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Government Place E., looking S., 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/51
Scope and Contents 287x227mm. View from Old Court House Street outside the Great Eastern Hotel looking S. along Government Place. At the right are the gardens of Government House, with the E. gate largely obscured by trees, and at the left commercial premises. In the left foreground on the corner of Waterloo Street are Ezra Mansions, housing Cuthbertson & Harper, and J.C. Hanhart & Co., jewellers; beyond this are the premises of Frederico Peliti, Davis, Leech & Co., Tailors, and the old premises of...
Dates: 1918
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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Government Place E., present day, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/57
Scope and Contents

293x203 mm. Photograph taken from a similar viewpoint to Y3022AA/56. The most notable changes are the increase of trees in the grounds of Government House and on the Maidan, the building of Esplanade Mansions on the site of Scott Thomson's Corner, the new premises of Francis, Harrison and Hathaway & Co. and the overhead power lines for electric trams. The porch of Federico Peliti's restaurant is visible at the extreme left. (Photographer unknown, probably Johnston and Hoffman).

Dates: 1918
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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Government Place E. showing Scott Thomson's Corner, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/59
Scope and Contents 306x186mm. View looking N. from the corner of Government Place East and Esplanade Row. The premises seen in Y3022AA/58 are visible in this photograph, with the addition of R. Scott Thomson's Medical Hall and Walter Bushnell's optician's shop on the corner in the right foreground. The firm of Walter Bushnel was founded in 1901. With the rebuilding of Scott Thomson's Corner the business moved into Grosvenor House at 21 Old Court House Street. A photograph taken after 1902 (when electric trams...
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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Government representatives and consuls entering the cathedral close, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/46
Scope and Contents

168 x 120 mm. glossy print. Taken during the consecration of Canon Najib Atolla Cubain, first Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop in the Anglican Communion, in St. George’s Cathedral, 6 Jan. 1958.

Dates: 1958
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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Government Treasury, Kuala Lumpur, 1882-1883., 1882 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/19
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241 x 165 mm. A view showing the single storied brick building with tiled roof, nearing completion. Scaffolding is still in place and piles of builders rubble lies in front of the building. The Selangor Annual Report for 1884 lists the completion of quarters for the Treasurer, although this building is evidently a public office rather than a domestic residence.

Dates: 1882 - 1883
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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Governor and High Commissioner Sir Hugh Clifford at Parit 1927, 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/55
Scope and Contents

193 x 144 mm. Showing an Indian soldier and other figures on the verandah of an unidentified building during visit of Clifford to Parit. Clifford, in Malay costume, is in the centre.

Dates: 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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Governor of the Province of Takuathung to Burney, 1829-01-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/5/19
Scope and Contents

Kradat phlao, ca 310 x 255 mm. (Left margin defective).

Letter to Burney suggesting the encouragement of trade between Tavoy and Takuathung.

Dates: 1829-01-23
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Governor taking salute near Railway Offices, Kuala Lumpur [? 1927], 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/51
Scope and Contents

127 mm. Showing the Governor of the Straits Settlements (probably Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard) taking the salute during a march past of troops or policemen. A photograph possibly taken on the same occasion as BAM 4/31.

Dates: 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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Governors' conference, Singapore, 1946, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/103
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147 x 122 mm. Showing a group of officials seated round a table. The figures are identified as: Walker (Secretary); (Sir) Alexander Theodore NEWBOULT (1896-1974), Chief Secretary, Malayan Union 1946-1950; Sir Gerald [i.e. Gerard] Edward James GENT (1895-1948), Governor, Malayan Union 1946-1948; Hugh Patterson BRYSON (1898-1977), Assistant Secretary, Singapore 1956-1949; J.S. DUMERESQUE, Head of Broadcasting; Sir Franklin GIMSON (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952.

Dates: 1946
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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Governor’s page, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/17
Scope and Contents

91x142 mm.

