Aceh Books (KITLV). Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/acehbooks . Compiled and digitized by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), this collection was an effort to preserve Acehnese works from the colonial period to the post-Independence era after the 2004 Aceh Tsunami occured. The works included books with themes such as colonial manuals, hikayats, kitabs, literature, memoirs, Aceh War history, culture, and Islam. The books in the collection were written in various languages, of which were Indonesian, Dutch, and Acehnese.

Barhūt (برهوت). GPA.
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/brht. This collection holds publications from the Arabic-language newspaper, Barhūt, based in Batavia. The collection covers the years from 1919 to 1931, which would be good in understanding the Arabic diaspora and the Islamic community’s viewpoints in the Dutch East Indies.

Bandera-Islam. GPA. https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/bnsm. This collection holds the newspaper, Bandera-Islam, which was the media wing of the famous nationalist-Islamic group, Sarekat Islam. The newspaper was based in Yogyakarta, but also had publications in other cities in Java and cover the years from 1924 to 1927. With key SI figures such as H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto, Agus Salim, and Soerjopranoto as redactors, the newspaper provides a valuable insight into SI thinking, viewpoints of events, and their Islamic vision within the broader nationalist movement.

Boedi-oetomo: Moeat kabaran oemoem dan djadi Oraanja Perkoempoelan Boedi - oetomo. GPA. https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/booi. This collection holds publication from the nationalist political society Boedi Oetomo from 1920 to 1924 in Yogyakarta. The collection helps to understand early Indonesian nationalists intelligentsia, and their thoughts and visions of an independent Indonesia.

Collectie. Nederlands Fotomuseum. https://collectie.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/collectie/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&sort=order_i_relevantie%20asc. The collections within the Nederlands Fotomuseum included pictures taken during the colonial period by Dutch photographers or families. The photos give a good sense of Indies society, customs, way of life during that time.

Collectie. Wereldmuseum Rotterdam. https://collectie.wereldmuseum.nl/. The Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam contains several artifacts and crafts from the Dutch East Indies, taken during the colonial era. These items are available to see through the museum website.

Colonial Journals (KIT). Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/colonialjournals. The collection includes journals and serials from the Dutch East Indies during early to middle 20th century. The themes within this Dutch-language collection varies from colonial cultivation to cultural studies.

Colonial World Fairs. The Memory. https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Koloniale+wereldtentoonstellingen. This collection includes photographs of objects collected from the Dutch East Indies between 1870 and 1940. The objects varies from crafts, statuettes, and even traditional house models.

Delpher https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/ Preserved database of newspapers and magazines in Dutch. Archives available range from the colonial period to Indonesian Independence and those published in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. Managed by the Royal Library of the Netherlands.

Djawa tengah. GPA. https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/djwa. The collection holds publication from the Semarang-based Peranakan-native newspaper, Djawa Tengah. The collection covers the years from 1913 to 1938, that would be key to understand key events in colonial Central Java, especially on the labor strikes communist uprisings in the 1920s.

International Institute of Social History. Amsterdam. https://search.iisg.amsterdam/Record/ARCH03209

Islam-Bergerak. GPA.
https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/ibrk. This collection stores publications from the leftist-Islamic periodical, Islam-Bergerak, based in Solo, Central Java. The founder, Haji Misbach, was a key advocate of the union between Islamic and socialist thinking. The collection covers the years from 1917 to 1922, which will give readers a good sense on the viewpoints and nation-building vision this leftist-Islamic stream of thought had to offer.

Koloniale Studiën. KITLV. https://kitlv-docs.library.leiden.edu/open/Metamorfoze/Koloniale%20studien/koloniale_studien.html. A collection of scholarly Dutch colonial journals from 1917 to 1927. These journals function as a scholarly media for colonial academia and practitioner to compile research and debates that will inform and help formulate colonial policy.

