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Malaysia -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Archive of Desmond William G. Faris

 Collection
Archive of Desmond William G. Faris.
Extents: 0.16 linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1938-1956

Archive of Ivan Lloyd Phillips

 Collection
Archive of Ivan Lloyd Phillips.
Extents: 0.44 linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates: 1931-1984

Archive of John Hamer

 Collection
Archive of John Hamer.
Extents: 0.18 linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1905-1957

Archive of Sir William Allmond C. Goode

 Collection
Archive of Sir William Allmond C. Goode, Colonial Administrator.
Extents: 0.35 linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1954-1986

Archive of W.P. Winston

 Collection
Archive of W.P. Winston.
Extents: 0.42 linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates: 1937-1960; 1989

'End of Empire' transcripts

 Collection
Xerox copies of transcripts of filmed interviews with contributors, 1985, including material not present in the edited versions, but not including transcripts relating to the loss of Aden; related papers, including 'research interviews' relating to Malaya, shotlists (itemised lists of footage) and press releases, 1985.
Extents: 36 Volumes : The papers have been bound in 36 dark blue cloth-bound volumes.
Dates: 1985

Interviews with Malcolm John MacDonald

 Collection
Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Dame Margery Perham, Sir Kenneth Bradley, Ivan Lloyd Phillips and Curtis Nordman, 1970-1974, relating to service as Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and for the Colonies, 1935-1940, and later in Kenya and Malaya.
Extents: 8 Files
Dates: 1970-1974

Letters sent by W.P. Winston to his family

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 122
Typed copies of three letters from W.P. Winston to his family, with an eyewitness account of the Japanese invasion of Malaya (Malaysia).
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Jan-Mar 1942

Medical papers of Desmond William G. Faris

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 135
Medical papers of Desmond William G. Faris.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1931-1946

Papers of C.H.F. Blake

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 276
Papers relating to service, including memoranda, reports, minutes, etc., [1942-1960].
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1942-1960]

Papers of David Beatty

 Collection
Letters home from Canton and Christmas Island, with related photographs, press cuttings and farewell addresses, 1899-1954; transcript of journal of his father Robert Beatty's voyage to India, 1856.
Extents: 3 boxes : The farewell address, 1926, written on silk and originally stored in a wooden box, was donated to the library in a large frame format, with degraded paper backing. The Conservation Section of the Bodleian Library undertook limited drycleaning, minor repairs, etc. in [March 1997], rehousing the item in a card box and placing a hollytex sheet against the silk to prevent abrasion when rolled. Future plans for the item's preservation include flat storage and remounting of the silk with new borders by an experienced Oriental conservator.
Dates: [1856], 1899-1954

Papers of Frank Brewer

 Collection
Joint Wages Commission Report of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, 1948, with related papers on labour regulation and statistical information; Chinese papers relating to the Malayan emergency, 1948-1949; notes on Malayan political parties, 1954; lectures and articles on Malayan Chinese; speeches and pamphlets given to Brewer by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan; invitations and programmes for independence celebrations and other events, 1953-1959.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates: 1948-1959

Papers of J.C. Griffiths

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 557
Article entitled On Understanding the Chinese by Griffiths, 1997.
Extents: 3 folders
Dates: 1984-1997

Papers of John William Ferris

 Collection
Nothing to Declare, the story of his service in the Royal Air Force and as Executive Officer in Hong Kong, 1947-1967; Semper Paratus, the story of his service in the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force; On the Record, a volume of Hong Kong press cuttings, etc.
Extents: 1 volume, 1 box
Dates: [1947-1967]

Papers of M.C. Ayton

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 362
Reports and handing-over notes, 1958-1961.
Extents: 4 items
Dates: 1958-1961

Papers of R.G. Heath

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 267
Inspection notes, reports, correspondence, handing-over notes, etc. as Director of Agriculture, Malaya, with a report on the Lower Volta flood plain area, Ghana, 1953-1962.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1953-1962

Papers of Robert Noel Turner

 Collection
From the depths of my memory, reminiscences of service in Malaya, Brunei, Singapore, Sarawak, Barbados and Malaysia, 1912-1976 (photocopied typescript), with texts of speeches made in Barbados.
Extents: 3 Files
Dates: [1912-1976]

Papers of Sir Jack Johnston

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 555
Recollections, typescript memoirs, 1997, of Sir Jack Johnston, covering his service, 1950-1978.
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1997