Harappa: The Ancient Indus Valley and the British Raj in India and Pakistan

http://www.harappa.com/


25 Sep 2008

www.harappa.com, San Francisco, CA, US.

Self-description:
"The story of the ancient Indus Valley and glimpses of India and Pakistan before 1947 during the Raj. Old photographs, rare archival film footage and long unseen media from before independence in India and Pakistan in 2,000 photo pages."

Site contents:
* Images [over 770 photographs from 1845-1947 including those by Samuel Bourne 1863-1869, Fred Bremner 1883-1923, John Sache 1865-1883, William Henry Jackson 1898-1899, lithographs, wood engraving, and French, Indian, German and British postcards from 1900-1947];
* Mohenjodaro [103 indexed images];
* Movies [QuickTime format: excerpts from archival newsreels from Universal and The March of Time];
* Sounds [RealAudio & MP3 format: the voices of Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru. Interviewees include the fiction writer Attia Hosain, the Pushtun poet Ghani Khan, the Princess of Bhopal Abida Sultaan, and the veteran Punjabi politician Syed Amjad Ali];
* Indus Valley [The latest archaeological discoveries about Indus civilization];
* Bazaar [an online shop];
* The Complete Harappa Excavation Reports 1986-1990.

URL http://www.harappa.com/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.harappa.com/

Link reported by: Omar Khan (omar--at--harappa.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000

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Kalasampada Digital Library - Resources of Indian Cultural Heritage

http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm


23 Sep 2008

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India.

Self-description:
"Aims [of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts which was established in Nov 1985]: * to serve as a major resource centre for the arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials; * to undertake research and publication programmes of reference works, glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopaedia concerning the arts and the humanities; * to establish a tribal and folk arts division with a core collection for conducting systematic scientific studies and for live presentations; * to provide a forum for a creative and critical dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections, conferences, seminars and workshops between and amongst the diverse arts, traditional and cotemporary [...]."

Site contents:
* Digital Images (Archaeological Sites, Slide Collections, Multimedia Projects, Multimedia Documentation, Exhibitions, Print Material); * Photograph Collections; * Video Recordings (Gita Govinda, Brhadisvara Temple, Kutiyattam, Video Clips of Archaeological Sites of Orissa, Film & Video Documentation, Film & Video Acquired) * Audio Recordings: Music Collections; * Multimedia CD Roms Available (Ajanta, Devadasi Murai, Muktesvara, Rockart); * DVD ROMs Available (Behind the Mask, Hampi - The World Heritage Site, Oral Tradition of Vedas, Saat - Sur); * Multimedia Documentation (The Illustrated Jataka & Other Stories of the Buddha, Art & Crafts of North-East); * Newsletters and Journals of IGNCA; * Books Published by IGNCA (online Electronic Books, Series : Kalasamalocana, Kalatattvakosa, Kalamulasastra) * Papers and Essays (Indo-Chinese Studies, Nature & Cosmology, Man & Matter, Oral Traditions, Culture : Ecology, Education and Development, Multimedia) * Research Reports (Pali Tipitaka Chanting, Report on Cultural Mapping of India, Village India Project, The Viavaripa iconographic traditions 5th - 13th c. CE.); * Bibliography (An Annotated Bibliography on Zoroastrian Studies, A Select Bibliography on Shadow Puppetry, Prof. Vasudeva Saran Agrawala - A Bibliographic Survey of his Published works, Calligraphy - a Literature Search, Bibliography on Hampi - World Heritage Site); * Manuscripts Catalogue (Organization, Catalogue of Microfilmed Manuscripts, Survey of Manuscripts in India); * Databases; * Articles by In-house Scholars; * Conference Proceedings.

URL http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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The Kern Institute, Leiden

http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/


19 Sep 2008

Faculty of Arts, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"The Kern Institute is the national centre of expertise for South Asia and the Himalayan region, more specifically India and Pakistan, Tibet and Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The institute houses the Department of Indian & Tibetan Studies of Leiden University, as well as an excellent library. The research and teaching at the Kern Institute focus on the study of the languages and history, philosophy and religions, arts and material culture of South Asian and the Himalayan region. The Kern Institute library offers excellent resources for a broad range of approaches to the study of India and surrounding countries."

