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Franklin Book Program Collection at the Library of Congress

Indonesian Franklin Books

Please Note: Links to titles on this page will retrieve fuller bibliographic information from the Library of Congress Online Catalog.

Franklin Book Programs, Inc., a private non-profit corporation, was established in 1952 and continued until 1978 as a joint-venture between the American Library Association's International Relations Committee and publishers from the American Book Publishers Council Foreign Trade Committee. The expressed purpose of the initiative was to "assist developing countries in the creation, production, distribution, and use of books and other educational materials" ("Gift Aids Center For the Book," News from the Library of Congress Press Release, January 10, 1979). The program involved approximately fifteen countries and as many languages. Over the course of more than two decades, the Franklin Book Program helped facilitate the publication of approximately 3,000 titles in languages such as Arabic, Armenian, Bangla, Chinese, Hausa, Igbo, Indonesian, Malay, Persian, Pushtu, Urdu, and Yoruba.

The Franklin Book Program established a field office in Jakarta (then Djakarta) under the direction of Hassan Shadily in 1955 to publish Indonesian-language books. The Library of Congress holds 198 Indonesian titles from the Franklin Book Program. Books from this collection were published in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and the U.S. through the combined efforts of at least thirty-five publishing houses. Most were translations of English-language titles, though they included some original titles like Klasifikasi Praktis (Practical Classification) by Kasim Soeleiman (I208) and the Indonesian-English Dictionary by John M. Echols and Hassan Shadily (I123), as well as at least one translation of a Pakistani book, Perdjuangan Heroik Srikandi2 Islam (Heroic Deeds of Muslim Women) by Allama Syed Sulaiman Nadwi (I178). Titles from the Indonesian collection cover a variety of topics and subjects including: Economics, Political Science, Management, Childcare, History, Physics, Biography, Fiction, and Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Science. The vast majority are in Indonesian with a few titles in Sundanese, a regional language from West Java, Indonesia. The Franklin Book Program operated in Jakarta for twenty-three years before the program's end in 1978.

Field Office Leadership

Starting in 1955, the Franklin Book Program in Jakarta was directed by Hassan Shadily. Prior to his appointment with the Franklin Book Program, Shadily was (with Mh. Rustandi Kartakusuma) the first Indonesian to receive a Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States. With the Fulbright, Shadily studied at Cornell University, where he completed an M.A. in Sociology in 1955. Shadily was posthumously awarded a presidential honor from Indonesia for his work on the Indonesian-English dictionary published through the Franklin Book Program, which was reprinted several times and eventually surpassed the Oxford dictionary in use in Indonesia.

In 1972, Hassan Shadily resigned as director of the Franklin Book Program in Indonesia and Robert Sheeks took over direction of the field office in Jakarta. Sheeks served as director until the end of the Franklin Book Program in 1978. Sheeks received an M.A. in China Regional Studies from Harvard University in 1948. He served in the United States Information Service (USIS) before leaving to join The Committee for a Free Asia, which later became the Asia Foundation, where he worked from 1953–1963. In 1963, Sheeks joined the Pacific Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

In the summer of 2022, the Asian Division’s Junior Fellow Andrea Decker worked on a project to identify and inventory the Franklin Book Program’s Indonesian and Malay titles. You can read about some research conducted with this collection in Andrea’s post on the Library’s 4 Corners of the World blog: “Franklin Book Program Titles in Indonesian and Malay: Book Publishing through Geopolitical and Linguistic Shifts.” In addition, please see Andrea’s video for more information on this junior fellow project.

Multiple copies of a book may be available. Please check the catalog record or holding division for information about a particular title.

All Indonesian materials including the items listed here may be accessed in the Asian Reading Room.

