Suparna Sastra Diredja Papers

Period (1930-) 1950-1996 (-1998)
Total size   7 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Tarogong near Garut, Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 1915, died in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) 1996; trade union leader and author; active in the nationalist youth organization Indonesia Muda and subsequently in the Gerakan Rakyat Indonesia (Gerindo, Movement of the Indonesian People) and the emerging cooperative movement; during the Japanese occupation engaged in the relief of the families of the `romusas', compelled to forced labour by the Japanese; involved in the preparation of the Indonesian independence proclamation in 1945; member of the Komite Nasional Indonesia Pusat, the provisional Indonesian parliament in Yogyakarta; one of the founders of the the trade union of plantation workers Sarekat Buruh Perkebunan Republik Indonesia (Sarbupri) in 1947 and its secretary-general until 1965; being in China he escaped the slaughter of communists and suspects of communism after the coup d'état by general Suharto in 1965; moved to the Netherlands in 1978.

Content

Correspondence with his wife Neneng Marsiah 1985-1992, with Entoh Effendi 1980-1993 and other relatives c. 1979-1993, with Aksi Setiakawan 1982-1985, Komitee Indonesië 1979-1980, 1983, 1985-1991 and other organizations in the Netherlands; with Sutomo Martopradoto 1983-1993, Sulaeman 1985-1989 and other comrades in Indonesia and with academics, writers and Indonesian exiles in China, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union and other countries, including some correspondence with Carmel Budiardjo 1979-1988, Hersri Setiawan 1987-1991, Willem F. Wertheim 1980, 1985-1992, Agam Wispi 1984-1988 and others; diaries with pasted in letters and notes; agenda; manuscripts and typoscripts of monographs, articles, stories, poems, lectures and notes; documents of his participation in the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) and Groen Links 1978-1993, Setiakawan Kaum Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (SKBSI) 1982-1986, Stichting Aksi Setia Kawan 1984-1992, Yayasan Perhimpunan Indonesia (YPI) 1986-1987, Stichting Equator 1988-1993, Stichting Indonesisch Documentatie en Informatie Centrum 1979-1993, Komitee Indonesië 1979-1991, Vereniging Persaudaraan 1988-1993, BOV-FNV Werkgroep Indonesië van de FNV 1979-1993; documents concerning his lectureship in the Indonesian language 1980-1984, 1994, his assistance to refugees and exiles 1979-1992 and other subjects; some documentation.

Documents of relatives Neneng Marsiah Diredja 1988, 1996-1997, n.d. and Agrar Susrajat 1983-1984, 1996, 1998.

Processing information

Inventory made by Farida Ishaja in 2002