Site contents:
* News; * Teaching; * Staff; * Kern Institute Library; * Special Collections (Photo Collection [Over 70,000 historic and modern photos on art and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia, over 13,000 of them are now mounted online at http://beeldbank.wsd.leidenuniv.nl/kern - ed.], Microfilms, Tibetan Collection, Archives, Sanskrit Manuscripts, Maps, Lepcha Manuscripts, Rubbings); * Projects (Van Kinsbergen, Catalogue Sanskrit Manuscripts, Tibetan Block Prints, ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index database [at http://www.abia.net/ - ed.]); * Publications; * Friends of the Institute; * Links (Indological course materials, Indological databases, Indology and courses on India elsewhere); * Contact; * Search.

URL http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/

Link reported by: Marion Frenger, Bonn, Germany.

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info./Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essentiall
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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Bibliography of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (1995-present)

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~clartp/bibliography_CPR.html


13 Sep 2008

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany.

Supplied note:
"A brief note to announce that my online 'Bibliography of Western-Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (1995 to present)' [formerly at http://web.missouri.edu/~religpc/bibliography_CPR.html - ed.] has moved to a new server. The new URL is [listed below]. Users should adjust their bookmarks accordingly. - pc."

Self-description:
"[This site groups] entries by their subject matter so as to make it easier for the reader to track down publications on specific topics. The subject categories are adapted from Laurence G. Thompson's Chinese Religions bibliographies, which are the best bibliographic resource for publications on Chinese popular religion up to 1995. (1) Laurence G. Thompson, Chinese Religion in Western Languages: A Comprehensive and Classified Bibliography of Publications in English, French, and German Through 1980. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1985. [...]"

Site contents:
* New Publications 2002; * New Publications 2003; * New Publications 2004; * New Publications 2005; * New Publications 2006; * New Publications 2007; * New Publications 2008; * SUBJECT CATEGORIES: 1. Popular Religion: General Studies, 2. Key Concepts & Values, 3. Local Studies: Mainland China, 4. Local Studies: Taiwan, 5. Local Studies: Hong Kong & Overseas, 6. Deities & Spirits: General, 7. Specific Deities & Cults, 8. Religious Calendar, Festivals, Popular Customs, 9. Temples & Mountains, Pilgrimage, 10. Ritual, 11. Myth & Folklore, 12. Divination, 13. Shamanism, Spirit Mediums, 14. Death, Afterlife, Tombs, Ancestral Cult, 15. Sects, Secret Societies, New Religions, 16. Popular Religion & Gender, 17. Popular Religion, the State, & Local Society, 18. Popular Religion in Scriptures, Tracts, Literature & Drama, 19. Popular Religion & (Folk) Art, 20. Popular Religion and Other Religious Traditions.

URL http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~clartp/bibliography_CPR.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Clart Philip (clart--at--uni-leipzig.de), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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The Medical History of British India

http://www.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html


12 Sep 2008

National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Supplied note:
"[A]n important resource from the India Papers collection in the National Library of Scotland. You'll find a range of digitised official publications related to disease, public health and medical research between c.1850 to 1950. There are extensive reports with keyword searching of full text and of title, author, location, subject category, publication date and location with detailed maps, charts and tables with easily manipulated data and zoom features. Many of the documents focus on epidemics in vivid detail that makes them a treasure-trove of regional histories of disease, providing vital insights into the role of government and the operation of colonial power. The extensive statistics accompanying these documents provide important data that would be valuable for regional histories.
The website is aimed at medical, social, military and colonial historians, historians of South Asia and also genealogists. As this material traces the epidemiology of communicable diseases that cause a high mortality in the Third World even today, it is also of interest for epidemiologists and medical practitioners and researchers in this field. We are digitising all our India-related medical publications, and these include research reports on lock hospitals and venereal disease, the health of the army, medicines, research institutes, and major diseases such as cholera, malaria, leprosy and plague, along with works by such ground-breaking scientists as W.M. Haffkine and Sir Ronald Ross. We also have publications on civil veterinary departments and veterinary research, and reports on the treatment of mental illness.
'The Medical History of British India' is a partnership project between the National Library of Scotland and the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare [http://www.caledonian.ac.uk/historyofhealth/]. - ju."