Dates: 1886
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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Governor’s peon, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/78
Scope and Contents

57 x 100 mm. Half length seated studio portrait (in uniform) of one of the Governor’s guard.

Dates: 1875
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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Govind Singh, Maharaja Sir 1886-1951), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/49
Scope and Contents

124 x 174 mm. Maharaja of Datia 1907-51. Full length seated portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Govt. [i.e. Government] Excavations at Shahjikidheri near Peshawar, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/822
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). The view is taken from a raised mound, believed to be over the site of the stupa of Kamshka, supposed to have been the most lofty and important stupa in all India. Trenches following the lines of buildings near the stupa of Kanishka/one end of the monastery (Fisher).

Dates: 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Govt [i.e Government] House, Calcutta

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/297
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...
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Grammatical notes of the Burman language, by Revd A. Judson, 1827 - 1838

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/32
Scope and Contents

17 sheet notebook.

Dates: 1827 - 1838
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Grammatophyllum specimen, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/47
Scope and Contents

Detailed view of a flower head. Also known as 'sugar cane orchid.' When several feet tall, the plants resemble sugar cane.

Dates: 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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Grammatophyllum specimen, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/48
Scope and Contents

Detailed view of a flower head. Also known as 'sugar cane orchid.' When several feet tall, the plants resemble sugar cane.

Dates: 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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Grand Arch near Kutab Minar (supposed to be the finest arch in the world), 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/118
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...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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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Grand Hotel, Calcutta, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/18
Scope and Contents 204x144mm. View from the Maidan looking towards the Grand Hotel, situated at 15-17 Chowringhee Road between Lindsay and Corporation Streets. A large four storey block, the hotel occupies the former site of a series of boarding houses run by a Mrs A. Monk and purchased from her by Mr. A. Stephen. These buildings apparently formed the nucleus of the Grand Hotel (Macmillan p.125, Massey p.98) although, according to Firminger pp.266, 268, Mrs. Monk was still running boarding houses at 14 and 15...
Dates: 1918
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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Grand Hotel, Yokohama [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/70
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271 x 209 mm. View looking along the Bund at Yokohama, with the Grand Hotel at the right. The two storey brick building with wooden verandahs on both floors occupied the south eastern corner of the Yokohama waterfront.

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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Grand Poay [Han Pire] (Burmese Dance), 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/29
Scope and Contents 255 x 199 mm. Showing a group of Burmese women dancers, with musicians at the right and spectators in the background. This photograph is reproduced in The Queen's Empire (1899) page 219 above the title 'A yein peve in Burma'. It is there stated that the photograph was taken in the course of a performance before Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, 'on the occasions of a visit paid by him to the Swah Dagan Pagoda during the course of his voyage round the world in company with his royal...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
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Grand Stand, Badulla Sports, 1883, 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/95
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227 x 175 mm. Showing a group of Europeans posed on the thatched grandstand at the Badulla sports. Two figures are identified by initials: Alexander himself, and J.G.M., probably J.G. Macfarlane, a planter on the Ormindale estate in the Maskeliya district.

Dates: 1883
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Grasscutter, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/83
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89 x 130 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Chinese man carrying bundles of grass on a pole.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Grave of the pet dog, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/905
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Of the late Maharajah Ram Singh of Jaipur. In the Palace Garden. A tree Kachnar in blossom.

Dates: 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Graves of Neil [sic], Lawrence, &c, Lucknow, 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/43
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297 x 238 mm. View showing a section of the north part of the Residency Cemetery. The grave of Brigadier General James George Smith Neill (1810-1857) and others is at the left. Sir Henry Lawrence (1806-1857) is buried to the right, behind the graves of Revd. Polehampton and his son, and Colour Sergeant Richard Springate. Other graves in the area can be identified from the plan in Edward Hilton, 'The tourists' guide to Lucknow' (5th edn., 1905).Bourne no. 1064.

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).