Malaysia (nation)
Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:
Declaration of Malayan Independence, Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 1957, 1957-08-31
Declaration of Malayan Independence, Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 1957, 1957-08-31
203 x 155 mm. Similar to preceding print but showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman Putra receiving the Constitutional Instruments from the Duke of Gloucester.
Deepavali : Hindu Festival, 1965
The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.
Deliveries, 1945-01-13 - 1945-08-25
Records of the purchase and delivery of food, tobacco, medicine, clothing and other items (14 pages).
[Departure of the First Malayan Special Force to the Congo, September 1960], 1960-09
A series of photographs of the farewell parade and embarkation. This force, sent at the request of the UN for peace-keeping duties, was 613 strong, comprising a Force Headquarters, three infantry companies of the Royal Malay Regiment, and one reconnaissance squadron of the Federal Reconnaissance Corps.
Departure of the Rev. K. Perry and family to Australia, Sept. 1965, 1965
158 x 104 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.
Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak
Detention and frustration of organised fifth column in Malaya 1941-42, 1942 - 1970
Diary, 1926-01-01 - 1926-12-31
This diary records Bell's social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. It describes the latter part of his extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 in greater detail than RCMS 36/2/4 (509 pages).
Diary: 'Footloose in S.E. Asia'
A diary of Le Sueur's experiences in South-East Asia, October 1998-April 1999, 270 pages, including 48 pages of photographs and 4 pages of maps. The areas covered are, in order, Thailand; Laos; Northern Vietnam; South Vietnam; Cambodia; Luzon, Palawan, Central Archipaelago and Mindanao (Philippines); Sabah (Malaysia); Brunei; Sarawak (Malaysia); Western Malaysia; Bangkok.
Diary of a civilian internee in Singapore 1942-1945, 1946 - 1970
This is a copy of a detailed diary covering the fall of Singapore, Duncan-Wallace's imprisonment, and his liberation aboard a hospital ship bound for Madras (191 pages). The circumstances surrounding the diary's composition are explained in a preface.
Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1960 - 1961
Copy of a diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay. The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4.
Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1942-01-26 - 1961-06-05
Diary of Edward Victor Grace Day, 1945-10-22 - 1946-06-10
Diary covering many aspects of the post World War II administration of the states of Kedah and Perlis, including the regulation of food supplies and prices, the care of refugees, internal security, and public health (30 sheets).
Diary of M.C. Hay, 1960 - 1969
This is a copy of a diary describing Hay’s active service during the Malayan campaign, beginning with his joining the battery in mid-Dec. 1941. He saw action at Kuala Selangor and during the siege of Singapore. After its surrender, he escaped by ship on 16 Feb., reaching Sumatra on 21 Feb. and then Sri Lanka on 1 Mar. 1942. See RCMS 103/12/3 for another account of the same escape written by H.R. Oppenheim (21 sheets).
Diary of Thomas Taylor Russell
Manuscript diary written by Thomas Taylor Russell, Deputy Public Prosecutor in Perak, Malaya, captured in Singapore in early 1942 and interned as a civilian at Changi and Sime Road; a privately printed transcription reproducing Russell's diary; a typescript copy of the Double Tenth investigation and other publications from 1945 relating to Changi.
[Digging plants], 1930 - 1933
Showing a knife stuck into the waterlogged ground beside some vegetation.
Dillenia indica, K. Bahru [i.e. Kota Baharu], 1937
Showing a woman beneath a tall tree, also known as an elephant apple tree.
Diospyros, Ranau, 1960-08
A fern. The caption continues: 'leaf spray in book' which may refer to Corner's two volume published work: 'Wayside trees of Malaya.'
Discharging, Kota Bharu, 1914
128 x 76 mm. Showing sailing vessels unloading cargo at Kota Bahru.
District Office , 1932 - 1936
Exterior view.
'District Officer extraordinary', 1960 - 1963
Reflections upon notable district officers Churchill encountered during his career, identified by annotation as C.F. Bozzolo and Hubert Berkeley, accompanied by a pen and ink sketch (2 copies, 26 sheets).
'District Officers - more or less ordinary', 1960 - 1963
Churchill's account of working during 1923-1924 as an Assistant to the District Officer of Kuala Kangsar, identified as R. Crichton in an annotation (2 manuscript and 3 typescript copies, 24 sheets).
District Officers' quarters, Port Dickson, 1906
A view from the garden looking towards the small, tile roofed bungalow.
Documents connected with Changi and Sime Road Civilian Internment Camps, 1942 - 1945
This a large collection of documents gathered by Weekley concerning the organisation and administration of the camps; accommodation; camp discipline; relations with the Japanese authorities; work parties; diet, health and hygiene; food supplies, rationing and preparation; Red Cross parcels; the garden; recreation and leisure; the delivery of mail; and the repatriation of internees at the end of the war.