Sjoerd Jaarsma recorded a number of interviews with former Dutch civil servants, missionaries and scientists who worked in West Papua during the Dutch period. He used the interviews for his thesis “waarneming en interpretatie: vergaring en gebruik van etnografische informatie in Nederlands Nieuw Guinea (1950-1962)”, ISOR, Utrecht, 1990.  He worked for Pace from 2000-2012.
The cassettes are part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl

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van Baal 1

The cassette is a TDK AD-C60. It is a recording of an interview with Jan van Baal (25-11-1909 – 9-8-1992) on 8-4-1986 in Doorn. Jan van Baal was a civil servant and governor of Dutch New Guinea. In 1959 after his return from New Guinea he became director of the department of anthropology at the Royal Institute of the Tropics in Amsterdam and professor of anthropology at the universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam. He wrote the still significant book Dema on the Marind Anim.

Side A is 31’39 and Side B 29’29

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Van Baal 2-1

The cassette is a TDK D60. On Side A is a recording of the last part of the interview with Jan van Baal (25-11-1909 – 9-8-1992) in Doorn on 8-4-1986 and on the B side is a recording of the first part of the interview with Jan van Baal on 4-6-1986. Jan van Baal was a civil servant and governor of Dutch New Guinea. In 1959 after his return from New Guinea he became director of the department of anthropology at the Royal Institute of the Tropics in Amsterdam and professor of anthropology at the universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam. He wrote the still significant book Dema on the Marind Anim.

Side A is 31’30 and Side B is 30’41

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Lagerberg 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with C.S.I.J. Lagerberg in Tilburg on 21-5-1986. Kees Lagerberg (31-7-1924 – 19-1-2014) was a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea and later a teacher of anthropology at the university of Tilburg. He wrote the thesis “Jaren van Reconstructie. Nieuw-Guinea van 1949 tot 1961” and his last published lecture was “Dekolonisatie: overdracht van de Nederlandse boedel.” He was quite critical about Indonesia’s colonisation of West Papua in many articles, newspapers and lectures.

Side A is 30’46 and Side B is 30’30

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Lagerberg 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with C.S.I.J. Lagerberg in Tilburg on 21-5-1986. Kees Lagerberg (31-7-1924 – 19-1-2014) was a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea and later a teacher of anthropology at the university of Tilburg. He wrote the thesis “Jaren van Reconstructie. Nieuw-Guinea van 1949 tot 1961” and his last published lecture was “Dekolonisatie: overdracht van de Nederlandse boedel.” He was quite critical about Indonesia’s colonisation of West Papua in many articles, newspapers and lectures.

Side A is 30’07 and Side B is 9’39

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van Baal 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of the interview with interview with Jan van Baal (25-11-1909 – 9-8-1992) in Doorn on 4-6-1986. Jan van Baal was a civil servant and governor of Dutch New Guinea. In 1959 after his return from New Guinea he became director of the department of anthropology at the Royal Institute of the Tropics in Amsterdam and professor of anthropology at the universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam. He wrote the still significant book Dema on the Marind Anim.

Side A is 26’54 and Side B is 9’29

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Serpenti 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Laurent M. Serpenti (16-2-1933 – 12-10-2007) on 23 -7-1987 in Maastricht. Serpenti did his PhD research on Kolopom in 1960-1962. He worked later in the Tropical Museum in Amsterdam and at the University of Maastricht. He is best known for his thesis Cultivators in the Swamps. Social structure and horticulture in a New Guinea society. Van Gorcum, Assen, 1965. There is a tape with recordings Serpenti made in Kolopom which is kept in the Jaap Kunst archive of the University of Amsterdam.

Side A is 31’53 and Side B is 31’46

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Peters 3 Amelsvoort 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the A side is the third part of an interview with Herman Peters on 22-09-1987 in Maastricht. Herman Peters was a priest and anthropologist. See the Herman Peters for more on him and his recordings. On side B is an interview with Vincent van Amelsvoort (17-10-1931 – 3-4-2001) on 2-6-1987 in Den Bosch. He worked as a medical doctor from 1959 to 1962 in the Asmat area. After his return and PhD graduation he worked in Nigeria and Tanzania. In 1972 he was employed by the university of Nijmegen where he became professor in 1980.

Side A is 30’28 and Side B is 22’56

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van Amelsvoort 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the cassette are the first parts of an interview with Vincent van Amelsvoort (17-10-1931 – 3-4-2001) on 2-6-1987 in Den Bosch. He worked as a medical doctor from 1959 to 1962 in the Asmat area. After his return and PhD graduation, he worked in Nigeria and Tanzania. In 1972 he was employed by the university of Nijmegen where he became professor in 1980.

Side A is 31’39 and Side B is 31’33

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van Logchem 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the cassette is the first part of an interview with Jan Theo van Logchem on 2-7-1987 in Delden. He was a civil servant and anthropologist and stayed in West Papua from 1956-1959. His best known book is his thesis “De Argoeniers. Een Papoea-volk in West Nieuw-Guinea”, Schotanus & Jens, Utrecht. 1963.

