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The following information is taken from the indexes of the National Register of Archives with the kind permission of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
BROOKE, FAMILY, RAJAHS OF SARAWAK
BROOKE, SIR JAMES 1803-1868 RAJAH OF SARAWAK
BROOKE, JOHN BROOKE (D1868) NEPHEW OF SIR JAMES BROOKE
BROOKE, SIR CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSON 1829-1917 2ND RAJAH OF SARAWAK
BROOKE, SIR CHARLES VYNER 1874-1963 RAJAH OF SARAWAK
BROOKE, SYLVIA 1885-1971 LADY, RANEE OF SARAWAK AND WRITER
MCDOUGALL, FRANCIS THOMAS 1817-1886 BISHOP OF LABUAN AND SARAWAK
GRANT, CHARLES THOMAS CONSTANTINE 1831-1891 ASSISTANT TO SIR JAMES BROOKE
DALLAS, FRANCIS HENRY 1865-1920 TREASURER OF SARAWAK
WARD, ARTHUR BARTLETT B1879 ADMINISTRATOR IN SARAWAK
BROOKE FAMILY, RAJAHS OF SARAWAK
19-20th cent: family corresp and papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
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Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868) RAJAH OF SARAWAK
1833-66: corresp and papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
***
See also: HMC Private papers of British diplomats
1782-1900, 1985; Papers of British colonial governors
1782-1900, 1986
***
1858-68: corresp with Baroness Burdett-Coutts
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Reference: Add MSS 45274-82
***
1844-53: corresp with Sir Thomas Cochrane
National Library of Scotland, Department of
Manuscripts
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EW
Reference: MSS 2286-93, 2413
***
1850-58: letters (10) to Henry Drummond
Private
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick NE66 1NQ
NRA 836 Percy
***
1847-60: corresp with Earl Grey
Durham University Library, Archives and Special
Collections: Prior's Kitchen
The College
Durham DH1 3EQ
Reference: Grey of Howick collection
NRA 6228 Grey
***
1848-50: letters to Maria, Lady Grey
Durham University Library, Archives and Special
Collections: Prior's Kitchen
Reference: Grey of Howick collection
NRA 6228 Grey
***
1837-58: letters (13) to Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR
See: RGS Archives, p101
***
1858-65: letters, copies of corresp, memoranda
West Sussex Record Office
Sherburne House
3 Orchard Street
Chichester
Reference: ADDMSS22,243-643
NRA 25734 Smith
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Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
BROOKE, JOHN BROOKE (D1868) NEPHEW OF SIR JAMES BROOKE
1848-67: corresp and misc papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
***
corresp (mostly copies) and misc papers
West Sussex Record Office
Sherburne House
3 Orchard Street
Chichester
Reference: ADDMSS22,243-643
NRA 25734 Smith
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Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
BROOKE, SIR CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSON (1829-1917) 2ND RAJAH OF SARAWAK
1866-68: diary (copy)
State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library
Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Reference: FM4/3382
See: Guide to collections of MSS rel to Australia C413
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1849-84: corresp
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
***
1863-69: corresp with Lady Burdett-Coutts
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Reference: Add MS 45283
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1902-17: corresp with Francis Dallas
Public Record Office
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
London TW9 4DU
Reference: PRO30/79
NRA 28790 Dallas
***
1910-15: letters to CEA Ermen
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Pac s 66
*** End of Listing ***
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National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
BROOKE, SIR CHARLES VYNER (1874-1963) RAJAH OF SARAWAK
1941-46: personal corresp, mainly with his brother
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
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1907-20: corresp with Francis Dallas
Public Record Office
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
London TW9 4DU
Reference: PRO30/79
NRA 28790 Dallas
***
1906-30: letters to George Gillan
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Ind Ocn s 119
***
1924-29: letters to Frank and Ina Kortright
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Pac s 74
