MS 9811; MS Acc08.201
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Manton, Neil
- Title
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Papers of Neil Manton
- Date Range
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1955-2007
- Collection Number
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MS 9811; MS Acc08.201
- Extent
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1.65 metres (11 ms boxes + 4 sound/av carriers + 2 digital carriers)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The original consignment, MS 9811, comprises correspondence, minutes of meetings, postcards, newspaper cuttings, cablegrams, invitations, magazine articles, books, slides and cassette tapes. There is also a collection of photographs with an annotated index. This material was assembled during the course of Manton's work as a consultant specialising in the arts and cultures of Singapore, Malaysia and Indochina. It relates to Cambodia's history and post Khmer Rouge cultural, social and political re-development with a particular focus on the processes of silk weaving. The collection also documents Manton's activities in encouraging Australian participation in the re-establishment of some of Cambodia's fine art processes.
The MS Acc08.201 consignment comprises research papers including correspondence, photographs, and draft chapters of Manton's publications, Cultural relations: the other side of the diplomatic coin: Australia's cultural engagement with Asia in the visual arts since 1948 (2003), and, Strange flowers on the diplomatic vine: U.S. detainees in Cambodia 1965-1970 (2007). Also includes correspondence with surviving United States detainees and copies of exchanges between Australian government and the United States and Cambodian governments. In addition, there are papers relating to various textile exhibitions.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn836568).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Neil Manton, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The first instalment was donated to the Library by Neil Manton in February 2001. Further papers were added in 2008.
Manton donated the first pot to be made after the Pol Pot regime to the National Library of Australia. An Australian potter restored the kiln at the Cambodian School of Arts. The pot is housed in the Asian Collections section.
Arrangement
The papers have been largely maintained in the order in which they were received, with the collection of photographs and slides annotated by Manton.
Biographical Note
Neil Manton worked in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for thirty years, serving on diplomatic postings, before returning to Canberra where he became Director (South East Asia and Pacific) of the Department's CulturalRelations Branch. Manton returned to Cambodia in 1991 in this role. The visit was to assess future assistance to the rebuilding of Khmer cultural institutions and practices. Retiring in 1993, he established a Canberra-based consultancy specialising in the arts and cultures of Singapore, Malaysia and Indochina, and has served on the National Advisory Committee for the Queensland Art Gallery's Triennial of Asia Pacific Art. He is the author of People, place, persona : glimpses of contemporary art from Malaysia since the 1960's (1997); Cultural relations : the other side of the diplomatic coin : Australia's cultural engagement with Asia in the visual arts since 1948 (2003), and St Michael and all Angels : the history of a village church (2000). Manton played a significant part in promoting Australian-Cambodian cultural relations after the Pol Pot era.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 9811. Original consignment
Correspondence, 1990-1993 (File 1) - Box 1
Correspondence, 1994-1995 (File 2) - Box 1
Correspondence, Jan-Apr 1996 (File 3) - Box 1
Correspondence, May-Dec 1996; 1997 (File 4) - Box 1
History of Angkor Wat. Khmer Rouge (File 5) - Box 1
History of Angkor Wat (File 6) - Box 1
Post war Cambodia (File 7) - Box 1
Politics and government. Social and cultural traditions (File 8) - Box 1
Art, craft, tourism (File 9) - Box 1, 2
