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Tuol Sleng confessions and photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4883

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Transcripts of confessions obtained from prisoners at Tuol Sleng Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Also, five thousand photographs of Tuol Sleng prisoners.

Dates

  • 1991-1993.

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

215 microfilm reels.

5 items. : photograph albums

Abstract

Transcripts of confessions obtained from prisoners at Tuol Sleng Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Also, five thousand photographs of Tuol Sleng prisoners.

SERIES LIST

The references are listed in alphabetical order by detainees' given names. Each reference includes a microfilm reel number and item number (frame) indicating the order by which the confessions appear on the reels. If available, the age, gender, entry dates (in the date column), confession dates, and nationality are also listed.

Series I. Confessions A-E, H

Names: A Names: B Names: C Names: D Names: E Names: H

Series II. Confessions I-N

Names: I Names: J Names: K Names: L Names: M Names: N

Series III. Confessions O-S

Names: O Names: P Names: Q Names: R Names: S      Names: Sa      Names: Sb-Se      Names: Si      Names: So      Names: Sr      Names: Su-Sy

Series IV. Confessions T-V, Y

Names: T Names: U Names: V Names: Y

Series V. Other Microfilm Reels

Series VI. Photograph Albums

PROVENANCE

The records in this collection were filmed under the direction of the Cornell University Library's John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia and the Department of Conservation and Preservation at the Tuol Sleng museum of Genocide in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from January 1991 to April 1993. The confessions of some 4300 detainees comprising 400,000 pages of handwritten text in Khmer, as well as internal prison documents were filmed. This project was part of a larger effort to preserve and film Cambodian manuscripts at five locations in Phnom Penh.

RELATED MATERIAL

See also: Guide to Cambodia Documentation Commission Records (collection #4499)

See also: Yale University Cambodian Genocide Program Database for more detailed information about what is on our microfilm. To use this database for materials from this collection, search under "Sources" for "Tuol Sleng Catalogue of Confessions".

Physical Description

Microfilm Reels.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Phil McCray
Date completed:
March 1996
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, August 2000
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, December 2015
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Phil McCray
Date
August 2000
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)