Liberty

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Description & Rationale

Liberty was a national English-language daily (except Sunday) published in Bangkok in September 1945 by Manit Vasuvat who was Chair of the Sri Krung Publishing Company. It was a well-written, conservative paper designed for international readers. The paper reflected the perspectives of British-educated Thais in both domestic and foreign news. It ceased in 1956.

Reasons for consideration:

As per WorldCat, libraries in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and United Kingdom hold this title but it is unclear about their holdings in paper and/or film. None of the US libraries (Library of Congress, Cornell University, Hoover Institution, and University of Wisconsin-Madison) has the holdings 1952-1955 that UC Berkeley Library proposes to film. Though it is a small bundle but it would still be worthwhile to film this English-language newspaper of Thailand for permanent preservation and access to those who need it.

Publisher(s):

Bangkok: N.C. Visesratana, 1945-1956.

Source Format:

Paper

Target Format:

Microfilm

Program:

SEAM

Resource Types:

Newspapers

Regions:

Southeast Asia

Countries of Origin:

Thailand

Proposal Contributors:

Virginia Shih, University of California at Berkeley

Posted:

Mar 4, 2019 10:19am

Updated:

Apr 18, 2019 3:02pm

Activity

Status	Current	Description
Flagged	no	The proposal is flagged for further research.
Vetted	no	The proposal has been examined and vetted.
Ballotted	no	The proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
Approved	yes	The proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
Reformatted	no	The proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration for reformatting.