Art, dance, women's role (File 10) - Box 1, 2
Culture (File 11) - Box 1, 2
Art, exhibitions (File 12) - Box 1, 2
Weaving (File 13_15) - Box 1, 2
Copies of album, 'Phnom Chiso silk' (File 16) - Box 2
Set of three music cassettes featuring Cambodian dance music, including some classical ballet (File 17) - Box 3
[unlabelled cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV005366) - Cassette-Box 275
1 item, Mobil Pak C60, Compact cassette tape
Khmer music (Item NLA.MS-SAV005367) - Cassette-Box 275
1 item, Sony EF90, Compact cassette tape
Musicians of the National Dance Company of Cambodia (Item NLA.MS-SAV005368) - Cassette-Box 275
1 item, Sony EF90, Compact cassette tape
Publications (File 18) - Box 3
Kampuchea, by Antonin Kubes. Prague, Orbis, 1982 (Item 1)
Kampuchea today. Phnom Penh, Orbiss, 1988 (Item 2)
Cambodia : the legend comes to life. Phnom Penh, Ministry of Tourism, 1997 (Item 3)
'Cambodia - beginning to heal the wounds', Pacific Friend Sept. 1992 v.20 no.6 (Item 4)
Photographs of Khmer weaving (File 19a) - Box 3
Khmer weaving project workshop (Item)
Weaving at Khemera (Item)
Leav Sa em's house (Item)
Leav Sa Em's product (Item)
Leav Sa Em's house (Item)
Master weaver - Leav Sa Em (Item)
Leav Sa Em's workshop (Item)
Photographs, 1991 (File 19b) - Box 3
National Museum, Phnom Penh (Item 1_3)
Bridge in park, Phnom Penh? (Item 6)
Khmer children (Item 8_9)
House of skulls (Item 10_11)
Ambassador Holloway and Pich Keo, Director of the National Museum, signing agreement for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia (Item 13_14)
Pavilion at Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, used as salute base for parades and ceremonies (Item 15)
Various shots around Angkor Wat area (Item 15_23)
Various shots around Kompong Chhnang (village of pots) (Item 24_28)
Village scenes (K. Chhnang?) (Item 29_31)
Royal Palace seen from the river in dry season at low tide (Item 32)
Unidentified (Item 33_38)
Typical river village scenes (Item 39_40)
View from rooms at Hotel Cambodiana (Item 41)
Typical river ferry (Item 42)
Mortuary of the main Wat (temple) in Phnom Pehn? (Item 43_44)
Bridge destroyed in war (Item 45)
Interior shot of room at Cambodiana Hotel (Item 46_47)
Unidentified photographs, 1991 (File 19c) - Box 3
Postcards, unlabelled photographs (File 20a) - Box 3
Photographs, 1996 visit (File 20b) - Box 3
Slides taken in Cambodia, 1991 (File 21a) - Box 3
An Australian volunteer, Bill Lobbau, was an energetic supporter of the restoration of Khmer dance and music (Item 1)
Palm leaf manuscripts at the National Library of Laos (Item 2_4)
Librarian and Australian volunteers at the National Library of Laos (Item 7)
Old books awaiting sorting and cataloguing at National Library of Laos (Item 8_9)
Old kiln at Pottery School late rebuilt by Australian potter, Bill Lobbau (Item 26)
Entrance to School of Fine Arts (Item 39)
Pottery process (Item 43_44)
Display of student pottery (Item 44)
Textile building at School of Fine Arts, unable to be used until restored and made safe (Item 46)
Neil Manton signing book presented to Library of the Cambodian National Museum (Item 46_47a)
Various buildings on the campus of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (Item 47b_e)
New student dining hall built by the EEC. (Item 48)
University administration building (Item 48A)
Examples of students' images of Angkor Wat (Item 51)
Traditional Cambodian orchestra school (Item 53)
Music student plays the only piano left in Cambodia after Pol Pot (Item 54)
Classical dance classes (Item 55_56)
National Library of Cambodia (Item 71)
Library shelves restored with Australian donated book collected at National Library of Australia in Canberra (Item 79)
Entrance to the National Library of Cambodi. (Item 84)
Slides taken in Cambodia, 1967-68 (File 21b) - Box 3
Riverbank scenes (Item 1_3)
River bank Tonle Sap (Item 4)
Typical local fisherman wearing woven cotton Krama or headscarf (Item 5)
Near Kompong Chhnang (Item 6)
River bank near Royal Palace in Phnom Penh (Item 7)
View of Royal Palace from a ferry (Item 9)
Canoe races at 1967 Water Festival (Item 10)
Typical fishing boat on Tonle Sap (Item 11)
