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'The Whistle': manuscript periodical produced in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 396

Scope and Contents

Subtitled, 'Leisure hour literature of D workshop'. Created by prisoners-of-war in Changi Gaol's D workshop, edited by Adrian John Clark, a British subject and, prior to his internment, legal adviser to the Federated Malay States government (died March 1944 at Changi) and secretly printed and bound in the Gaol Printing Shop. After the war, this copy of the periodical, thought to be the only copy in existence, was presented to Clark's widow, Marguerite.... Approximately 34 pages, with hand-drawn illustrations and a colour painting titled 'Changi prison at dusk' by R.L. Pease.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1942

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 volume(s)

Language of Materials

English

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