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Tom Harrisson Central Borneo Documents

Collection — Box: 3

Identifier: 8623

Scope and content

The collection consists of documents accumulated while Harrisson worked as Curator of the Sarawak Museum, including maps, photographs, notebooks and papers/manuscripts by Harrisson and research assistants.

Dates

1947-1966.

Creator

Harrisson, Tom, 1911-1976. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Tom Harrisson was a British polymath. In the course of his life he was an ornithologist, explorer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, guerrilla, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, documentarian, film-maker, conservationist and writer. After serving in WWII, he became the Curator of the Sarawak Museum from 1947-1966.