Site contents:
* Browse and Search (Titles [44 volumes, dating from 1868 to 1920], Contents pages, Diseases and associated terms, Maps, Diagrams, Placenames, Publishers, Authors (or text originators), Year of publication; * About the Collection; * Highlights (Leprosy research in India, Protest against plague prevention measures, Debates on cholera theories, Ronald Ross and medical research); * Further Resources; * Acknowledgements.

URL http://www.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.nls.uk/indiapapers/index.html

Link reported by: Jan Usher (j.usher--at--nls.uk), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909-1931

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/


12 Sep 2008

The Digital South Asia Library (DSAL), Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, IL, US.

Self-description:
"The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Meyer, William Stevenson, Sir, 1860-1922. Burn, Richard, Sir, 1871-1947. Cotton, James Sutherland, 1847-1918. Risley, Sir Herbert Hope, 1851-1911. New edition, published under the authority of His Majesty's secretary of state for India in council. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931 [v. 1, 1909]."

Site contents:
* Search the Imperial Gazetteer [for complete words];
* Search the Imperial Gazetteer for parts of words;
* Go to [specific] Vol. and [specific] Page;
* View the Imperial Gazetteer in a digital book form:
(Vol. 1 - The Indian Empire - Descriptive, Vol. 2 - The Indian Empire - Historical, Vol. 3 - The Indian Empire - Economic, Vol. 4 - The Indian Empire - Administrative, Vol. 5 - Abazai - Arcot, Vol. 6 - Argaon - Bardwan Vol. 7 - Bareilly - Berasia, Vol. 8 - Berhampore - Bombay, Vol. 9 - Bomjur - Central India, Vol. 10 - Central Provinces - Coopta, Vol. 11 - Coondapoor - Edwardesabad, Vol. 12 - Einme - Gwalior, Vol. 13 - Gyaraspur - Jais, Vol. 14 - Jaisalmer - Kara, Vol. 15 - Karachi - Kotayam, Vol. 16 - Kotchandpur - Mahavinyaka, Vol. 17 - Mahbubabad - Moradabad, Vol. 18 - Moram - Nayagarh, Vol. 19 - Nayakanthatti - Parbhani, Vol. 20 - Pardi - Pusad, Vol. 21 - Pushkar - Salween, Vol. 22 - Samadhiala - Singhana, Vol. 23 - Singhbhum - Trashi-Chod-Zong, Vol. 24 - Travancore - Zira, Vol. 25 - Index [Please use search],
Vol. 26 - Atlas 1909 & 1931 (# Preface to the 1909 Edition, # Preface to the 1931 Edition, # General Maps: 1. India in Relation to the British Empire, 2. India and Surrounding Countries, 3. Geological Features, 4. Orographical Features, 5. Vegetation Features, 6. Temperature--Mean annual, 7. Temperature--Seasonal, 8. Winds and Isobars--Seasonal, 9. Rainfall--Mean annual, 10. Rainfall--Seasonal, 11. Density of Population, 12. Prevailing Races, 13. Prevailing Languages--Aryan, 14. Prevailing Languages--Non-Aryan, 15. Prevailing Religions--General, 16. Prevailing Religions--Special, 17. Agricultural Products--Food Grains, 18. Agricultural Products--Other, 19. Economic Minerals, 20. Political Divisions, 21. Military Divisions, 22. Railway Map--General, 23. Railway Map--Sectional (1), 24. Railway Map--Sectional (2), 25. Railway Map--Sectional (3), 26. Archaeological Sketch-map, 27. Historical Map (1765) and Historical Map (1805), 28. Historical Map (1837) and Historical Map (1857),
# Provincial Maps: 29. Bengal, with Sikkim, 30. Eastern Bengal and Assam, with Bhutan, 31. The United Provinces, 32. Punjab, 33. North-West Frontier Province with Kashmir, 34. Rajputana, with Ajmer-Merwara, 35. Baluchistan, 36. Bombay I, with part of Baroda, 37. Bombay II, with part of Baroda, 38. Central India, 39. Central Provinces and Berar, 40. Hyderabad, 41. Madras I, with Mysore and Coorg, 42. Madras II, 43. Nepal, 44. Burma I, 45. Burma II, 46. Burma III, with Andaman and Nicobar islands, 47. Afghanistan, 48. Aden and Surrounding Country.
# Plans of Towns: 49. Calcutta, 50. Calcutta Environs, 51. Bombay Island, 52. Bombay City, 53. Bombay Environs, 54. Madras, 55. Delhi, 56. Agra, 57. Benares, 58. Lucknow, 59. Lahore, 60. Rangoon, 61. Simla and Jutogh, 62. Allahabad, 63. Cawnpore, 64. Karachi).