Car ferry across Tonle Sap on road to Angkor (Item 12)
Launching a fishing boat (Item 13)
Typical river bank restaurant (Item 14_15)
View of hotel/casino at Phnom Penh (Item 16)
Phnom Penh from the Mekong river side (Item 17)
Catholic Church on Tonle Sap just outside of Phnom Penh This church was later used for the mass killing of Vietnamese-origin Cambodians during the late 1970s. (Item 18)
Typical local fisherman Huge barge in background used to transport livestock and grain up and down river from the Great Lake (Item 19)
Fishing boat on Tonle Sap (Item 20)
Local fisherman hauling nets (Item 21)
River scene on Tonle Sap (Item 22)
Kompong Chhnang again (Item 23)
Wat (temples) near Tonle Batty (Item 24)
Floating barge for viewing Water Festival, 1967 (Item 25)
Village scene of woman carrying child with pot balanced on her head (Item 26)
View of National Museum (Item 28)
Water buffalo - a traditional labour source for ploughing. (Item 29)
Typical local boat with bamboo logs for extra buoyancy (Item 30)
Inland scene from Tonle Sap These flooded areas would be rich in smaller fish, crabs and frogs for the table (Item 31)
Ferry wharf at Phnom Penh in dry season (Item 33a_34)
Riverside in wet season (Item 35)
Ploughing the paddy field (Item 36)
Roadside "stupa" or funerary memorial (Item 37)
Road out of Phnom Penh to airport (Item 38)
Chinese temple near Oudong (Item 39)
Chinese temple outside Phnom Penh (Item 40)
Outside market at Kampot (Item 42)
Inside lane at market (Item 43)
Kampot in the wet (Item 44)
Rice fields on road to Kep (Item 45)
Crab pots come in at low tide near Kep (Item 46)
Beachside road at Sihanoukuille (Item 47)
Cane market at Siem Reap near Angkor (Item 48)
Street scene in Phnom Penh (Item 49)
Hotel Le Royale in Phnom Penh (Item 50)
Typical transport was a "cyclo" (Item 51)
Servants and children coming home in Rue 613 (Item 52)
Another form of cyclo at Kampot (Item 53)
Rue 613, a typical two storied villa in local style (Item 54)
View towards the west (Item 55)
"Bonses" (monks) on their daily rounds collecting food from locals. (Item 58)
Chinese funeral procession (Item 59_60)
More views of the west (Item 61_62)
Typical field scene near Phnom Penh (Item 63)
A local movie maker (Item 64)
New temple roof near Preah Vihear on border with Thailand (Item 65)
Slides taken in Cambodia (File 22a) - Box 3
Waiting for Jackie Kennedy to arrive at Pochentang? airport (Item 1)
Going out to meet Jackie Kennedy (Item 2)
Airport welcome for Jackie Kennedy. (Item 3)
Jackie Kennedy listens to welcome speech (Item 4)
Jackie Kennedy drives away from airport (Item 5)
Harold Holt speaks at airport arrival (Item 6)
Holt's arrival met by Chau Sen Cocsul Chum, Mayor of Phnom Penh (Item 7)
1967 Water Festival (Item 8_10)
Pochentang airport ready for an official visitor (Item 11)
Arrival of the first Viet Cong Ambassador to Cambodia (Item 12)
Countryside from the air (Item 13_14)
Dance pavilion at Royal Palace Phnom Penh (Item 15)
Repository at Royal Palace for sacred palm leaf manuscripts returned from safe keeping at National Library Australia (Item 16)
Ready for Jackie Kennedy's arrival (Item 17_19)
Main road at Sihanoukville renamed John Fitzgerald Kennedy Ave. (Item 20)
Angkor Wat slides (File 22b) - Box 3
Angkor Wat "grand Angkor" (Item 1)
Causeway at Angkor Wat (Item 2_4)
Angkor Wat (wet season) (Item 5)
Angkor Wat (dry season) (Item 6_7)
Angkor Wat (wet season) (Item 8)
The Library at Angkor Wat (Item 10)
Terrace of the Leper? King at Angkor Wat (Item 11)
Terrace of the Leper? King at Angkor Wat (Item 12)
View from the Terrace (Item 13)
Entrance to Angkor Thom (Item 14)
South gate of Angkor Thom (Item 15_16)
South gate of Angkor Thom (Item 17)
New library at Angkor Wat (Item 19)
Entrance to Bantei Srei (Item 24_25)
Lintel at Bantei Srei (Item 26)
Detail of Lintel at Bantei Srei (Item 27)
Monkey gods on guard at Bantei Srei (Item 28)
Detail of lintel at Bantei Srei (Item 29)
Small temple at Bantei Srei (Item 31)
In courtyard at Bantei Srei (Item 32)
Carved Apsara (heavenly being) at Angkor Wat (Item 33)
Carved frieze at the Bayon complex (Item 34_35)
Apsara at the Bayon (Item 36)
Temple entrance at the Bayon (Item 37)
