Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Central Office of Information
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Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur, July 1964, 1964-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/2
Scope and Contents
206 x 152 mm. A view looking across landscaped parkland and an approach road towards the modern Parliament buildings.
Dates:
1964-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Preparing silk for wearing, Penambang, near Kota Bahru [i.e. Kota Baharu], 1964, 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/88
Scope and Contents
154 x 190 mm. Showing a Malay girl attaching silk thread to the bobbins of a loom.
Dates:
1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Progress in the Colonies, 1940s-1950s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints produced by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 165 x 115 mm and have typewritten captions pasted onto the reverse. A sheet of paper with the prints gives the title: 'Progress in the Colonies. Rejected photographs'. This selection appears to be part of a larger series of prints -the captions are often numbered and frequently make references to 'Feature Sets'. The photographs illustrate post-war developments in agriculture,...
Dates:
1940 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Royal Tour of the West Indies, 1966
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm, with captions pasted to the backs of the prints. The photographs show scenes and events during the tour of 1966 which started at Georgetown, British Guiana and following the line of the islands (apart from a detour to Nassau) and ended in Jamaica. This was the first visit of the Queen to most of the islands although she had been to Jamaica and Bermuda during her world tour of the Commonwealth in 1953-4. Photographs by...
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Rubaga Cathedral, Kampala, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045Q/3
Scope and Contents
246 x 192 mm. Black and white glossy print, showing the headquarters of the White Fathers (Catholic) Mission in Uganda.
Dates:
1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Sea Dyak tattooing [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/138
Scope and Contents
152 x 192 mm. Showing a Dyak man applying tattoos.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe, 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045Q/1
Scope and Contents
246 x 192 mm. A black and white glossy print of the headquarters of the Church Missionary Society in Uganda.
Dates:
1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais and Puan Sri Norhimah Jamil, November 1967, 1967-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 7/51
Scope and Contents
154 x 206 mm. Showing Tan Sri Abdul Jamil (1912-), High Commissioner to London 1967-1971, and his wife Puan Sri Norhimah Jamil, at their London residence shortly before leaving for Buckingham Palace to present Letters of Commission to the Queen.
Dates:
1967-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
The Australian Bicentennial
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308L
Scope and Contents
Twenty-two images (with some duplicates), chiefly of the 'Young Endeavour'. A photograph of an article on the voyage of the Young Endeavour which sailed from Portsmouth in August 1987 and arrived in Hobart on 10 January 1988, taken from the RCS Newsletter No. 19, Spring 1988, is filed with the photographs.
Dates:
1986 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Tuanku Abdul Rahman at Yarrow Shipyards, Glasgow, July 1968, 1968-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/38
Scope and Contents
206 x 151 mm. Showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Sir Eric Yarrow in front of the frigate Hang Jebat.
Dates:
1968-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Tuanku Abdul Rahman inspecting Guard of Honour, Guildhall Yard, London, June 1968, 1968-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/36
Scope and Contents
152 x 185 mm. Showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman inspecting a Guard of Honour of the Honourable Artillery Company prior to receiving the Freedom of the City of London from the Lord Mayor, Sir Gilbert Inglefield.
Dates:
1968-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Tuanku Abdul Rahman visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July, 1968, 1968-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/37
Scope and Contents
152 x 208 mm. Showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman examining a 17th century kris, formerly the property of Sultan Ali of Perak, while visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Dates:
1968-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Tun Abdul Razak inspecting British-built Malaysian frigate, Yarrow Shipyards, Glasgow, May 1968, 1968-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/34
Scope and Contents
203 x 156 mm. Showing the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (later Prime Minister) Tun Abdul RAZAK (1922-1976), Sir Ernest Grant YARROW (1920-), Director of Yarrow and Co. Ltd., and Ismael bin IBRAHIM, Chief of Staff of the Malaysian forces, standing with other figures in front of the 1600 ton frigate Hang Jebat being built for the Malayan navy.
Dates:
1968-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Uganda (Architectural features)
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045Q
Scope and Contents
Collection of images of government buildings, His Majesty's High Court and cathedrals in Uganda. The collection was given to the RCS library by the Central Office of Information, therefore, presumably, they were also the photographer.
Dates:
1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Water brought by rail to Tawau, Sabah [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/28
Scope and Contents
203 x 156 mm. Showing villagers at Tawau drawing water from a large barrel which has arrived from the hills on a narrow gauge railway.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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