SEARCH 36
20 May 2005
It is Friday, 12.32 pm.
The 36th search is to obtain more details of the following book:
The Origins of Malay Nationalism by William R. Roff
I ran a Google search on 8 May 2005 on the book, The Origins of Malay Nationalism by William R. Roff to see if I was citing the right book, title, publisher and year. There were 3 articles by William R. Roff. I contacted Encik Ramli Abdul Samad, USM library on 8 May 2005 to see if they were in USM, and the return reply was "Yes"!
William Roff. 1967. The Origins of Malay Nationalism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. USM library call number DS595M2R721.
Roff, William R. "The Malayo-Muslim community of Singapore in the late 19th century". Journal of Asian Studies. 24:75-90, 1964. USM library call number DS1 J86.
Roff, William R. The origins of Malay nationalism. Singapore: University of Malaya Press, 1967. 297p. USM library call number DS595M2R19.
I asked En. Ramli how to proceed to obtain the 3 articles. He had asked me to contact En. Amran Mamat (ext. 3468), Kaunter Rujukan (Reference Counter), USM Health Campus library.
En. Ramli had also phoned to let me know that he is no longer with Bahagian Malaysiana & Arkib. He is at Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut (PHS) 1, USM. He said that the 2 books are being sent to USM Health Campus while the journal is still being searched.
Encik Ramli Abdul Samad
Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut (PHS) 1
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM, Penang
Malaysia
Tel: 04-6533888-3705
E-mail: ramli.as@notes.usm.my
I met En. Amran Mamat on 8 May 2005 to place 3 separate orders for the 3 articles. There were 3 forms that I had to fill in; two for books and one for journal article.
The two books and journal articles by William R. Roff arrived on 15 May 2005 in USM Health Campus library. My husband went to pick them up as his office was nearer by 5 minutes. I received them in my office. I was amazed when I saw them on my cluttered coffee table in my small cluttered office! This was the first time I had used the interlibrary loan after many many years and it worked! One had thick dark blue and the other light green, worn cloth hardcovers. I can't tell whether these are the original covers. The pages were yellow after 38 years (1967-2005). The books may have been borrowed since 1980 as indicated by the rubber stamp on the inside back pages.
I browsed through the 2 old books and jotted down this information (contents and pagination identical):
The Origins of Malay Nationalism by William R. Roff (DS595 M2R719)
page 140
Photograph of Shaykh Mohd. Tahir Jalaluddin (noted religious reform journalist and writer, 1900-41).
page 167
Za'ba or Zainal Abidin b. Ahmad. Teacher 1916-23, chief translator, Malay Translation Bureau, S.I.T.C. 1924-41, writer and man of letters.
page 271
Graham, W.A. Kelantan: A State of the Malay Peninsula. Glasgow. 1908.
page 272
Ibrahim Shukri. Sejarah Kerajaan Melayu Patani (History of the Malay Kingdom of Patani). Pasir Puteh, Kelantan. n.d. 1960.
page 274
Majlis Ugama Islam dan Istiadat, Kelantan. Jambangan Melayu (Malay Bouquet). Kota Bahru. 1917.
___ , Kitab Semangat Kehidupan (The Book of the Spirit of Life). Kota Bahru. 1918.
page 276
Nagle, J. Stewart. Educational Needs of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. Baltimore. 1938.
page 277
Roff, William R. Guide to Malay Periodicals, 1876-1941. Singapore. 1961.
page 280
Wijeysinghe, E. A History of Raffles Institute. Singapore. 1963.
page 281
Kelantan Malay by C.C. Brown. 1927.
page 282
Haji Abdul Malek b. Karim Amrullah (Hamka). Noted Indonesian religious reformist, writer, and novelist.
Tengku Abdul Rahman b. Sultan Abdul Hamid. (First) Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaysia.
Abdul Samad b. Ahmad. Student, S.I.T.C., late 1920s. Teacher, writer, and editor in 1930s.
page 283
Hamdan b. Shaykh Tahir. Son of Shaykh Mohd. Tahir Jalaluddin (noted religious reform journalist and writer, 1900-41).
page 285 (Index)
Abdul Samad, Dr., 189 f.
page 189 (text)
Dr. Abdul Samad, the first Malay doctor.
His involvement in KMS is described on pages 189-190.
footnote 31 on page 189:
Dr. Samad, a Singapore-born Malay, was a graduate of the King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore.
Footnote 31 also described Dr. Abdul Samad as prominent in the formation of the Kesatuan Melayu Singapura (KMS) (Singapore Malay Union) but did not hold any post in KMS.
page 188
The Singapore Malay Union
The Malayo-Muslim World of Singapore at the Close of the Nineteenth Century by William R. Roff (USM library call number DS1 J86)
This title is slightly different from the one I had ordered: Roff, William R. "The Malayo-Muslim community of Singapore in the late 19th century". Journal of Asian Studies. 24:75-90, 1964. USM library call number DS1 J86.
This journal article did not mention anything about the early Malay doctors. It discussed the attitudes of the Malays and some of the interpretations of Arab-Malay words, in particular shaykhs which was accorded to descendents of people who originated from Hadhramaut in the Republic of Yemen (sheikh dari keturunan orang Yaman) in the Arab peninsular.
Hadhramaut was featured in Jejak Rasul on TV3.
It is 2.07 pm.
Acknowledgement
USM library on main campus:
William Roff. 1967. The Origins of Malay Nationalism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. USM library call number DS595M2R721.
Roff, William R. "The Malayo-Muslim community of Singapore in the late 19th century". Journal of Asian Studies. 24:75-90, 1964. USM library call number DS1 J86.
Roff, William R. The origins of Malay nationalism. Singapore: University of Malaya Press, 1967. 297p. USM library call number DS595M2R19.
Encik Ramli Abdul Samad
Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut (PHS) 1
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM, Penang
Malaysia
Tel: 04-6533888-3705
E-mail: ramli.as@notes.usm.my
En. Amran Mamat
Kaunter Rujukan (Reference Counter)
USM Health Campus library
Ext. 3468
Telehealth Research Group
http://www.medic.usm.my/rnd/telehealth
School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
