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Archival Collections and Primary Sources

Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.

  • CORMOSEA (Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia) Technical Processes Archives, 1980-1990
    S/SE Asia Z 693.5 .A785 .C67 1980
    This is a collection of historical technical processes files about Southeast Asia cataloging and classification issues collected by CORMOSEA Subcommittee on Technical Processes from 1980-1990. Very useful reference source for Southeast Asia cataloging.
  • The Hann So Collection on Cambodia Archive, 1979-1993
    S/SE Asia DS 554.84 .H36 1979
    The materials of this collection focus largely upon Cambodian-American support for the forces opposing the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, in the years leading up to the Paris Peace Accords. The collection, which includes a broad range of documents in English, French and Khmer, spans the period 1979-1993, and is especially strong in documenting the development of the publication "Khmer Conscience." This collection's materials consist of approximately 100 monographs on a range of cultural, political, and historical.
  • Interviews and Life Histories of Thai Writers [sound recording], 1975-1976
    S/SE Asia PL 4200 .I58 sound/r
    A collection of 48 sound tape reels containing the life histories and ideas of Thai intellectuals writing during the 1950's - 70's. Collected by Professor Herbert P. Phillips in 1975-76, the tapes are raw field data and thus are highly variable in length, detail and richness. The speakers are considered as key informants on Thai culture and include: M.R. Kukrit Pramoj, M.L. Boonlua Kunjara Thebayasuwan, Bhuthathaad Bhikkhu, Sulak Sivaraksa, Lao Khamhom, Angkhan Kanlayanaphong, Puey Ungphakorn, Suchit Wongthet, Chintana Yaudsunthormn, Rong Wongsawan, Vasit Dejkhunjorn, Seni Sauvapong and Archin Banchaphaan.
  • Khmer Palm Leaf Manuscripts
    Lpoek Qangar Vatt
    S/SE Asia Z 6605 .K46 .L66 2001
    Engraved in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2001.
    ca. 17 leaves ; 5 x 56 cm.
    In Pali (in Khmer script) and Khmer.
    A Khmer poem on the construction of Angkor Vat.
  • Mahavessantara Jataka
    S/SE Asia Z 6605 .P26 .M34 2001
    Engraved in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2001.
    ca. 288 leaves ; 5 x 56 cm.
    In Pali (in Khmer script) and Khmer.
    This is the canonical Vessantara jataka tale, recounting the Buddha in his last life before rebirth as Samana Gautama (the "historical" Buddha). The text is composed of Pali phrases followed by a Khmer "translation" or gloss. The entire story is told in 17 chapters.
  • Nibbana Sutr
    S/SE Asia Z 6605 .P26 .N53 2001
    Engraved in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2001.
    ca. 108 leaves ; 5 x 56 cm.
    In Pali (in Khmer script) and Khmer.
  • Sangayana
    S/SE Asia Z 6605 .P26 .S26 2001
    Engraved in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2001.
    v. ; 5 x 56 cm.
    In Pali (in Khmer script) and Khmer.
    Buddhist recitation from the Vinaya.
  • McFarland Collection
    Note: Please inquire The Bancroft Library about access to this collection.
    The McFarlands, an important American missionary family, donated a major archive of Siamese materials, dating 1860 - 1950 to the South/Southeast Asia Library. In addition to rare editions of early Thai printed books, the collection includes outstanding photographs of Siam dating from as early as the 1860's, and journals, diaries, notes, and scrapbooks written by family members. A particularly valuable group of photographs was taken at Angkor and other archaeological sites in Cambodia and Siam, some as early as 1878.
  • Swift Family Collection: Buddhist Palmleaf Manuscripts ca. 1782 CE-ca.1898 CE
    Bancroft ff 4 MS PL 4251
    23 manuscripts in boxes.
    "Collection includes 19 manuscripts written on palm leaves and 4 written on folded paper. Fifteen of the manuscripts are written in variants of scripts belonging to the family of Laos Tham or Northern Thai scripts; three manuscripts are written in Devenagari script, two in Khmer, and one each in Burmese, Tamil, and Thai. The texts represent a wide range of samples from the Buddhist Tripitaka as well as from the Hindu scriptures. A number of manuscripts from the Abhidhamma Pitaka and the Vinaya (the Mahavagga and Cullavagga sections), as well as Sutta Pitaka (Majjhima-nikaya, Anguttara-nikaya, and Jatakas) represent the Buddhist canonical texts. The Hindu scriptures are represented by, for example, the Visnupurana." --The Bancroft Library
  • Thai Printed Palm Leaf Manuscript
    Phikkhu Ratcharattanobon
    Ruang Thao Kalaket: pen khamklon samnuan Phak 'Isan 22 kan chop / chamra doi Phra Ratcharattanobon.
    Phra Nakhon: Samnakngan Luk So. Thammaphakdi, 2530 [1987]
    S/SE Asia PL 4209 .R338 .R83843 1987
    22 parts in 1 v. ; 5 x 50 cm.
    A narrative poem about Monk Thao Kalaket of northeastern Thai folklore.

