This page highlights important elements of the SEAM collection.  It does not represent the complete holdings of SEAM, but is rather a representative description of some of the items of the collection.  For access to all of SEAM's holdings, please search the CRL Catalog [5].

Burma

India Office Records [1861-1936]

SEAM holds records from the India Office Library relating to the colonial administration of Burma.  These files include:

Annual Report on the Administration of Province of British Burmah for the year...
Catalog Record [6]
Burma General Proceedings, 1900-1916
Catalog Record [7]
Burma Home Proceedings, 1871-1899
Catalog Record [8]
Burma Legislative Council Debates, 1923-1929 
Catalog Record [9]
Miscellaneous Official Publications on Burma 
Catalog Record [10]
Burma Finance and Commerce Proceedings, 1885-1899 
Catalog Record [11]
Burma Foreign & Political Proceedings, 1884-1899 
Catalog Record [12]

Cambodia

Cambodian Election Materials, 1992-1993

Dr. Stephen Heder served as Deputy Director of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Information Education 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 microfiche. 
Catalog Record [13]  Guide [14]

Cambodia National Library Manuscripts

Buddhist literature in Khmer and Pali.
Catalog Record [15]  Guide [16]

Cambodia National Museum Manscripts

Buddhist and Khmer literature held in the library of the Cambodia National Museum.  
Catalog Record [17]  Guide [18]

Documentation Center of Cambodia - Khmer Rouge Top Secret (S-21) Santebal Archives

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).
Catalog Record [19]  Documentation Center of Cambodia [20]

Indonesia

Indonesian Microfilming Projects

Over several years, SEAM collaborated closely with the Ford Foundation to microfilm several Indonesian manuscript collections [21] and newspapers.

Indonesian Archaeological Photographs

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.
Catalog Record [22]  Guide [23] 

Indonesian Political Tabloids microfilm collection

Following Suharto's downfall in 1998, Indonesia's press had newfound freedom.  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.
Catalog Record [24]  Guide [25]

Kung Koan Records

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 births, 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 from the Feng Shui Cemetary in Jakarta, donations, accounts, minutes of meetings, travel passes, and court cases.
Catalog Record [26]  Guide [27]

Sumatra Factory Records

 The records include correspondence and reports sent between factories (trading posts) of the British East India Company and their Directors in London (ca. 1685-1825).
Catalog Record [28]  Guide [29]

Malaysia

Original Correspondence. C.O. 171. Malay States, Federated.

Catalog Record [30]  Guide [31]

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  Sessional Papers

UK National Archives website [32]

Records of the Colonial Office, British North Borneo (Sabah), Sessional Papers, 1908-1965. C.O. 648
Catalog Record [33]
Sessional Papers. Kelantan, 1909-1940 (C.O. 827)
Catalog Record [34]
Trengganu Sessional Papers, 1910-1940 (C.O. 840)
Catalog Record [35]
Federation of Malaya, sessional papers, 1946-1965 (C.O. 941)
Catalog Record [36]
Malacca, sessional papers, 1946-1950 (C.O. 944)
Catalog Record [37]

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  Straits Settlements records

Contains records from 1800-1872.  The Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca) fell administratively under the British East India Company and were unified in 1826.  The extensive material in this set documents 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.
Catalog Record [38]  Guide [39]

Philippines

Jose Cuenco Collection

Cebuano periodicals held in the Cuenco Collection at the Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer, Iloilo City.
Catalog Record [40]

Philippine Election Material

SEAM holds two collections of Philippine election material that once belonged to Dr. Karl Lande.  Both collections contain six microfilm reels of information about election results at the provincial and national levels. 
Republic of the Philippines Commission on Elections, Manila (filmed by Yale University)
Catalog Record [41]
Philippine Elections, Canvass of Votes (1907-1971) (filmed by Ateneo de Manila University)
Catalog Record [42] 

Jose P. Laurel Papers (1918-1959)

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 include extensive correspondence and materials concerning the administration of the Second Philippine Republic, Collaboration Issue papers, Laurel-Langley Papers relating to the Philippine Economic Mission to the United States and other material.
Catalog Record [43]  Guide [44]

Unpublished Papers, Articles and Speeches / Institute of Philippine Culture

The collection consists principally of unpublished reports made by Philippine social scientists to the Institute. There are approximately of 100 reports, academic papers and assorted materials, dating from the 1960s to the present. The Philippine academy is unlike the U.S. academy in that even top scholars are rarely given much time for their own research as part of their routine schedule. On the other hand, scholars frequently undertake commissioned research assignments. The result of both of these facts is that Philippine scholars write many research reports that do not become published articles or books. Since the 1950s, much important research in Philippine social science has been circulated informally as mimeographed reports rather than formally as a journal publications.
Catalog Record [45]  Guide [46]

Singapore

Singapore, sessional papers, 1946-1965 (C.O. 940)

Catalog Record [47]

Thailand

William J. Gedney Collection of Thai Material

20th century Thai monographs and periodicals from the Gedney Collection at the University of Michigan.  Contains materials mainly on Thai drama, folk songs, literature, and poetry. It also has information on history, law, and other topics published in the late 19th- and early 20th-century in Thailand.
Catalog Record [48]  Guide [49]

Vietnam

Chau Ban:  the Dynastic Records of the Nguyen Dynasty

SEAM received 64 reels of Chau Ban (also know as 'vermillion records' because of the ink used by the emperor in issuing decrees) from Vietnam.  This material was originally housed in the Imperial Archives and was at one point completely restricted from foreign scholars.  The records cover the Gia Long (1802-1820) and Minh Mang (1820-1841) periods of the Nguyen Dynasty.  They contain extensive correspondence, memorials from various offices of court, reports from remote provinces, and materials relating to medicinal practices of court doctors.
Catalog Record [50] 

Other

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Reports

Guide [51]

All SEAM holdings can be found in CRL’s online catalog [5].  This page features partial lists and descriptions of SEAM’s collections that do not lend themselves to descriptions in Guides to Collections [52].

