Corner, Edred John Henry, 1906 - 1996 (Botanist)

File

Corner House, 2014

File

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS/374/3

Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs and sketches relating to a 2-story black and white bungalow built in 1910 to the west of Singapore's Botanical Gardens. Corner lived there between 1929 and 1942 while serving as Assistant Director. It was designated a Conserved Building in 2008.

Dates: 2014

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edred John Corner Collection

Fonds

Edred John Corner Collection

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 374

Scope and Contents

Material complementing John Corner's photograph collection which is stored at Y3031M.

Dates: 2005 - 2014

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

Series

Photographs, 2006

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/A

Scope and Contents

This is a CD containing digital copies of 80 photographs of Corner's life and work, mostly in Malaya and Singapore during the 1930s, supplied by his son John K. Corner. The files are partially captioned.

Dates: 2006

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / E.J.H. Corner photographs

Item

Shonanto o shitte imasuka Senka ni utsutta ningen-zoh = Do you know Shonan Island, 2006

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS/374/4

Scope and Contents

This is a DVD copy of a documentary produced by Nagoya TV exploring the Japanese occupation of Singapore during the Second World War. It discusses Corner’s role in preserving collections of cultural and natural significance. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Dates: 2006

Conditions Governing Access: For use solely for educational purposes within the library.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edred John Corner Collection

Series

Singapore, Sedili, 1929 - 1934

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/257-275

Scope and Contents

Film negatives of Corner on a small boat.

Dates: 1929 - 1934

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).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / E.J.H. Corner photographs

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Corner, Edred John Henry, 1906 - 1996 (Botanist)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Corner House, 2014

Edred John Corner Collection

Photographs, 2006

Shonanto o shitte imasuka Senka ni utsutta ningen-zoh = Do you know Shonan Island, 2006

Singapore, Sedili, 1929 - 1934

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