Book # ALA-LC Romanized Title Original English Title Publication City Year
I1R Atom, si-kecil yang maha kuat The mighty atom Jakarta [1957]
I3 Mutiara The pearl Jakarta 1957
I7 Ikut sang surja keliling dunia (volume 1) Ride with the sun Jakarta 1957
I8 Ikut sang surja keliling dunia (volume 2) Ride with the sun Jakarta 1957
I10 Seni mendidik(volume 1) The art of teaching Jakarta 1956
I11 Seni mendidik (volume 2) The art of teaching Jakarta 1956
I13 Atom The many uses of the atom Jakarta 1957
I14 Ikut sang surja keliling dunia (volume 3) Ride with the sun Jakarta 1957
I15 Bergaul dengan orang lain Getting along with others Bandung/Jakarta 1957
I15R Bergaul dengan orang lain Getting along with others Jakarta 1961
I16 Ummat manusia tidak berdiri sendiri Man does not stand alone Jakarta 1958
I17 Beberapa wanita jang terkemuka Lives of girls who became famous Jakarta [1958]
I17R Beberapa wanita terkemuka Lives of girls who became famous Jakarta [1972?]
I20 Batuan, sungai dan perubahan bumi Rocks, rivers and the changing earth Jakarta [1958]
I21 Djembatan San Luis Rey The bridge of San Luis Rey Jakarta 1958
I22 Teknik memimpin pegawai dan pekerdja The techniques of supervision Jakarta 1961
I23 Laut dan kekajaannja All about the sea Jakarta [1958]
I24 Shane Shane Jakarta 1958
I24R Shane Shane Jakarta 1961
I25 Satelit bumi The earth satellite Jakarta 1975
I26 Fikiran Thomas Jefferson jang tetap bergelora Living thoughts of Thomas Jefferson Jakarta [1959]
I27 Pikiran sardjana2 besar ahli ekonomi Ideas of the great economists Jakarta 1958
I27R Pikiran sardjana2 besar ahli ekonomi Ideas of the great economists Jakarta 1966
I28 Mentjari dan memilihara persahabatan Making and keeping friends Jakarta 1958
I28R Mentjari dan memilihara persahabatan Making and keeping friends Jakarta 1963
I32 Nasionalisme Nationalism Jakarta 1958
I32R Nasionalisme Nationalism Jakarta 1976
I33 Dunia dalam abad ke 20 The world in the twentieth century Jakarta [1959]
I34 Klasifikasi persepuluhan Dewey dan indeks relatif Dewey decimal classification Jakarta 1959
I35 Buku2 jang merobah dunia Books that changed the world Jakarta 1957
I36 Achirnja airlah jang berkuasa And the waters prevailed Jakarta 1958
I37 Tenaga atom untuk maksud2 damai Peacetime uses of atomic energy Jakarta 1959
I38 Enam peladjaran pertama bagi tjalon aktor Acting, the first six lessons Jakarta 1960
I39 Revolusi Amerika American revolution Jakarta 1960
I40 Pola-pola kebudajaan Patterns of culture Jakarta 1960
I41 Sigmund Freud A primer of Freudian psychology Jakarta 1959
I42 Riwajat hidup beberapa anak miskin jang mendjadi masjhur Lives of poor boys who became famous Jakarta [1960]
I42R Riwajat hidup beberapa anak miskin jang mendjadi masjhur Lives of poor boys who became famous Jakarta [19--?]
I43 Iklim dan perkembangan ekonomi didaerah tropis Climate and economic development in the tropics Jakarta 1960
I44 Membantu anak-anak mendapat kemadjuan disekolah Helping children get along in school Jakarta 1960
I45 Islam dalam lintasan sedjarah Mohammedanism Jakarta 1960
I45R Islam dalam lintasan sedjarah Mohammedanism Jakarta 1964
I47 Seraja menunggu kedatangan dokter Until the doctor comes Jakarta [1961]
I47R Seraja menunggu kedatangan dokter Until the doctor comes Jakarta [19--?]
I48 Sukses dengan bersopan-santun Where are your manners Jakarta 1961
I49 Djeritan tengah malam A night to remember Jakarta [1961]
