Maung Maung Gyi papers, 1953-1986.
Collection Number: 4421
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Maung Maung Gyi papers, 1953-1986.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4421
Abstract:
Files relating to the Burmese historical, cultural, political, and economic situation.
There are drafts of typescript articles and handwritten notes, several Burmese newspapers,
clippings, manuscripts, journals and periodicals. The journal Forward contains General
Ne Win's speeches and articles about modernization projects, politics, foreign relations,
the economy, agriculture, and medical care. The Burma Association Newsletters and
The Burma Bulletin, published in the United States, deal with issues of interest to
the Burmese people in regard to their homeland, such as the account of the December
11, 1974 massacre of students, monks, and other citizens over former United Nations
Secretary-General U Thant's burial site; human rights, political issues, folk tales,
and other timely articles are also included.
Creator:
Maung Maung Gyi.
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Maung Maung Gyi is a professor at Bates College.
Files relating to the Burmese historical, cultural, political, and economic situation.
There are drafts of typescript articles and handwritten notes, several Burmese newspapers,
clippings, manuscripts, journals and periodicals. The journal Forward contains General Ne Win's speeches and articles about modernization projects, politics,
foreign relations, the economy, agriculture, and medical care. The Burma Association Newsletters and The Burma Bulletin, published in the United States, deal with issues of interest to the Burmese people
in regard to their homeland, such as the account of the December 11, 1974 massacre
of students, monks, and other citizens over former United Nations Secretary-General
U Thant's burial site; human rights, political issues, folk tales, and other timely
articles are also included.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Maung Maung Gyi papers, #4421. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Ne Vaṅʻʺ, Ūʺ, 1911-2002.
Places:
Burma -- Politics and government -- 1948-
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
The University of Chicago Roundtable. "Meanings of Democracy."
|
Sept. 27, 1953 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
"Perspective of Burma." An Atlantic Monthly supplement.
|
1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Handbook of Burma published during World War II
|
1962-1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Asian Survey, Vol. 4, Nos. 3, 6.
|
Mar. 1964, June 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Forward Periodicals.
|
1965-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper clippings.
|
1969-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
One paper: "Entourage and Circle in Burma," by L.M. Hanks ( The Bennington Review).
|
1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
One brochure: Address by General Ne Win, Chairman of the Burma Socialist Party at
the opening session of the Fourth Party Seminar.
|
Nov. 1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Three booklets: Asia Research Bulletin, 1972, Columbia Books on Asian Studies, 1976, and Social and Economic Studies,
|
1972, 1976, Dec. 1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Typescript and manuscript notes for various articles.
|
1966-1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes for the translation of Kinwan Mingyi's diaries.
|
1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Yale University Library, Southeast Asia Collection. Burmese Accessions List.
|
1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Notes on the history of Burma
|
1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Typescript draft and manuscript notes for an article entitled, "Constitution-making,
Burmese Socialist Style."
|
1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Typescript draft and manuscript notes for an articles entitled, "The Burmese Military
Junta's Quest for Legitimacy."
|
1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
The Burma Association Newsletters.
|
1974-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Periodicals printed in the Burmese language.
|
1971- 1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Accounts of the massacre in Rangoon on December 11, 1974 of university students and
other citizens by the military government under the leadership of General Ne Win.
|
1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Burma Studies Group News.
|
Nov. 1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Typescript draft and manuscript notes for a paper entitled, "Nation Building, Politics
and Power: A Case Study of Burma."
|
1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
A preface and introduction for a book--no title given. Typescript copy.
|
1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
The Burma Bulletin.
|
Jan. 1975-Apr. 1978 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
One article: "Is There a Burmese Nation?"
|
1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
One photocopied Burmese manuscript
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Burmese newspapers.
|
1969-1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
"Burma: A Selective Guide to Scholarly Resources."
|
1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Typescript notes for Politics, Power and Political Culture.
|
1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Handwritten notes and typescript manuscript for article, "Why Ne Win?"
|
1972 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Various short articles re: culture, history, government and people of Burma.
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
One plastic box containing 3"x5" cards with manuscript notes.
|
1963-1975 |