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Special Collections

The Paget Collection

The Paget Collection was purchased from Roger K. Paget in the 1990s and is held in the Special Collections of Murdoch University Library. Further supplementary material was provided by Roger in 2006.

The collection comprises roughly two hundred works on various aspects of the Netherlands Indies such as the colonial history, economic development, adat or customary law and the colonial legal system. The majority of the works date from the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century and are written in Dutch. Works written in English, German, French and Indonesian are also included in the collection.

The collection includes a large number of photographs that touch on many aspects of colonial society, such as classical temples, agriculture, urban life, European and Indo-European social life.

Details of the collection

All materials in the collection are described in 2 bibliographies:

The major part consists of works on the Netherlands Indies
A smaller part of the collection contains works on t opics other than the Netherlands Indies
Supplementary material, primarily in Indonesian language on political issues

Details of the collections can be seen in the Library catalogue records and those which have been individually catalogued, including supplementary material, can be retrieved by call number search: QB 14 BOX.

Accessing the collection

To view materials from the Paget Collection a Special Collections request form must be completed, including call number details depending on arrangement below. The form may be submitted electronically or is available in print from the Enquiry Desk.

Within Special Collections, materials are arranged as follows:

Fragile items and those not individually catalogued are housed in a boxed collection with call number QB 14 and a box and Paget number.
Complete the call number section of the request form with these details, e.g. QB 14 Box 1 PAGET/11.
All other items in the collection are individually catalogued within the Rare Books collections, with call numbers QX, QY, or QZ and Paget number.
Complete the call number section of the request form with these details, e.g. QX PAGET 100.