Fonds SC52 - Manuscripts concerning the history of Java

Three volumes concerned with British involvement in Java:

• Java Antiquities, a bound volume composed of four sections including lists, correspondence, a memorandum and private journals.
• Java Antiquities Craufurd, a bound volume containing two sections, both on the ruins of Javanese temples.
• British in Java 1811-1812 Contemporary Documents, a bound volume containing multiple manuscripts including letters, contracts, instructions, memoirs, minutes, treaties, notes and reports.

These volumes provide information and a valuable insight into British involvement in Java during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Additionally, they offer accounts of the architecture (particularly of temples), culture, history, traditions and practices of Java and its people, prior to and during British Rule.

Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.

Related materials include:

• Catalogue of Paintings Drawing, Engravings & Busts by Raymond Head.
• R.A.S Asiatic Researches Vol.13 Chapter IX The Ruins of Prambanan, in Java by J. Crawfurd, Esq.
• R.A.S History of Java 2nd Ed. by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
• Antiquarian, Architectural, and Landscape Illustrations of the History of Java by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
• Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China by John Crawfurd