ID: 060

Author: Haenen, Paul and Fre Huizinga

Title: Sources on Netherlands New Guinea in the Indonesian National Archives: the general and political reports of Ternate Residency (1824-1889), compiled, edited and introduced by Paul Haenen and Fre Huizinga. Jakarta, Arsip Nasional, 2001. xvi, 161p., 24cm. map, bibliog., index. Series: Penerbitan naskah sumber. ISBN 979 8101 529

Coverage: Reports relating to Dutch New Guinea between 1824 and 1889 which are to be found in the Ternate Residency archives, now housed in the Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia. Includes extracts from the documents. The documents mostly consist of reports on the political and economic situation in New Guinea, or on the relationship between New Guinea and the Ternate residency. They may also include observations on such topics as society, health, religion and trade.

No. of items: 66 documents quoted.

Structure: Entries arranged chronologically, under the name of the Dutch Resident of Ternate. Summaries in the contents list are in English, but the abstracts from the original documents are in Dutch. Footnotes. Indexes by subject. Appendices provide distilled information from the documents, mainly statistics on population. Valuable Introduction in English.

Evaluation: Extremely valuable guide to the data on 19thC Netherlands New Guinea and on the Moluccas.

Location: NLA YY 919.51 S724