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Letter, Bob Stoff to George Stoff and Florence Stoff, April 18, 1944

Letter, 2 Pages, Envelope

Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, Hamm, Germany, May 29, 1945

Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope

Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, Hamm, Germany, June 21, 1945

Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope

Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, Lippstadt, Germany, June 22, 1945

Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope

073 Orang Asli Dwelling

Orang Asli stilted "rumah" not far from the Satah Medical Post. Wood is used to build the framework and then bamboo strips are used to make the walls. The roof is thatched with palm leaves such as bertam, and everything is secured with ropes made from rotan.

008 Orang Asli Field Staff

If a young Orang Asli man or woman has a basic education in reading and writing he/she could be given medical training at Gombak. If successful, he/she would then work in a deep jungle medical post as well as at the hospital. Some Field Staff were able to progress to positions of responsibility.

069 Patient arriving by helicopter

Following consultation between the Deep Jungle Medical Post and Gombak Hospital, the patient is transferred to hospital by helicopter. The family usually accompanies the patient.

009 Orang Asli Field Staff

If a young Orang Asli man or woman has a basic education in reading and writing he/she could be given medical training at Gombak. If successful, he/she would then work in a deep jungle medical post as well as at the hospital. Some Field Staff were able to progress to positions of responsibility.

081 B.C.G. immunization programme

The "Batin"(headman) is receiving his Mantoux test. The Orang Asli of the Satah area had always been very reluctant to come forward for Tuberculosis testing and immunization in the past. However, that was not the case this time. Their curiosity got the better of them as a "white woman" was at the Medical Post this time. Many had never seen one before. The "Batin" then ordered everyone to attend!

Alan Fix and Temiar dancing at Kampong Tohoi

Alan Fix, Temiar, etc, dancing at Kampong Tohoi, Ulu Kelantan, July 1998. During the visit there of the post - Malacca tour group of the IPPA, July 1998

Earl of Cranbrook Collection

Gaithorne (Earl of) Cranbrook was born on June 20 in 1933. He received his Bachelor of Arts (1956) and Master of Arts (1960) degrees at Cambridge, England. He has pursued a career as an environmental biologist, initially in South East Asia and subsequently in the UK and Europe. He is a specialist in the biology and management of the cave swiftlets, the "birds-nest soup birds" and the biology of living mammals and archaeozoology of the Malaysian region. His first post-graduate appointment, 1956-58 was at the Sarawak Museum, Kuching (Borneo) where he was engaged generally in collection and curation duties and specifically in the archaeozoology and studies of cave swiftlets. After obtaining a Ph.D. at Birmingham University (1958-1960), he undertook further swiftlet studies in Indonesia (1960-61). He then joined the Zoology Department, University of Malaya, Malaysia (1961-70). In 1965 with funds granted by the Nutfield Foundation, U.K. he was instrumental in establishing the University's Field Studies Centre at Mile 26, Ulu Gombak, Selangor, alongside the road crossing the main range of the Peninsula. While living in the area he became acquainted with the Temuan people whose lands crossed both sides of the Main Range, from the Malaysian states of Selangor into Pahang. He also made friends with members of the Semai community living near Kampar, Perak from whom several men came to staff the Ulu Gombak Field Studies Centre (Pusat Penyelid ikan Kajihayat Luar) in the late 1960's. In 1970 the Earl of Cranbrook returned to his family home in Suffolk, England and became both involved in the management of the family farm and active in local, national and international public and voluntary service, and in the private sector. In 1978 he took the family title and seat in the House of Lords until 1999 when hereditary rights were abolished by the Act of 1999. He has been author (or co-author) and editor of books on the mammals, the birds, the tropical rainforest, and wonders of the natural world of the South-East Asian region, and of many scientific papers on these and related topics including Mammals of South-East Asia (1988), Wonders of Nature in South-East Asia (1997) as editor, and Swiftlets of Borneo: builders of edible nests (2002).