This guide covers primary sources* on Singapore (from 1819), available mainly at NUS Libraries . It is a selective list of starting points for students and researchers working on Singapore history.
* Primary sources “provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.” (from Yale University, Primary Sources at Yale) .
| Period | Years | Sources | |||
| Executive Government | Defence | ||||
| Singapore | East India Company and Indian Office Records | Government of India | Straits Settlements Records | Various defence records, U.K. | |
| Factory (Fort Marlborough) | 1819-1823 | ||||
| Factory (Gov. of Bengal) | 1823-1826 | ||||
| Straits Settlements | |||||
| Presidency | 1826-1829 | ||||
| Residency (Gov. of Bengal) | 1830-1851 | ||||
| Residency (Gov.-Gl of India) | 1851-1858 | ||||
| Residency (India Off., London) | 1858-1867 | ||||
| Crown Colony (Colonial Off., Ldn) | 1867-1942 | Various Colonial Office series | |||
| Japanese Military Administration | 1942-1945 | ||||
| British Military Administration | 1945-1946 | ||||
| Colony of Singapore | 1946-1959 | ||||
| Colony of the State of Singapore | 1959-1963 | ||||
| Federation of Malaysia | 1963-1965 | ||||
| MINDEF Singapore | |||||
| Republic of Singapore | 1965- | ||||
