By Kho Su Yian    In 2022, we acquired some issues of a publication called Straits Produce. What may catch the attention first would be the covers of each issue.  …

By Sim Chuin Peng    In the Southeast Asian Chinese Collection at the Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library, a captivating corner known as Singapore’s Story in Calligraphy (墨迹新加坡故事) showcases three…

By Lynette Lim   Paul Abishegenaden (1914 – 2011) was a pivotal figure in Singapore’s musical landscape, celebrated for his significant contributions to Western classical music. In his book Notes…

By Nur Diyana, Patrick Pu and Toh Kim Kee   The journey of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences at the National University of Singapore began at the turn of the 20th…

By Wong Kah Wei    Wilfred J. Plumbe was an Assistant Librarian at University of Malaya (Singapore) from 1953 to 1956 (University of Malaya Library, 1955) and later, Librarian of…

By Wong Kah Wei    The full title of this 1902 book written by Charles Burton Buckley is An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore: (with portraits and illustrations)…

By Wong Kah Wei   This is a most delightful pictorial souvenir book. The University of Malaya Foundation pictorial souvenir specifically produced “By the Undergraduates” is basically “Undergraduate Life In…

By Wong Kah Wei    The Bethesda Hall, formerly at Bras Basah, was a Brethren church. The Bethesda Hall (Bras Basah): Historical Record 1864-1933 is a huge tome of about…