Side A is 31’43 and Side B is 31’44

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Serpenti 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Laurent M. Serpenti (16-2-1933 – 12-10-2007) on 23 -7-1987 in Maastricht. Serpenti did his PhD research on Kolopom in 1960-1962. Later he worked in the Tropical Museum in Amsterdam and at the University of Maastricht. He is best known for his thesis Cultivators in the Swamps. Social structure and horticulture in a New Guinea society. Van Gorcum, Assen, 1965. There is a tape with recordings Serpenti made in Kolopom which is kept in the Jaap Kunst archive of the University of Amsterdam.

Side A is 31’20 and Side B is 27’44

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van Logchem 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the cassette is the second part of an interview with Jan Theo van Logchem on 2-7-1987 in Delden. He was a civil servant and anthropologist and stayed in West Papua from 1956-1959. His best known book is his thesis “De Argoeniers. Een Papoea-volk in West Nieuw-Guinea”, Schotanus & Jens, Utrecht. 1963.

Side A is 30’41 and Side B is 21’06

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Voorhoeve 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the cassette is the first part of an interview with Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve on 27-7-1987 in Leiden. He is better known as Bert Voorhoeve, a linguist and specialist in Papuan languages. He studied the Asmat dialect of Flamingo Bay from 1960 to 1962 and at that time also worked together with Adriaan Gerbrands. He recorded the sound for his movies from that period including for the famous documentary Matjemosh. Six tapes with his recordings are still kept in the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, although filed under the name of Gerbrands. In 1965, after his PhD graduation on the thesis “The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat Language”, Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag, 1965, he was employed as a researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra. He published a number of leading publications on Papuan linguistics. Among others:  Languages of Irian Jaya, Australian National University, Canberra, 1975; The Asmat languages of Irian Jaya, Australian National University, Canberra, 1980 and The Makian languages and their neighbours, National University, Canberra, 1982. Mention should also be made of Tales from a concave world: liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve. Leiden University, 1995.

Side A is 31’32 and Side B is 31’32

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Voorhoeve 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. On the cassette is the second part of an interview with Clemens Lambertus Voorhoeve on 27-7-1987 in Leiden. He is better known as Bert Voorhoeve, a linguist and specialist in Papuan languages. He studied the Asmat dialect of Flamingo Bay from 1960 to 1962 and at that time also worked together with Adriaan Gerbrands. He recorded the sound for his movies from that period. including for the famous documentary Matjemosh. Six tapes with his recordings are still kept in the Museum for Ethnology in Leiden, although filed under the name of Gerbrands. In 1965, after his PhD graduation on the thesis “The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat Language”, Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag, 1965, he was employed as a researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra. He published a number of leading publications on Papuan linguistics. Among others:  Languages of Irian Jaya, Australian National University, Canberra, 1975; The Asmat languages of Irian Jaya, Australian National University, Canberra, 1980 and The Makian languages and their neighbours, National University, Canberra, 1982. Mention should also be made of Tales from a concave world: liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve. Leiden University, 1995.

Side A is 31’46 and Side B is 21’07

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Peters 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. On it is the first part of an interview with Herman Peters on 22-09-1987 in Maastricht. Herman Peters was a priest and anthropologist. See the Herman Peters page for more on him and his recordings in the Baliem valley.

Side A is 31’40 and Side B is 31’38

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Peters 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. On it is the second part of an interview with Herman Peters on 22-09-1987 in Maastricht. Herman Peters was a priest and anthropologist. See the Herman Peters page for more on him and his recordings in the Baliem valley.

Side A is 31’58 and Side B is 31’58

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Zegwaard Boelaars 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Gerard Zegwaard (21-10-1919 – 15-6-1996) and Jan Boelaars (17-2-1915 – 19-6-2004) on 29-9-1987 in Rotterdam. Both were priests in the order of M.S.C. Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu or in Dutch Missionarissen van het Heilig Hart. They were active as missionaries in South New Guinea. Gerard Zegwaard became a priest in 1945 and arrived in West Papua in 1946. He first stayed in the Mimika area from 1946 to 1952  and then with the Asmat. He returned to the Netherlands in 1994. He was the first Catholic missionary in the Asmat area and wrote a number of articles about them such as: Headhunting practices of the Asmat of Netherlands New Guinea, The American anthropologist, 1959, vol 6 n. 6. He collected and wrote down the stories in the book: Amoko in the beginning. Myths and legends of the Asmat & Mimika Papuans, Crawford House publishing, Adelaide, 2002. He also assisted Carel Groenevelt who collected art and other objects for a number of Dutch museums which led to the first art catalogue of the Asmat: H.C. van Renselaar and R.L. Mellema, Asmat, Zuidwest Nieuw-Guinea. Amsterdam, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 1956.
Jan Boelaars became a priest in 1939 and then studied anthropology in Utrecht. He obtained his PhD in 1950 on the languages of Southern New Guinea, basing himself on the work of the missionary Piet Drabbe. He went to West Papua in 1950 and worked there in the areas of the Mappi and Digoel river. After 1968 he went to teach at several Indonesian Catholic seminaries, and in 1986 he returned to Merauke in West Papua to organize the archive of the M.S.C. In 1990 he returned to the Netherlands. He wrote a number of books: Papoea’s aan de Mappi, Utrecht, Fontein, 1958; Mandobo’s tussen de Digoel en de Kao. Bijdragen tot een etnografie, Assen, van Gorcum, 1970; Headhunters about Themselves: An Ethnographic Report from Irian Jaya, Den Haag, Nijhoff, 1981; Mono Koame: ‘wij denken ook’, Nijmegen, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, 2001 and the three-part Met Papoea’s samen op weg, Kampen, Kok 1992-1997.
Gerard Zegwaard can also be heard in the radio programme “het spoor terug” : https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_406766~het-kruis-geplant-1-het-thuisfront-het-spoor-terug~.html. For pictures and other documents also see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/papuan_cultures/albums/72157709081558226/

