Singapore Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

[https://www.nlb.gov.sg/ '''National Archives of Singapore''']<br>

:The [https://www.nlb.gov.sg/ National Archives of Singapore (NAS)] can be traced back to the Raffles Museum and Library in 1938. In 1938, Tan Soo Chye was appointed to record and preserve the colonial history of the country. Formed in 1968 under the National Heritage Board, it was transferred to the National Library Board in 2012. The NAS has an extensive collection of records available digitally on their [https://www.nlb.gov.sg/ website].<ref>National Archives of Singapore, "History", http://www.nas.gov.sg/About-Us/History, accessed 2 August 2019.</ref><br>It should be noted that most records relating to Singapore were damaged or lost during the Japanese occupation, but the country has done a marvelous job of preserving what records could be recovered.