Series 6: Vertical Files, 1896, 1898, 1925-1926, 1930, 1936-2005.

The Adela S. Baer (ASB) papers document a human biologist’s fieldwork, scholarly research and professional contributions to the study of the Orang Asli peoples. There are only two field records in the collection at this time, the Malaysian Road Atlas and a Temuan Genealogical Chart. The map, found in series 1 (box 1, folder 1), is annotated with Orang Asli place names. The majority of ASB’s field records will be added to the collection at a future date. One collection, the John Brandt photography collection (OA-2), was processed separately. ASB acquired this collection for the Orang Asli archive and gathered information related to it from John Brandt. This contribution is documented in the incoming and outgoing correspondence found in series 3 (box 2, folder 1). That same folder also includes a Smithsonian museum catalog for the ethnographic objects collected in Malaysia by John Brandt.

Three documents authored by ASB are viewable in a digital format on-line. Two works, Temuan-English-Malay Lexicon and A Temuan Syntax, were developed for use by the Temuan and the general public but not according to current linguistic standards. The Index of Locations or Place Names Relevant to Orang Asli History in Malaysia indexes place names mentioned in the 1906 work, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, by W. Skeat and C. Blagden. Hooper publications (Series 6, Subseries B, folder 1) were collected as a result of work that took place at the Hooper Foundation during and subsequent to ASB’s sabbatical in 1971-72.

The works of other professional colleagues are found in Series 6 (Subseries A and C). A number of these works are annotated by ASB (as noted in their folder titles) and document her professional contributions to the field of Orang Asli studies. Some folders include related correspondence with authors and other parties.

The majority of photographs (Series 4) include detailed captions with the following abbreviations: bt.= binte=daughter of; b = bin = son of; s/o is son of; h/o is husband of; laki = husband of. The sound recordings include Temuan ballads and a recording of the story Mamah Bungsu Gunong Tujoh (Series 4). A translation of the story can be found in the collection (Series 2, folders 4-6). A collection of published books and journals were donated along with the archival records and have been cataloged separately from the rest of the collection. They are housed in the Orang Asli Archive and are included in this list of Published Materials in the Archive.