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A.W. Hamilton and the translation of English nursery rhymes into Malay

References

Archives

SOAS

  • MS359656/1 – Newspaper cuttings of A.W. Hamilton’s contributions to the Malayan Press
  • MS380053/3 – Correspondences and articles of Arthur Wedderburn Hartwig Hamilton

National Archives of Malaysia

  • 1957/0383887W – A.W. Hamilton, Assistant Commissioner of Police North, asks that he be granted a month’s leave on medical ground.
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