The Archives already holds some of the papers of Professors David Marr, Anthony Reid, Harold Crouch, Dr Margaret George and Dr Emily Sadka. The following material is already accessible in the University’s Open Research repository:
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Photograph of ANU Southeast Asian scholars visiting China in 1980;
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Professor David Marr’s unique collection of posters and other graphic material related to Vietnam and the Indochina conflict. Collected throughout his career, the series contains prints and originals from the 1930s to the 1990s. The works largely focus on the Vietnam War and present perspectives from both North and South Vietnam as well as Australia, Europe and the United States. The series also contains a range of Vietnamese art on calendars and with some original prints. The digitisation work was undertaken by ANU Museum Studies student Ben Houghton and the images are accessible on the Open Research website. A full description and listing is on the ANU Archives database website.
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Material from the September 1967 South Vietnamese election from David Marr’s papers is on Open Research. Future digitisation will include the 1974 correspondence and press clippings of John Spragens Jnr at the Indochina Resource Center. For more information please contact Holly Nguyen - holly.nguyen@anu.edu.au.
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Recording of the King of Thailand’s visit to ANU in 1962, the announcement of the Asian Fellowship by Pro Chancellor HC Coombs and His Majesty’s response;
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Oral history interview with Professor Tony Johns.
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Recordings of the ‘Asia behind the News’ radio program from the late 1970s to 1980s.
Digitisation projects currently underway:
- Basham collection of Southeast Asian and South Asian slides.
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If you have materials to donate to the project, please contact Kathryn Dan, University Archivist - kathryn.dan@anu.edu.au.