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Asia (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16213 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

A street scene, anywhere in Burma, 1903 - 1921

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/48
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing photographic prints and coloured reproductions. Prints 2-62 are coloured reproductions from Kelly, R. Talbot (1905) Burma painted and described, London : Adam and Charles Black. The remainder are original photographs by Thomas Harry Goldsworthy Stevens. The prints mainly measure approximately 100 x 75 mm, although some are larger. The album is interleaved with sheets on which are typed captions, up to print 261. Photographs beyond this point are uncaptioned. The...
Dates: 1903 - 1921
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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A study in costumes, 1904 - 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/108
Scope and Contents

Showing three figures standing in a garden. On the left is B.J. Eaton (dressed as in the preceding print), and on the right a man in a sarong (possibly J.B. Scrivenor). The central figure, in casual European dress, is unidentified.

Dates: 1904 - 1910
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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A succession of rapids, on the Pykara, 1868 - 1869

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/34
Scope and Contents

319 x 194 mm. View looking upstream along a series of rapids on the Pykara River near Ootacamund. Bourne no. 2034.

Dates: 1868 - 1869
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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[A sumpitan match], 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4321
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Mouruts: shooting darts with blow pipes at a running deer]. [Showing crowds around edge of open grass area with running deer - a short fence of wooden sticks with palm leaves. Behind crowd, are thatched houses among thick vegtation].

Dates: 1909
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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A sumpitan match : Mouruts, 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4319
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing audience of natives and some Europeans with palm trees in the background].

Dates: 1909
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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A sumpitan match. Mouruts : shooting darts with blow pipes at a running deer, 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4320
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.

Dates: 1909
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).
 File

'A Sunday Interlude’, 1961

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/3/7
Scope and Contents

Account of the trapping of a tiger at Bidor (3 sheets).

Dates: 1961
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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A Tamil enjoying a bowl of tea, 1910 - 1929

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/151
Scope and Contents

137 x 195 mm. Showing a Tamil man drinking tea at a street stall.

Dates: 1910 - 1929
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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A Tanjong woman, 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/134
Scope and Contents

104 x 130 mm.

Dates: 1900
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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A tea factory, Peradeniya, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890 - 1899

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/410
Scope and Contents

Approximately 200 x 140 mm. Photogravure. Probably photographed by F. Skeen.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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A tea plantation, 1934

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/12
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm.

Dates: 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).
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A temple, 1932 - 1934

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/33
Scope and Contents

60 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1932 - 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).
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A temple, 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/170
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm.

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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A theatrical company, 1880 - 1889

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/37
Scope and Contents

229 x 178 mm. Studio portrait of a troupe of actors in costume.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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).
 File

'A tiger in Malacca in 1823', 1966 - 1967

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/38
Scope and Contents

Draft of an article by Bryson, which reprints the narrative of a tiger hunt originally published in the 'Hereford Journal', 21 Jan. 1824, and assesses its historical accuracy. The file includes correspondence related to Bryson’s research (15 sheets)

Dates: 1966 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8229C.
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A-Tìn, Asiú, Othêug[?], Athianù, Ki-[illegible]sai, Achhó, July .95, 4.30pm, bright, No 16. [?], 3 secs, 1895-07

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/55
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...
Dates: 1895-07
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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A tobacco field just picked off, 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4346
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). The tobacco here grown is all for the outside covering leaves of cigars.

Dates: 1909
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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A Tomogong Mourut from the Pagallan River, Yenous district, 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4317
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Putting on the chowat or loin cloth: note length of cloth and method of putting it on.

Dates: 1909
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/395
Scope and Contents

The Pegagat anchored of Kyat.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/396
Scope and Contents

The Pegagat, G.C. Brown, Sheppard, Mrs Brown.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/397
Scope and Contents

Kijal from Pegagat.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/398
Scope and Contents

The beach at Kayat looking north.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/399
Scope and Contents

Off Kemasik.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/400
Scope and Contents

Landing with bicycles.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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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A tour of the southern half of the state by motor launch , 1933 - 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/401
Scope and Contents

Old office of D.O. Dungun.

Dates: 1933 - 1936
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).