The August 2011 SEAM Holdings List, the most comprehensive source of SEAM’s collection, contains the definitive bibliographic listing of all materials SEAM has collected since its inception in 1970. The list displays material organized by country, alphabetized by author/title, and has separately organized sections for monographs, serials, and newspapers.

Due to the size of the printed guide (750+ pages), the Web version is presented both as a complete list as well as smaller segments for easier download.

Complete SEAM Holdings list 2011 [53]; 754 pages (6 MB)

SEAM List 1 [54] Table of Contents, 7 pages (155 KB)
SEAM List 2 [55] Australia-Burma, 82 pages (471 KB)
SEAM List 3 [56] Cambodia-India, 98 pages (527 KB)
SEAM List 4 [57] Indonesia, 276 pages (1.2 MB)
SEAM List 5 [58] Italy-Norway, 58 pages (318 KB)
SEAM List 6 [59] Philippines-Vietnam, 92 pages (1.8 MB)
SEAM List 7 [60] Newspapers, 142 pages (1.8 MB)

Recent Receipts and Cataloged Items

These lists of recently received and cataloged SEAM items are provided to members at the meetings of SEAM, which are held once a year.

• March 2012 [61]
• March 2013 [62]
• March 2014 [63]
• March 2015 (no receipts)
• March 2016 [64]
• March 2017 [65]
• March 2018 [66]
• March 2019 [67]
• March 2020 [68]

This page highlights current and new projects undertaken by SEAM and will include project summaries and updates. New project submissions are welcome. For summaries of past projects and indexes or guides to material, please visit the Guides to SEAM Collections [1].

Ambon Ekspres

Issues from February 2006 through September 2008 have been provided by the University of Hawaii for SEAM microfilming.  Hawaii was the only holding library of Ambon Ekspres [69] in the US.  This Indonesian title was suspended in September 2008.

Borneo Mail

SEAM microfilmed Ohio University's holdings of Borneo Mail [70] for 2001-2001.  This newspaper is published in the eastern part of Malaysia, which has a significant indigeous population and also tensions with the Kuala Lumpur-based central government. 

Cenderawasih Pos

The University of Hawaii at Manoa has contributed its holdings from 1999-2010 of Cenderawasih Pos [71], a newspaper from West Papua, Indonesia for microfilming.

Harakah

SEAM has microfilmed Ohio University's holdings of this Malaysian newspaper for 1998-2010.  Harakah [72] has a reputation for voicing political opposition in Malaysia, where traditionally newspaper content has been tightly controlled by the government.

Harian Sore Garuda

SEAM has microfilmed the years 1992–2005 of the Indonesian newspaper Harian Sore Garuda [73]. This daily regional newspaper from Medan continued the Harian Garuda (a successor to the armed forces daily Harian angkatan bersenjata) and was published until February 2005. Copies of the newspaper were provided for microfilming from the collection of the University of Hawaii, the only holding library in the US.

Pos Maluku

This Indonesian daily newspaper from Eastern Indonesia has been microfilmed by SEAM.  The issues to be filmed include May 1991 - December 1994, when Pos Maluku [74] ceased to publish.  Holdings are being provided by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Radar Bogor

SEAM has been microfilming Radar Bogor [75] for the years 1999-2011. This newspaper is published in the Bogor region of Indonesia and the holdings to be filmed come from the University of Michigan.

SEAM/Cornell University Southeast Asian Newspaper Project

SEAM and Cornell University are collaborating to microfilm a large body of Southeast Asian newspapers held in the John M. Echols Collection [76] at Cornell. This four-year collaboration will result in more than 200 titles filmed. For more information on individual titles, please consult the CRL catalog [5].

SEAM/Luce Microfilming and Preservation Project in Vietnam

In October 1993, the Center for Research Libraries submitted a proposal on SEAM’s behalf to the Henry Luce Foundation [77] for preservation microfilming activities of important historical material in Vietnam. The Luce Foundation awarded $180,000 to SEAM for this project in 1994; the Harvard Yenching Institute [78] provided an additional $35,000 to support the purchase of camera equipment. Project funds have been used to purchase filming and processing equipment, support travel for researchers and consultants involved in negotiations and training with Vietnamese institutions, and pay for project staff engaged in the administration and duties of the project. The project aims to make specific materials available to U.S. researchers, while providing Vietnamese research institutions with the capacity for sustained preservation activities. More information and project updates can be found here [79].

Proposals should be submitted using the Proposal Template. [80]The proposals will then be made available in the globalCollections platform [81].

The SEAM Digitization Project Guidelines [82] provide guidance for digital projects.

E-mail completed proposals to Judy Alspach [83].  If you have any questions about the form or about project proposal ideas, please contact Judy Alspach [83].