Side A is 31’41 and Side B is 31’42

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Zegwaard Boelaars 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Gerard Zegwaard (21-10-1919 – 15-6-1996) and Jan Boelaars (17-2-1915 – 19-6-2004) on 29-9-1987 in Rotterdam. Both were priest in the order of M.S.C. Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu or in Dutch Missionarissen van het Heilig Hart. They were active as missionaries in South New Guinea. Gerard Zegwaard became a priest in 1945 and arrived in West Papua in 1946. He first stayed in the Mimika area from 1946 to 1952 and then with the Asmat. He returned to the Netherlands in 1994. He was the first Catholic missionary in the Asmat area and wrote a number of articles about them like: Headhunting practices of the Asmat of Netherlands New Guinea, The American anthropologist, 1959, vol 6 n. 6. He collected and wrote down the stories in the book: Amoko in the beginning. Myths and legends of the Asmat & Mimika Papuans, Crawford House publishing, Adelaide, 2002. He also assisted Carel Groenevelt who collected art and other objects for a number of Dutch museums, which led to the first art catalogue of the Asmat: H.C. van Renselaar and R.L. Mellema, Asmat, Zuidwest Nieuw-Guinea. Amsterdam, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 1956.
Jan Boelaars became a priest in 1939 and then studied anthropology in Utrecht. He obtained his PhD in 1950 on the languages of Southern New Guinea basing himself on the work of the missionary Piet Drabbe. He went to West Papua in 1950 and worked there in the areas of the Mappi and Digoel river. After 1968 he went to teach at several Indonesian Catholic seminaries and in 1986 he returned to Merauke in West Papua to organize the archive of the M.S.C. In 1990 he returned to the Netherlands. He wrote a number of books: Papoea’s aan de Mappi, Utrecht, Fontein, 1958; Mandobo’s tussen de Digoel en de Kao. Bijdragen tot een etnografie, Assen, van Gorcum, 1970; Headhunters about Themselves: An Ethnographic Report from Irian Jaya, Den Haag, Nijhoff, 1981; Mono Koame: ‘wij denken ook’, Nijmegen, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, 2001 and the three-part Met Papoea’s samen op weg, Kampen, Kok 1992-1997.
Gerard Zegwaard can also be heard in the radio programme “het spoor terug” : https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_406766~het-kruis-geplant-1-het-thuisfront-het-spoor-terug~.html. For pictures and other documents also see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/papuan_cultures/albums/72157709081558226/

Side A is 31’33 and Side B is 31’33

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Zegwaard Boelaars 3

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the third part of an interview with Gerard Zegwaard (21-10-1919 – 15-6-1996) and Jan Boelaars (17-2-1915 – 19-6-2004) on 29-9-1987 in Rotterdam. Both were priest in the order of M.S.C. Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu or in Dutch Missionarissen van het Heilig Hart. They were active as missionaries in South New Guinea. Gerard Zegwaard became a priest in 1945 and arrived in West Papua in 1946. He first stayed in the Mimika area from 1946 to 1952 and then with the Asmat. He returned to the Netherlands in 1994. He was the first Catholic missionary in the Asmat area and wrote a number of articles about them like: Headhunting practices of the Asmat of Netherlands New Guinea, The American anthropologist, 1959, vol 6 n. 6. He collected and wrote down the stories in the book: Amoko in the beginning. Myths and legends of the Asmat & Mimika Papuans, Crawford House publishing, Adelaide, 2002. He also assisted Carel Groenevelt who collected art and other objects for a number of Dutch museums, which led to the first art catalogue of the Asmat: H.C. van Renselaar and R.L. Mellema, Asmat, Zuidwest Nieuw-Guinea. Amsterdam, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 1956.
Jan Boelaars became a priest in 1939 and then studied anthropology in Utrecht. He obtained his PhD in 1950 on the languages of Southern New Guinea basing himself on the work of the missionary Piet Drabbe. He went to West Papua in 1950 and worked there in the areas of the Mappi and Digoel river. After 1968 he went to teach at several Indonesian Catholic seminaries and in 1986 he returned to Merauke in West Papua to organize the archive of the M.S.C. In 1990 he returned to the Netherlands. He wrote a number of books: Papoea’s aan de Mappi, Utrecht, Fontein, 1958; Mandobo’s tussen de Digoel en de Kao. Bijdragen tot een etnografie, Assen, van Gorcum, 1970; Headhunters about Themselves: An Ethnographic Report from Irian Jaya, Den Haag, Nijhoff, 1981; Mono Koame: ‘wij denken ook’, Nijmegen, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, 2001 and the three-part Met Papoea’s samen op weg, Kampen, Kok 1992-1997.
Gerard Zegwaard can also be heard in the radio programme “het spoor terug” : https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_406766~het-kruis-geplant-1-het-thuisfront-het-spoor-terug~.html. For pictures and other documents also see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/papuan_cultures/albums/72157709081558226/

