The Tambo Tuanku Imam Bonjol (TTIB) is a single manuscript (codex unicus), written by the son of Tuanku Imam Bonjol (1772-1864), Naali Sutan Caniago, while he accompanied Tuanku Imam Bonjol’s exile in Manado. This manuscript contains a summary of the history of the Padri War in West Sumatra in the 19^th century. It consists of three parts: the first part is the memoirs of Tuanku Imam Bonjol; the second is the memoirs of Naali Sutan Caniago; the last is the minutes of two meetings held in the Minangkabau highlands in 1865 and 1875. The main message of the TTIB manuscript is the awareness of Tuanku Imam Bonjol that egalitarianism and peace must be put forward rather than war. For the people of West Sumatra or Minangkabau, Imam Bonjol is claimed to be the leader of a reformist school and also a community leader in defending his land from invaders. His role in West Sumatra is taught in schools so that every citizen in the region and also throughout Indonesia recognizes him as a national hero.

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The Indonesian Sugar Research Institute (ISRI/P3GI) is a research institute founded in Pasuruan City by sugar industrialists on 9 July 1887, originally named Proefstation Suikerriet Oost Java. ISRI has been the spearhead in the development of the sugar industry, especially in Asia-Pacific, playing a big role in the development of sugar dynamics in the world, one of which is the discovery of the strain POJ 2878 which has been grown worldwide. The Indonesian Sugar Archive describes the process of building a scientifically based sugar industry, showing the importance of scientific research as a pillar of the world sugar industry, especially since the last decades of the 19^th century. The archives of the proposed sugar research institute are kept by the East Java Provincial Government through the Library and Archives Service, and partly by the Indonesian Sugar Research Institute (ISRI/P3GI) itself. They contain information on the results of long-standing international collaboration between sugar research institutions, the scientific basis for world commercial sugar production, sugar research, technological developments, international cooperation, and the latest discoveries related to the world sugar industry. The ISRI archives now inscribed are in the form of textual and photographic archives totalling 174 series, stored at the East Java Province Library and Archives Service and at ISRI’s Library.

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Indarung I Plant, was the first cement factory to be established in Southeast Asia., founded by a Dutch private company in 1910 in Indarung, Padang, Indonesia.

There are four important aspects why the Indarung I archives are valuable to be preserved and remembered, especially by people in the Asian region:

1. Production of high-quality cement in Asia with:
   1. High quality raw materials from Bukit Karang Putih
   2. Best quality coal as fuel from Ombilin
   3. Modern cement processing technology from Europe
2. Gender inclusivity since the early 1900s
   1. The presence of women as employees
   2. Women as among the landowners of the lorry route
3. Multicultural employees from Europe (Netherland), China and Indonesia
4. Contributions to the development of related vital infrastructure in Asia, including:
   1. Port in Singapore
   2. Railway in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

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The Rehabilitation Center of Prof. R. Soeharso in Surakarta became Asia’s first and largest rehabilitation center implementing the integrated concept of rehabilitation services. It was the referral center not only in Indonesia but also in the Asia-Pacific region in the 1950s-1970s, providing not only medical treatment, but also empowering of the economy, social, and culture of the people with disabilities. This path-breaking institution has retained a comprehensive archive in document and photographic form over a considerable period of time, attesting to its national significance and regional impact.

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Nāgarakrĕtāgama is a 14th century Javanese text from 1365AD written on palm-leaves that gave an account of government and society in the Majapahit kingdom that covered most of the geographical area covering present-day Indonesia. The memory of this kingdom inspired the founders of Indonesia in their struggle against colonial rule.