National Library of Australia’s Indonesian Collection includes Dutch colonial sources in print and microform. https://www.nla.gov.au/collections/what-we-collect/asian/indonesian-collection/indonesian-resources-dutch-period

Oral History Archive Indonesia (Stichting Mondelinge Geschiedenis Indonesië). Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/oralhistoryarchive-smgi This collection of contains interviews with 724 people about their experiences living in Indonesia from the 1930s to 1960s, including the Dutch colonial period.

Pelita Tionghoa: disiarkan gratis saben boelanan oleh Chung Hwa Hui Departement West-java. Khazanah Pusataka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=344052. This collection holds editions from the Chinese-Indonesian newspaper, Pelita Tionghoa, from around 1940-1941. The newspaper was a mixed language edition, part-Dutch, part-Malay, and was under Dutch redaction.

Photographs of Indonesia. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/1d4128a0-c5c0-012f-4063-58d385a7bc34. This collection of photographs were taken by Claire Holt during her various visits to Indonesia, primarily in 1930 -1938. The photographs documented various aspects of indigenous tradition, with a particular emphasis on the dance cultures of Java and Bali. The photographs also included traditional costumes, instruments, and various other cultural material.

Pioneer photography from the Dutch East Indies. The Memory. https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Pioniersfotografie+uit+Nederlands-Indi%C3%AB. This collection contains images from late colonial period with various themes such as temples and antiquities, tropical agriculture, and indigenous culture and population. The collection was also exhibited in the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, 1931.

Southeast Asian & Caribbean Images (KITLV). Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/imagecollection-kitlv . Compiled by KITLV, this collection contains images, portraits, paintings, and photo albums taken in the Dutch East Indies during the colonial period. The themes of the images vary, from geography, scenery, culture, housing, education, families, and colonial projects.

Tjahaja-Timœr: chao-wa-ma-lung tung yao pao. GPA. https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/tjjt. This collection holds publications from a Peranakan newspaper that covered the late colonial period, from 1914 to 1942, just before the Japanese invasion. The newspaper is based in Malang, East Java, and gives a good sense of colonial society and events specific to East Java.

Asia Raya. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=239538. The collection holds scans from the newspaper, Asia Raya, a newspaper founded by Japanese officials with native hands. The newspapers give great examples in wartime coverage and propaganda during the occupation (1942-1945).

Drawings from the camps in the occupied Dutch East Indies (1942-1945). The Memory. https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Kamptekeningen+uit+bezet+Nederlands-Indi%C3%AB+(1942-1945). This collection holds drawings and diaries from Dutch prisoners who were forced to live harshly in Japanese internment camps during the occupation of the Indies.

Oral History Archive Indonesia (Stichting Mondelinge Geschiedenis Indonesië). Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/oralhistoryarchive-smgi This collection of contains interviews with 724 people about their experiences living in Indonesia from the 1930s to 1960s, including the period of Japanese occupation.

East Indies Camp Archives contains much information about the experience of the Europeans interned during the Japanese occupation: https://www.indischekamparchieven.nl/

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Archives. https://www.archieven.nl/mi/298/ . The archive contains newspapers from the late colonial period to the era of Japanese Occupation. The archive also holds several Allied reports, manuals, and military tribunal reports concerning the Japanese and the Dutch East Indies

Berita Repoeblik (Djakarta, Indonesia: 1945-1946). National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/1283# . The collection was digitized by the National Library of Australia and funded by the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra. The archives collects newspapers from Berita Repoeblik, within the timeframe of the early proclamation into 1946, which also gives insights to early Indonesian government structures, laws, and government notices/maklumat.

Image Bank WW2. NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies. https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/ . The collection provides Dutch images that are related to their attempt to recolonize Indonesia. Some of the themes found were the capitulation of Japanese forces, Allied transitional forces in the Indies, the Netherlands-Indies Civil Administration, and various activities and weaponry of KNIL during their re-entry to Indonesia.