URL http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 11,200]

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The Families In British India Society (FIBIS)

http://www.fibis.org/


11 Sep 2008

www.fibis.org, UK.

Self-description:
"[An] organisation devoted to members with an interest in researching their ancestors and the background against which they led their lives in 'British India'. [...]
The main focus of FIBIS activities is the 'sub-continent' of India but we are also interested in all areas and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the East India Company in 1599 to 'Indian Independence' in 1947: Afghanistan, Aden, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Benkulen (Sumatra), Burma (Myanmar), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Macao & Hong Kong, Indonesia (Borneo, Labuan etc.), Malaysia, Mauritius, Persia, Singapore, Straits Settlements. Also included are the activities of the East India Company in London and St. Helena. [...] FIBIS [est. Nov 1998 - ed.] now has over 1500 members worldwide and it's membership is still increasing."

Site contents:
* About FIBIS; * Membership; * How To Use FIBIS; * Search [free of charge] ["The data are very largely taken from sources within the British Library's India Office Records Section (IOR) to whom thanks are also due for authority to publish them here."] Search Records [find a Person, find an Image, Advanced] Browse Records [Wills and probate, Directories, Publications, Military records, Censuses, Bonds, Miscellaneous, Maps, Ecclesiastical records, Personal papers, Photographs, Cemeteries, Maritime]); * Volunteers; * What's New [The last 6 items in Sep 2008 are: South Australian Mariners Tickets 1897-1920, 1804 Muster Roll of Scots Brigade (HM 94th Regt) in India, List of Qualified Midwives, European and East Indian from the Government Lying-in-Hospital, Madras 1865, Officers of the Bengal Army Serving at the time of the 'Batta Mutiny' in May 1766, Officers Sent to Bengal from Madras during the 'Batta Mutiny of 1766', Suffolk Regimental Gazette Index 1891 - ed.]; * Links (organisations connected with 'British India' and research; FIBIS Members' websites); * Contact Us; * FIBIS Members; * FIBIS Search; * FiBiWiki [FIBIS' members-driven online encyclopaedia, whose main entries in Sep 2008 included: Abbreviations, Armies in India, Beginners' Guide, Churches, Church records, Cemeteries, Historical Events, Locations, Maritime Service, Military, Armies, Battles, Military ranks, Regiments, Wars, Non-British Ancestors, Occupations, Railways, Research methods, Organisations, Recommended reading, Terms, All categories - ed.]; * FIBIS Shop (Books, FIBIS journal); * News; * FAQ.

[An exemplary use of the Internet tools for the purposes of a distributed, self-organising, cooperative, large-scale and long-term research project - ed.]

URL http://www.fibis.org/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.fibis.org/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 1000 [in fact, over 2,590]

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Southeast Asia Visions (SAV) - a Collection of Historic Travel Narratives

http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/s/sea/


10 Sep 2008

Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY, US.