Article Databases and Indexes for Southeast Asian Studies

Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.

Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers

Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.

  • Atlas of Laos : the spatial structures of economic and social development of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Bountavy Sisouphanthong. Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2000.
    S/SE Asia G 2374.5 .B68 2000
  • Atlas for Singapore. Collins-Longman. 2nd ed. Glasgow, UK : Wm. Collins Sons & Co., 1985.
    S/SE Asia G 1021 .C6681 1985
  • Atlas of Southeast Asia. Richard Ulack, Gyula Pauer ; with the assistance of Jane Johnshoy Domier and Julsun D. Pacheco. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co., 1989.
    Anthropology G 2360 .U4 1989
    Earth Sciences G 2360 .U4 1989
    Main Stack G 2360 .U4 1989
    S/SE Asia G 2360 .U4 1989
  • Atlas of Southeast Asia: population. Research: Brian Wawn, Deborah Webb. Canberra, Australia : Aust-Asia Publications, 1983.
    Earth Sciences G 2361 .E2 .A8 1983
  • Atlas du Viet-Nam = Atlat Viet Nam = An atlas of Vietnam. Vu Tu Lap, Christian Taillard. Montpellier : Reclus : La Documentation francaise, 1994.
    Earth Sci G 2370 .V8 1994
    S/SE Asia HC 444 .V88 1994
  • Goode's world atlas. Editor, Edward B. Espenshade, Jr. ; senior consultant, Joel L. Morrison. 18th ed. Chicago : Rand McNally, 1991.
    S/SE Asia G 1021 .G6 1991b
  • Hammond Southeast Asia map. Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000] ; Lambert Azimuthal equal-area proj. (E 900--E 1400/N 300--S 100). [Union, N.J.] : Hammond World Atlas Corp., [1999?]
    S/SE Asia G 8000 1999 .H3
  • Historical atlas of Indonesia. Robert Cribb. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2000.
    Earth Sciences G 2401 .S1 .C7 2000
    Doe Reference G 2401 .S1 .C7 2000
    S/SE Asia G 2401 .S1 .C7 2000
  • Historical atlas of South-East Asia. J. M. Pluvier. New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.
    Earth Sciences G 2361 .S1 .H5 1995
    Main Stack G 2361 .S1 .H5 1995
    S/SE Asia G 2361 .S1 .H5 1995
  • A historical gazetteer of Southeast Asia. Robert F. Austin. [Ann Arbor, MI] : Institute of Mathematical Geography, [1983]
    Earth Sciences DS 520.7 .A97 1983
  • The Philippine atlas. Manila : Philippine guides, [1998]
    S/SE Asia G 2390 .P45 1998

Bibliographies and Subject Guides

Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic.

  • Bibliography of Southeast Asia : a decade of selected social science publications in the English language, 1990-2000. Ch'ng Kim See. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
    Doe Reference HC 441 .A12 .C46 2003
  • Bibliography of statistical sources on Southeast Asia, c. 1750-1990. Compiled by Jennifer Brewster and Anne Booth. Canberra : Economic History of Southeast Asia Project, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University : 1990.
    S/SE Asia HA 4580.8 .A12 .B74 1990

Biographical Sources

Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.

  • South-East Asian biographical archive. [editor, Berend Wispelwey]. [microform] Munchen : K.G. Saur Verlag, [1997?] Alternate title: Sudostasiatisches Biographisches Archiv. 501 microfiches.
    Doe Refe MICROFICHE 27155
  • South-East Asian biographical index = Sudostasiatischer biographischer index. Compiled by Berend Wispelwey. Munchen : K.G. Saur, 2002.
    S/SE Asia CT 1592 .S687 2002

Country Data Sources

Sources of information about specific countries.

  • Library of Congress Country Studies
    A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 100 countries. Countries that were previously in multi-country volumes are now available individually.
    Online series: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations

General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.

