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Bryson, Hugh Patterson, 1898 - 1977

 Person

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

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Malayan Union, 1965-05-18 - 1967-12-23

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/17
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and James de Vere Allen on the research and publication of the latter’s book, ‘The Malayan Union’, and on Allen’s research for an article on Terengganu during the early twentieth century. Several letters refer to Sir Edward Gent and the Malayan Emergency (21 sheets).

Dates: 1965-05-18 - 1967-12-23
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Meeting of visiting officials, Seremban, 1950, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/29
Scope and Contents 115 x 87 mm. Showing the visiting British delegation which visited Malaya in mid-1950 to discuss the Emergency, seated round a table with various Malayan officials. Identified in the print are: Datu ABDUL MALEK, Chief Minister, Negri Sembilan; Hugh Patterson, British Adviser; John Noel Douglas HARRISON (1911-), Chief Police Officer; Rt. Hon. James GRIFFITHS (1890-1975), Secretary of State for the Colonies 1950-1951; Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy GURNEY (1898-1951), High Commissioner,...
Dates: 1950
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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Menghadap ceremony at Sri Menanti, October 16 1949, 1949-10-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/22
Scope and Contents

114 x 89 mm. A view looking down from the dais and showing a chief making obeisance, with the audience seated in the background. Among the latter group are identified: Datu KLANA of Sungei Ugong; Datu PENGHULU of Jelebu; the Undang of Johol; the Undang of Rembau; Datu ABDUL MALEK, Chief Minister of Negri Sembilan; Hugh Patterson BRYSON.

Dates: 1949-10-16
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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Miscellaneous nominal rolls and plan of Sime Road Internment Camp, 1942 - 1967-06-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/22/3
Scope and Contents

The file contains incomplete loose sheets bearing the names of internees and a plan of the Sime Road Camp, dated June 1945, accompanied by a key identifying locations (25 sheets).

Dates: 1942 - 1967-06-12
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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Moving a house, Alor Star, Kedah, March 1937, 1937-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/39
Scope and Contents

106 x 62 mm. Showing a large Malay crowd carrying a complete house, shoulder high to a new location.

Dates: 1937-03
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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Mr and Mrs H.P. Bryson registering votes at first municipal elections in Singapore, 1947, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/107
Scope and Contents

146 x 115 mm. As described in the title.

Dates: 1947
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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Negeri Sembilan, 1951-07-16 - 1959-10-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/3
Scope and Contents 1. Correspondence and notes relating to nationalisation legislation between the ruler of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, and Hugh Bryson (6 sheets).2. Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and M.C. ff Sheppard on the subject of the state succession (5 sheets).3. Correspondence and notes exchanged between Harry Miller and Hugh Bryson. Bryson assisted Miller in researching a biography of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, by contacting Sir...
Dates: 1951-07-16 - 1959-10-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan and Pahang, 1900 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5
Scope and Contents

Contains 84 prints and 38 negatives by various photographers. There are 118 different pictures; 1-37, 71-117 are prints, with negatives of 34-37; 38-70, including 49a, are from the personal collection of Hugh Patterson Bryson presented to the RCS towards the end of his life, and relate to his post-war work as British Adviser, Negri Sembilan, from which he retired in 1951.

Dates: 1900 - 1960
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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Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan State Council, 1931, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/86
Scope and Contents

139 x 106 mm. A seated group portrait, taken outside the Palace (Sri Menanti) of the Negri Sembilan State Council of 1931. The figures in the group are: Tuanku Besar BURHANUDDIN; Head of royal household and brother of Tuanku Muhammed; James William SIMMONS; British Resident; Tuanku MUHAMMED; Dato' Klana MAAMOR; of Sungei Ujong; Dato' ABDULLAH; of Jelebu; Dato' KAMAT; of Johol; Dato' WONG YICK TONG; Dato' ABDULLAH of Rembau; Hugh Patterson BRYSON; Clerk of Council.

Dates: 1931
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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'Odd memories - wearing two hats', 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/14
Scope and Contents

Bryson's account of juggling overlapping duties during his administrative career in Kedah.

Dates: 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Opening Colonial Secretariat Canteen, Singapore, 1946, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/104
Scope and Contents

145 x 109 mm. Showing a group seated round a table having a meal. H.P. Bryson is at the centre of the group.

Dates: 1946
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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P.A.B. McKerron taking oath of office as Officer Administrating the Government, Singapore, 1947, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/106
Scope and Contents

116 x 145 mm. Showing Sir Patrick Alexander Bruce MCKERRON (1896-1964), taking the oath of office before (Sir) Charles Murray MURRAY-AYNSLEY (1893-1967), Chief Justice of Singapore 1946-1955. McKerron was Colonial Secretary, Singapore from 1946-1950 and administered the government on two occasions. Hugh BRYSON stands at the right of the photograph.

