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Two oral history recordings made by Mrs Dorothy Nixon:

1. The end of a road (Batu Road)
Nixon recalls changes in the architecture and occupants of the road during the period from the 1920s to the 1960s (14 minutes).

2. The constant green (Selangor Padang)
Nixon discusses the history of the green and the buildings located near it from its early years as home of the Selangor Club in 1884 to the 1960s (14 minutes).

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Material relating to Nigeria and its Independence elections, 1955-1960, stored on 2 IBM disks, ASC II format, presumably recorded in 1993. There is also a CD-Rom, burned 17 April 2003, containing the data from the disks. These items are accompanied by seven pages of related correspondence, 1992-1993.

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This is a DVD containing digital copies of Mary Ward’s letters, and 177 images of her life and work (including her medals) from a photograph album which has remained with the family. The disk also includes other material relating to the wider Ward family history.

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This is a DVD copy of a documentary produced by Nagoya TV exploring the Japanese occupation of Singapore during the Second World War. It discusses Corner’s role in preserving collections of cultural and natural significance. In Japanese with English subtitles.

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Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.

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This is a CD containing digital copies of 80 photographs of Corner's life and work, mostly in Malaya and Singapore during the 1930s, supplied by his son John K. Corner. The files are partially captioned.

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Comprises: covering note from Judy Balcombe; disc (DVD) of photographs from visit to Indonesia in 2011; typescript account of visit; issue of ‘Apa Khabar’ (April 2024) which includes notice of Balcombe’s publication, ‘The evacuation of Singapore to the prison camps of Sumatra’.

Content Description Research material gathered by Valerie B. Parkhouse for the publication of 'Memorialising the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902: militarization of the landscape, monuments and memorials in Britain' (Matador, 2015). Comprises: correspondence with archive services and record offices in the United Kingdom and South Africa; collected publications; correspondence with publishers; manuscript drafts; photographs of memorials; annotated printout of the Imperial War Museum National Inventory of Anglo-Boer...