Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15914 Collections and/or Records:
File
Ceylon, 1955 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.
Dates:
1955 - 1986
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).
Item
Ceylon : bamboos and plants
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 25/8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Album containing panoramic photographs, 300 x 115 mm (actual print surface 290 x 105 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.
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
Ceylon Branch, 1959 - 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence.
Dates:
1959 - 1974
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).
Item
Ceylon : Cinghalese [i.e. Sinhalese] elephant
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 24/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Album containing prints, of a total size of 300 x 185 mm. (actual print surface 260 x 165 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.
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).
Item
Ceylon - C.P. Hayes' Bungalow, Dikoya, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/379
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path. No information has been traced concerning the identity of this man.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon Garrison Artillery, 1942
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/57/1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
British propaganda posters from the Second World War, printed in England by A.C. Ltd, listing the countries comprising the British Empire. At the centre of each poster is the face of a soldier from a particular colonial force.
Dates:
1942
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
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1910
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon
Scope and Contents
Postcards showing views in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Dates:
1895 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Postcard Collection
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/383
Scope and Contents
Showing a lady sitting in a rickshaw pulled by a young Sinhalese. The woman is probably Maude, wife of PCA.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/389
Scope and Contents
A view showing a verandahed bungalow, probably the rest house seen in Y3011B(LS)/387.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/419
Scope and Contents
A photograph of a map of Sri Lanka.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1936 - 1938
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/27
Scope and Contents
75 x 120 mm.
Dates:
1936 - 1938
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1936 - 1938
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/28
Scope and Contents
125 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1936 - 1938
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
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1910-11, 1910 - 1911
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/327-419
Scope and Contents
Includes a number of photographs of tea estates.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Alton Meet, 1911, 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/394
Scope and Contents
A view looking down onto tennis courts, with a game in progress. Exact location unknown.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Boer Camp from St Leonards, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/418
Scope and Contents
A view looking out over wooded country. The buildings that are visible bear no resemblance to other photographs of the Boer prisoner-of-war camp (the nearest are certainly tea estate buildings). An interesting photographic record of the camp at Diyatalawa entitled 'Illustrations of Life in the Boer Camp' was made by A.W. Andrée, a Colombo photographer, in 1901.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Sub-Series
[Ceylon i.e. Sri Lanka - British Empire Exhibition], 1924
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/56-77
Scope and Contents
Monochrome gravure postcards of Ceylon, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.
Dates:
1924
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Buddha, Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/339
Scope and Contents
A view showing a huge statue (about 24 feet high) of Buddha carved from a rock face at the Kalu Gal Wihara, or Black Rock Cave.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - 'Calling', 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/382
Scope and Contents
Showing a lady sitting in a rickshaw pulled by a young Sinhalese. The woman is probably Maude, wife of PCA.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Chief's daughters, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/346
Scope and Contents
A group portrait of eight young Singalese girls.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - C.P. Hayes' Est. Dikoya, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/381
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - C.P. Hayes' Estate, Dikoya, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/380
Scope and Contents
A view showing C.P. Hayes and (?) wife on a garden path.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], [Devil dancers], 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/349
Scope and Contents
A view showing three devil dancers performing.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] Elephants, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/133
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Miss Gillian Dold, London. It contains a brief note and is signed 'Daddy'.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Fraser's Est; Factory, Matale, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/392
Scope and Contents
A view showing the factory of Joseph Fraser's estate at Matale. This slide is a duplicate of another in this box but has a contradictory caption. Maskeliya and Matale are situated at almost opposite edges of the central tea-growing area of Ceylon, Maskeliya on the slopes of Adam's Peak in the south and Matale in the north.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Fraser's Est: Matale, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/393
Scope and Contents
A view showing a European standing among tea plants with estate buildings in the background. The man in the foreground is presumably Frederick H. Fraser who took over the running of the property from his father, Joseph, who had arrived in Ceylon in 1872 and become part proprietor of the Matale Estate in 1886.
Dates:
1910 - 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).