I50 Pengantar studi public administration The study of public administration Jakarta [1961]
I51 Masalah demokrasi Democracy in America Jakarta 1961
I53 Bintang-bintang dilangit The stars for Sam Jakarta 1960
I55 Keri djuara lumpat kanguru Kerry Kangaroo Bandung 1961
I56 Rasa takut pada anak-anak Fears of children Jakarta 1961
I57 Anatomi revolusi The anatomy of revolution Jakarta 1962
I58 Penemuan2 kedokteran moderen Modern medical discoveries Jakarta 1961
I59 Memadjukan ekonomi daerah terbelakang Approaches to economic development Jakarta 1961
I60 Teori moneter dan kebidjaksanaan fiskal Monetary theory and fiscal policy Jakarta 1961
I60 [R1964] Teori moneter dan kebidjaksanaan fiskal Monetary theory and fiscal policy Jakarta 1964
I60 [R1966] Teori moneter dan kebidjaksanaan fiskal Monetary theory and fiscal policy Jakarta 1966
I61 Apakah kedjudjuran itu? What is honesty? Jakarta 1961
I62 Penjakit anak-anak A parent's guide to children's illnesses Jakarta [1961]
I62R Penjakit anak-anak A parent's guide to children's illnesses Jakarta 1970
I63 Dua belas warga dunia: buku riwajat hidup Twelve citizens of the world Jakarta 1961
I64 Mereka jang pantang mundur They stand invincible Jakarta [1962]
I65 Lucu dan gampang (volume 1) The real book of science experiments Bandung 1974
I65 Lutju sarta gampang (volume 1) [Sundanese] The real book of science experiments Bandung 1961
I67 Bagaimana bergaul dengan anak-anak How to live with children Jakarta 1961
I69 Pola management The pattern of management Jakarta 1962
I70R Satelit satelit di luar angkasa Satellites in outer space Jakarta 1975
I71 Ekonomi tentang uang dan bank (volume 1) The economics of money and banking Jakarta 1962
I71R Ekonomi tentang uang dan bank (volume 1) The economics of money and banking Jakarta 1970
I72 Abad pemikiran The age of reason Jakarta 1962
I73 Maknit Magnets Jakarta 1962
I74 Tokoh-tokoh wanita dalam ilmu pengetahuan moderen Women of modern science Jakarta 1961
I75 Roket-roket menjerbu ruang angkasa Rockets into space Jakarta 1962
I76 Effisiensi pribadi dalam management How to grow in management Bandung 1961
I77 Sahabat2 besar Great companions Jakarta 1962
I78 Ekspedisi2 ilmiah terkenal All about famous science expeditions Jakarta 1962
I79 Suleiman jang agung Suleiman the magnificent Jakarta 1958
I80 Islam dalam sedjarah modern (volume 1) Islam in modern history Jakarta 1962
I81 Tahap-tahap pertumbuhan ekonomi Stages of economic growth Jakarta 1962
I81R Tahap-tahap pertumbuhan ekonomi Stages of economic growth Jakarta 1965
I82 Fisika untuk universitas (volume 1) University physics Bandung 1962
I82R Fisika untuk universitas (volume 1) University physics Bandung/Jakarta 1968
I83 Tertawan di balik tirai bambu General Dean's Story, as told to William L. Worden Jakarta 1962
I83R Tertawan di balik tirai bambu General Dean's Story, as told to William L. Worden Jakarta 1975
I84 Latar belakang kebudajaan daripada kepribadian The cultural background of personality Jakarta 1962
I85 Penjusun2 strategi perang modern Makers of modern strategy Jakarta 1962
I86 Hewan2 jang kita kenal Animals we know Jakarta 1962
I87 Bintang-bintang dialam raja All about the stars Jakarta 1962
I88 Dari kintjir angin hingga atom More power to you Jakarta 1962
I89 Alexander radja Macedonia Alexander of Macedon Jakarta 1959
I90 Hubungan antara pengarang, penerbit, pentjetak The author, publisher, printer complex Bandung 1962
I91 Persoalan orangtua dan anak remadja How to live with your teenager Jakarta 1962
