Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15914 Collections and/or Records:
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Edith Nettleton and Eleanor Harrison, 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/13
Scope and Contents
Two missionaries captured by Chinese Communist rebels in June 1930 and murdered in Oct.
Dates:
1930
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).
Series
Education, 1982
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E E
Scope and Contents
Education in Singapore is tailored to meet the needs of the people as well as the economy. It caters for the inclinations, aptitudes and interests of pupils by streaming them into academic studies, vocational training or apprenticeship schemes.The school curriculum stresses bilingualism (English plus mother tongue is compulsory), science, mathematics, moral and social values and extra-curricular activities.There are 297 primary schools, 116 secondary schools, 22 full schools...
Dates:
1982
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
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Life in Singapore 1982
Series
Education and Science, 1982
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311C/33-43
Scope and Contents
A series of photographs showing various aspects of education and science in Singapore.
Dates:
1982
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
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Singapore 1982
File
Education in Singapore, 1949 - 1952
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/4
Scope and Contents
The file contains a copy of the Colony of Singapore, Department of Education, 'Ten Year Programme'. It also includes the transcripts of two Radio Malaya broadcasts and a newsreel discussing education, and a series of news cuttings relating to Frisby (80 sheets).
Dates:
1949 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Edward Heath in Singapore, 1971
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/161
Scope and Contents
153 x 104 mm. Showing Edward Heath talking to Lee Kwan Yew during a visit to Singapore
Dates:
1971
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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Edwards Hall, Indore, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/96
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.
Dates:
1905
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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Eeing-daw-ya Pagoda Mandalay, 1870 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/56
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1870 - 1927
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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Eeing-daw-ya Pagoda Mandalay, 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/59
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1890
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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Effects of the cyclone at Garden Reach., 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/61
Scope and Contents
255x200mm. Showing steamers and sailing vessels beached beside the Hooghly at Garden Reach below Calcutta after the 1864 cyclone. In the foreground is the paddle steamer 'Nagpore' belonging to the India General Navigation and Railway Company Ltd., (Massey p.36).
Dates:
1864
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).
Series
Egypt and Palestine diaries, 1925-01-20 - 1925-04-15
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 53/3
Scope and Contents
Two diaries describing Williams' visit. Many of the entries appear to be paraphrases or copies of guide book entries.
Dates:
1925-01-20 - 1925-04-15
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
Egypt and Palestine - Frith - Volume I, 1857
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs of scenes within Egypt and Palestine.
Dates:
1857
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
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Albums by Francis Frith
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Egypt and Palestine - Frith - Volume II, 1857
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214B
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs of scenes within Egypt and Palestine.
Dates:
1857
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
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Albums by Francis Frith
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Eing-daw-ya Pagoda Mandalay , 1870 - 1927
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/69
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1870 - 1927
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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Ekka, 1905 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/60
Scope and Contents
Small horse-drawn carriage
Dates:
1905 - 1906
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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Eklinjie Temple, 1905-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs, 290 x 215 mm., mounted on card in a black leather-bound album with 'Views of Udaipur' and the Udaipur arms on the cover. The photographs have hand-written captions. Subjects comprise a portrait of the Maharana of Udaipur and architectural views in the state.
Dates:
1905-11
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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Elderly Chinese man and woman, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
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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[Elderly Indian man and youth] 15151, 1850 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/118
Scope and Contents
200 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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[Elderly woman seated], 1932 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/412
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The majority of the photographs relate to the early stages of Sheppard’s career with the Malayan Civil Service. They illustrate his accommodation; varied range of work in Kuala Lumpur, Pahang, Perak and Terengganu; Malay and European colleagues; official events, military service, travel and recreation. A number of prints are uncaptioned and have been provided with tentative titles in square brackets and approximate dates. The images begin with Sheppard's arrival in Jan. 1928...
Dates:
1932 - 1947
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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[Elephant approaching small bridge], 1895
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/128
Scope and Contents
99 x 71 mm. As captioned.
Dates:
1895
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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[Elephant at Jaipur], 1934
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/23
Scope and Contents
79 x 53 mm. A family on a seated elephant.
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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[Elephant at Jaipur], 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/25
Scope and Contents
52 x 66 mm. A man seated on an elephant, with a second man in attendance.
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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Elephant Battery. Gwalior
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/196
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Elephant being bathed, 1885 - 1893
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/274
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1885 - 1893
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
‘Elephant catching extraordinary’, 1960 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/2/4
Scope and Contents
An account of the capture and taming of wild elephants observed by Clayton when he was District Officer of Telok Anson (3 copies, 12 sheets).
Dates:
1960 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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Elephant crossing river on a raft, Burmah [i.e. Myanmar], 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029D/11
Scope and Contents
145 x 101 mm. Showing an elephant with its keeper and two boatmen on a raft. The photograph has been fairly extensively retouched. The annotation on the reverse states 'Photo by J. Jackson, Rangoon'.
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).