Dates: 1947
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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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM
Scope and Contents The collection comprises some 1400 prints, chiefly gathered by the BAM. When acquired by the RCS, the collection was arranged for the most part geographically by state, with handlists outlining the scope of the material. Exceptions to this arrangement were some of the individual collections in the form of albums, and a few commercially produced items. This arrangement has been largely adhered to in BAM 1-6 which progresses from Singapore and the Straits Settlements to the individual Malay...
Dates: 1880 - 1969
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).
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R.A.F. plane at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/38
Scope and Contents

85 x 55 mm. A closer view of one of the aircraft seen in the preceding print.

Dates: 1936-10
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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R.A.F. planes at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/37
Scope and Contents

86 x 55 mm. Showing two R.A.F. biplanes parked on the runway at Alor Star. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.

Dates: 1936-10
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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Roll call of internees, 1945-08 - 1959-10-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/22/4
Scope and Contents

This file contains two copies of the final roll call of internees, made on 15 Aug. 1945, along with a letter to Hugh Bryson concerning its donation (3 sheets).

Dates: 1945-08 - 1959-10-27
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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Second World War, 1947 - 1971

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/3/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Dates: 1947 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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Singapore Badminton Team on visit to Seremban, 1949, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/19
Scope and Contents 203 x 151 mm. A group photograph, probably taken in front of the Negri Sembilan Club. Figures identified in the group are: OTHMAN MOHAMED, no information; Mrs I.C. BRYSON; ABDUL MALEK, Chief Minister, Negri Sembilan; Tuanku AMPUAN, consort of Tuanku Abdul Rahman; Tuanku ABDUL RAHMAN (d 1960), Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan; F.M. STILL, Inspector of Prisons, Johore in 1933; no further information; Che KHATIJAH, wife of Abdul Malek; Hugh Patterson BRYSON; LIM KIE SIONG, no further...
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).
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Spectators at football match, Kuala Lumpur, circa 1949, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/48
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Showing a group of seated spectators at a football match. Identified on the reverse of print are: Dato' HAMZAH; Mrs H.P. BRYSON; H.P. BRYSON; Dr C.P. RAWSON; Chief Social Welfare Officer.

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).
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Spectators at football (? or rugby) match, Kuala Lumpur [1948-1949], 1948 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/49
Scope and Contents 133 x 81 mm. Showing row of seated spectators watching the match. Identified on the reverse of the print are: (?) Mrs CURTIS; wife of R.J.F. Curtis; C.P. RAWSON; The Raja Muda, later Sultan SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ (1926-); Sultan of Selangor 1960- ; Richard John Froude CURTIS (1897-); Malayan Civil Service 1920-1950; Chief Secretary 1946-1950; Lady GURNEY; Sir HISAMUDDIN ALAM SHAH (circa 1898-1960); Sultan of Selangor 1938-1960; Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy GURNEY (1898-1951); High...
Dates: 1948 - 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).
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Taiping Gymkhana meeting, about June 1922, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/71
Scope and Contents

195 x 148 mm. An informal group photograph taken at the meeting with the Sultan of Perak, Raja Sir Alang Iskandar Shah and the British Resident C.W.C. PARR seated in the centre. Gathered around them are: George Alexander de Chazal de MOUBRAY (1888-1977), Malay Civil Service 1912-1945; H.P. BRYSON; J. Murray ROSS, Assistant Simpang Estate, Matang; Reginald CRICHTON (1877-), Malayan Civil Service 1900-circa 1927; T. (?) WELSH, A.D.C. to Sultan.

Dates: 1922
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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Terengganu rising, 1962-02-12 - 1962-02-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/4
Scope and Contents

Notes by Hugh Bryson on the resistance to paying land taxes and other grievances in Terengganu which led to violent confrontation with the government in May 1928. The file includes comments upon Bryson's notes by the Malayan civil servant W.F.N. Churchill (10 sheets).

Dates: 1962-02-12 - 1962-02-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Tuanku Abdul Rahman inspecting Girl Guides, Birthday Parade, 1949, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/23
Scope and Contents

117 x 89 mm. Showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman walking along a line of Girl Guides. Behind him walk Abdul Malek and H.P. Bryson.

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).
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'Twenty nine and a half years in the Malayan Civil Service', 1963-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/3/8
Scope and Contents

This is a personal record of Hugh Bryson's career in the Malayan Civil Service including observations upon the social life and customs of Malaya's European, Malay and Chinese populations, politics and government, legal affairs, and the Malayan Emergency. It is accompanied by an index.

Dates: 1963-04
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reels MC47 or 8226C.
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Watching school sports at Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan [? 1950], 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/32
Scope and Contents

127 x 80 mm. Showing Tuanku Besar Berhanuddin (uncle of Tuanku Abdul Rahman), Chi Khatijah (wife of Abdul Malek, Chief Minister), and H. P. Bryson seated under an awning with other spectators at the school sports.

Dates: 1950
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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