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Project / Collection Personal Manuscripts on the Periphery of Javanese Literature Subject Public utilities Level [40] File

1. EAP1268/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1268/4/3
Title:
H.M.J. Prawirojuwono
Scope & Content:
A compilation of folklore stories and songs recorded by H.M.J. Prawirojuwono. Many of these stories feature the mouse deer eating a certain fruit or vegetable. The deer remains popular in Javanese folklore today, especially in tales told to children. The stories are straightforward--some discus...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
371

2. EAP1268/6/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1268/6/5/3
Title:
[Accounts of an Indo-Chinese Carpenter]
Scope & Content:
Notes on measurements, payments, and designs for furniture, houses and drainage. The Chinese-Indonesian handyman, Lím Giok Sing, to whom these accounts belong, was not only a carpenter but also an engineer of sorts. Among his most striking assignments was one for delivering temple-stones from the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
68

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