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Small Southeast Asia Collections, circa 1808-1945 (majority within 1900-1918)

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Summary

Abstract:
The Small Southeast Asia Collections contains photographs, postcards, and papers depicting the people and locations within several countries in the Southeast Asian region. Materials predominately focus on the Philippines with some featuring Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar) circa 1890s-1945.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet
1 manuscript box and 2 oversize boxes.
Authors:
Finding Aid created by Tere Elizalde using ArchivesSpace, January 2024.

Background

Scope and Content:

Contains a grouping of six separately accessioned collections depicting people and locations in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar). Strengths of the collection include photographs and other visual materials that depict different communities living throughout the Philippines and other locations during the early half of the twentieth century. Some of the collection's items were created from the perspectives of foreign travelers and missionaries to the region that may describe people and places using outdated terminology. The majority of content is written in English, although captions in the Siam and Cochin China photo ablum are mostly in French.

Biographical / Historical:

The Small Southeast Asia Collections (circa 1890-1945) includes a variety of papers and visual materials depicting several countries. Often created as part of various activities related to colonization, missionaries, government officials, and other individuals would travel to the region and document their travels in diaries, reports, photographs, and other visual imagery. These materials would often provide a rare glimpse of the people and places largely unknown to those in Europe and North America in the early 19th-20th centuries.

Acquisition Information:
12 Views of Singapore postcards was puchased from AsiaBookroom, circa 2022. Album documenting the destruction of Manila during World War II was purchased from James E. Arsenault and Company, 2021. Missionaries/Thailand photographs was purchased from Mary Martin Booksellers, June 2023. Moros of the Philippines postcards was purchased from James E. Arsenault and Company, April 2022. The Charles T. Sibley papers were purchased April 2022. Siam and Cochin China photo album was puchased July 2023. Philippines Photo Album was puchased from James E. Arsenault and Company, March 2021.
Processing information:

Processed by Tere Elizalde in 2024; work includes rehousing materials into acid-free folders and boxes and including available descriptive information.

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged in the order accessioned.

Rules or Conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Contents

Using These Materials

Info for Visitors

How to Request

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RESTRICTIONS:

The collection is open for research.

USE & PERMISSIONS:

Copyright has not been transferred to the Regents of the University of Michigan. Permission must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).

PREFERRED CITATION:

Small Southeast Asia Collections, University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Research Center).