Side A is 31’50 and Side B is 15’39

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Leeden 1

The cassette is a BASF LH-EI 90. It is the first part of an interview with Alex Cornelis van der Leeden (1922-2001) on Jakarta 7-1-1985. The interview was carried out by someone else but using a question list drawn up by Sjoerd Jaarsma. Lex van der Leeden studied Indology and anthropology in Leiden and in 1952 he was employed by the Dutch government as an anthropologist in Dutch New Guinea. From 1952 to 1955 he did research in the Sarmi area. On study leave in 1956 he wrote his thesis “Hoofdstukken der sociale structuur in het westelijk binnenland van Sarmi” After his PhD graduation he worked for the museum for ethnology in Rotterdam and later in Leiden. At that time healso did research in Australia in Numbulwar among the aboriginals. He made recordings there as well, which are now kept in the museum for ethnology in Leiden and in the University of Nijmegen. He worked from 1969 to 1978 for the University of Nijmegen, but at the same time also had jobs at the University of Leuven in Belgium and as representative of the KITLV in Jakarta. In 1978 he left for Indonesia where he worked for the Universitas Cenderawasih in Jayapura and Manokwari and for the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta. He did research on the Radja Ampat islands and published a Ma’ya a language study.
There is a strong hum in the sound of the interview.

Side A is 46’25 and Side B is 47’11

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Leeden 2

The cassette is a BASF LH-EI 90. It is the second part of an interview with Alex Cornelis van der Leeden (1922-2001) on Jakarta 7-1-1985. The interview was carried out by someone else but using a question list drawn up by Sjoerd Jaarsma. Lex van der Leeden studied Indology and anthropology in Leiden and in 1952 he was employed by the Dutch government as an anthropologist in Dutch New Guinea. From 1952 to 1955 he did research in the Sarmi area. On study leave in 1956 he wrote his thesis “Hoofdstukken der sociale structuur in het westelijk binnenland van Sarmi” After his PhD graduation he worked for the museum for ethnology in Rotterdam and later in Leiden. At that time healso did research in Australia in Numbulwar among the aboriginals. He made recordings there as well, which are now kept in the museum for ethnology in Leiden and in the University of Nijmegen. He worked from 1969 to 1978 for the University of Nijmegen, but at the same time also had jobs at the University of Leuven in Belgium and as representative of the KITLV in Jakarta. In 1978 he left for Indonesia where he worked for the Universitas Cenderawasih in Jayapura and Manokwari and for the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta. He did research on the Radja Ampat islands and published a Ma’ya a language study.
There is a strong hum in the sound of the interview.

Side A is 45’59 and Side B is empty

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Pouwer 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Jan Pouwer (21-9-1924 – 21-4-2010) in Nijmegen on 24-2-1988. Jan Pouwer studied Indology and was employed by the Dutch government as an anthropologist in West Papua, where he was sent to the Mimika area to study the Kamoro. On this research he wrote his thesis, Enkele aspecten van de Mimika-cultuur, Den Haag, SDU, 1955. He was a member of the Sterrrengebergte expedition of 1959, and back in the Netherlands he became Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1966 he went to New Zealand, where he founded an institute of anthropology at the Victoria University in Wellington. In 1976 he obtained an appointment at the University of Nijmegen. He wrote many books and articles; among them should be mentioned Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua: A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat. Leiden, KITLV, 2010.

Side A is 31’57 and Side B is 31’56

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Pouwer 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Jan Pouwer (21-9-1924 – 21-4-2010) in Nijmegen on 24-2-1988. Jan Pouwer studied Indology and was employed by the Dutch government as an anthropologist in West Papua, where he was sent to the Mimika area to study the Kamoro. On this research he wrote his thesis, Enkele aspecten van de Mimika-cultuur, Den Haag, SDU, 1955. He was a member of the Sterrrengebergte expedition of 1959, and back in the Netherlands he became Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1966 he went to New Zealand, where he founded an institute of anthropology at the Victoria University in Wellington. In 1976 he obtained an appointment at the University of Nijmegen. He wrote many books and articles; among them should be mentioned Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua: A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat. Leiden, KITLV, 2010.

Side A is 31’56 and Side B is 31’56

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Pouwer 3

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the third part of an interview with Jan Pouwer (21-9-1924 – 21-4-2010) in Nijmegen on 24-2-1988. Jan Pouwer studied Indology and was employed by the Dutch government as an anthropologist in West Papua, where he was sent to the Mimika area to study the Kamoro. On this research he wrote his thesis, Enkele aspecten van de Mimika-cultuur, Den Haag, SDU, 1955. He was a member of the Sterrrengebergte expedition of 1959, and back in the Netherlands he became Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1966 he went to New Zealand, where he founded an institute of anthropology at the Victoria University in Wellington. In 1976 he obtained an appointment at the University of Nijmegen. He wrote many books and articles; among them should be mentioned Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua: A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat. Leiden, KITLV, 2010.

Side A is 31’53 and Side B is 31’54

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Dubbeldam 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Leonard Frederik Bastiaan Dubbeldam (8-12-1933 – 18-4-2017) in The Hague on 28-4-1986. Leo Dubbeldam was a civil servant in Enarotali in the late 1950’s, and based on his experiences of that time, wrote ‘The devaluation of the Kapauku-cowrie as a factor of social disintegration’, in: New Guinea: The Central Highlands, American Anthropologist, vol.66, no.4, Part 2, 1964. He wrote his thesis on “The primary school and the community in Mwanza district, Tanzania”. He had a career in education in developing countries. In 1988 he was made professor of education in developing countries at the University of Utrecht. His best-known publication is Development, culture and education, Unesco, Paris, 1994.