Self-description: "The site provides online access to more than 350 books and journal articles written in English and French. The works in the collection were selected for the quality of their first-hand observations and, together, provide a comprehensive representation of Southeast Asia. Along with their narratives, these accounts include some 10,000 images, drawings, photographs, prints and maps, many of them in color. [...] The Visions collection includes the written and photographed experiences of Europeans and Americans who traveled to Southeast Asia during the period of imperialism. The peoples of Southeast Asia experienced waves of colonization beginning in 1511 when the Portuguese took Melaka, a strategic and thriving port city on the Malay Peninsula. The Spanish established a colony in the Philippines which they ruled from the 1560s until 1899 when the United States ousted the Spanish and governed the colony until Philippine independence in 1946. The Dutch gradually conquered the areas known today as Indonesia beginning in 1596 and ending after WWII. The British Empire, centered in South Asia, moved into the Malay Peninsula and Burma by the early 1800s but did not withdraw from Burma until 1948 and Malaysia and Singapore until 1957. France established a foothold in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, an area grouped under the rubric of French Indochina and ruled by the French from the mid-to-late 1800s until after WWII."

Site contents:
* Search (Boolean, Proximity, Bibliographic, Search History)
* Browse (Author, Title [listed A to Z, i.e. FROM: # An account of an embassy to the kingdom of Ava, : sent by the Governor-General of India, in the year 1795 by Symes, Michael (1800), # An account of the wild tribes inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and a few neighbouring islands, with a journey in Johore and a journey in the Menangkabaw states of the Malayan Peninsula by Favre, Pierre Etienne Lazare (1865), # Acheen, and the ports on the north and east coasts of Sumatra : with incidental notices of the trade in the eastern seas, and the aggressions of the Dutch by Anderson, John (1840), # Across Chryse : being the narrative of a journey of exploration through the south China border lands from Canton to Mandalay, vol.1 by Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross) (1883) TO: # A yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma by Geil, William Edgar (1904), # A year on the Irrawaddy by E. M. P-B. (1911), # Yesterdays in the Philippines by Stevens, Joseph Earle (1899), # De Zieke reiziger, or, Rambles in Java and the Straits : in 1852 by Edwards, William (1853) - ed.], Date, Image Date, Image Ethnic Information, Image Format, Image Geographic Information, Image Keyword);
* Collection (Historical Context, Geographic Context, Significance of These Accounts, Bibliography);
* Project; * Help.

URL http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/s/sea/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/s/sea/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

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Moluccan history and culture in pictures

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/molukse_geschiedenis_en_cultuur_in_beeld


09 Sep 2008

The Moluccan Historical Museum (MHM), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"In 1951, circa 12,500 Moluccans were transported from Java to the Netherlands. They were mostly soldiers who had served in the Dutch colonial army (KNIL), and their relatives. After the transfer of sovereignty and the disbandment of the KNIL, Indonesia, the Netherlands and the Moluccan soldiers were unable to reach an agreement regarding the demobilisation site. Finally, it was decided to transfer the Moluccans temporarily to the Netherlands. For most, it turned out to be impossible to return.
The photo collection of Museum Maluku [i.e. Moluccan Historical Museum, http://www.museum-maluku.nl/ - ed.] provides an image of the Moluccans' history in the Netherlands and of the developments in the Moluccan community from 1951 up to the present. The collection also gives an insight into the relation that the Netherlands and the Dutch Moluccans have with the Moluccas."

Site contents:
* Intro; * About the collection; * Historical background; * Related external sites (National Foundation for the Education of Moluccans, Moluccan Youth website, [Dutch] National Archive); * Bibliography; * Colophon; * Search in collection; * Browse collection (by persons, by location, by keyword).

