| There are three types of registers: International, Regional and National. They contain materials of world significance. A given item may appear in more than one register.
A. International Register
The Memory of the World Programme maintains public registers of documentary heritage which have been recommended by the International Advisory Committee (IAC) and approved by the Director-General of UNESCO, as corresponding to the selection criteria regarding world significance and outstanding universal value.In some ways it is the most publicly visible aspect of the Programme. It was founded on the 1995 General Guidelines and has grown through accessions approved by successive IAC meetings. As of 2009, 76 countries have successfully nominated collections for it and the IAC has placed 193 documentary items on the Register.
Some Examples inscribed in the International Register:
Germany:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony n°9, d-minor: op. 125 (inscribed in 2001)
State Library, Berlin
New Zealand:
The 1893 Women`s Suffrage Petition
(inscribed in 1997)
National Archives, Wellington
Philippines:
Paleographs documents of the Hanunoo, Buid,
Tagbanua and Pala’wan Tribes
(inscribed in 1999)
National Museum of the Philippines
B. Regional Register
The Regional Register contains documentary heritage approved for inclusion by the Regional Committee such as the Asia/Pacific Regional Committee for the Memory of the World Programme (MOWCAP). To date, 4 countries have successfully nominated collections for it and the MOWCAP has placed 4 documentary items on the Register
Some Examples inscribed in the Regional Register:
Australia:
Landmark Constitutional Documents
of the Commonwealth of Australia
(inscribed in 2008)
Cambodia:
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archive
(inscribed in 2008)
Thailand:
The Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho
(inscribed in 2008)
C. National Register
The National Register contains documentary heritage approved for inclusion by the Philippine Memory of the World Committee (MOWPHIL).
To date, the National Register has 5 items inscribed:
Paleographs documents of the Hanunoo, Buid,
Tagbanua and Pala'wan Tribes*
National Museum of the Philippines
Communication by means of symbols and creative graphics is one of man’s singular achievements. Syllabaries, like those that developed in the Philippines, go a step further
and represent not merely graphics, but articulate sounds. Dating back to at least the 10th century AD, four sets of these syllabaries, out of a documented seventeen, have survived the
centuries and remain in use to this day, notably the Hanunoo Mangyan syllabary figuring in poetry ambahan and in song.
Radio Broadcast of the Philippine
People Power Revolution*
Radio Veritas Asia and Radio Bandido
The collection of sound recordings of 44 audiocassette tapes and 1 mini-disc document the actual, unedited day-to-day radio broadcast of Radio Veritas, DZRJ/DZRB, Radio Bandido, DZRH and Voice of the Philippines. The People Power Revolution was a unique political event of the 20th century which stirred the world: the peaceful overthrow of an entrenched dictatorship through a spontaneous popular uprising, documented and influenced by the medium of radio. The world listened, watched and read. The event will forever be a reference point for the peaceful resolution of deep national crises.
José Maceda Music Collection*
U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology
Prof. Dr. José Maceda (January 31, 1917 – May 5, 2004) composer, internationally renowned scholar in ethnomusicology, recorded and collected traditional music in the Philippines and in some parts of South East Asia during the period between 1953 and 2003.
The collection consists of 1760 hours of tape recordings in 1936 reels and cassette tapes, field notes, black & white and colored photographs of different musicians and instruments and some films. These objects reflect the traditional music of the Philippines covering sixty-eight ethnolinguistic groups and South East Asians before many musical styles vanished, or substantially changed, as a result of the process of social change, modern civilization and cultural globalization.
Historical Film “Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon?”
Mowelfund Film Institute
This movie is a landmark film that keeps a memory of the Filipino race at the time of its inception. Set in 1898 during the Spanish-American War working its way to the Filipino-American War of 1899, the film depicts the travails of common people under the shadows of war and revolution. Without the grandiose depiction of larger-than-life heroes found in many films of the same historical genre, the film depicts the travails of common people under the shadows of war and revolution. Without the grandiose depiction of larger-than-life heroes found in many films of the same historical genre, the film presents the little people as they find themselves at the crossroads of colonialism and nationhood.
The Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon
Philippine National Library
Bentley Historical Library
(University of Michigan)
Quezon was probably the most pre-eminent and prominent pre-war Filipino leader, unequaled in his involvement in Philippine affairs for the period from 1903 to his death in 1944. The collection is of greatest importance for the documentation of the events and politics involved in the long history of the Philippine independence movement conducted both in the Philippines and in the United States.
*also inscribed in International Register
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