Posters and comic books (1965 June 24-1968 July 18) produced primarily by the United States Information Agency (USIA) for distribution in Thailand. Eleven of the publications accompanied by an information sheet indicating where and when they were printed, in what quantity, and where they were distributed.

The Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection counts among its most unique items a collection of 71 bamboo slats and 6 cylinders from the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. These items are etched with either verse or prose in the Mangyan script—an Indic-derived writing system that pre-dates the arrival of the Spaniards in the Philippines and persists to the present.

This Javanese illuminated manuscript discusses the history of Java and the spread of Islam across the island by saints and sultans. Pictured here is Image 132.

An early Siamese-English lexicon. Early example of Western style printing in Thai script.

This manuscript is estimated to be from the 18th century. It is written in Burmese and Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism. The Southeast Asian Rare Book collection holds many more similar Burmese manuscripts.

Medical text on eye conditions with accompanying illustrations. The text discusses herbs used in curing various conditions.

Medical text on skin diseases with accompanying illustrations. In Thai and Thai Khom scripts.

Important collection of 46 Malay letters to William Farquhar, Resident of Singapore. Letters reveal founding of Singapore as well as affording insight into early 19th-century politics in Malay World. The collection includes a rare letter, one of the few extant letters written by a reigning female monarch in the Malay language.