Category: Featured Theme: Local History

High cost of bringing home old manuscriptsBy The New Straits TimesJune 2, 2008 Siti Mariani S.M. Omar wants more funding for the National Library to collect Malay manuscripts. THE National Library’s efforts to retrieve invaluable Malay manuscripts are being hampered by high fees some foreign countries, institutions and individuals are imposing for them. The library’s… Continue reading High cost of bringing home old manuscripts

Local history, but viewed from afarBy Shuhada Elis and R.S. Kamini, The New Straits TimesJune 2, 2008 National Archive general assistant Mazlin Mustafa holding an agreement letter on the appointment of a Malayan British Adviser in 1919 from London. THEY are collectively an asset that provides evidence of the historical events that shaped Malaysia. Sadly,… Continue reading Local history, but viewed from afar

Honeymoon led to Pattani ‘affair’By The New Straits TimesJune 2, 2008 Francis R. Bradley studying one of the manuscripts written in old Jawi at the Malay manuscript centre in the National Library. FRANCIS R. Bradley cuts a distinctive figure in the Malay manuscript centre. Look closely at what he has on his desk – Malay… Continue reading Honeymoon led to Pattani ‘affair’