***
1922-35: letters to CP Lowe
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Ind Ocn s 118
***
corresp with Walter Skrine
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Ind Ocn s 143
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Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
BROOKE, SYLVIA (1885-1971) LADY, RANEE OF SARAWAK AND WRITER
corresp and literary papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS.Pac.s.83, box 27/1
See: Location register of 20th century English literary
MSS 1988
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MCDOUGALL, FRANCIS THOMAS (1817-1886) BISHOP OF LABUAN AND SARAWAK
1811-86: papers incl family corresp
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Ind Ocn s 292
See: MS Collections in Rhodes House Lib, Accessions
1978-94
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1856-67: letters to Samuel Wilberforce
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Department of
Western Manuscripts
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG
Reference: MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65
NRA 7132 Wilberforce
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1860-86: letters (26)
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
*** End of Listing ***
Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
GRANT, CHARLES THOMAS CONSTANTINE (1831-1891) ASSISTANT TO SIR JAMES BROOKE IN SARAWAK
1844-74: corresp with his family and the Brookes 1844-49:
journals and misc papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 83, 90
NRA 21238 Brooke
*** End of Listing ***
Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
DALLAS, FRANCIS HENRY (1865-1920) TREASURER OF SARAWAK
1902-20: corresp
Public Record Office
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
London TW9 4DU
Reference: PRO30/79
NRA 28790 Dallas
*** End of Listing ***
Where reference is made to an NRA number, a catalogue is filed in the
National Register of Archives and may be consulted in the public
search room.
WARD, ARTHUR BARTLETT (B1879) ADMINISTRATOR IN SARAWAK
1893-1934: corresp and papers
Oxford University: Rhodes House Library
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RG
Reference: MSS Pac s 80
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Taken from the Rajah Brooke bibliography by J.E. Watson
ABERDEEN PAPERS, BM Add. MSS. 43188 and 43200.
ARKIB NEGARA
MALAYSIA, Panduan koleksi surat-surat persendirian Arkib Negara
Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Arkib Negara Malaysia, 1989. [Guide to
National Archives of Malaysia]
BORNEO AND MALAYA, 1846-1910.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Archives, London.
BORNEO
DIOCESAN REGISTER, 1851-1925. [held at St. Thomas's Cathedral,
Kuching]
BROOKE, Charles A.J., Rajah & BROOKE, Charles Vyner,
Rajah, Letters of Rajah Charles Brooke and Rajah Muda Vyner Brooke,
1880-1915. Sarawak State Archives, Kuching.
COLONIAL OFFICE
(British), CO 531/30/53066, CO 537. Public Record Office, London.
D
SERIES. Copies of letters received, Borneo. 2 vols, 1848-93. Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel Archives, London.
DUTCH FOREIGN
OFFICE ARCHIVES
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY, 2nd report. 1850.
FOREIGN OFFICE (British), FO 12, vols. 19, 20, 21, 35; FO 93,
part 16, nos. 1, 2, 3. Public Record Office, London.
FOREIGN
OFFICE (British), Memorandum. London, 1852. [on accusations that Sir
James Brooke obtained the cession of Sarawak by force]
KEPPEL,
Henry, Sir, The expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the
suppression of piracy, with extracts from the journal of James Brooke
... [1845 proof edition, unpublished, British Museum]
NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh.
OUTSTATION MONTHLY REPORTS.
Sarawak State Archives, Kuching.
RESIDENTS COURT REPORTS. Sarawak
State Archives, Kuching.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, London.
Correspondence.
SARAWAK TREASURY CASH BOOKS. 25 vols., 1842-1900.
Sarawak State Archives, Kuching.
SARAWAK STATE ARCHIVES, Kuching.
Various documents. [See Rajahs and rebels pp. 376-7 for details.]
SARAWAK TREASURY CASH BOOKS. 25 vols., 1842-1900. Sarawak
State Archives, Kuching.
Taken from: J.H. Walker, A Florentine Source for Nineteenth Century Sarawak History, Borneo Research Bulletin, vol. 27 pp. 39-43
Biblioteca Botanica, University Degli Studi, Florence, Italy. Letters to Odoardo Beccaro from Charles and Margaret Brooke, 1867-1902.
