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Singapore

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

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Broadcasts, 1955-10 - 1970-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/27
Scope and Contents Annotated transcripts of television and radio interviews and broadcasts by JEP on subjects including: immigration; defence, particularly cuts in the Middle East, British withdrawal from Singapore (in interviews with Denis Healey, Secretary of State for Defence, 1967), and retaining use of nuclear weapons; floating exchange rates; JEP's book on the relationship between the Ministry of Health and the National Health Service, A New Look at Medicine and Politics; Parliamentary privilege and...
Dates: 1955-10 - 1970-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Correspondence and memoranda between Trenchard and 1st Lord Hankey, 1919-09 - 1949-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TREN 2
Scope and Contents Subjects include: procedures of the Chiefs of Staff Committee; rebuilding the Fleet as relating to the safety of the Far East; the defence of Singapore; disarmament; the limitation of air armaments; pre-First World War differences between the Admiralty and War Office; the air base at Formosa [Taiwan]; Admiralty requirements for aircraft; the administration of Aden [Adan, South Yemen, later part Yemen]; defence of ports in South Africa; the use of air power in war; protection of the...
Dates: 1919-09 - 1949-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence and papers about possible sales of hovercraft and helicoptors in Singapore, 1981-10-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 3/1/7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

These papers were produced by Richard Stanton-Jones while he was working for the British Hovercraft Corporation and Westland.

Dates: 1981-10-13
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Closed pending review.
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Correspondence between Trenchard and Winston Churchill, 1919-04 - 1927-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TREN 1
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: co-operation with the Admiralty over a naval air service; the possible abolition of the Air Ministry and uncertainty over the Royal Air Force's future; relations between the Admiralty and Air Ministry; aircraft carriers and the Fleet Air Arm; the defence of Singapore; expansion of the RAF.

Dates: 1919-04 - 1927-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes, 1873 - 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/258
Scope and Contents Letter and observations from Captain W.J. Wharton regarding the results of his experiment to find the longitude of Malta from Gibraltar, 1873.Printed paper on the galvanic determination of the difference in longitude between Bombay and Malta, 1874.Newspaper cutting from the 'South Australian Advertiser', 19 February 1889, regarding Australian longitudes.Correspondence on marking Major Darwin's longitude station at Singapore, 1891-1892.Miscellaneous...
Dates: 1873 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Correspondence on time balls, 1879 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/147
Scope and Contents (1) General correspondence regarding time balls, 1879-1893, including the following material:Correspondence regarding reprints, ordered by G.B. Airy in 1880, of articles from 'Nature', 1876, concerning the distribution of time signals.Correspondence, 1879-1880, regarding the Prussian Government's request for information on colonial time in South Africa, Canada, India, St Helena, Mauritius, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, and similar requests from the U.S. Hydrographic...
Dates: 1879 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Correspondence re Waugh and politics, 1959-1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I21/4/1/523
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding political issues concerning the region in which Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd and its successors conducted business, including Brunei, the Federation of Malaya, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The correspondence is comprised of originals and copies of letters to Matheson & Co. Ltd and copies of other letters. There are also many related papers, including press articles and monthly political and economic reports on the region.

Dates: 1959-1974
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_application_form_2024_02.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.
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Correspondence with Yap Pheng Geck, 1954 - 1954-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/101
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Yap Pheng Geck, Vice President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, on the ban against non-English speaking residents of Singapore being eligible for election to the Legislative Assembly.

Dates: 1954 - 1954-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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David Binnie: World tour diaries and photographs

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8558-8560
Dates: 1873-1874
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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Diary, 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK 1/3
Scope and Contents

Written from HMS Goliath, including Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan, the voyage home via Sri Lanka and the Suez Canal, and Sicily.

Dates: 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Diary, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK 1/5
Scope and Contents

Written from HMS Goliath, including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia.
With a pressed leaf.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Diary, 1907 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK 1/6
Scope and Contents

Written from HMS Goliath, including Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China.
Mainly comprising diary entries for 1946.
With a business card.

Dates: 1907 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Diary from Duff Cooper's trip to Singapore, September 1941-January 1942 (typescript), 1941 - 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 3/7
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Lord (Victor) Rothschild (1943) and "Bobbety" [Viscount Cranborne] (1942)

Dates: 1941 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Draft text, 1970-08 - 1972-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/VNCT 1/7
Scope and Contents

Manuscript on Vincent's service as Station Commander at North Weald [Essex], and his postings to Singapore and Sumatra [Indonesia], 1940-1942.

Dates: 1970-08 - 1972-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Family correspondence, 1899 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TUCK 2/2
Scope and Contents

Written from HMS Repulse, HMS Canopus, HMS Goliath, HMS Albemarle, HMS King Alfred and from the British Embassy, Tokyo, including England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Morocco, Gibraltar, Sri Lanka, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malta, Sicily and Italy.
With sketches.

Dates: 1899 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain files containing sensitive personal information about living people have been closed for 80 years. All closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Far East, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND B.16
Scope and Contents

Account of journey in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam] November 1933, 5pp typescript, with earlier typescript draft; copy of letter to his father on which the account was based; unfinished letter to father 2 April [?1933].

Dates: 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Itineraries: Singapore, 1974-09 - 1975-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/37
Scope and Contents

Papers from CS's visit to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia for trade talks, September 1974, including: itinerary and programme; letters of thanks; records of meetings; press cuttings.

Dates: 1974-09 - 1975-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letter from Rear Admiral Gage concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Java, 1828-09-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 76
Scope and Contents

Sent to John Croker.

Dates: 1828-09-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell: transcripts, 1941-08 - 1941-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/20
Scope and Contents

Letters on subjects including: the journey to Singapore; settling in; visiting Java (Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia]), Malaya [later Malaysia], Rangoon and Mandalay [Burma, later Myanmar].

Dates: 1941-08 - 1941-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell: transcripts, 1941-10 - 1941-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/21
Scope and Contents

Letters on subjects including: visiting India, Australia and New Zealand; the Japanese advance; the sinking of HMSS Prince of Wales and Repulse.

Dates: 1941-10 - 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell: transcripts, 1941-12 - 1942-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/22
Scope and Contents

Letters on subjects including: the Japanese advance; the end of Cooper’s mission to Singapore and the journey home via Egypt.

Dates: 1941-12 - 1942-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from Lady Diana to John Julius, 1941-08-23 - 1942-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/1/6
Scope and Contents

Letters sent mainly from Singapore while Duff Cooper had responsibility for Far Eastern affairs. Subjects include: the journey from the United States to Singapore via Hawaii; visiting Batavia [later Jakarta, Indonesia], India, Bali, Australia and New Zealand; the state of Singapore; the journey home.

Dates: 1941-08-23 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters to Duff Cooper during his trip to Singapore (1), 1941 - 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 3/9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes: correspondence; political papers; literary papers; diaries.

Dates: 1941 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters to Duff Cooper during his trip to Singapore (2), 1941 - 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 3/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes: correspondence; political papers; literary papers; diaries.

Dates: 1941 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters to India and the Straits, 1881-1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C16
Scope and Contents

Press (C16/1-4) and typed (C16/5) copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to places in India and the Straits Settlements. C16/1-3 include indexes of recipients.

Dates: 1881-1905
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_application_form_2024_02.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.
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