Cambodia Documentation Commission records, 1985-1990.
Collection Number: 4499

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cambodia Documentation Commission records, 1985-1990.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4499
Abstract:
Reports on conflict in Cambodia; annual reports of the Commission, photographs and miscellaneous papers on "Cambodia Witness" photograph exhibit, "Khmer Rouge Prison Documents," photocopies of documents from Khmer Rouge prison archives, and oversize proof sheets of photographs of prisoners and guards at the S-21 (Tuol Sleng) prison-execution facility in Phnom Penh..
Creator:
Cambodia Documentation Commission
Hawk, David R.
Quanitities:
3.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cambodia Documentation Commission is an association of Cambodian refugees, and human rights, legal, and Cambodia specialists. Associates of the Documentation Commission have conducted numerous research investigations in Cambodia and Thailand, analyzed phenomena of repression, translated Khmer language documents into English and international human rights declarations and conventions into Khmer, made human rights appeals to Cambodian political leaders and UN member states, made oral and written interventions at the UN Commission on Human Rights, testified to committees of the U.S. Congress, and monitored the Cambodia debates at the UN General Assembly and international conferences on Cambodia. The Director of the Documentation Commission is David R. Hawk, Associate of the Columbia University Center for the Study of Human Rights.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records include reports by David R. Hawk and the Commission on the conflict in Cambodia; annual reports of the Commission; translations of international conventions into Khmer; photographs and miscellaneous papers on "Cambodia Witness" photograph exhibit; "Khmer Rouge Prison Documents," photocopies of documents relating to political imprisonment, systematic torture, and extra-judicial execution selected from Khmer Rouge prison archives, in Khmer and English; "Registry of Confessions" (photocopy); and oversize proof sheets of photographs of prisoners and guards at the S-21 (Tuol Sleng) prison-execution facility in Phnom Penh.

RELATED MATERIAL

Copy of "Khmer Rouge Prison Documents from the S-21 (Tuol Sleng) extermination center in Phnom Penh," available in the Echols Collection at Cornell.
See also: Guide to the Tuol Sleng Confessions and Photographs (collection #4883)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cambodia Documentation Commission Records, #4499. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Tuol Sleng (Prison : Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Subjects:
Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979.
Prisoners -- Cambodia.
Political prisoners -- Cambodia.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Reports, annual reports, human rights documents translated into Khmer
Box 2
Photographs and miscellaneous papers on "Cambodia Witness" photograph exhibit
Box 3
Booklet of photocopied Khmer language and translated "Khmer Rouge Prison Documents," and photocopies of confessions
Box 4
"Registry of Confessions"(photocopy)
Box 5
Strips of negative film
(6 frames to a strip) used to develop oversize proof sheets of prisoner and guard photographs. Numbers correspond to numbers on the back of the proof sheets.
Box 6
Oversize proof sheets: Set 1, #1-60
Box 7
Oversize proof sheets: Set 1, #61-152
Box 8
Oversize proof sheets: Set 2, #1-90
Box 9
Oversize proof sheets: Set 2, #91-153
Box 10
Oversize proof sheets: 1A-F (alphanumeric set)
Box 11
Oversize proof sheets split and taped (duplicates?)
Box 12
Oversize proof sheets split and taped (duplicates?)
Microfilm Reel 1
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Positive reel 2
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Positive reel 4
Microfilm Reel 5
Positive reel 5
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Negative printing reel 1
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Negative printing reel 2
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Negative printing reel 3
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Negative printing reel 4
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Negative printing reel 5
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Master negative reel 1
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Master negative reel 2
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Master negative reel 3
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Master negative reel 4
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Master negative reel 5
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Duplicate positive reel 1
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Duplicate positive reel 3
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Duplicate positive reel 4
Microfilm Reel 20
Duplicate positive reel 5