Indonesia independent - Photographs 1947-1953. The Memory. https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Indonesi%C3%AB+onafhankelijk+-+foto%27s+1947-1953. This collection of photographs were taken by independent Dutch photographers who set forth to Indonesia in 1947. The photos, albums, and clippings revolves around various decolonization processes in Indonesia. One of the photographers stayed in Indonesia until 1953.

Pelita: Harian oemoem oentoek Soelawesi Oetara. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=1394018. This archive collects editions from North Sulawesi’s newspaper, Pelita, from 1947-1949. This newspaper gives a good record on local societal opinions on the Indonesian relations and the dynamics and tensions between the nationalist revolution with those in the outer islands. This newspaper was also in fact testament to the short-lived existence of federalist Republic of Indonesia, with editions showing a stamp from the State of East Indonesia’s Ministry of Information.

Photographers De Spaarnestad. The Memory. https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/pages/collectie/Fotografen+De+Spaarnestad. While this collection contains various photographs from various De Spaarnestad photographers, it also contains amateur and graphic images of the Dutch police actions in Indonesia from 1947-1949.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam held an exhibition titled Revolusi! from Feb 11 to June 5, 2022. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/past/revolusi The 250-page book accompanying the exhibition is available in Dutch, Indonesian, and English. It was written by the four curators: Harm Stevens, Amir Sidharta, Bonnie Triyana, and Marion Anker.

Star Weekly 1947 - 1949. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=830856. The collection of the Chinese-Indonesian weekly magazine, Star Weekly, contains publications published from 1947 to 1949. The collection gives a good insight into Indonesian society during the revolution and their fight against Dutch aggression, in which military actions and diplomacy were covered.

Harian Rakjat 1951-1964. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=485026. A digital collection of the Indonesian Communist Party’s (PKI) newspaper Harian Rakyat. Though the collection is still a work in progress, in which only works from 1951-1952 were added, the collection gives a good sense of communist journalistic activities and viewpoints within Indonesia, particularly after the events in Madiun, 1948.

Java Bode. GPA. https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/jvbd. This collection stores publications from the Dutch-run, Dutch-language newspaper, Java Bode, that was based in Jakarta. The papers, covering from 1955 to 1957, provides a valuable resource into the viewpoints and the concerns of the Dutch people that stayed even after the revolution. The newspaper cover important, Dutch-related matters, such as the negotiations and conflict over West Irian and ultimately the nationalization of Dutch enterprises in 1957 and the following Dutch ‘exodus’ that lead to the newspaper’s closure.

Kawan Tentera : Madjallah resmi untuk peradjurit. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=4573. This collection contains magazine published and reserved for the army called Kawan Tentera. The collection only provides publications within the year 1950. Nevertheless, it is a good resource to understand army viewpoints in a post-revolutionary Indonesia that is still grappling with regional violence and transition from the federal RIS to unitary republicanism.

Museum Maluku. https://museum-maluku.nl/collections/?lang=en. The Museum Maluku website offers key information and details on Moluccan society before and after their exodus to the Netherlands. It provides archives, exhibitions, and podcasts from lived-experiences of the Moluccans. This is valuable to understand the events surrounding the Moluccans in Indonesian and Dutch history, such as the proclamation of the South Moluccan Republic (RMS) in 1950 and its aftermath.

Sin Po. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=1383898. An extensive collection of the newspaper, Sin Po, that was managed by Chinese-Indonesians from the colonial era to the post-revolutionary period and Soekarno’s guided democracy. The collection also includes Warta Bhakti’s collections, a short-lived left-wing newspaper, with active publications during Soekarno’s regime (1959-1965)

Soekarno, speeches. Yale University Library. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/11787273. A clear documentation of Soekarno’s speeches during his visit to the United States in 1956. The speeches, both in English and German, were addressed to the U.S. Congress and the National Press Club and provides a glimpse of his vision of Indonesia and its relations with the U.S. during that time, before his consolidation of power in 1959.

