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Content Warning: Derogatory Description of Dutch People; Racist Description of Indonesian People in Java.

Jack describes his trip from Java to Singapore, including the people on board (who are Dutch), communications to different people, his last night in Java (e.g., dinner, playing card games, his plans in Singapore (e.g., see the consul, the police, make other arrangements, and shop), his train to Kuala Lumpur, and a poem of his experiences (includes racist description).

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Content Warning: Racist Descriptions of Filipino People; Racist Terminology for Black People; Pro-Colonialism.

Jack describes Manila, exploring with work colleague (Mr. Sample), Maugham, and Haxton. He discusses the people, the landscape, the hotel, cock fighting, a golf course, and music. Derogatory term for black people used in the racist descriptions of the Filipino people.

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Content Warning: Racist Descriptions of Indonesian People in Java; Racist Stereotype of Chinese People.

Jack comments on learning to speak Malay, local music/performance, cultural practices with meals, polygamy, horse races (which involves the racist stereotype of Chinese people), a party/dance with Dutch people, and receiving mail. The first four topics include racist descriptions of Indonesian people.

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Content Warning: Racist Descriptions of Indonesian People in Java; Derogatory Terminology for Dutch People.

Jack compares the weather in Bandoeng to Philadelphia and describes his co-worker/traveler Mr. Sample, the Bandoeng office and its Dutch staff (to which the derogatory terminology is applied), tea, a trip to Lambok (Lembang), and the Malay Orchestra (to whom the racist description is applied). Menu from restaurant included in letter with translation of types of foods.

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Descriptions of Vietanamese People; Derogatory Descriptions of French People; Possible Allusion to Homosexuality and Sex and/or Prostitution with Men.Jack writes about travelling on the Emmon River from the China Sea to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). the landscape, rice farming, people on the riverbanks, and the local French government's interactions with the boat. In Saigon, he writes about the people, the landscape, the weather, and what he does....

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Reference to an Enslaved Black Girl Being Bought by an Older White Man; Racist Terminology for Japanese People; Racist Stereotypes of Chinese People; Infantilization of Chinese Workers aboard the Ship; Racist Stereotype of Hawaiiian people; Stereotype of Hawaii; Racist Description of Turkish People; Racist Terminology for Chinese People; Racist Term for Japanese People; Sexist; Racism towards Hindu Person; Racist Descriptions of Filipino People; Racist Descriptions of the...

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Black People; Racist Terminology for Chinese People; Racist Description and Stereotypes of Siamese People; Racist Descriptions of Singaporean People; Racist Descriptions of Indigenous People on Socortra (Yemen); Racist Description of Middle Eastern People; Racist Stereotypes of Egyptians and Muslims; Racism towards All Non-White People; Derogatory Description of German People and Dutch People; Derogatory Terminology for Scottish People; Derogatory...

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for and Racist Stereotype of Black People Used; Racist Terminology and Racist Descriptions of Indonesian People on Java; Possible Infantilization of Indonesian People in Java; Racist Treatment of Indonesian People in Java by Dutch; Racist Description and Stereotype of Chinese People; References to Indentured Servitude of Chinese People; Racist Stereotypes about the Indigenous People of Borneo; Racist Term for Japanese People; Derogatory Stereotype of New...

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Japanese People; Racist Terminology for Chinese People; Racist Terminology for Indian People; Possible Infantilization of Indonesian People in Java; Racist Terminology for Somone of Mixed Race; Possible Racist or Derogratory Description; Derogatory Terminology for Italian or Spanish People; Derogatory Terminology for French People; Derogatory Stereotype of German People; Reference to Plantation; Reference to Gambling; Reference to Tobacco....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Meredith M. Jack collection comprises 10 folders containing letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, a telegram, and a telegraph. The letters are primarily from Meredith M. Jack to his family members (mother, father, sister, brother-in-law, and niece) from 1921-1922 (Folders 3-10). Folderd 1-2 contains a letter and photos from Helen Barcom Frary to Mrs. L. Foster Jack (Jack's mother) and envelopes (mainly from 1921 with the exception of one from 1925). The collection is...