The Charles Wilcox Papers belong to the Keene, New Hampshire resident who was a Union soldier during the Civil War and was captured and imprisoned in Confederate internment camps as well as prisons from 1864-1865. These papers include Wilcox’s diary, correspondence, and official documents. The papers are part of the archival holdings of the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene, New Hampshire, and were included as part of the NH Citizens Archivists' Initiative.
On reverse: PJ 8.10.91 2pm #13 House with plook folded yesterday. People have new plook today. Kalim (?Tiip?) brought back length of awaad lnrook which Stin was whittling to cykar this AM c. 10-11
On reverse: PJ 10.10.91 4:30PM #15 Tiip, Stin atop roof, Pgh works from inside. Doubled layers, tied together with cook, are placed on roof seam and "pinned" in place with bamboo "spikes" c 2' long, 12 in all. Working down on near side of roof, the 3 men from inside pull doubled sections up underneath sections already in place. House is just less than 2x length of attap sections
On reverse: 6.10.91 #2 PJ 11:50AM Katip takes ptip i carak (eugeissona tristis leaf, central spine), passes it up to Stin who trims the center portion so he can fold it over the roof pole.
On reverse: 7.10.91 #8 PJ 2:45 PM Bundle of plook leaning against Pgh's washhouse. Sten's party (one old lady, Julia, Sangam) bring back enormous load of plook leaves. his 2x size of each of theirs
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #17 About 7 men from Musuk had unloaded this cook srpeek by around 11AM today. We come by here almost daily to bathe, so it's unlikely that we missed an earlier trade. PIX Three other men brought bundles c. 12:00 noon. Why covered with plook? To protect from pndras. The rougher cook, not as slick (sleib) as spreek, is c. bantab. Towkay pays $1/batang for cook bantak
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #16 Bundles of cook srpeek (Calamus manan) brought by folks from Musuk to Pniis Jik (not on kontrak) for Chinese towkay who pays $2/length. Each individual bundle = 10 lengths. There were about 50 at end of paved road and set pictured here at the end of foot/moto path from PJ to Musuk. Bundles are grouped to show who owns what
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #19 Bah Dun s/o Bah Kawin from Musuk. Carrying cook srpeek - it's about a 3mi trip. Two women and a man came with him, each carrying one bundle. It took about 3 weeks to collect this much, Bah Dun says. That makes about 136 bundles, with about 30 folks working. Towkay is AhSin. He will be here 25 Oct; it is a kontrak
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #18 close-up of bundles in #17 to show bindings (bknak) a) of sets of 10 b) of larger sets to be carried on shoulder (with shoulder pad) fine binding = cook haak shoddy binding = c. lak
On reverse: 6.10.91 #1 PJ 11:45AM Scraping nodes. Ms. Pgh, her da. Rompes, Pgh's sister's da. Julia, Pgh's sons Ismail and Katip do most of this. Sangam (Rompes' fiance) is up on roof
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #21 Rusli (center), 10 (says his mother after asking his dad), his parents (right) Whole family has helped carry cook to collection point
On reverse: PJ 11.10.91 #23 Jrmees twig with the two small birds Lan caught after setting jermees (birdlime) this AM about 9AM. (He returned about 2PM) Ceb Kukir Ceb baraw brnban/rban (Pycnonotus cf. zeylanicus)
On reverse: PJ 7.10.91 3:15 pm #9 Weaving bltip for roof. left to right: Mrs. Pgh, W. Saga d/o Pgh, B. Tlip s/o Pgh working beside "plank house" tnnain (-taid) plook Tiip works here only short time
On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 1:40PM #22 Julia d/o Cubun (=sister of Pgh) works on ragab she started c 1:20 PM. She breaks from work now and then to replenish flames of fire, which is roasting tapioca. She's making the small ragab with cook spal (Polechnum orientale). By 2:10 she finishes rim/basket. A big one, she says, would take a couple of days
