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Japan

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

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 Sub-Series

Private letters: Japan, 1859-1887

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B4
Scope and Contents

Private letters sent from places in Japan.

Dates: 1859-1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The originals of B1-11 are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room using the microfilm reference numbers listed in this catalogue, which are also found in the Outline Catalogue.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Jardine Matheson Archive / In-correspondence
 File

Private letters to Japan, Mar. 1872-Aug. 1879

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C44
Scope and Contents

Press copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai. The authors are John Bell-Irving, F.B. Johnson, William Keswick and Herbert Smith. The recipients are John Bell-Irving, Yokohama; Henry Gribble, Nagasaki; Ryle Holme, Nagasaki; F.B. Johnson, Yokohama; J.J. Keswick, Nagasaki and Yokohama; G. Morrison; John Pitman, Yokohama; Herbert Smith, Yokohama; and Edward Whittall, Yokohama.

Dates: Mar. 1872-Aug. 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Jardine Matheson Archive / Out-correspondence
 Fonds

Rhoda Watson: Journal of tour in Japan

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8561
Scope and Contents

Journal of a tour of Japan, 29 July - 31 October 1892, 173 pages, some of which are unused. The volume contains inserted material, including trading cards, photographs, postcards, maps, and menus from RMS Empress of Japan. The diary is in English, but some of the additional items are in Japanese.

Dates: 1892
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

The plains round the Caspian are 600 ft (Encyclop) above its level, 1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 100: 80-81
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / Letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker
 Fonds

Walter Neill: Correspondence and papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9876
Scope and Contents

Letters written by WN to friends and family from the Far East, Germany and Holland whilst interned during the First World War; notes describing the riots in Hankow, 1927; photographs of China.

Dates: 1905-1927
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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