Star Weekly. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=1550825. This collection of the weekly magazine, Star Weekly, gives a good insight into the years the transition from liberal democracy to guided democracy as the magazine covers the events from 1957 to 1959, such as the PRRI-Permesta rebellion and the ongoing affair over West Papua

See extensive 1965 bibliography

Australian foreign affairs record. National Library of Australia. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-850515166. A collection of summaries of reports and images of activities and events that the Australian Foreign Ministry undertook from 1973 - 1988. The documents are relevant because they contain plenty of traces of Australian foreign interaction with Indonesia under Soeharto’s regime.

Berita Yudha. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=888057. The collection includes publication from the army-backed newspaper, Berita Yudha, from 1965-1966. The newspaper was founded over army fears of a communist-media dominance, hence they funded Berita Yudha. The newspaper was also an important propaganda machine in countering the communist newspaper, Harian Rakyat, in winning hearts and minds after the events of 1965 and 1966.

Documents from the East Timor solidarity movement. Timor International Society Archive. https://timorarchive.ca/. The collection stores digitized documents from global solidarity movements that supported Timor Leste’s struggle against Indonesian colonialism. This included photographs, newspapers, and key documents from 1975 to 1999.

Dokumentasi Peristiwa Reformasi 1998. Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI). https://aji.or.id/upload/Dokumen/ebookfoto20tahunreformasi.pdf/. This is an e-book version of documented photographs taken during the events of the Indonesian reformation in 1998, marking the end of Soeharto’s dictatorship. The photobook was compiled by AJI, and contained key pictures such as the student-led protests, police and army repression, and the violence and destruction that ensued during that time.

Indonesia Raya : Dari Rakjat, Oleh Rakjat untuk Rakjat 1952 - 1974. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=409688. The newspaper in the collection, Indonesia Raya, was founded by renowned journalist and writer, Mochtar Lubis. The paper was an ardent critic of both the Soekarno and the Soeharto government. The collection stores editions from 1952 to 1974, spanning the two regimes and enduring banning and suspensions from both regimes. The newspaper was then forced to disband after allegations of stirring public opinion and causing the Malari protests in 1974.

Merdeka, suara rakjat Republik Indonesia. Khazanah Pustaka Nusantara. Perpusnas RI. https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=360507. This collection of the newspaper, Merdeka, provides information of not only the Soekarno era, but also Soeharto’s. While the collection provides scans of documents from as far as 1950, this newspaper survived the regime change, where in 1970, they still released editions, becoming a valuable resource to look into Soeharto’s early years in power

Time, July 15, 1966, Vol. 88, No.3. https://time.com/vault/issue/1966-07-15/page/1/. An edition of Time magazine with Soeharto in its cover page. This issue gave an account of the turmoils in Indonesia surrounding the events of 1965-1966 through an American journalistic lens, with obvious praise to the anti-communist Soeharto.

Timor Archives. https://timorarchives.wordpress.com/. This archive contains plenty of useful materials regarding Timor Leste, especially under Indonesian occupation. The collection includes letters, activist papers, Timorese newspapers, Australian records, key documents, eye-witness acounts, and plenty more.

“US Promoted Close Ties to Indonesian Military as Suharto’s Rule Came to an End in Spring 1998.” National Security Archive. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2018-07-24/us-promoted-close-ties-indonesian-military-suhartos-rule-came-end-spring-1998 NSA here has declassified documents from the US Embassy in Jakarta from 1997-8. End of dictatorship.

Digital Collections. Cornell University Library. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/. The Cornell collections contains many materials such as images, paintings, and music that are spread around various different timeframes and archives.

Getty. https://www.gettyimages.ca/editorial-images/archival. The Getty archives holds plenty of collection of Indonesian-related photographs. Though it’s not an archive specially made for Indonesia, Indonesian figures and events can be located through its browsing system.

WowShack. https://www.wowshack.com/. A pop-styled website that contains several important collections of images and videos sourced from other websites. The themes of the images ranged from Soekarno’s inauguration pictures and photos with foreign leaders, the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, colonial history, Soeharto-era Indonesia, and many others.