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Photographs of Tuanku Abdul Halim, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B
Scope and Contents
Collection of five coloured and ten black and white photographs kept in a yellow folder with the Malaysian Coat of Arms on the cover; one pocket contains the photographs, the other two extracts from the Malaysia Year Book and a leaflet on the State Visit of the Yang di-Pertuan Agon and the Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia to the United Kingdom July 9 to July 12 1974. The folder was presumably issued by the Malaysian High Commission to mark the occasion. Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah...
Dates:
1974
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Photographs: the Siege in Peking [i.e. Beijing] 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377B
Scope and Contents
Album of prints of various sizes. These photographs were taken during the Boxer Rising of 1900 by the Rev. C.A. Killie. They form an important historical record of scenes mainly inside the British Legation, including the arrival of the Relief Force. The album is lettered on the cover and although there is no title page or separate text, there are substantial printed captions under the photographs. They are numbered up to 67, but from placing on the pages it is clear that this album never...
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Plumbago in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], c.1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303F
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose albumen prints mounted on card, measuring approximately 185 x 130 mm, uncaptioned.The prints are accompanied by an off-print from The Ceylon Observer of 16 January 1866 describing W.A. Fernando's exhibits at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of that year. These are probably the prints that were on view during the exhibition. W.A. Fernando (d. 1901), a Singhalese pioneer of the plumbago industry, set up as a merchant in this commodity in 1854; as well as trading...
Dates:
1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Portrait of Sir Frederick Lugard as Governor of Hong Kong
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038D
Scope and Contents
105 x 195 cms on mount in frame 215 x 310 cms. Frederick John Dealtry Lugard (1858-1945), created Baron Lugard of Abinger in 1928, is associated chiefly with Africa, but was Governor of Hong Kong from 1907 to 1912. He was chiefly responsible for the creation of the University of Hong Kong in 1911. This full-length portrait of him in Governor's full-dress uniform is signed at the bottom.
Dates:
1907 - 1912
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Portraits of the Cabul prisoners
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 101
Scope and Contents
Coloured drawings and portraits illustrating the Cabul prisoners of 1842.
Dates:
1842
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Postcard Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC
Dates:
1890 - 1969
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Progress in the Colonies, 1940s-1950s
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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:
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Pudu English School
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031E
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs mounted on a sheet of paper with handwritten captions.
Josephine Foss, M.B.E., arrived in Malaya in 1923 and was sent to take charge of Pudu School. Conditions were poor, but new buildings were obtained and the school was greatly developed.
Dates:
1923
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Queen Mary Indian collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89
Scope and Contents
Material collected during the Royal couple's two visits to India in 1905-1906 and 1911-1912 with a few items from other periods. There are printed books, many of them presentation copies, relating to India; programmes, orders of ceremonial and other items from the visits, many specially bound; and albums of photographs and other material presented to King George and Queen Mary or compiled by them as souvenirs of their visits. The material is in English with the exception of one item in...
Dates:
1881 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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R. Elsy Collection on India and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L
Scope and Contents
An album of albumen prints by John Edward Sache, Thomas A. Rust, Nicholas and Co., and W.L.H. Skeen and Co. It was compiled by R. Elsy apparently during a tour in the 1880s through India and Ceylon. It includes pictures of Bombay, Delhi, Agra, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Allahabad, Benares, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore and Ceylon. The prints' pencil captions have been used as titles; titles composed by the cataloguer have been enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
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RASC Personnel, Buller Barracks, Singapore, November 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311F
Scope and Contents
235 x 170 mm. Photograph showing the personnel with identifications of most of those present on a separate sheet. It accompanies the reminiscences 'Singapore 1926-29' of Major Leonard Ridgway, M.B.E., who was an RASC Staff Clerk at Fort Canning from 1926 to 1929. In addition to the identifications his typescript reminiscences include two pages (a & b) of biographical notes on the individuals.
Dates:
1926-11
Conditions Governing Access:
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Reception for Queen's Day, 1952, Djakarta [i.e. Jakarta]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333C
Scope and Contents
175 x 120 mm. Photograph of the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Wilope, proposing the toast of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at a reception given by H.E. Sir Derwent William Kermode (1898-1960) British Ambassador in Djakarta on 5 June 1952. Photograph by Ipphas, Indonesia. With accompanying correspondence.
Dates:
1952-06-19
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Reminiscences
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022EEEE
Scope and Contents
Typescript autobiography by the Reverend Worthington Jukes illustrated with photographs, mostly stuck in but a few loose. The spine is lettered 'Afghan Reminscences' but the title page reads 'Reminiscences of Missionary Work in Amritsar 1872-1873 and on the Afghan Frontier in Peshawar 1873-1890'. This volume was written in the months following his retirement and typed by Jukes himself. It is a top copy, illustrated with photographs, postcards, maps and other items, and although there is a...