I92 Membantu anak jang berbakat Helping the gifted child Jakarta 1963
I93 Timurlang Tamerlane Jakarta 1962
I94 Memahami permusuhan pada anak-anak Understanding hostility in children Jakarta 1963
I95 Kisah tentang atom The story of the atom Jakarta 1962
I96 Pahlawan-pahlawan peradaban (volume 1) Heroes of civilization Jakarta [1963]
I97 Psikologi pendidikan Educational psychology Jakarta 1963
I98 Puteri remadja (volume 1) Little women Jakarta 1962
I99 Hewan-hewan dimasa silam Animals of yesterday Jakarta 1963
I100 Panas Heat Jakarta 1963
I101 Negara modern The modern state Jakarta 1962
I101R Negara modern The modern state Jakarta 1965
I102 Betty Lee Betty Lee Jakarta 1962
I103 Sepuluh sardjana ekonomi terkemuka Ten great economists from Marx to Keynes Jakarta 1963
I104 Satu pengantar ke filsafat hukum An introduction to the philosophy of law Jakarta 1963
I105 Islam djalan mutlak (volume 1) Islam: the straight path Jakarta 1961
I105A Islam djalan mutlak (volume 2) Islam: the straight path Jakarta 1963
I106R Masalah pembentukan modal di negara-negara jang sedang membangun Problems of capital formation in underdeveloped countries Jakarta 1964
I107 Administrasi negara (volume 1) Public administration Jakarta 1963
I107R Administrasi negara (volume 1) Public administration Jakarta 1968
I108 Perdagangan internasional dan perkembangan ekonomi International trade and economic development Jakarta 1963
I109 Puteri remadja (volume 2) Little women Jakarta 1962
I110 Manusia dan ruang angkasa luar Man and space Jakarta 1962
I111 Lentjana keberanian Red badge of courage Jakarta 1962
I112 Pahlawan-pahlawan peradaban (volume 2) Heroes of civilization Jakarta [1963]
I113 Bangkit dan djatuhnja Adolf Hitler Rise and fall of Adolf Hitler Jakarta 1963
I115 Lutju sarta gampang (volume 2) The real book of science experiments Bandung 1962
I115R Lucu dan gampang (volume 2) The real book of science experiments Bandung 1974
I116 Fungsi eksekutip didalam praktek The executive at work Jakarta 1962
I117 Tjerita pilihan dari mantjanegara Fifty famous stories retold Jakarta 1962
I117R Cerita-cerita pilihan dari mancanegara Fifty famous stories retold Jakarta [19--?]
I118 Pahlawan-pahlawan peradaban (volume 4) Heroes of civilization Jakarta [1963]
I119 Fisika untuk universitas (volume 2) University physics Bandung 1963
I119R Fisika untuk universitas (volume 2) University physics Bandung 1964
I120 Pahlawan-pahlawan peradaban (volume 3) Heroes of civilization Jakarta [1963]
I121 Merawat baji dan mendidik anak Common sense book of baby and child care Jakarta 1967
I122 Kumpulan kisah tentang pahlawan2 perdamaian (volume 1) Good housekeeping's best book of heroes and heroines Jakarta 1962
I123 An Indonesian-English dictionary An Indonesian-English dictionary Ithaca, New York 1961
I123R An Indonesian-English dictionary An Indonesian-English dictionary Ithaca, New York 1963
I124 Psychologi anak Child psychology Bandung 1962
I125 Ilmu alam Physics Jakarta [1963]
I126 Kumpulan kisah tentang pahlawan2 perdamaian (volume 2) Good housekeeping's best book of heroes and heroines Jakarta 1962
I127 Pribadi dan pekerdjaanmu Your personality and your job Jakarta 1964
I128 Djenggis Khan Genghis Khan Jakarta 1959/1964
I129 Teori2 politik A history of political theory Bandung 1963/1964
I129R Teori2 politik A history of political theory [Jakarta] 1969
I130 Mekanika, panas & bunji Mechanics, heat and sound Bandung 1963