The following information is taken from the Guildhall Library website and the Guildhall Library (Corporation of London) catalogue.
Business records: Borneo Co Ltd, selected items:
Introductory notes 1-4
Act to cancel the deed of settlement of the Borneo Company Limited and to 1890
Agency agreements and related papers. 1888-1962. - [Envelopes 1-32] 1888, 1898
Agreement to buy G. Kluzer and Co Ltd, general import merchants and contract
1925
Agreement to issue a further 30,000 £10 ordinary shares 1920
Agreement to purchase cyanide from C. Tennant Sons and Co Ltd for use at com
1917
Agreement to store and sell Russian petroleum shipped from Batoum (or Batum)
1891
Agreements and correspondence with companies for which the agency was held a
1909
Agreements with the Labuan Coalfields Co that it issue shares to recover its
1900
Annual reports and accounts (1922-44, 1947-53, 1955, 1957-67) 1922
Background papers to the directors' report and accounts 1940: trial balances
1940
Balance journal' with, at front, news cuttings on the suspension of the gol 1922
Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts 1889
Balance sheets and profit and loss and suspense accounts 1857
Board of directors' committee minute book 1931
Board of directors' minute books 1856
Branch invoice book' ('5') recording the purchase of supplies such as piece 1939
Branch ledger' ('W') recording the profit and loss, sinking fund and genera 1913
Branches nominal ledger 1933
Calculation tables for the cubic contents (metric and imperial measurements)
1926
Cash book 1856
Cash payments books 1934
Cash receipts books 1929
Centenary: chairman's speeches at Far Eastern and London functions held to c
1956
Centenary: photographs of the centenary tour of the Far East branches made b
1956
Centenary: press cuttings from newspapers in Bangkok, Sarawak and Singapre m
1956
Centenary: scrapbook of news cuttings and photographs celebrating, in Sarawa
1956
Company agreement to sell, as attorney of the Lawas Planting Co Ltd, of the 1923
Company regulations as enshrined in the deed of settlement of 8 May 1856 1856
Copies, made 1933, of land grants in Kuching, Sarawak, made successively by 1857
Copy agendas, minutes and resolutions of shareholders' meetings 1918
Copy letters from the second Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Johnson Brooke GC
1911
Copy letters, newspaper reports and photograph concerning the birth a white 1926
Copy particulars of income tax returns for the Menan Flotilla Co Ltd 1895
Correspondence and reports concerning Sarawak Rubber Estates Ltd (formed 191
1920
Correspondence concerning the effect of the Japanese occupation on company p
1945
Correspondence concerning the signatories to company cheques, acceptances an
1922
Correspondence concerning war-time regulations governing the discounting in 1918
Correspondence concerning P. Duguid Thomson's guarantee for the repayment of
1884
Correspondence concerning prospecting for minerals (antimony, quicksilver an
1907
Correspondence concerning the (unnamed) syndicate formed to acquire options 1916
Correspondence with British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd concerning competi
1928
Correspondence with the second Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Johnson Brooke,
1914
Deed of settlement 1856
Diaries 1872
Draft agreement for a 21 year lease of 'all ores, mines, veins and seams, as
1855
Engineering department sales catalogues 1923
Exports cash payments book ('3') 1929
Exports journals 1914
Exports ledgers ('A' and 'Z') recording, inter alia, the merchandise, invoice,
export 1913, 1921
Foreign invoices' journal recording expenditure on shipments of, inter alia 1914
General journals 1939
General ledger' ('V') of, inter alia, the capital, reserve, profit and loss 1913
Head office balance documents 1932
History (typescript) of company activity in Sarawak, 1852-1940 1952
History: correspondence concerning the production of a company history and c
1950
History: notes assembled by Henry Longhurst in preparation for writing the c
1950
Illustrated company brochure 1960