Dates:
1925 - 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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Report on a Mission to Sikkim and the Tibetan Frontier, with a Memorandum on our relations with Tibet
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302592A
Scope and Contents
Printed volume, with original photographs inserted, written by Colman Macaulay. Macaulay undertook his mission in October-November 1885, and reported enthusiastically on the value of extending British relations with Tibet, but though he was chosen to lead a subsequent mission to promote this, an Anglo-Chinese treaty led to its abandonment. In his introduction to the present volume, he notes that 'photographs were taken on the journey' (though without indicating the photographer), and the...
Dates:
1885-10 - 1885-11
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Report with photographs of the repairs executed to some of the principal temples at Bhubanasvar and caves in the Khandagiri and Udaigiri Hills, Orissa, India, between 1898 and 1903 by M.H. Arnott, M. Inst. C.E., Executive Engineer, Bengal Public Works
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022W
Scope and Contents
Rectangular folio volume containing reports and silver prints of architecture before and after repair. Most measure either approximately 290 x 240 mm or 240 x 190 mm, with letterpress captions beneath. The prints showing the temples before repair were taken in 1892. Photographs by Marmaduke Henry Arnott.Restoration of the Bhubanesvar temples and Khandagiri Caves.The temples were constructed during the Kesari dynasty (AD 473-1131) and represent the Indo-Aryan style at its...
Dates:
1892 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Reports on Aden routes
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 66
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript reports by Wheeler and others on Aden routes, with a sketch map of the area. The papers include Wheeler's report on the best road from Aden to Dthala for a force accompanied by artillery on wheels, with a covering letter to D.A.A.G., Aden, 13 November 1902, 22 pages. The other items include a diary and itinerary of Route Sanah to Dthala by the Wadi Tiban, Wadi Tabaghain and Sueda, 1-10 May 1905, 14 pages, and similar reports.
Dates:
1902 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
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Representative men of Central India 1889, London : Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022N
Scope and Contents
A printed book containing woodburytypes, each 195 x 240 mm, by various photographers. The volume is part of a projected series of portraits with biographical articles.
Dates:
1889
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Roads in Bombay
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022LLLL
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs, including three duplicates, commissioned by McKenzies Limited to illustrate their highway construction work in Bombay, other regions of India and Ceylon.
Dates:
1920 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, Singapore
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311H
Scope and Contents
Photographs show a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith (now in the custody of Mr Pastouna in Germany) that was delivered to the Governor of Singapore and used for various formal occasions. Details are provided in correspondence filed with the photographs. The subjects covered are a visit to Singapore by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and to Germany by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Dates:
1959 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Royal Colonial Institute Competition Album of Indian views
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022X
Scope and Contents
An album containing sepia prints, each 200 x 150 mm. The prints show general views of Indian scenes and architecture. The cover is lettered 'Royal Colonial Institute Album Competition. Presented by the Government of India'. Inside is an inscription: 'These photographs, illustrating life and scenes in India, are presented in the hope that they will help to make the land and the people of the Indian Empire better known and understood. [signed] Atul C. Chatterjee High Commissioner for...
Dates:
1925-01 - 1928-11
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Royal Commonwealth Society Artefacts Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS
Scope and Contents
Soon after its foundation in 1868, the Royal Colonial Institute had envisaged the establishment of a museum, but following the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington, and the creation of the Imperial Institute, the plan was abandoned. Over the years, however, the society built up a small, eclectic collection of objects as members donated items they had received as gifts or purchased during work or travel overseas.
Dates:
-2500 - 1970-05
Conditions Governing Access:
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Royal Tour of Commonwealth 1953-54
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011EEE
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs by various photographers. Captions are derived from information on the back of some photographs and from official programmes and published books on the tour.H.M. King George VI was anxious to undertake a major post-war tour of the Commonwealth, but was prevented by ill-health. It was therefore agreed that H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh would travel to East Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and they flew from London airport on the...
Dates:
1953 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
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Royal visits to Nepal 1911 and 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022KKKK
Scope and Contents
A Christmas card, dated December 1922, containing two photographs, 135 x 80 mm.
The card has a printed greeting, with 'December 1922. Kathmandu' and is signed Kaiser Shamsher (i.e. Kaiser Shamser Jana Bahadur Rana, 3rd son of the Maharaja (1892-1964)). The card came from the effects of Miss Elizabeth Vann but the original recipient of the card is unknown.
Dates:
1922-12
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sakai people of Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031N
Scope and Contents
Collection of fifty loose photographs (some duplicates) measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm of Indigenous people, all with typed captions.
Dates:
1902 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sarvajnagunalankaraya
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 97
Scope and Contents
A palm-leaf manuscript from Sri Lanka containing a description of the virtues of the Omniscient One (Buddha). It is comprised of a collection of writings on various topics that were of interest to the devotee. This is a nineteenth-century copy of the original work.
Dates:
1850
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library