By Wong Kah Wei Did all creative work and writing stop during the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945? While established publications such as Straits Times ceased printing, other forms…
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By Wong Kah Wei; with contributions from Dr Noreen Chan In the third story from the Noreen Chan Private Papers collection series, we come to the notebooks which were…
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By Sim Chuin Peng, Gladys Toh Mei Jun, Amy Lin We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the Wang Sha Private Papers Collection—a generous donation from the family…
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By Wong Kah Wei; with contributions from Dr Noreen Chan This is the second in a series of stories about Noreen Chan Private Papers collection. It is probably the…
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By Nur Diyana The past semester’s recess week was anything but ordinary for librarians Gandhi and Diyana, who embarked on an extraordinary research trip to Sulawesi, alongside Dr Mohamed…
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By Sim Chuin Peng, Marcus Wong, Shelley Wu, Nur Diyana & Chow Chai Khim We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of private papers belonging to philanthropist Yeap Chor…
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By Priyanka Sharma The New Atlas of Commercial Gazetteer of the Straits Settlements & Federated Malay States, published in 1917, offers a comprehensive exploration of British Malaya’s history, resources,…
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By Tim Yap Fuan Kubota Beisen (1852-1906), born to an innkeeper, had a knack for drawing from a young age. Despite his father’s hopes for him to take over…
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By Nur Diyana NUS Libraries and Universitas Muslim Indonesia (UMI) are collaborating on preserving, digitising, and translating the Daeng Paduppa manuscript that sheds light on the historical and trade…
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By Diyanah Nasuha Binte Omar Bahri Fancy taking a trip to 19th century Southeast Asia? We’ve yet to get our hands on a working time machine, but we can…
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