Source Documents

A catalogue of primary source documents held by the Borneo History Research Centre. These are the raw reference materials underpinning the archive — finding aids, catalogues, and original records.

Finding aids & catalogues

List of Colonial Office Records, Vol. 6: Asia [To 1946]

Public Record Office, London — Lists and Indexes, Supplementary Series No. XVI

The authoritative PRO printed finding aid for all Colonial Office records relating to Asia. This is the original 1977 publication from which the TNA catalogue descriptions derive. Covers all CO series to 1946 — comprehensive index of record classes, volume ranges, and subject matter across British territories in Asia including North Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, and beyond.

File: List of Colonial Office Records Asia (Reproduction)_Content.pdf — 259 MB scan

Contents for E-Archive Listing

UK National Archives — Colonial Office E-Archive Inventory

224 pages. Machine-readable text layer. NBHRC’s primary working inventory for the digitization programme — a volume-by-volume listing of every CO record identified for e-archiving, with exact reference numbers and volume titles. 31 series, covering:

Series	Description	Volumes
CO 144	Labuan, Original Correspondence	81
CO 273	Straits Settlements Original Correspondence	2383
CO 352	Labuan Register of Correspondence	7
CO 404	Labuan Entry Books	5
CO 425	Straits Settlements Entry Books	8
CO 426	Straits Settlements Register of Correspondence	42
CO 486	Straits Settlements Register of Out-letters	17
CO 487	Labuan Register of Out-Letters	4
CO 531	British North Borneo Original Correspondence	416
CO 537	Confidential Original Correspondence	177
CO 700	Maps and Plans Series I	27
CO 717	Federated Malay States Original Correspondence	1964
CO 777	British North Borneo Register of Correspondence	4
CO 778	British North Borneo Register of Out-Letters	1
CO 786	Federated Malay States Register of Correspondence	19
CO 874	British North Borneo Company Papers	1128
CO 889	Reid Commission Minutes and Papers	3
CO 938	Sarawak Original Correspondence	122
CO 943	Brunei Original Correspondence	35
CO 947	Cobbold Commission 1962	61
CO 953	Singapore Original Correspondence	139
CO 954	Borneo Territories Original Correspondence	43
CO 991	Malayan Union and Singapore Registers	7
CO 992	North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak Registers	5
CO 1010	Singapore Registers of Correspondence	5
CO 1022	South East Asia Department Original Correspondence	453
CO 1030	Far Eastern Department Original Correspondence	732 + 474
CO 1040	Rajah of Sarawak Fund Papers	9
CO 1047	Maps and Plans Series II	42
CO 1054	Maps and Plans Post-1940	7
CO 1069	Photographic Collection	77

File: Contents_Listing.pdf — 224 pages, text layer