URL http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/molukse_geschiedenis_en_cultuur_in_beeld

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Pioneer photography from the [19th c.] Dutch Indies

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/pioniersfotografie_uit_nederlands-indie


09 Sep 2008

The Prentenkabinet / Study and Documentation Centre for Photography (SDCF), University Library of Leiden, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"Soon after the invention of photography in 1839, a number of photographers set out for the remote colony of the Dutch Indies. Commissioned by the Dutch government and various historical societies, they documented the Indonesian treasures photographically. These pioneer photographers didn't have the best of luck. The damp, warm climate and their customers' high expectations frequently led to disappointments.
Javanese temples and other antiquities were photographed by the photographers Schaefer, Cephas and Van Kinsbergen. The photographer Kleingrothe devoted special attention to tropical agriculture. Lastly, Nieuwenhuis concentrated on the indigenous population, showing the various different aspects of their culture.

The collection contains 4500 photographs pertaining to the former Dutch Indies in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Professional photographers took pictures of a huge variety of subjects. The many travel and family albums tell mostly of "tempo dulu", the high days of colonialism. Worth mentioning is the album published on the occasion of the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1931."

Site contents:
* Intro; * Early photography in development; * The Prentenkabinet; * Colophon; * Search in collection; * Browse collection (by photographer, by location).

URL http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/pioniersfotografie_uit_nederlands-indie

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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[The Dutch East Indies in] Colonial World Fairs

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/koloniale_wereldtentoonstellingen


09 Sep 2008

The Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"The Colonial World Fairs collection consists of [over 5800 - ed] objects collected in the Netherlands East Indies between 1870 and 1940. At that time, the country now known as Indonesia was regarded unquestioningly as part of the Netherlands. The aim of the collection was to increase public knowledge about this exotic region. Colonial World Fairs [staged in the period 1880-1931 - ed.] gave large numbers of people the opportunity to become acquainted with their own colonies. It was quite clear how the Netherlands saw the East Indies. And it was equally clear how the Netherlands saw itself - or wanted to see itself."

Site contents:
* Intro; * World Fairs; * About the collection; * Bibliography; * Colophon; * Search in collection; * Browse collection (by cultures, by countries, regions and places, by names).

URL http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/koloniale_wereldtentoonstellingen

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Indonesia independent - Photographs 1947-1953

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/indonesie_onafhankelijk_-_fotos_1947-1953


09 Sep 2008

Netherlands Museum for Photography, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"It is more than fifty years ago that Sukarno and Hatta, the Indonesian leaders at that time, proclaimed the Republic of Indonesia. Their declaration was followed by an exhausting political and military struggle that went on for four years. Only under great international pressure did the Netherlands transfer sovereignty on 27 December 1949.
In January and February 1947, the photographers and friends Cas Oorthuys and Charles Breijer both travelled to Indonesia independently and captured various stages of the decolonisation process. Oorthuys returned to the Netherlands by the end of March, while Breijer stayed on until 1953, the last three years as a filmmaker for the Indonesian Ministry of Information. Lex de Herder was sent to Indonesia as a conscript at the beginning of 1949, where he worked first as a radio announcer and later as a photographer. The collection contains more than 4500 photographs and album pages by these photographers. The Nederlands fotomuseum (Netherlands Museum for Photography) aims at making Dutch photography and its history easily accessible and at furthering people's interest in this cultural heritage."

Site contents:
* Intro; * Batavia becomes Jakarta; * Cas Oorthuys, Charles Breijer and Lex de Herder; * The photo collection; * The Digital Collection; * External links; * Bibliography and endnotes; * Colophon; * Search in collection; * Browse collection (by location, by keyword).

URL http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/indonesie_onafhankelijk_-_fotos_1947-1953

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Museum
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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The Dutch East Indies in photographs, 1860-1940

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/nederlands-indie_in_fotos,_1860-1940


08 Sep 2008

Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV), Leiden, The Netherlands.

Self-description:
"The years around 1900 marked the heyday of Dutch colonial rule in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Territories outside Java were brought under Dutch rule and the economy was thoroughly modernized. Thought was also given to the future of the indigenous population and its impact on the relations between the Dutch and the native people. The collection consists of some 3000 photographs from the period between 1860 and 1940. Most of them were taken by professional photographers who took pictures of landscapes and street life, in addition to photographing houses and factories and taking portrait and group photos. Some of them even took to the road to record all the facets of the Dutch East Indies."