Side A is 31’28 and Side B is 31’39

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Dubbeldam 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Leonard Frederik Bastiaan Dubbeldam (8-12-1933 – 18-4-2017) in The Hague on 28-4-1986. Leo Dubbeldam was a civil servant in Enarotali in the late 1950’s, and based on his experiences of that time, wrote ‘The devaluation of the Kapauku-cowrie as a factor of social disintegration’, in: New Guinea: The Central Highlands, American Anthropologist, vol.66, no.4, Part 2, 1964. He wrote his thesis on “The primary school and the community in Mwanza district, Tanzania”. He had a career in education in developing countries. In 1988 he was made professor of education in developing countries at the University of Utrecht. His best-known publication is Development, culture and education, Unesco, Paris, 1994.

Side A is 31’41 and Side B is 1’23

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nieuwenhuisen 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Jan W. van Nieuwenhuijsen and  Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman in Naarden on 11-5-1988. Both are anthropologists and did research in Papua New Guinea in the Suki area bordering West Papua in the south in 1963-1965. Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman obtained her PhD on the marriage system of the Suki in 1979. Her thesis was “Een zuster voor een vrouw: huwelijk en verwantschap bij de Suki, Papua New Guinea”, UvA, Amsterdam, 1979. Jan W. van Nieuwenhuijsen published Diviners and their ancestor spirits. A study of the izangoma among the Nyuswa in Natal, South Africa, UvA, Amsterdam, 1974.
Pace has a silent blank and white movie of Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman “Papoea’s in Nederland” from 1962. https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/1200/16.

Side A is 31’54 and Side B is 31’47

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nieuwenhuisen 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Jan W. van Nieuwenhuijsen and  Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman in Naarden on 11-5-1988. Both are anthropologists and did research in Papua New Guinea in the Suki area bordering West Papua in the south in 1963-1965. Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman obtained her PhD on the marriage system of the Suki in 1979. Her thesis was “Een zuster voor een vrouw: huwelijk en verwantschap bij de Suki, Papua New Guinea”, UvA, Amsterdam, 1979. Jan W. van Nieuwenhuijsen published Diviners and their ancestor spirits. A study of the izangoma among the Nyuswa in Natal, South Africa, UvA, Amsterdam, 1974.
Pace has a silent blank and white movie of Corry H. Van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman “Papoea’s in Nederland” from 1962. https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/1200/16.

Side A is 31’40 and Side B is 31’31

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Oosterwal 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Gottfried Oosterwal (8-2-1930 – 9-11-2015) in Utrecht on 7-9-1988. Gottfried Oosterwal worked as a missionary and anthropologist in West Papua. Oosterwal recieved a ZWO subsidy to do research in the Tor area in 1957-1959. His thesis was People of the Tor: A cultural-anthropological study on the tribes of the Tor territory (Northern Netherlands New-Guinea), van Gorcum, Assen, 1961. He also wrote a popular book, Papoea’s mensen zoals wij, Wereldvenster, Baarn, 1961. After his PhD graduation he returned to West Papua as the head of the seminary of the West New Guinea Mission in Dojo Baru. In 1963 he started to work at the Philippine Union College and in 1968 went to the United States to teach at the Andrews University, where he co-founded the Missions Institute. In 2009, partly based on his West Papua experiences, he published: The Lord’s Prayer Through Primitive Eyes: a stone-age people’s journey. Pacific Press Publications, Nampa.

Side A is 31’40 and Side B is 31’41

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Oosterwal 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Gottfried Oosterwal (8-2-1930 – 9-11-2015) in Utrecht on 7-9-1988. Gottfried Oosterwal worked as a missionary and anthropologist in West Papua. Oosterwal recieved a ZWO subsidy to do research in the Tor area in 1957-1959. His thesis was People of the Tor: A cultural-anthropological study on the tribes of the Tor territory (Northern Netherlands New-Guinea), van Gorcum, Assen, 1961. He also wrote a popular book, Papoea’s mensen zoals wij, Wereldvenster, Baarn, 1961. After his PhD graduation he returned to West Papua as the head of the seminary of the West New Guinea Mission in Dojo Baru. In 1963 he started to work at the Philippine Union College and in 1968 went to the United States to teach at the Andrews University, where he co-founded the Missions Institute. In 2009, partly based on his West Papua experiences, he published: The Lord’s Prayer Through Primitive Eyes: a stone-age people’s journey. Pacific Press Publications, Nampa.

Side A is 31’42 and Side B is 31’43

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Oosterwal 3

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the third part of an interview with Gottfried Oosterwal (8-2-1930 – 9-11-2015) in Utrecht on 7-9-1988. Gottfried Oosterwal worked as a missionary and anthropologist in West Papua. Oosterwal recieved a ZWO subsidy to do research in the Tor area in 1957-1959. His thesis was People of the Tor: A cultural-anthropological study on the tribes of the Tor territory (Northern Netherlands New-Guinea), van Gorcum, Assen, 1961. He also wrote a popular book, Papoea’s mensen zoals wij, Wereldvenster, Baarn, 1961. After his PhD graduation he returned to West Papua as the head of the seminary of the West New Guinea Mission in Dojo Baru. In 1963 he started to work at the Philippine Union College and in 1968 went to the United States to teach at the Andrews University, where he co-founded the Missions Institute. In 2009, partly based on his West Papua experiences, he published: The Lord’s Prayer Through Primitive Eyes: a stone-age people’s journey. Pacific Press Publications, Nampa.