  • Historical and cultural dictionary of Burma. Joel M. Maring and Ester G. Maring. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1973.
    Anthropology DS 485 .B8 .M37
    Main Stack DS 485 .B8 .M37
    S/SE Asia DS 485 .B8 .M37
  • Historical and cultural dictionary of the Philippines. Ester G. Maring and Joel M. Maring. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1973.
    Anthropology DS 654 .M271
    Main Stack DS 654 .M271
    S/SE Asia DS 654 .M27
  • Historical dictionary of Indonesia. Robert Cribb. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992.
    Main Stack DS 633 .C75 1992
    S/SE Asia DS 633 .C75 1992
  • Historical dictionary of Laos. Martin Stuart-Fox. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2001.
    Doe Refe DS 555.5 .S78 2001
    S/SE Asia DS 555.5 .S78 2001
  • em>Historical dictionary of Singapore. K. Mulliner and Lian The-Mulliner. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1991
    S/SE Asia DS 610.4 .M85 1991
  • Historical dictionary of Thailand. May Kyi Win, Harold E. Smith. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1995.
    Doe Refe DS 563.5 .M3 1995
    S/SE Asia DS563.5.M3 1995
  • Historical dictionary of Vietnam. William J. Duiker. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1989.
    Main Stack DS 556.25 .D85 1989
    Moffitt DS 556.25 .D85 1989
    S/SE Asia DS 556.25 .D85 1989

Dissertation and Thesis Sources

Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.

  • Electronic Resource Finder
  • Print Resources
  • CCP encyclopedia of Philippine art. By Cultural Center of the Philippines. Manila : Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1994.
    S/SE Asia NX 581 .A1 .C37 1994 v. 1-10
  • Encyclopedia of Asian history. Prepared under the auspices of the Asia Society ; Ainslie T. Embree, editor-in-chief. New York : Scribner ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1988.
    Doe Reference DS 31 .E531 1988 v. 1-4
    East Asian DS 31 .E531 1988 v. 1-4
    Moffitt Reference DS 31 .E531 1988 v. 1-4
    S/SE Asia DS 31 .E531 1988 v. 1-4
  • Encyclopaedia of Buddhism. Edited by G. P. Malalasekera. [Colomba] : Govt. of Ceylon, 1961.
    Doe Reference BL 1403 .M29
    East Asian BL 1403 .M29 1961
    S/SE Asia BL 1403 .M29
  • Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. Editor-in-chief, Nagendra Kr. Singh. New Delhi : Centre for International Religious Studies : Anmol Publications, 1997.
    Main Stack BL 1105 .E52 1997
    S/SE Asia BL 1105 .E52 1997
  • The encyclopedia of Malaysia. Singapore : Archipelago Press, 1998.
    S/SE Asia DS 591.5 .E53 1998 v. 1-5
  • Encyclopedia of modern Asia. David Levinson, Karen Christensen, editors. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons ; Farmington Hills, MI : Thomson/Gale, 2002.
    Doe Reference DS 4 .L48 2002
    Moffitt Reference DS 4 .L48 2002
    S/SE Asia DS 4 .L48 2002
  • Indonesian heritage. Senior editor, Sian Jay. Jakarta : Published by Buku Antar Bangsa for Grolier International : Distributed exclusively by PT. Widyadara, 1996.
    S/SE Asia DS 615 .I532 1996 v. 1-5
  • Indonesian heritage. Singapore : Archipelago Press, 1996
    S/SE Asia DS 615 .I5245 1996
  • Kasaysayan : the story of the Filipino people. [Project Director, Teresa Ma. Custodio ; Executive Editor, Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. Manila : Asia Pub. Co. ; Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, 1998.
    S/SE Asia DS 668 .K37 1998 v. 1-10
  • The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world. John L.Esposito, editor in chief. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
    Doe Reference DS 35.53 .O95 1995 v. 1-4
    S/SE Asia DS 35.53 .O95 1995 v. 1-4
  • Philippine encyclopedia of the social sciences. Quezon City : Philippine Social Science Council, 1993.
    S/SE Asia H 41 .P47 1993 v. 1-3
  • Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life. Timothy L. Gall, editor. Detroit : Gale, 1998.
    Anthropology GN 333 .W67 1998 Index shelves
    Doe Reference GN 333 .W67 1998 v. 1-4
    Moffitt Reference GN 333 .W67 1998 v. 1-4
    S/SE Asia GN 333 .W67 1998

Government Information Sources

Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.

Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks

Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.

Library and Book Catalogs

Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.

News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites

Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines broadcast, news transcripts, or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.

Organizations

Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.

Statistics and Numeric Data

Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.

Web Gateways and Search Engines

Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.

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