Site contents:
* Intro; * How to search; * Historical background; * About the collection; * KITLV; * Bibliography; * Colophon; * Search in collection; * Browse collection (by photographer, by location).

URL http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/collecties/nederlands-indie_in_fotos,_1860-1940

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP)

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/


05 Sep 2008

MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US.

Self-description:
"[During] the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979, in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population) [...] the Khmer Rouge [communist] regime headed by Pol Pot [... produced] repression, misery, and murder on a massive scale. On July 18, 2007, Cambodian and international co-prosecutors at the newly established mixed UN/Cambodian tribunal in Phnom Penh found evidence of "crimes against humanity, genocide, grave breaches of the Geneva Convention, homicide, torture and religious persecution." Since 1994, the [... Yale University's] Cambodian Genocide Program [...], has been studying these events to learn as much as possible about the tragedy, and to help determine who was responsible for the crimes of the Pol Pot regime. In Phnom Penh in 1996, for instance, we obtained access to the 100,000-page archive of that defunct regime's security police, the Santebal. This material has been microfilmed [...] and made available to scholars worldwide. As of January 2008, we have also compiled and published 22,000 biographic and bibliographic records, and over 6,000 photographs, along with documents, translations, maps, and an extensive list of CGP books and research papers on the genocide, as well as the CGP's newly-enhanced, interactive Cambodian Geographic Database, CGEO [...]."

Site contents:
* Introduction;
* Tribunal News (Cambodia's 2001 Khmer Rouge Tribunal Law, Chronology of a Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Tribunal Articles by the Cambodian Genocide Program, Other Tribunal Readings, Tribunal-Related Photographs, Tribunal-Related Radio Programs);
* Databases (Introduction to the Cambodian Genocide Data Bases. Full Text Search of the first three Cambodian Genocide Databases below (CBIB, CBIO, CTS). CGP Bibliographic Database (CBIB) - Bibliographic, hyperlinked information on 3,000 books, articles, maps, primary documents, audio recordings, and video recordings. CGP Biographic Database (CBIO) - Information on over 19,000 individuals collected from many different sources, including interviews. CGP Tuol Sleng Image Database (CTS) - Over 5,000 photographs from Tuol Sleng. CGP Geographic Database (CGEO));
* Resources/Publications;
* Photographs;
* Maps of Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea Administrative Zones (official Khmer Rouge map), DK Zones (English), Provincial Genocide Sites (1975-1979), Provincial Killing Fields: Directory for province links, Satellite Images of Cambodia, 1973-1992, Composite Landsat satellite images of Cambodia, 1972-76, and 1990 with mass grave and prison sites from 1975-1979. Digital elevation map of Cambodia, 1990);
* U.S. Involvement (The United States Bombing of Cambodia, 1965-1973. United States Policy on the Khmer Rouge regime, 1975-1979. Readings on US Cambodia Policy since 1979);
* Links (Related Sites at Yale University, Former Partner Organizations, Cambodia Resources);
* Contact Information;
* Books on Cambodia;
* Search.

[A site in English, with selections available also in Armenian, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Tetun, and Thai. - ed.]

URL http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 11,000]

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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

http://www.minorityrights.org/directory


04 Sep 2008

Minority Rights Group International (MRGI), London, UK.

Self-description:
"Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non governmental organisation working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide."

Site contents:
* Country in Focus; * Minority in Focus; * Search across the five Regions (Africa, Americas, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Middle East), 221 Countries (Bahrain to Zimbabwe, with details of the Environment, Peoples, History, Governance, and Current state of minorities and indigenous peoples for each of the countries), and over 700 Minorities (Abakore to Zoroastrians, with details of the Profile, Historical context, and Current issues for each of the minorities); * About us; * Contact us; * News; * Updates;

URL http://www.minorityrights.org/directory

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Kurt Mills (mills--at--mail.h-net.msu.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000

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Soshoo [statistical data on social and economic situation of China]

http://www.soshoo.com/


04 Sep 2008

Special Link Data Co. Ltd, China.