I130R Mekanika, panas & bunji Mechanics, heat and sound Bandung 1965
I130R Mekanika, panas & bunji Mechanics, heat and sound [Jakarta] 1970
I131 Pertumbuhan dan bimbingan bagi kanak2 Dr. Spock talks with mothers Jakarta [1964]
I131R Pertumbuhan dan bimbingan bagi kanak Dr. Spock talks with mothers Jakarta [19--?]
I132 Kepemimpinan dalam perusahaan Leadership on the job Jakarta 1964
I133 Azas-azas negara dan pemerintah didalam Islam The principles of state and government in Islam Jakarta 1964
I134 Ekonomi tentang uang dan bank The economics of money and banking Jakarta 1964
I135 Kisah dibalik peneuan2 kedokteran The story behind great medical discoveries Jakarta [1964]
I136 Djembatan2 di Toko-ri The bridges at Toko-ri Bandung 1964
I137 Ben Hur Ben Hur [Jakarta] 1964
I138 Tjara2 melpeladjari manusia The proper study of mankind Jakarta 1964
I139 Tembakan dalam gelap Great tales of the American west Jakarta 1964
I140 Sukailah anak kita Enjoy your child, ages 1, 2, and 3 Jakarta 1964
I141 Impian insinjur Engineers' dreams Jakarta 1964
I142 Kedjajaan atas tantangan Triumph over odds Jakarta 1958/1964
I143 Kisah manusia The story of people Jakarta 1964
I144 Listrik Electricity Jakarta 1964
I145 Pergulatan di Cimarron War on the CImmaron Jakarta 1964
I146 Gizi dan kesehatan djasmani Nutrition and physical fitness Jakarta 1964
I147 Bahagia meskipun tjatjat Why did this have to happen? Bandung 1963
I147R Bahagia meskipun tjatjat Why did this have to happen? Bandung 1974
I148 Menikmati hidup sepenuhnja How to live 365 days a year Jakarta [1964]
I149 Omar Kayam Omar Khayyam Jakarta 1958/1964
I150 Indonesia Land and people of Indonesia Jakarta 1964
I151 Bunji Sound Jakarta 1964
I152 Keluarga serangga Insect societies Jakarta 1964
I153 Islam dalam sedjarah modern (volume 2) Islam in modern history Jakarta 1964
I154 Buku kesehatan bagi wanita Everyday woman's book of health Jakarta 1964
I155 Pengantar kimia organik Introduction to organic chemistry Bandung 1963/1964
I156 Baji saudara jang baru lahir Your new baby Jakarta [1965]
I157 Gaja berat Gravity Jakarta 1965
I158 Anak jang pemalu The shy child Jakarta 1965
I159 Kita dan kemampuan mental kita You and your mental abilities Jakarta 1965
I160 Mempraktekkan ilmu alam dengang alat2 sederhana Science experiences with home equipment Jakarta [1965]
I161 Tjahaja Light Jakarta 1965
I162 Analisa neratja dan rugi-laba Financial statement analysis Bandung 1965
I163 Pembangunan ekonomi (volume 1) Economic development Jakarta 1965
I164 Bagaimana memimpin dan mengawasi pegawai saudara Supervising people Jakarta 1965
I165 Mendjelang dewasa Coming of age: problems of teen-agers Jakarta [1965]
I166 Elements of modern economics (volume 1) Unsur-unsur ekonomi modern Jakarta 1965
I168 Asal-usul peradaban2 timur The origins of oriental civilization Jakarta [1965]
I169 Tanah Soil Jakarta [1966]
I170 Tugas hukum The task of law Jakarta 1965
I171 Benda2 hidup Living things Jakarta 1965
I173 Pembangunan ekonomi (volume 1) Economic development [Jakarta] 1965
I175 Pengantar teori kesalahan Introduction to the theory of error Jakarta 1965
I176 Dunia kedokteran dewasa ini (volume 1) Medicine today Jakarta [1966]
I177 Dunia kedokteran dewasa ini (volume 2) Medicine today Jakarta [1966]
I178 Perdjuangan heroik srikandi2 Islam Heroic deeds of Muslim women Jakarta [1966]
I179 Ekonomi internasional (volume 1) International economics Bandung 1965