Side A is 27’03 and Side B is empty

Band 244

Gerbrands 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands (15-5-1917 – 6-11-1997) in Leiden on 7-11-1988. Adriaan Gerbrands was an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. He was a curator at the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. In 1956 he wrote his thesis on Kunst als cultuurelement in het bijzonder in Neger-Afrika, Den Haag, Excelsior. In 1960-1961 he did research among the Asmat and made the movie Matjemosh. He also collected art objects for the Museum in Leiden, which led to an exhibition and later also the book Wow-Ipits, Eight Asmat wood carvers of New Guinea. He pioneered the approach of treating the art as being made by unique individuals with their own style. In 1966 he became professor of anthropology at the University of Leiden. In the seventies he made a number of documentaries on the Kilenge of New Britain. In the Museum of Ethnology there are six tapes with sound recordings which are filed under his name, but they were made by Bert Voorhoeve who also made the sound recordings for the Matjemosh documentary.

Side A is 31’47 and Side B is 31’47

Band 245

Gerbrands 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands (15-5-1917 – 6-11-1997) in Leiden on 7-11-1988. Adriaan Gerbrands was an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. He was a curator at the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. In 1956 he wrote his thesis on Kunst als cultuurelement in het bijzonder in Neger-Afrika, Den Haag, Excelsior. In 1960-1961 he did research among the Asmat and made the movie Matjemosh. He also collected art objects for the Museum in Leiden, which led to an exhibition and later also the book Wow-Ipits, Eight Asmat wood carvers of New Guinea. He pioneered the approach of treating the art as being made by unique individuals with their own style. In 1966 he became professor of anthropology at the University of Leiden. In the seventies he made a number of documentaries on the Kilenge of New Britain. In the Museum of Ethnology there are six tapes with sound recordings which are filed under his name, but they were made by Bert Voorhoeve who also made the sound recordings for the Matjemosh documentary.

Side A is 31’54 and Side B is 31’26

Band 246

Ploeg 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Anton Ploeg (11-5-1933) in Utrecht on 24-11-1988. He did research in 1960-1962 in the Mbogoga valley among the Wanggulam Ndani. Anton Ploeg obtained his PhD in Canberra on the thesis Government in Wanggulam in 1965. It was published in an extended form through the KITLV in 1969 by Nijhoff, The Hague. He was appointed as an anthropologist by the University of Utrecht from 1964 to 1967. In 1968 he became a researcher of the New Guinea Research Unit in Port Moresby; in 1973 he returned to the University of Utrecht and retired in 1991. He has written many articles and books about the Highlands of West Papua and the researchers and their work on it. Mention should be made of Pathways of Change. Socio-Cultural Change among the Highlanders of Western New Guinea, Marseille, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Océanie, 2020.

Side A is 31’40 and Side B is 31’33

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Ploeg 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Anton Ploeg (11-5-1933) in Utrecht on 24-11-1988.He did research in 1960-1962 in the Mbogoga valley among the Wanggulam Ndani. Anton Ploeg obtained his PhD in Canberra on the thesis Government in Wanggulam in 1965. It was published in an extended form through the KITLV in 1969 by Nijhoff, The Hague. He was appointed as an anthropologist by the University of Utrecht from 1964 to 1967. In 1968 he became a researcher of the New Guinea Research Unit in Port Moresby; in 1973 he returned to the University of Utrecht and retired in 1991. He has written many articles and books about the Highlands of West Papua and the researchers and their work on it. Mention should be made of Pathways of Change. Socio-Cultural Change among the Highlanders of Western New Guinea, Marseille, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Océanie, 2020.

Side A is 31’52 and Side B is 31’47

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Ploeg 3

Side A is empty and Side B is empty

 

 

Band 249

Grootenhuis 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Gerrit Willem Grootenhuis (11-7-1930 – 18-4-2019) in Leiden on 2-3-1989. He was an anthropologist and a photographer. He worked as a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea in the Wissel Lakes area. He wrote at the time: “De “wege”-beweging in Paniai en Oost-Tigi”, Hollandia, Kantoor voor bevolkingszaken, 1960. In 1962 he was employed by the Tropical Museum in Amsterdam. In 1967 he became the secretary and later the director of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. He retired in 1990.

Side A is 31’42 and Side B is 31’46

Band 250

Grootenhuis 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Gerrit Willem Grootenhuis (11-7-1930 – 18-4-2019) in Leiden on 2-3-1989. He was an anthropologist and a photographer. He worked as a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea in the Wissel Lakes area. He wrote at the time: “De “wege”-beweging in Paniai en Oost-Tigi”, Hollandia, Kantoor voor bevolkingszaken, 1960. In 1962 he was employed by the Tropical Museum in Amsterdam. In 1967 he became the secretary and later the director of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. He retired in 1990.

