Scope and Contents: This collection comprises part of Peter Ashton's research archive. All of the materials are from field work in Sarawak, Malaysia during 1963-1968. This collection contains plot maps, tree data, fire images and publications, plots and charts, and field books related to Ashton’s Sarawak fieldwork.In the 1960’s, Ashton was a botanical researcher in the forest service of Sarawak, then a state in northern Borneo island, which is now part of Malaysia. His job was to document the tree...