I179R Ekonomi internasional (volume 2) International economics Jakarta 1973
I180 Usaha2 ketjil jang berhasil Adventures in small business Jakarta [1966]
I180R Usaha2 ketjil jang berhasil Adventures in small business Jakarta [19--?]
I181 Administrasi negara (volume 2) Public administration Jakarta 1966
I182 Kontrole intern terhadap ketjurangan dan pemborosan Internal control against fraud and waste Bandung 1965/1966
I182R Kontrole intern terhadap ketjurangan dan pemborosan Internal control against fraud and waste Jakarta 1974
I183 Anda sebagai mesin You as a machine Jakarta 1965
I184 Perbandingan kalkulasi Retail and cost methods compared Jakarta 1965
I185 Batu sendi peradaban barat jang diletakkan oleh sardjana-sardjana Islam The Arab heritage of western civilization Jakarta [1964]
I186 Usia 3-6 tahun Three to six: your child starts to school Jakarta [1966]
I187 Fakta2 tentang kedjahatan anak2 nakal Facts about juvenile delinquency Jakarta [1966]
I188 Hannibal Hannibal: one man against Rome Jakarta 1966
I189 Apakah baji saja akan lahir normal? Will my baby be born normal? Jakarta [1966]
I190 Prinsip-prinsip management (volume 1) Principles of management Jakarta 1966/1967
I191 Prinsip-prinsip management (volume 2) Principles of management Jakarta 1966/1967
I192 Unsur-unsur ekonomi modern (volume 2) Elements of modern economics Jakarta 1966
I193 Dasar sedjarah Rusia moderen Basic history of modern Russia Jakarta 1966
I194 Management dan moril pekerdja Management and morale Bandung 1966
I195 Ekonomi internasional (volume 2) International economics Bandung 1965
I196 Menggerakkan dan membangun pertanian Getting agriculture moving Jakarta [1968]
I196R Menggerakkan dan membangun pertanian Getting agriculture moving Jakarta [1973]
I197 Prinsip-prinsip management Principles of management Jakarta 1968
I198 Anak jang sehat orang tua jang bahagia Healthy babies, happy parents Jakarta 1968
I201 Empat sehat lima sempurna (volume 1) Nutrition for health Jakarta 1968
I202 Perang salib di Eropah Crusade in Europe Jakarta 1968
I203 Penuntun montir mobil Automobile trouble shooter's guide Jakarta 1969
I204 Keluarga berentjana New facts about birth control Jakarta [1969]
I205 Gagasan2 nasionalisme Arab The ideas of Arab nationalism Jakarta 1969
I206 Seni tjinta kasih The art of loving [Bandung] [1967]
I207 Empat sehat lima sempurna (volume 2) Nutrition for health Jakarta 1968
I208 Klasifikasi praktis [no title given[ Jakarta 1967
I209 Pembangunan ekonomi (volume 2) Economic development [Jakarta] 1969
I210 Masalah orang tua menghadapi remadja Problems of parents Jakarta 1969
I211 Sedjarah hukum internasional (volume 1) A concise history of the law of nations Bandung 1969
I212 Strategi pembangungan ekonomi The strategy of economic development [Jakarta] 1970
I213 Sedjarah hukum internasional (volume 2) A concise history of the law of nations Bandung 1969
I214 Bagaimana negeri2 jang ketjil penghasilannja dapat memadjukan pertumbuhan mereka sendiri How low income countries can advance their growth Jakarta 1970
I216 Kisah daripada bahasa The story of language Jakarta 1971
I217 Buku pedoman medis Medical handbook Jakarta 1972
I218 Kesenian Indonesia purba Ancient Indonesian art [New York] 1972
I219 Sifat-sifat zat kimia Principles of chemistry Bandung 1971
I220 Ensiklopedi umum Indonesian encyclopedia based on the Columbia-Viking desk encyclopedia [Yogyakarta] 1973
I221 Penuntun penerbitan buku A guide to book-publishing Jakarta 1975