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 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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By Jolyn Tay Did you know that Singapore was once called the “Queen of Far Eastern Seas”, or that Fort Canning was called “the Forbidden Hill”? How did colonial…
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By Jolyn Tay Borneo and the Indian Archipelago: with drawings of costume and scenery is a narrative of the proceedings of Her Majesty’s vessel, H.M.S. Samarang, during her last…
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By Jolyn Tay The Malayan Medical Journal is a quarterly scientific record that seeks to journal and archive observations about the occurrence of diseases in Singapore and Malaysia and…
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By Nur Diyana NUS Libraries has recently acquired the works of Syed Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hadi, published in the early twentieth century. This collection of primary source materials contains 7…
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Professor Carl A. Trocki is a renowned American historian specialising in the history of Southeast Asia and China. He was formerly Professor of Asian Studies at the Queensland University of…
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We recently acquired some issues of Straits Produce, a magazine published in the latter part of the 19th century and through the first quarter of the 20th century. From the…
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择其人之善为杨 量其人之才为称 但期得取鼓励激发之效果 ~ 林博爱 南洋名人集传 or Biographies of Prominent Personalities in Nanyang records the stories of 3,045 prominent Chinese in Southeast Asia, including Goh Say Eng (吴世荣), Cheong…
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