Side A is 17’40 and Side B is empty

Band 251

Broekhuijse 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Johan Theodorus Broekhuijse (22-12-1929 – 27-9-2020) in Amsterdam on 16-3-1989. Jan Broekhuijse was a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea from 1959 to 1963. First, he did research in Hollandia on the circumstances of the Papuas in the city. Later in 1959 he was transferred to Wamena to do research among the Ndani and to help to establish the government authority in the Baliem valley. In 1960 he was asked to take care of the American Harvard-Peabody expedition and its film crew. Broekhuijsse and Abututi worked as caretakers, translators and informers for the expedition. It resulted in the documentary Dead Birds and several books by Robert Gardner, Peter Matthiessen and Karl Heider. The soundtrack of the movie was edited from the tapes of Michael Rockefeller, also a member of the expedition. After his return to the Netherlands, Broekhuijse was employed by the ministry of foreign affairs and he wrote his thesis: De Wiligiman-Dani: een cultureel-anthropologische studie over religie en oorlogvoering in de Baliem-vallei, Tilburg: Gianotten, 1967. The same year he was employed by the Royal Institute of the Tropics in Amsterdam, for which he did mainly development projects-related research in Africa. He retired in 1994. He gave his collection of Ndani objects to the Tropical Museum. He also collected objects for the museum in Burkino Fasso where he also made sound recordings which were issued on an LP by the Tropical Museum. The original tapes are now with the institute of Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum.
He wrote: Memorie van overgave: een wijsgerig-anthropologisch onderzoek naar de mentale structuren die het menselijk leven aansturen en ordenen in religie en cultuur, Noorden, Post, 2009 and De Harvard-Peabody expeditie naar de Dani van de Baliem-vallei, Nieuwkoop, 2020.

Side A is 31’34 and Side B is 31’50

 

Band 252

Broekhuijse 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Johan Theodorus Broekhuijse (22-12-1929 – 27-9-2020) in Amsterdam on 16-3-1989. Jan Broekhuijse was a civil servant in Dutch New Guinea from 1959 to 1963. First, he did research in Hollandia on the circumstances of the Papuas in the city. Later in 1959 he was transferred to Wamena to do research among the Ndani and to help to establish the government authority in the Baliem valley. In 1960 he was asked to take care of the American Harvard-Peabody expedition and its film crew. Broekhuijsse and Abututi worked as caretakers, translators and informers for the expedition. It resulted in the documentary Dead Birds and several books by Robert Gardner, Peter Matthiessen and Karl Heider. The soundtrack of the movie was edited from the tapes of Michael Rockefeller, also a member of the expedition. After his return to the Netherlands, Broekhuijse was employed by the ministry of foreign affairs and he wrote his thesis: De Wiligiman-Dani: een cultureel-anthropologische studie over religie en oorlogvoering in de Baliem-vallei, Tilburg: Gianotten, 1967. The same year he was employed by the Royal Institute of the Tropics in Amsterdam, for which he did mainly development projects-related research in Africa. He retired in 1994. He gave his collection of Ndani objects to the Tropical Museum. He also collected objects for the museum in Burkino Fasso where he also made sound recordings which were issued on an LP by the Tropical Museum. The original tapes are now with the institute of Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum.
He wrote: Memorie van overgave: een wijsgerig-anthropologisch onderzoek naar de mentale structuren die het menselijk leven aansturen en ordenen in religie en cultuur, Noorden, Post, 2009 and De Harvard-Peabody expeditie naar de Dani van de Baliem-vallei, Nieuwkoop, 2020.

Side A is 31’37 and Side B is 31’33

Band 253

Galis 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Klaas Wilhelm Galis (25-11-1910 – 2-7-1999) in Zeist on 23-3-1989. Klaas Galis studied Indology in Leiden and then in 136 became a civil servant in the Dutch Indies and was placed in the Benkoelen in Sumatra. During the Second World War he was in a Japanese camp and after the war he was stationed in Manokwari and Fakfak in Dutch New Guinea. In 1951 he got a job as civil servant for the “Kantoor voor Bevolkingszaken”, the social scientific research office of the government in Hollandia and a post as teacher in the administrative school. In 1955 he obtained his PhD on the thesis Papoeas van de Humboldt-Baai, Den Haag, J.N. Voorhoeve. He wrote many articles and reports on ethnological, linguistic and historical subjects. Mentioned should be made of his Bibliografie van Nederlandsch-Nieuw-Guinea. Den Haag, 1962 (derde verbeterde en vermeerderde uitgave). An English but reduced version was published in 1984 in collaboration with J. van Baal and R.M. Koentjaraningrat as West Irian: A Bibliography, Dordrecht, Foris.

Side A is 31’54 and Side B is 31’52

Band 254

Galis 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Klaas Wilhelm Galis (25-11-1910 – 2-7-1999) in Zeist on 23-3-1989. Klaas Galis studied Indology in Leiden and then in 136 became a civil servant in the Dutch Indies and was placed in the Benkoelen in Sumatra. During the Second World War he was in a Japanese camp and after the war he was stationed in Manokwari and Fakfak in Dutch New Guinea. In 1951 he got a job as civil servant for the “Kantoor voor Bevolkingszaken”, the social scientific research office of the government in Hollandia and a post as teacher in the administrative school. In 1955 he obtained his PhD on the thesis Papoeas van de Humboldt-Baai, Den Haag, J.N. Voorhoeve. He wrote many articles and reports on ethnological, linguistic and historical subjects. Mentioned should be made of his Bibliografie van Nederlandsch-Nieuw-Guinea. Den Haag, 1962 (derde verbeterde en vermeerderde uitgave). An English but reduced version was published in 1984 in collaboration with J. van Baal and R.M. Koentjaraningrat as West Irian: A Bibliography, Dordrecht, Foris.

