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200 x 146 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph. Identified in the group are: E.W. ANCUTT, no information; Tuanku MOHAMED; Hugh Patterson BRYSON, British Adviser, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan; MOHAMED SALLEH bin Haji Sulaiman (1904-); M.S.C. 1920-1957; Ernest Edgar PENGILLY (1897); M.C.S. 1921-1952; H.S. BROWN, Manager, Ainsdale Estate, Seremban in 1935; A.J. (Tony ROZARIO), no information.

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Draft of an article by Bryson, which reprints the narrative of a tiger hunt originally published in the 'Hereford Journal', 21 Jan. 1824, and assesses its historical accuracy. The file includes correspondence related to Bryson’s research (15 sheets)

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154 x 101 mm. Showing Sir Franklin Gimson talking to H.P. Bryson and an unidentified Malayan banker on the steps of (?) the Victoria Memorial Hall. In the background are Dr. W.J. VICKERS; Nelson JONES (1895-1951), Malayan Civil Service 1919-1947; Andrew GILMOUR (1898-), Malayan Civil Service 1921-1953.

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153 x 150 mm. Showing H.P. Bryson seated at a dinner table next to Tuanku Abu Bakar (1898-), of Johore.

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80 x 129 mm. Showing H. P. Bryson posing for his photograph with a Malay policeman standing at attention in the back ground.

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Showing a soldier running along a track, through thick jungle. A note on the reverse in Brysons hands reads: A posed picture taken on the edge of jungle, but it does give a good idea of how thick growth may be.

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The file includes correspondence between Clayton and Hugh Bryson, much concerning the publication of Clayton's stories in 'Malaya', of which Bryson was an editor. It also contains other material relating to Clayton's career, including comments upon the Duff Development Case and the Terengganu Rising (circa 110 sheets).

Scope and Contents This is a large file of material provided by A.H. Dickinson, Inspector General of Police, Straits Settlements and Chief Security Officer, Malaya; R.B. Corridon, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Security Service; F.A.S. Caldwell, Police Intelligence Branch; C.W. Dawson, Secretary for Defence; Guy Madoc, Federated Malay States Police Intelligence; Forbes Wallace, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Federated Malay States; T.P.M. Lewis, Education Department, Federated Malay States; J.N....

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Notes on the settlement of the company's claims for compensation against the government of Kelantan in 1926 and 1930 by Reginald John Byard Clayton, the former British resident of Kelantan, with associated correspondence between Clayton and Hugh Bryson (37 sheets).

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Bryson's description of maritime access to Terengganu during the late 1920s and early 1930s (4 sheets).

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A memoir by Bryson reflecting upon diet, the dissemination of news, fatigue parties and discipline within Changi and Sime Road Civilian Internment Camps (17 sheets). The file includes correspondence relating to its composition and publication in 'Malaysia', Apr. 1966, 24-26.

Scope and Contents 153 x 108 mm. Showing guests seated round a luncheon table in the garden of Datu Rembaus house. Figures identified in the group are: A.W.D. JAMES, no information; Mrs JAMES; Mrs HARRISON, no information; Dato' KLANA PETRA, ruling chief at Sungei Ujong; Mohamed SALLEH bin Haji Sulaiman (1904-), M.C.S. 1920-1957; A.J. GABBUTT, no information; L.I. LEWIS, Senior Inspector, Kampong Home Guard; Wife of Mohamed SALLEH; Hugh Patterson BRYSON; Wife of Data KLANA; Tuanku MOHAMED, no...

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This is a copy of an article which appeared in 'The Malayan Philatelist', vol. 6, no. 5, 1964, 51-54. It is accompanied by correspondence regarding the decision not to republish it in 'Malaya' (12 sheets).

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147 x 122 mm. Showing a group of officials seated round a table. The figures are identified as: Walker (Secretary); (Sir) Alexander Theodore NEWBOULT (1896-1974), Chief Secretary, Malayan Union 1946-1950; Sir Gerald [i.e. Gerard] Edward James GENT (1895-1948), Governor, Malayan Union 1946-1948; Hugh Patterson BRYSON (1898-1977), Assistant Secretary, Singapore 1956-1949; J.S. DUMERESQUE, Head of Broadcasting; Sir Franklin GIMSON (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952.

Scope and Contents 154 x 115 mm. A group photograph showing officials, teachers and members of a visiting British delegation. Figures identified in the group are: B. H. TAN; no information. Ernest POPPLEWELL (1899 - 1977); M. P. (Lab.) for Newcastle upon Tyne, West, 1945-1966; later Baron Popplewell. Alan Tindal LENNOX-BOYD (1904-1983); M. P. (Con.) for Mid-Beds. 1931-1960; Minister of State for Colonial Affairs 1951-1952; later Viscount Boyd of Merton. BAHAMAN; District Officer, Seremban. Hugh Patterson...

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127 x 79 mm. As described, with Hugh Bryson standing at the left.

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84 x 53 mm. A view looking across the garden towards Brysons spacious two storey house in Alor Star. He was at this period acting Assistant Adviser, Kedah. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.

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1. 'How krah (forced labour) was abolished in Kedah' by Sir George Maxwell (2 copies, 4 sheets).

2. Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and Julian Dudley Hall on the evacuation of the Sultan of Kedah, Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, to Kulim during the Japanese invasion of Dec. 1941 (5 sheets).

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Letter replying to Horrocks's research enquiries about the Malayan Emergency, giving Bryson's opinions of Sir Edward Gent, Sir Henry Gurney, the post Second World War Malayan police and Sir Harold Briggs (3 sheets).

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Two letters from Hugh Bryson to Harry Miller commenting upon incidents recorded in Miller's manuscript describing internment (2 sheets).

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Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and Gerald Hawkins on the history of the Malayan Civil Service, including information on examinations, qualifications and the careers of individual members (8 sheets).

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Notes taken by Hugh Bryson in response to queries from the journalist George L. Peet on the staffing of the civil services of the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States, and on the development of a pan-Malayan Civil Service. They include lists of names (7 sheets).

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the historian James de Vere Allen’s research into the Malayan Civil Service, the history of Malayan politics and government, and treaties and documents affecting the states of Malaya. The file includes letters from Hugh Bryson, who followed up Allen’s queries with his contacts. Bryson’s research notes include lists of members of the Malayan Civil Service who served during the First and Second World Wars, and who became prisoners of war or civilian internees...

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212 x 163 mm. Showing the members of the Society at lunch in a hotel dining room. H.P. Bryson is seated at the front left side of the right hand table

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137 x 190 mm. Showing Dr Salma binti Ismail and her husband standing with H.P. Bryson. Dr Salma was the first Malay woman to become qualified in medicine.