Indonesia - general, 1958-2001

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Series 11

Content Summary:

Feith's interest in Indonesia is reputed to have been sparked by William Macmahon Ball, under whom he studied as an undergraduate at Melbourne University in the 1940s. It led to a life long passionate interest and involvement in both the political and social fabric of Indonesia. As an academic Feith taught subjects relating to Indonesia. As an individual he gave enormously of his time and effort, undertaking numerous trips to Indonesia where he worked on a variety of projects, establishing networks with many prominent Indonesians, as well as with fellow Indonesianists from Australia and other parts of the world. After his retirement in 1990, Feith returned to Indonesia as a volunteer teacher at Andalas University in Padand and Gadjah Mada University in Jogjakarta. His special focus was on peace studies and conflict resolution.

This series comprises a large group of files containing papers on a wide range of issues relating to Indonesia. There are copious notes, cuttings, some correspondence and writings by others. Where available, Feith's file titles are included in the file description. A large number of the files, particularly the later ones, comprise miscellaneous papers grouped by year. Feith possibly had the intention of re-filing them by subject at a later date.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the papers were donated to the Library in 2002 by Herb Feith's widow, Betty, and his son, David Feith. Also in 2002, smaller groups of papers were donated by Professor John Legge, Dr Gerry van Klinker and Daniel S. Lev.

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