Side A is 31’36 and Side B is 31’36

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Schoorl 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Johan Willem Schoorl (1-3-1927 – 28-4-2018) in Huizen on 17-4-1989. Pim Schoorl studied Indology and Cultural Anthropology in Leiden. He went to Dutch New Guinea in 1952 as a civil servant and was first stationed in Merauke, then in the Muju district. In 1956 and 1957 he was on leave in the Netherlands and wrote his thesis Kultuur en kultuurveranderingen in het Moejoegebied. Den Haag, 1957. On his return he was stationed in Nimboran, Merauke and Hollandia. In 1961 he was again on leave in the Netherlands and in 1962 he was appointed as professor of non-western sociology at the Free University of Amsterdam. He was also involved with the foundation PACE from 2000-2008. He wrote many books, articles and reports; mention should be made of: Culture and Change among the Muyu, Leiden, KITLV, 1993: The shortened English translation of his thesis; Besturen in Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea 1945-1962; Ontwikkelingswerk in een periode van politieke onrust
Leiden: KITLV, 1997, of which he was the editor. Also, a translation in Bahasa appeared: Belanda di Irian Jaya – Amtenar di Masa Penuh Gejolak 1945-1962, Jakarta, Perwakilan KITLV, 2001. He also did research and published on the history, society and culture of Buton, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Side A is 32’53 and Side B is 31’38

Band 256

Schoorl 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Johan Willem Schoorl (1-3-1927 – 28-4-2018) in Huizen on 17-4-1989. Pim Schoorl studied Indology and Cultural Anthropology in Leiden. He went to Dutch New Guinea in 1952 as a civil servant and was first stationed in Merauke, then in the Muju district. In 1956 and 1957 he was on leave in the Netherlands and wrote his thesis Kultuur en kultuurveranderingen in het Moejoegebied. Den Haag, 1957. On his return he was stationed in Nimboran, Merauke and Hollandia. In 1961 he was again on leave in the Netherlands and in 1962 he was appointed as professor of non-western sociology at the Free University of Amsterdam. He was also involved with the foundation PACE from 2000-2008. He wrote many books, articles and reports; mention should be made of: Culture and Change among the Muyu, Leiden, KITLV, 1993: The shortened English translation of his thesis; Besturen in Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea 1945-1962; Ontwikkelingswerk in een periode van politieke onrust
Leiden: KITLV, 1997, of which he was the editor. Also, a translation in Bahasa appeared: Belanda di Irian Jaya – Amtenar di Masa Penuh Gejolak 1945-1962, Jakarta, Perwakilan KITLV, 2001. He also did research and published on the history, society and culture of Buton, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Side A is 31’47 and Side B is 4’25

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Godschalk 1

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the first part of an interview with Jan Anthonie Godschalk (23-5-1944 – 29-1-2015) in Utrecht on 22-2-1993. Jan Godschalk lived as a young boy as a young boy in Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea from 1950 to 1954, where his father was a harbour master and later a circuit judge. He returned in 1978 as a missionary worker for the RBMU International and the Evangelical Church in Indonesia and did research  among the Mek in the Sela valley. From 1987 to 1989 he worked at the Irian Jaya Study Centre in Jayapura. Het obtained his PhD on the thesis “Sela Valley: An ethnography of a Mek society in the Eastern Highlands, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.” Geldermalsen, Logoconsult, 1993. He wrote a number of articles together with Benny Giay: Cargoism in Irian Jaya today, Oceania, 1993; Notes and Documents – A.C. de Kock’s encounter with the ‘Goliath pygmies’, the first ethnographic data from the Mek culture in the Eastern Highlands of Irian Jaya, The journal of Pacific History, vol. 34, no. 2, 1999; and with Neil Gunson, Manuscript XXVIII: An Early Ethnography of the Geelvink Bay People, West New Guinea, The Journal of Pacific History, vol. 49, no.1, 2014.

Side A is 31’52 and Side B is 31’46

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Godschalk 2

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Jan Anthonie Godschalk (23-5-1944 – 29-1-2015) in Utrecht on 22-2-1993. Jan Godschalk lived as a young boy as a young boy in Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea from 1950 to 1954, where his father was a harbour master and later a circuit judge. He returned in 1978 as a missionary worker for the RBMU International and the Evangelical Church in Indonesia and did research  among the Mek in the Sela valley. From 1987 to 1989 he worked at the Irian Jaya Study Centre in Jayapura. Het obtained his PhD on the thesis “Sela Valley: An ethnography of a Mek society in the Eastern Highlands, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.” Geldermalsen, Logoconsult, 1993. He wrote a number of articles together with Benny Giay: Cargoism in Irian Jaya today, Oceania, 1993; Notes and Documents – A.C. de Kock’s encounter with the ‘Goliath pygmies’, the first ethnographic data from the Mek culture in the Eastern Highlands of Irian Jaya, The journal of Pacific History, vol. 34, no. 2, 1999; and with Neil Gunson, Manuscript XXVIII: An Early Ethnography of the Geelvink Bay People, West New Guinea, The Journal of Pacific History, vol. 49, no.1, 2014.

Side A is 31’40 and Side B is 28’48