Stories from the stacks : selections from the Rare Materials Collection National Library Singapore



Electronic Book 216.73.216.10 (0)

2020

Stories from the stacks : selections from the Rare Materials Collection National Library Singapore

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"Stories from the Stacks showcases 48 artefacts from the Rare Materials Collection as well as a sprinkling of items from our other collections. It is a diverse selection comprising everything from a 15th-century copper-engraved map of Southeast Asia to the handwritten manuscripts of contemporary Singaporean writers. All the items are accompanied by essays written by a team of librarians from the National Library and invited researchers. These provide a detailed description of each artefact as well as highlights of its history"--Introdution.

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Singapore. National Library Board--Catalogs Rare library materials--Singapore--Bibliography--Catalogs Singapore--History--Bibliography Southeast Asia--History--Bibliography Singapore--History--Sources Southeast Asia--History--Sources

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History

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Title
Stories from the stacks : selections from the Rare Materials Collection National Library Singapore
Creators
  • Singapore. National Library Board
Subject
  • Singapore. National Library Board--Catalogs
  • Rare library materials--Singapore--Bibliography--Catalogs
  • Singapore--History--Bibliography
  • Southeast Asia--History--Bibliography
  • Singapore--History--Sources
  • Southeast Asia--History--Sources
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 2020
  • National Library Board, Singapore, 2020
Contributors
  • National Library Board Singapore
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (some col.), maps
Table of Contents
  • a writer's dedication -- Papers from the past: the Lee Kip Lee and Lee Kip Lin archives -- A football rulebook in Jawi -- Prelude to war: Japanese reconnaissance maps -- A Tamil newspaper from Ceylon -- An American in the Malay Archipelago -- Diaries of a Chinese historian -- Sachtler & Co.'s images of early Singapore -- The first hydrographic survey of Singapore -- Ka Perumal: musings by a Tamil poet -- The secret world of magic in colonial Singapore -- Photo albums of a plague fighter -- Masuri S.N.: a poet with a social conscience -- Shame of surrender: Japanese POWs in Singapore -- A mysterious poet, a tragic ending -- A plan to revive the Singapore River -- Master poet Khoo Seok Wan's critiques -- A book of Tamil names -- A novel approach to Malayan history -- A wartime magazine -- Saving Singapore's forests -- Patriot and philanthropist: Lim Kong Thing -- Tanjong Pagar dock widens its berth -- An early lithograph of Singapore -- Tales from the account books -- A Malay translation of an Urdu tale -- An early architectural perspective -- A colonial gentleman's collections -- A poetic lament translated -- A 1910 plan to colonise Southeast Asia -- A scrapbook of pre-war English theatre -- The making of Seletar rubber estates -- The multi-talented Muhammad Ariff Ahmad -- Singapore as seen by a Chinese scholar -- Writing off a Sultan's debts -- Index.
Copyright
  • All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore, 2020