiden. On 282 microfiche.
Indonesian Newspapers from Columbia
University
SEAM has filmed 8 titles, using holdings
from Columbia University, from Indonesia and Malaysia. These
newspapers were published during a critical period for the
area in the 1960s and early 1970s. Titles and dates being
filmed include:
Following Suharto’s downfall in 1998, Indonesia’s
press found newfound freedom. The world witnessed an explosion
of newspapers and journals in Jakarta and provincial cities
expressing every political and social perspective. This
collection of 340 newspapers, tabloids, and journals are
a sample of the serials that chronicle the events leading
to the June 1999 elections and beyond. A reel
guide is available in PDF format, and cataloging of
indicidual titles is being pursued.
The Dutch administration in Indonesia used to appoint
Chinese headmen to administer the large Chinese communities
in cities like Batavia, Semarang and Soerabaja. These 'officers'
functioned jointly as a Chinese Council or Kong Koan and
were responsible for the registration of marriages, divorces
and deaths, as well as for arbitration and jurisdiction
in local disputes and minor misdemeanors. Included in SEAM's
collection are records of assistance to the poor, immigration
records, burial records in the Feng Shui Cemetary in Jakarta,
donations, accounts, minutes of meetings, travel passes,
court cases, and records of births, marriages, deaths, and
divorces.
Legal materials and journals concerning central and provincial
laws and regulations from 1919-1990.
Local factory records
(Borneo, Celebes, Java, Sumatra) : A "factory"
was a trading post under the British East India Company
where a number of merchants, or factors, resided. When company
ships arrived at the factories, ships' merchants were thus
enabled to exchange goods for trading immediately instead
of having to wait to make deals with local merchants. The
records include correspondence and reports sent between
the factories and their Directors in London (ca. 1685–1825).
See online guide for: Sumatra Factory
Records. (British Library. India Office Records)
Starting in 1849, the government of the Netherlands ordered
its civil service personnel leaving office to write a memorandum
of conveyance (Memorie van Overgave) for their successor.
The memorandum was to contain a review of political developments
in the district concerned and also to provide information
on places, persons, and issues relevant to the proper exercise
of the successor’s position. The memoranda, collected
by the Ministry of Colonies (Ministerie van Kolonien) in
The Hague and the Royal Tropical Institute (Koninklijk Instituut
voor de Tropen) in Amsterdam, include reports from the highest
levels of administration (departing Governors and Residents)
as well as those from lower-level officials such as Assistant-Residents
and Controllers. The collection also contains a virtually
complete series of Memories from the corps “Binnenlands
Bestuur” of Netherlands New Guinea (Irin Jaya) for
the 1945–1962 period.
See
also Mailrapporten,
owned by CRL.
See:
Indonesian
Microfilming Projects.
Malaysia
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Original Correspondence
CO 717 Malay States,
Federated. Original Correspondence. 
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Sessional Papers
CO 648 Borneo,
North. Sessional Papers, 1908-1965
CO 827 Kelantan.
Sessional Papers, 1909-1940
CO 944 Malacca. Sessional Papers,
CO 941 Malay States, Federated. Sessional
Papers
CO 840 Trenganu. Sessional Papers
Contains records from 1800-1872. The Straits Settlements
(Singapore, Penang, and Malacca) fell administratively under
the British East India Company and were unified in 1826.
The extensive material in this set document the consultations
(minutes), correspondence, proceedings, and other material
from the settlements, covering the period through the establishment
of the Straits as a crown colony in 1867. On 236 reels from
the National Library of Singapore; two reels of indexes
also available.
[1886-1938];
30 reels.
[1867-1939];
31 reels.
Philippines
[Jan. 2, 1990-Dec. 31, 1997] This successor to the Marcos-era
Business Day was founded in 1987 and contains a
wealth of business information with features on agribusiness,
travel and tourism, labor, construction, and technology.
It also covers APEC and general political events and people
in relation to broader economic development in the region.
SEAM has acquired 96 reels covering the period .
[Apr. 18, 1948-Sept. 27, 1972]. This title was established
in October, 1919. It began as the monthly newsletter of
the Manila Chinese Chamber of Commerce, but soon expanded
into a daily to report business news and provide leadership
and advocacy for the Chinese community. In the 1960's, the
paper became the largest circulation Chinese language daily
in the Philippines. The paper ceased in 1972 as a result
of martial law declaration issued by President Marcos.
Cebuano periodicals held in the Cuenco collection at the
Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer, Ilolio City.
Jose Laurel was the president of the Philippines during
the Japanese occupation (1943-1945), though his long and
distinguished career spanned many decades before and after
this period. His papers consist of extensive correspondence
and materials concerning the administration of the Second
Philippine Republic, Collaboration Issue papers (following
independence in 1945, concerning the issue of collaboration
during the Japanese occupation), Laurel-Langley Papers relating
to the Philippine Economic Mission to the United States,
Davao and cases, and other material. Online
Guide (pdf file)
SEAM filmed a variety of Philippine newspaper holdings
from 1890-1909, the period marked by the end of Spanish
rule, Phulippine resistance, and American control of the
territory.
Philippine vernacular periodicals
SEAM has acquired a number of journals in Tagalog and
other indigenous languages, including:
Yale University has filmed 6 reels of Philippine election
material once belonging to Dr. Carl Lande. The election
return data from the Republic of the Philippines Commission
on Elections covers all levels of Philippine elections from
1907 to 1971, covering provincial office records, assembly
elections, congressional, senatorial, and presidential election
material.
This directory published lists of residents, business firms
(and personnel), municipal officers, public and private
schools, missions, and many other listings. The series is
invaluable because its annual listings offer a consistent
database for reconstituting formal business and business
district development, as well as the potential to reconstruct
the occupational careers and residential histories of Philippine
residents. The directories were was published under a variety
of titles from 1903-1941. SEAM holds a near-complete run
of this series on film (vols. 1-18, 20-46).
Singapore
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Sessional Papers
CO 940/1-9 Singapore. Sessional Papers
SEAM and CRL hold film of this important title for 1845-1852;
1883-1942; 1946-1981; 1983-present.
The title began in1845 as the Straits Times & Singapore
Journal Of Commerce. It was suspended with Feb. 14,
1942 issue due to Japanese occupation; resumed with Sept.
7, 1945. It is the most widely read English language newspaper
in Singapore.
Thailand
20th century Thai monographs and periodicals
from the Gedney Collection at the University of Michigan.
On-line guide (pdf file).
v. 1-13 (May 1911-Apr. 1919); monthly organ of the paramilitary
adult untranationalist organization "Wild Tiger Corps"
founded by King Vajiravudh (1910-25).
Samut San
no. 1-63 (1914-Mar. 1919); Naval Review - journal of the
Royal Thai Navy League. Organ used to raise public subscriptions
to buy naval vessels during World War I.
SEAM holds this title from 1937-1975 on microfiche (complements
CRL's print holdings).
v. 1-11 (1917/1918-1927/1928); Dhamma Review: Annual digest
of decisions of the Supreme Court.
Vietnam
SEAM received 64 reels of Chau Ban (alternately
known as “vermillion records” because of the
ink used by the emperor in issuing decrees) from Vietnam
originally housed in Imperial Archives. These records, covering
the Gia Long (1802–1820) and Minh Mang (1820–1841)
reins of the Nguyen Dynasty, were at one point completely
restricted from foreign scholars. They contain extensive
correspondence, memorials from various offices of court,
reports from remote provinces, and even materials relating
to medicinal practices of court doctors.
Other
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