Imports journal ('3') 1925
Imports ledgers 1913
Income tax returns and related papers 1871
Income tax returns and related papers 1871
Index to photographs in Ms 27444, arranged by place and referring to volume 1906
Inventory of plant and machinery at the Bau gold mine, Sarawak 1920
Kuching branch, Sarawak; report, compiled by Mineral Properties Investigatio
1941
Kuching branch, Sarawak, annual reports 1937
Kuching branch, Sarawak, copy in-letters from the manager at Bau concerning 1901
Ledger 1859
Letter from the manager of the Kuching branch in Sarawak reporting the falsi
1905
Letter setting out the terms on which Patterson, Edwards and Co, of 14 Bedfo
1927
Letter signed by the Rajah, Charles Johnson Brooke, appointing the company a
1880
Letters from John Charles Templer to Robert Henderson (founders with Robert 1857
List of the required equipment (clothing, provisions, crockery etc) for empl
1920
Maps and plans of Sarawak, showing, inter alia, forested areas for exploitat
1911
Memoranda book, compiled from in-coming letters and reports, of agencies, co
1900
Memorandum and articles of association, 1890, with revisions to 1964 1890
Memorandum and articles of association of G. H. Slot and Co Ltd, general mer
1922
Memorandum and articles of association of Sarawak Rubber Estates Ltd (formed
1911
Minutes of the Sarawak Chamber of Commerce, in which the company had represe
1896
Notice and copy of resolutions concerning i) an increase in share capital ii
1857
Original photographs showing signs of irreversible deterioration removed fro
1869
Papers concerning changes in the government of Sarawak 1939
Papers concerning i) negotiations with the Bank of England to discount bills
1920
Papers concerning shipping agreements with R. and J. Henderson, East India m
1898
Papers concerning the repayment in its shares of a £7000 loan advanced to Ip
1915
Papers concerning the sale of land on the island of Pulo (or Pulau) Bukum ne
1922
Papers concerning the takeover of the firm Allen Dennys and Co, auctioneers 1919
Papers concerning the formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary to take over th
1902
Papers concerning various loans made to the Franco Dutch Colonial Cultivatio
1904
Papers relating to operating agreements with Lendrum Ltd of 3 Temple Avenue,
1947
Part of a letter setting out company accounting practice and suggesting cert
1922
Personal ledgers 1913
Photograph of the Binatang depot (Sarawak) 1947
Photographic negatives and prints of a letter from John Gunn at the royal re
1868
Photographs of logging using elephants and tractors in the forests of Sarawa
1938
Photographs of operations in the Far East, including prints of gold mines, r
1869
Photographs of Sarawak tribesmen in traditional dress, hunting, fighting, we
1910
Photographs of the forest and the use of elephants to move timber in Sarawak
1935
Photographs of the Ranee (nee the Hon. Sylvia Brett), wife of the third Raja
1880
Photographs: pages from the albums of the Hon. Sylvia Brooke, the Ranee of S
1912
Power of attorney for Sarawak Rubber Estates Ltd (formed 1911 to work the Bo
1926
Private journal 1929
Prospectus, memorandum and articles of association of Padang Plandok Tin Ltd
1920
Register of directors 1900
Report, 1939, and related papers concerning the closure of the Tai Paritt go
1919
Rough journals for the profit and loss, capital and depreciation accounts at
1903
Rough profit and loss account books 1908
Scrapbook of papers illustrating the early history of the firm in Sarawak an
1851
Skeleton' index, compiled 1955, to the board of directors' minute books, 18 1856
Statements of share holdings in other companies 1905
Subject indexes to inward and outward private letters with the Sarawak branc
1920
Terms of agreement between the company and new British employees in the Far 1874
Transcript of diaries, September 1872 to December 1873, with notes 1999
Waste book ('6') 1931
Working and profit and loss accounts, balance sheet and comparative financia
1903
Taken from the PICMAN manuscripts catalog of the State Library of New South Wales.
