Collection OA-15

Biography:
S.R. Follows was born July 1, 1929 in Newcastle - under - Lyme, England. After completing two years National Service in the British Army, he joined the Merchant Navy, where he served for three years aboard a passenger ship. After leaving the Merchant Navy he enlisted in The Malayan Police Force of The British Colonial Police at the rank of Police Lieutenant. He arrived in Malaya in 1952, at the height of the Malayan Emergency. In 1954, after two years of leading jungle patrols, Follows was appointed Commander of Fort Brooke, a jungle fort in the mountains on the Perak/Kelantan border. As commander, Follows was given the responsibility of "winning over" the Temiar tribe who had previously been under the control of Communists. During the 8 months Follows spent at Fort Brooke, he became friendly with the Temiar and convinced a pro-communist Temiar headman to surrender to him. Upon his departure from Fort Brooke in May of 1955, Mentri Awol, the headman of a nearby Temiar tribe, presented Follows with his personal blowpipe. Follows continued to serve with the Royal Malaysian Police Force until Novermber 1960.

Scope and Content Note:
The Roy Follows Papers document the experience of a member of the British Colonial Police stationed at Fort Brooke during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). Series 1 of the collection consists of photocopies of documents sent to Follows by the Department of Aborigines to acclimate him to his position and to deliver news. The Handling of Aborigines was authored by The Department of Aborigines as an etiquette guide for those stationed among the Orang Asli. Series 2 consists of a document detailing the history behind establishing British forts in Malaysia and the construction of Fort Brooke. The most substantial portion of the collection is the correspondence file. Follows used email and letters to send digital images, stories and other information about his time with the Orang Asli to the archive. His emails also detail his interest in the mysterious disappearance of Pat Noone and his reaction to Rape of the Dream People, a book by Noone's brother, Richard Noone.

Copyright:
Keene State College is the copyright holder for the correspondence and digital photographs in this collection. The copies of formerly restricted British government documents are declassified and available for use under the standards described in the 2005 Freedom of Information Act.

Roy Follows (1929-)
Papers, 1954-2007

Series 1: Department of Aborigines Documents
Box	Folder
1	1	Map : Department of Aborigines : Federation of Malaya, 10/54
1	2	Department of Aborigines : The Handling of Aborigines, 6/30/54
1	3	Department of Aborigines : Pangoi's Surrender, 12/31/54
1	4	Adviser on Aborigines : The Aborigine Factor in the Current Emergency, 11/5/54

Series 2: Correspondence (2005-2007)
Box	Folder
1	1	Incoming Correspondence, August 12, 2006
1	2	Incoming correspondence, October 19, 2006
1	3	Incoming correspondence, November 26, 2006
1	4	Email correspondence and CD with digital file

Series 3: Fort Brooke Documents
Box	Folder
1	1	Fort Brooke: Notes by Major (Retd) E.C.V. Peacock