Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15914 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Plantain in fruit, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/159
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Outside Mr. Sidgwick's bungalow at Medapola mine.
Dates:
1907
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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'Plantation House' Singapore, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/93
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates:
1922
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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Plantation of camphor Trees, Hakgalla, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/122
Scope and Contents
Half- plate. The caption continues 'Coolie [i.e. labourer] clipping'.
Dates:
1907
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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Plantation scene: Washing the beans, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/36
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. Riverside scene showing labourers washing baskets full of cocoa beans under the supervision of two Europeans with a pile of beans awaiting treatment on the bank and a row of women carrying off the treated product.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Planter asleep on his rope bed, 1980
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/12
Scope and Contents
295 x 225 mm pencil drawing by Gerard P. Cunningham illustrating the living conditions of early planters. It shows the planter in the centre of his wooden, mat roof hut, with a Chinese cook sitting before a low burning fire in a small ante-room.
Dates:
1980
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
Planters A-G, 2003 - 2007
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 366/3/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Two files organised alphabetically by surname of planter. They include questionnaires, correspondence, notes, articles, photographs and other research material relating to planters and their families. Each file begins with an index.
Dates:
2003 - 2007
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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Planter’s bungalow and cleared jungle planted with coffee, 1880 - 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/4/15
Scope and Contents
270 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1880 - 1885
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
Planters H-Z, 2003 - 2007
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 366/3/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Two files organised alphabetically by surname of planter. They include questionnaires, correspondence, notes, articles, photographs and other research material relating to planters and their families. Each file begins with an index.
Dates:
2003 - 2007
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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Planters house, Lankat, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/2
Scope and Contents
278 x 208 mm. A view looking towards a small hill at the top of which stands a thatched bungalow. A lawn and neatly tended garden stand in front of the house, while a party of men is engaged in clearing land in the foreground. With a banana plantation at the right and jungle in the background.
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).
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Planters past and present: Sydney William Moorhouse, 1958-11-14
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/8/5
Scope and Contents
A short memoir describing Moorhouse's 27 year career in the cultivation of tea, coffee and rubber in Ceylon and Malaya (2 sheets, two copies), accompanied by three letters to Hugh Bryson.
Dates:
1958-11-14
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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[Planting drain, Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/92
Scope and Contents
132 x 96 mm. Showing a Malay standing beside a planting drain. Note on the reverse reads: Planting drain showing planting pockets and fences surrounding young nipah seedlings as a protection from crabs. Planting distance 18 [inches] x 12 [inches]
Dates:
1920 - 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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[Planting out seedlings], 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/4
Scope and Contents
279 x 211 mm. Showing an estate labourer about to place a seedling into a prepared hole.
Dates:
1880 - 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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[Plants], 1930 - 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/608
Scope and Contents
Showing a man beside some vegetation on waterlogged ground.
Dates:
1930 - 1933
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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Plaster figure of B. Mala Shah on a horse, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/931
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. (Who built the Dilwarra Temples).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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[Plates], 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/33
Scope and Contents
257 x 198 mm. A view showing metal plates of various sizes.
Dates:
1881
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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[Plates and beakers], 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/9
Scope and Contents
288 x 100 mm. A view showing rows of plates and beakers, metal and earthenware, some with painted decorations.
Dates:
1881
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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[Platform next to water], 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/44
Scope and Contents
77 x 56 mm. Possibly at Colombo.
Dates:
1932
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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Platform of the Shwe Zigon Pagoda, Pagan, 1903 - 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/20
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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Plating Shop, 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/28
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.
Dates:
1946 - 1955
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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Platres Hotel, Cyprus, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/105
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.
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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Playing Koto, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/31
Scope and Contents
264 x 208 mm. Studio portrait of a Japanese girl playing the Koto, a thirteen stringed instrument played with both hands. The sounding board is a long length of wood laid horizontally on the ground, each string having its own individual bridge for tuning.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views of Japan
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Playing: Samisen, Tsudzumi & Taiko, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/30
Scope and Contents
254 x 208 mm. Showing three Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The studio props are the same as those seen in Y3039A/28.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Views of Japan
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Playing with music [sic] [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/165
Scope and Contents
260 x 203 mm. Studio portrait of four Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The girl at the left is playing the Koto (see Y3030A/31). Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Dates:
1870 - 1912
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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Pleasure combined with duty, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/41
Scope and Contents
Soldiers playing cards.
Dates:
1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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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Ploughing, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/39
Scope and Contents
279x215mm.
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).