Title : Thomas John Cochrane - Papers [M948-970], 1842-1849 Creator : Cochrane, Thomas John, Sir, 1789-1872 Imprint : Canberra - Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--] Type of Material : Manuscripts Ask for : Microfilm : M 948-970. Physical Description : Collection comprises - 23 microfilm reels ; 35 mm Admin / Biog Notes : Admiral. Second in Command 1842-45 and Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station 1845-47 Contents : 1) Personal and family correspondence 1842-48. Some correspondence concerns surveys in H.M.S. Samarang, H.M.S. Vernon and reports from Sir William Parker. There are letters from Captain Alexander Maconochie and letters mentioning piracy and the treatment of scurvy on convict ships. 2) East India Station papers including: letters 1842-46, to Cochrane or his Secretary, Edward Waller (principal correspondents are James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, and Sir John Davis, Governor of Hong Kong); minutes of courts martial 1843-47; journals 1842-47; books of letters to and by Cochrane 1842-47; Admiralty letters 1842-47 with index, Admiralty enclosures 1844-47; letters by Cochrane to the Indian Government 1842-47; account books 1844-47; and a freight list for the East India Station 1842-47. 3) Account book 1842. 4) Plan of cabin of HMS Argincourt 1847. 5) Journals 1840-49. 6) Private letterbook 1840-45 Notes : Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. National Library of Australia holds microfilm master. Available for reference. Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 31, p. 27. Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M948-970.Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Library of Scotland. Descriptive list available (27 p.) Author/Artist : Australian Joint Copying Project. Brooke, James, Sir, 1803-1868. Davis, John Francis, 1795-1890. National Library of Australia. State Library of New South Wales Name : Argincourt (Ship) Brooke, James, Sir, 1803-1868. Cochrane, Thomas John, Sir, 1789-1872. Davis, John Francis, 1795-1890. Great Britain. Admiralty. Samarang (Ship) Vernon (Ship) LC Subject : Admirals -- Great Britain -- Archives. Call no. : M 948-970.
Title : Great Britain. Foreign Office - General correspondence Borneo [FO 12], 1842-1905 Creator : Great Britain. Foreign Office Imprint : Canberra - Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--] Type of Material : Manuscripts Ask for : Microfilm : PRO 3500-3548 Physical Description : Collection comprises - 49 microfilm reels ; 35 mm Contents : Correspondence of the Foreign Office consisting of despatches and reports from British diplomatic representatives concerning native life and trade within the area and issues affecting colonial policy. Includes correspondence on trade opportunities, suppression of piracy, internal politics of Brunei, affairs of British North Borneo Company and relations with native rulers and accusations against Sir James Brooke during his term as Consul General of Sarawak Notes : National Library of Australia holds microfilm master. Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the Library of New South Wales. Selected items from pieces have been filmed. Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 5 : Foreign Office - class and piece list, p. 19-23. Public Record Office FO 12/1-130. Original held by Public Record Office, London Author/Artist : Australian Joint Copying Project. Great Britain. Public Record Office. Library of New South Wales. National Library of Australia Name : British North Borneo Company. Brooke, James, Sir, 1803-1868. Great Britain. Foreign Office LC Subject : Borneo -- Politics and government. Borneo -- Social life and customs. Brunei -- Politics and government. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. Great Britain -- Commerce. Pirates -- East Indies. Call no. : PRO 3500-3548
Title : Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke - Diary, 1866 Sept.-1868 July Creator : Brooke, Charles Anthoni Johnson, Rajah of Sarawak, 1829-1917 Type of Material : Manuscripts Ask for : Original : FM4/3382 Physical Description : Collection comprises - 1 microfilm reel Admin / Biog Notes : Sir Charles Brookes, 1829-1917, born Charles Johnson left England 1852 to serve under his uncle Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, whom he succeeded in 1868 Contents : Typescript copy of extracts from Brooke's diary, transcribed by D.H. Noble. Entries describe social conditions and customs. Some references to Sir James Brooke Notes : Available for reference. Original held in private ownership Name : Brooke, Charles Anthoni Johnson, Rajah of Sarawak, 1829-1917. Brooke, James, Sir, 1803-1868 LC Subject : Sarawak -- Social conditions. Call no. : FM4/3382
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