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Jack describes his work in Bandoeng (Indonesia) (including problems encountered) and notes that he enclosed a photograph with two friends taken on the S.S. Atsuta Maru.

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Black People Used; Racist Descriptions of Indonesian People on Java; Pro-Colonialism; Sexism.Jack writes about travelling (by train) to Solo (in Mabini, Batangas, the Philippines) and the Prince of Solo's (Pakubuwono X's) wedding to a sultana of Djocja. Other details include the landscape, people, relations between the local population and the Dutch, the royalty in Solo and their relations with the Sultans of Djocja, architecture (e.g., a...

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Jack comments that he spent time in Marseilles, Paris, Holland, and London and that he plans to travel to the US by ship from South Hampton. He also writes about his communications with his company and his family.

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Content Warning: Stereotype of Irish People.

Jack describes his travels for work to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Gemas (Malaysia), as well as settlements, surrouding landscape, and wild animals of Gemas. The stereotype is in reference to the Irish foreman at the railroad site in Gemas.

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Content Warning: Reference to Sugar Plantation.

Jack writes about a trip to Garoet, the landscape (e.g., Papendaya [Mount Papandayan] Plain of Lelis, and a plantation), the resort where he stayed, the weather, an Australian family who has lived abroad for 6 years, and his work.

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Jack comments on traveling to Singapore with Mr. Sample and back to Java, but first going Garoet (West Java, Indonesia) for a second time and then to Djokja (Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia) and attending the festival of the Prince of Solo (Pakubuwono X) (with Mr. Sample and Feenstra). He also hopes to see the Borobudur temple (Central Java, Indonesia) and play golf.

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Jack writes about knowing his niece's name (Viola), his finishing his work, his work trip to Surabaya (East Java, Indonesia), his leisure time, and his plans to leave for Singapore, Hong Kong, and Yokohama (Japan).

Scope and Contents Content Warning: Racist Terminology for Black People; Racist Terminology for Indonesian People on Java; Racist Descriptions of Indonesian People; Racist Stereotype of Black People; Derogatory Description of and Terminology for Dutch People; Pro-Americanism; Suggestions of Homicide.Jack writes about a worktrip to Bataria (via a train), playing golf, travelling to Lembank [Lembang], weather/rain/monsoons, gender inequality, indigenous clothing reflecting status and occupation, his...

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Two newspaper clippings contain details of quoted prices at the Clyde Terrace Market in Singapore on September 26.

Abstract At the time of his correspondence with his family, Meredith M. Jack (1897-1986) was working as a salesman for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in southeast Asia. Between 1921 and 1922, he traveled across the United States by train to San Francisco and then sailed to Hawaii, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Republic of Singapore, Indonesia (where he stayed for a significant period), the Republic of Singapore, Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore for a third time, Egypt, France, England, France...