Carved frieze at the Bayon (Item 38)
Prasat Thom in Takeo province (Item 39)
Neak Pean near Angkor Thom (King's bath) (Item 40)
The Bayon at Angkor Thom (Item 41)
Ta Som entrance gate (Item 42)
Temple at Bantei Kdey (Item 43)
Bridge on road between Siem Reap and Kompong Thom in Kompong Kdei (Item 44)
Entrance gate to Bantei Kdei (Item 45)
Inside Bantei Kdei (Item 46)
Unidentified slides taken in Cambodia (File 23) - Box 3
Class MS Acc08.201. Consignment received 2008
Series. Research papers relating to Cultural Relations. The other side of the diplomatic coin
Research papers collated and used in preparation for the pbulication. Includes catalogues of the Exhibitions, policy statements and government papers, questionaies to Australian Art Gallerireis about the the Asian content of their collections (File) - Box 1-2
Copyright clearances of images used in book (File) - Box 2
DFAT Annual Reports, speeches and reports (File) - Box 3
Promotional material - talks, reviews etc (File) - Box 3
Exhibitions - eg Fourt Arts in Australia, Australian Art Today etc (File) - Box 3
Research papers covering different exhibitions, copies of government papers from NAA, DFAT etc. (File) - Box 3
Fourt Arts in Australia and First Saigon Itnernational Art Exhibition 1962 (File) - Box 3
Art of Australia - Exhibition to Pakistan (File) - Box 3
Series. Research papers relating to Strange flowers on the diplomatic vine: US detainees in Cambodia 1965-1970
Copy of White House correspodence - letter of thanks, 1968 (File) - Box 4
Osburn, Herlik, Fisher, Prior. 1969 other aircraft (File) - Box 4
McClure, Smith 1965. NLF POWS (File) - Box 4
Johnson, Pitzer, Jackson. NLA/Tom Hayden 1967 (File) - Box 4
Gurnsey 1968 (File) - Box 4
"Bream tugboat" 1968. Lehman and Tester (File) - Box 4
"Strange fruit". US POW book cambodia. (File) - Box 4
"Strange Fruit" U.S. POW Book, Cambodia. Mail 2, Disk 1 (Item NLA.MS-DM010841) - Digital-Carriers-Box 175
1 item, Verbatim, 3.5 inch floppy disk
"Strange Fruit" U.S. POW Book, Cambodia. Mail 2, Disk 2 (Item NLA.MS-DM010842) - Digital-Carriers-Box 175
1 item, Verbatim, 3.5 inch floppy disk
"Strange Fruit" U.S. POW Book, Cambodia. No information on disk (Item NLA.MS-DM010843) - Digital-Carriers-Box 175
1 item, Verbatim, 3.5 inch floppy disk
Emails and Letters - correspondence with POWS, Frank Tatu etc (File) - Box 4
Osborn, Herlik, Fisher, Pryor. OtterAircraft 1969. Herlik's POW History Part 2 Garbled. Dec 1971 to Faculty at Staff College-Norfolk, VA, Dec-71 (Item NLA.MS-SAV019501) - Cassette-Box 930
1 item, No Brand, Compact cassette tape
Wedding phogographs - traditional Cambodian wedding (File) - Box 5
Unrealised project for reunion in Cambodia 2002 (File) - Box 5
Background articles (File) - Box 5
Frank Tatu - writings on diplomacy (File) - Box 5
Copies of research papers from US Archives (File) - Box 5
Correspondence - post publication of book (File) - Box 5
correspondence re Prisioners of VC/NLF (File) - Box 5
Doug Pike - Vietnam Centre. Texas Tech University (File) - Box 6
Drafts, copies of "Kambodia" and videa (PM's visit to Cambodia 26.9.1992) - raw TV footage (File) - Box 6
Neil Manton: Strange Flowers US POWs in Cambodia 1965-1970 (Item NLA.MS-DM001019) - Digital-Carriers-Box 21
1 item, Imation 2HD, 3.5 inch floppy disk
Neil Manton: [no title on CD] (Item NLA.MS-DM001020) - Digital-Carriers-Box 21
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Neil Manton: PM's visit to Cambodia 26.9.92 - Raw TV footage, 26/09/1992 (Item NLA.MS-SAV005978) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-029
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc
Exhibitions and reunions of embassy staff (File) - Box 6
Photographs - Harold Holts visit and other events (File) - Box 7
Embassy Reunion (File) - Box 7
Textiles - press cuttings, ephemera (File) - Box 7
Moss Vale - David Jones Art Gallery (File) - Box 7
National Museum of Victoria (File) - Box 7
Kingdom Cambodia. History of Angkor Wat (Item NLA.MS-DM010791) - Digital-Carriers-Box 175
1 item, LG, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Exhibitions - UNESCO, Textiles etc. (File) - Box 8
Textiles exhibitions (File) - Box 8