Supplied note:
"Soshoo is a website that offers yearly and monthly statistical data on social and economic situation of China. The information sourced from national and provincial statistical yearbooks, industrial yearbooks, the People's Bank of China Quarterly Statistical Bulletin, China's Customs Statistics, etc. since 1997 with some dated back to 1949. Users can download data into an Excel sheet. - awt."

[A site in Chinese. English pages are under construction - ed.]

URL http://www.soshoo.com/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Allen W Thrasher (athr--at--loc.gov), forwarded by forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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China Infobank [China news, articles, reports and statistics]

http://www.infobank.cn/


04 Sep 2008

China Infobank Ltd, China.

Supplied note:
"This massive database provides access to real time business news, China general news articles and magazines, information and statistics on government, reports and statistics of various industries and regions in China. With information collected from over 1,000 media companies, both from China and outside China, and leading government and enterprise organizations, China Infobank dissects the data into 194 different industries. It is indexed and updated daily, with over 10 million articles and is accumulating at a rate of 20 million Chinese characters per day.

China Infobank is actually a conglomerate of the following databanks: 1. China Statistics, 2. China Listed Company, 3. China Business Report, 4. China Laws & Regulations, 5. China Economic News, 6. China Medical & Health, 7. Chinese Government Agency, 8. Hong Kong Listed Company, 9. China Company Directory, 10. English Publications, 11. China Who's Who, 12. Glossary. - awt."

[A site in Chinese - ed.]

URL http://www.infobank.cn/

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Allen W Thrasher (athr--at--loc.gov), forwarded by forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

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Transoxiana: Journal Libre de Estudios Orientales - Issue Aug 2008

http://www.transoxiana.org


03 Sep 2008

www.transoxiana.org, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Supplied note: "Transoxiana 13 - Agosto 2008.
* Editorial.
* La inscripcion de Kardir en la Kabah de Zartusht, Inicio de la persecucion de las minorias religiosas en la Persia Sasanida - Israel Campos Mendez.
* La monarquia unida de Israel La brumosa andadura entre las historias deuteronomistas y la Historia - Rafael Chenoll.
* Jewelry of Central Asia: Technical Aspects in Ancient time (4BC-4 AD) - Elena Neva.
* The 261 Karez of the Sauran Region (Middle Syrdarya) - Renato Sala, Jean Marc Deom.
* Sauran Medieval Archaeological Complex in South Kazakhstan - Erbulat A. Smagulov.
* Sidak Sanctuary - One of the Religious Centers of Pre-Islamic North Transoxiana: Some Sacral Objects of the 5th- early 8th cc. - Erbulat Smagulov, Sergey Yatsenko.
* Transoxiana Reviews: "Politica y Religion en el Mediterraneo Antiguo", Primer Coloquio Internacional, celebrado en Buenos Aires los dias 6 y 7 de septiembre de 2007 - Alejandra Cersosimo. - pr."

Site contents:
* Current Issue; * Past Issues; * Reviews; * Permanent Call for Papers; * Webfestschrift Series 2004 - Webfestschrift Scarcia: L'Onagro Maestro Miscellanea di fuochi accesi per Gianroberto Scarcia in occasione del suo LXX sade - P. Raffetta, Ed., 2003 - Webfestschrift Marshak: Eran ud Aneran Studies presented to Boris Ilich Marshak on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday - Compareti, Raffetta, Scarcia, Eds.); * Links (Sources, E-Journals, E-Libraries, E-Texts, Casas de Estudio, Eurasia y Asia Central, India, Iran, Antiguedad, Zoroastrismo, Anatolia, Egipto, Revistas electronicas sobre Egipto Varios); * RSS feed [www.transoxiana.org/rss-feed.xml]

['Transoxiana: Journal Libre de Estudios Orientales' is a free e-journal in English, Spanish, and Russian (est. 2000, ISSN 1666-7050) published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contact 'Transoxiana' by email at editor--at--transoxiana.org - ed.]

URL http://www.transoxiana.org

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.transoxiana.org

Link reported by: Paola Raffetta (paola--at--transoxiana.org)

* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000 [in fact 992]

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