TREGONNING, Kennedy Gordon (Dr)
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number 002783
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 02:38:55
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 6
Metadata
- 24 Jul 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:09
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Brief recollection of his father. Knowledge of Asia before World War II. What he did during World War II in Europe. Studied History and Political Science at the University of Adelaide, 1946-1949. Studied in Oxford on a Gowrie Scholarship, 1950-1952. Stipends of Gowrie Scholarship and Nuffield Fellowship. How he came to join the University of Malaya in Singapore as a lecturer in August 1953. First impressions of Singapore. Impressions of the University, its students and staff. Impressions of the staff and programme of the History Department.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
Metadata
- 24 Jul 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Impressions of the staff, programme and students of the History Department. Recollections of the Fajar Incident (1954). Recollections of the political situation in Singapore between 1953 and 1959. The July 1964 riots. Impressions of Sir Richard Winstedt and George Bogaars. Concerns over the founding of Nanyang University. Impressions of Tan Lark Sye and Lee Kong Chian. Seeking funds for the Journal of Southeast Asian History (JSEAH) in 1960. More impressions of Lee Kong Chian. Beginnings of the JSEAH. Establishment of the University Archaeological Society in 1954.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
Metadata
- 31 Jul 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:05
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Establishment of the University Archaeological Society in 1954 and recollection of its expeditions. His work as Raffles Professor of History from 1959 to 1967. The "Enright Affair". Impression of Lee Kuan Yew. Planning and proceedings of the International Conference of Southeast Asian Historians held in Singapore in January 1961. Attended the 26th Congress of Orientalists in Hong Kong in January 1964. Completed his PhD thesis in 1958. Glad he was not an undergraduate. His choice of topic for his PhD thesis. Toured the United States and Canada on a Carnegie Fellowship from January to March 1963.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
Metadata
- 31 Jul 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:58
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Toured the United States and Canada on a Carnegie Fellowship from January to March 1963. Witnessed segregation in Florida. Common themes in any study of Southeast Asian history in the 1960s. Hopes for Southeast Asian history writing. Establishment of the Singapore Branch of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) and his trip to Cambodia in November 1965. His suspicions about this trip. Social life in Singapore and membership in clubs. Sailing in Singapore waters. Managing his time between work and family. The July 1964 riots. Impressions of Confrontation with Indonesia.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 6
Metadata
- 31 Jul 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:02
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Impressions of Confrontation with Indonesia. Impression that Australian academics of Southeast Asian history supported Indonesia and its policy of Confrontation. Prominent students in the History Department from 1953 to 1967. Beginnings of the National Archives of Singapore and recollections of Dr F R J Verhoeven. Returned to Perth in 1967. Applied for the position of History Department Head at University of Western Australia (UWA) but failed. Worked as Headmaster of Hale School from 1967 to 1988. Continued interest in Southeast Asia.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
Metadata
- 6 Nov 2003
Recording Date
- 00:04:55
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
University background of the lecturers in the History Department of the University of Malaya. Outlook and research interests of expatriate lecturers.
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