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Light Letters

Light Letters

Collection

The Light Letters (1768-1794) is a collection of manuscripts, comprising 1,200 letters, bounded in 11 volumes, which include correspondence, writings and notes involving Malay rulers and dignitaries from around the Malay Archipelago, business partners, wives of Malay aristocrats, Francis Light, and some English traders originally written over a period of 27 years between 1768 and 1794. USM through its Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS) and Perpustakaan Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Library) are given the sole rights to make the letters accessible to researchers, scholars and the public. The placing of the Letters at USM has broad implications for history, scholarship and further research during that period before the rise of imperialism and the establishment of colonial rule in the Malay Archipelago. The letters provide a new source for the writing and reinterpretation of the history of Pulau Pinang and the nation. Moreover, the images contribute to the domain of digital humanities and the representation of Art-Science education advocated by the University. The digitized Images has been kindly provided by School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London to USM through the Memorandum of Agreement formalized in September 2018. USM Library now makes its Light Letters Digital Collection accessible for online use. All contents are protected by copyright and is accessible with attribution under Creative Commons License/Fair Use. 

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Oral History Collections

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Oral History Collections

Oral history is a method of collecting and storing historical information with interview recordings from past figures or witnesses through its life outlook. It covers the stories of one’s life or about personal experiences passed by the interviewer.

To view the list of oral history collection, you may click on the following links:-

  • Oral History Collection (Casset)
  • Oral History Collection (DVD)

Malaysiana Indexes

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Malaysiana Indexes

The term Malaysiana is defined to mean all works about Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. Journals that are published in Malaysia are included in this collection. Non-book materials are excluded as they require different conditions of storage from the printed materials. To enable the Library user to identify the Malaysiana items, prefix rbm is used in the call number in the Library Catalogue.

Informational materials in the form of articles, pamphlets etc. on Malaysia are kept in this collection. A separate database, using Win/ISIS is used to keep record of this collection.

This part consists of some indexes include the following links:

  • Newspaper Cuttings

  • Poems and Short Stories (SAS)

  • RISMA (Malaysiana Pamphlets)

  • RISA (Archive Pamphlets)

  • Unlisted Pamphlets Collection

Southeast Asia Peranakans

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Southeast Asia Peranakans

Southeast Asia Peranakans Collection

Introduction

The establishment of the Southeast Asian Peranakans Collection at Hamzah Sendut Library is the inspiration of Prof Tan Sri Dato ‘Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, USM Vice-Chancellor during Opening Ceremony of Penang Chinese Peranakans and Chinese Muslim Conference in 2008. He wished to perceive the information of peranakans group are collected and united. Due to the relevancy and proximity of this peranakans relationship with the Malay community and culture, it is necessary to preserve the information on this community as a historical and research materials

It is a huge wished that with the establishment of this Southeast Asian Peranakans Collection will be utilized for researchers and future generations instead of being the information center for collection, storage and distribution related to the South East Asia. The existence of South East Asian Peranakans is a uniqueness that need to be preserved as a historical material of South-East Asia that has been formed for decades ago.

Objectives

  • To spread the information regarding Southeast Asian Peranakan Collection at Hamzah Sendut Library.
  • To deliver the information to public on the roles of Peranakans in Southeast Asia

*Please click on the link for more information http://www.kaumperanakan.usm.my/

Disclaimer

USM Library will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by the use of any information obtained from this website.

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