GB 0102 MS 312646 - Winstedt, Sir Richard

5 boxes, 1 file, 1 volume

GB 0102 MS 312646 1925-[1960s] Collection (fonds) 5 boxes, 1 file, 1 volume Winstedt , Sir , Richard Olaf (Olof) , 1878-1966 , Knight , colonial administrator and Orientalist
Born in Oxford, 1878; educated at Magdalen College School and New College, Oxford; MA; Cadet, Federated Malay States Civil Service, 1902; posted to Perak, and studied Malay language and culture; appointed District Officer, Kuala Pilah, 1913; appointed to the education department, 1916; stationed in Singapore for 15 years; DLitt, Oxford, 1920; first President of Raffles College, Singapore, 1921-1931; his recommendations were instrumental in the founding of a new teacher training college, the Sultan Idris Training College at Tanjong Malim, to which was attached the Malay Translation Bureau, 1922; acting Secretary to the High Commissioner, 1923; Director of Education, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States (FMS), and member of Legislative Council, Straits Settlements, 1924-1931; CMG, 1926; member of Federal Council, FMS, 1927-1931; General Adviser to the Malay State of Johore, 1931-1935; retired from the Malayan Civil Service and was appointed KBE, 1935; lecturer in Malay, School of Oriental (later Oriental and African) Studies; Member of the Colonial Office Advisory Committee on Education, 1936-1939; Reader in Malay, School of Oriental Studies, 1937-1946; President, Association of British Malaya, 1938; member of Governing Body, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 1939-1959; Director, Royal Asiatic Society, 1940-1943, 1946-1949, 1952-1955, 1958-1961, President, 1943-1946, 1949-1952, 1955-1958, 1961-1964, Gold Medallist, 1947, and Honorary Vice-President, 1964; during World War Two, broadcast in Malay to Malaya under the Japanese occupation; following the re-occupation his joint authorship of a letter to The Times played a role in the reversal of the British government's Malayan Union policy and the institution of a federal government which led ultimately to Malayan independence; Fellow of the British Academy, 1945; retired from SOAS, 1946; Honorary Fellow of SOAS, 1947; Vice-President of the Royal India Society, from 1947; Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee for Exhibition of Art from India and Pakistan, Royal Academy of Arts, London (and headed a delegation to India to arrange for collection of exhibits), 1947-1948; Hon LLD (Malaya), 1951; Honorary Member of South-East Asia Institute, USA; Honorary Member, Royal Batavian Society and of Kon Instituut voor Taal-Landen Volkenkunde, The Hague; died, 1966. Publications: numerous works on Malay language, culture and history.

Presented in 1974.

Papers, 1925-[1960s], of Sir Richard Winstedt relating to his publications, comprising annotated proofs of Malay dictionary, 1960; manuscripts of Malay Dictionary, undated; copy of his An English-Malay Dictionary (1952), with extensive manuscript annotations and alterations [after 1952]; manuscripts and typescripts for his memoirs Start from Alif: Count from One (published in 1969), largely relating to his time in south-east Asia [1960s]; manuscript on philosophy, undated; letter on Malay law to [S G?] Vesey-Fitzgerald, 1945; letter on a Malay manuscript from P Voorholne[?] of the Bibliotheek der Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden, 1951; part of a letter on Raffles College and educational needs in Malaya from an unknown correspondent, 1965; miscellaneous offprints by Winstedt on Malay literature, law, customs and culture, 1925, 1929, 1945, and undated.

Manuscript and typescript memoirs, 1 box (Ref: 1); manuscript Malay Dictionary, 1 box (Ref: 2); proofs for Malay Dictionary, 3 boxes (Ref: 3); letters, offprints, and other documents, 1 file (Ref: 4); annotated copy of An English-Malay Dictionary, 1 volume (Ref: 5).

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English and Malay

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Dictionary of National Biography; Who Was Who; British Library OPAC. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2002 Communications media Asian cultures Asian history Asian literature Austronesian and Oceanic languages Books Central Asian cultures Cultural heritage Customs and traditions Dictionaries Documents Economics of education Editing Educational needs Fitzgerald , S G , Vesey- , fl 1945 x Vesey-Fitzgerald , S G Higher education institutions History Information sources Law Legal systems Linguists Malaya Malay language Malayo-Polynesian languages Malaysia Memoirs National cultures National history National literatures Philosophy Publications Publishing Publishing industry Raffles College , Singapore Reference materials Singapore Social scientists South East Asia Voorholne , P , fl 1951 , of the Bibliotheek der Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden Winstedt , Sir , Richard Olaf (Olof) , 1878-1966 , Knight , colonial administrator and Orientalist Information sciences Primary documents Educational institutions

Presented in 1974.

Papers, 1925-[1960s], of Sir Richard Winstedt relating to his publications, comprising annotated proofs of Malay dictionary, 1960; manuscripts of Malay Dictionary, undated; copy of his An English-Malay Dictionary (1952), with extensive manuscript annotations and alterations [after 1952]; manuscripts and typescripts for his memoirs Start from Alif: Count from One (published in 1969), largely relating to his time in south-east Asia [1960s]; manuscript on philosophy, undated; letter on Malay law to [S G?] Vesey-Fitzgerald, 1945; letter on a Malay manuscript from P Voorholne[?] of the Bibliotheek der Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden, 1951; part of a letter on Raffles College and educational needs in Malaya from an unknown correspondent, 1965; miscellaneous offprints by Winstedt on Malay literature, law, customs and culture, 1925, 1929, 1945, and undated.

Manuscript and typescript memoirs, 1 box (Ref: 1); manuscript Malay Dictionary, 1 box (Ref: 2); proofs for Malay Dictionary, 3 boxes (Ref: 3); letters, offprints, and other documents, 1 file (Ref: 4); annotated copy of An English-Malay Dictionary, 1 volume (Ref: 5).

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English and Malay

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English