Asian Children’s Literature

The Historical Asian Children’s Collection (1890 – 1990) within the Asian Children’s Literature (ACL) Collection was developed in the 1960s at the National Library Singapore to raise the awareness and understanding of Asian-centric children’s literature. From an initial collection comprising mainly ...

Keyword Singapore - National Library Board, Singapore (NLB)

World War Two Records – British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP)

The World War Two Records are a subset of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) collection and depict the Administrative records created during the time of the war and records of the aftermath of the war. These documents are of immense significance to the Solomon Islands, the Pacific regio...

Keyword Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands Government, Ministry of Culture & Tourism

The Archives of Nanyang Volunteer Drivers and Mechanics (Nanqiao Jigong)

The Archives of NanYang Volunteer Drivers and Mechanics (Nanqiao Jigong) are documents that focus on more than 3,000 drivers and mechanics residing in NanYang (an old Chinese name for Southeast Asia) and devoting to international material transportation during the World War II. These documents recor...

Keyword China - Yunnan Provincial Archives

The Anandacandra Stone Inscription

The “Anandacandra Stone Inscription” contains important evidence of the early history of Rakhine, especially from late B.C. to eight century A.D. It is significant because there were no contemporary Indian inscriptions that mentioned the reigning years of kings and queens in Sanskrit, which is a rar...

Keyword Myanmar - Department of Archaeology and National Museum. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Agreements with Native Governments 1893-1916

The Agreements with Local Governments are the only original document that stands as evidence for when each of the islands in Ellice Islands submitted to the British Empire. They were signed by Sir John Bates Thurston, Knight Commander of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George...

Keyword Tuvalu - Tuvalu National Library and Archives, Tuvalu

Archives of the International Intellectual Cooperation Organization (1925-1946)

Records of the World Health Organization's smallpox eradication programRecords of the Smallpox Eradication Programme of the World Health OrganizationAt the 19th World Health Assembly in 1966, the WHO Director-General launched an international program to eradicate smallpox, a disease that had plagued...

Keyword Human Right, Environment, Human Right, Environment