Asia (continent)
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Illustrations of China and its People
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377G
Scope and Contents
A volume measuring 36 x 48 cm containing plates with illustrations of various Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macao.
John Thomson (1837-1921) was a distinguished photographer and traveller, and this is volume I of his magnum opus, published in four volumes in 1873-74. It contains excellent Woodbury-type reproductions of his photographs taken in the early 1870s, and substantial notes on each illustration.
Dates:
1873
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Imagining Hong Kong: historic photographs at the time of change
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 111
Scope and Contents
A study of aspects of Hong Kong's history, 1841-1997, 63 pages, illustrated with black and white and colour photocopies, submitted as a dissertation at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Dates:
1998
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India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U
Scope and Contents
An album of albumen prints probably taken in the 1880s by varied photographers including Bourne and Shepherd, W L H Skeen and Co. and G.R. Lambert & Co. Numbers 1-39 are of India; 40-51 of Ceylon; and 52-59 of Singapore. Numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to the photographers' catalogue numbers.
Dates:
1860 - 1889
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India. Gardner-Waterman Kashmir Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022ZZZ-BBBB
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums of diaries of Alan Gardner-Waterman containing, in all, 237 photographs, 2 watercolour sketches and 19 maps. The diaries record hunting trips with Mrs. Gardner-Waterman to Kashmir; the entries are mostly brief, but are supported by meticulous maps and many photographs, mostly of a high standard. Most were probably taken by Col. Gardner-Waterman or by Mrs. Gardner-Waterman though there are some exceptions. The captions given are those under the photographs, with some...
Dates:
1921-03 - 1923-07
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India (Hanmer Collection)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022MM-PP
Scope and Contents
Manuscript diary illustrated with albumen prints, two albums, and loose prints. This material all relates to the Lovett and Egerton families. The following indicates the main individuals concerned:Col. Thomas Heaton Lovett (1871-1892) of Belmont (later Henlle Hall) Salop, had a brother John Richard (see Y3022PP/13), and four sons and six daughters. Of these:The eldest son, Hubert Richard (1854-1908), was educated at Cheltenham College and joined the 60th Rifles in 1873. ...
Dates:
1875 - 1899
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India Vol. 1, 1886-1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022YYYY
Scope and Contents
One Album (there is no 'Volume 2') of prints measuring approximately 230 x 185 mm or 210 x 130 mm, generally one to a page and each with typed captions. The photographs are arranged by region and are mostly of palace's, forts and temples. Subjects include:Rajpoontana:Rajah Jey Singh’s ObservatoryThe Towrie BazaarMaharaja’s PalaceAmber:The Sheesh Mahal (or Glass Palace)Aggra:The Khash MahallThe ZenanaThe Taj MahallTomb of Prince Etmad...
Dates:
1886 - 1887
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Indian irrigation works 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022QQQQ
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs, 250 x 210 mm, of the Jumna (Yamuna) Canal System in northwestern India. On the inside front cover is a label inscribed 'Happy Christmas 1915. Hearty greetings and good wishes to Mrs. F.M. Purves from L. Jwala Prasad, SDO'. The album was, from an inserted note, apparently donated to the Commonwealth Institute by Ereth Marshall-Purves, the son of Ronald Frederick Purves (d.1906), who was presumably connected in some way to work on the Jumna Canal System.Some...
Dates:
1907 - 1915
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Indian metal-work
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022PPPP
Scope and Contents
Card portfolio containing photographs, all of items stocked by Soni Mawji Raghawji and Co., gold and silver smiths, of Bhuj in the Culch (Kachchh) region of Gujarat State, India. All the photographs are mounted on cards on which are entered the weight in tolas (1 tola The date is approximate. 11.66 grammes) and the cost in rupees of the various items.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Indian nursing collection of Diana Hartley
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 77
Scope and Contents
Papers and other material relating to Diana Hartley's work for the T.N.A.I. and her time in India. A folder of correspondence with and concerning Diana Hartley is kept with the collection.
Dates:
1904 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
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Indian Nursing Photographs (Dora Chadwick Collection)
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022OOO
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose photographs measuring 205 x 155 mm. The photographs were not captioned, but some details have been supplied by Miss Hartley, and others obtained from the Nursing Journal of India (NJI). 32 are copies of a collection (probably taken by official photographers) owned by Miss Dora Chadwick, who appears in many of them. Two versions of a TS obituary of Miss Chadwick by Diana Hartley, published in the NJI are filed with these photographs, as are copies of extracts from NJI...
Dates:
1928 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Indian paintings and mosaics
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 87
Scope and Contents
Original coloured drawings of paintings, mosaics, tiles and other features in Lahore Fort, the Mehrauli Archaeological Park and the Qutb complex made for a publication of the Archaeological Survey entitled 'Preservation of national monuments in India'.
Dates:
1890
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Cambridge University Library
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Indian scrapbooks of the Haig family
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 76
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks kept by Neil and Gerard Haig and other members of their family, with related papers.
Dates:
1838 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
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Industrial Development in India
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022OOOO
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs mounted on cards measuring 590 x 450 mm unless otherwise stated. Although probably supplied from official sources, there is no photographer's name on the back. The photographs are of good quality and the captions are, apart from 6, written on the front.
Dates:
1965
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Inter-University Council Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs (various dates, sizes and photographers) and slides with a few leaflets, a file of correspondence, and some title cards as described below. The collection appears to have been assembled chiefly for publicity purposes and there is a file of correspondence requesting photographic and other material. Some of the photographs are mounted on cards for display, but the majority are loose prints stored in folders. There are also a few albums. The main subjects are the...
Dates:
1946 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Inter-University Council Slides
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK
Scope and Contents
A collection of coloured slides, 18 of which measure 40 x 40 mm, the remainder 35 mm, all mounted 50 x 50 mm, relating to Commonwealth Universities, with the exception of 33 of non-Commonwealth Universities which were, however, associated with the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (IUC). Many, though not all, were taken by Ian Maxwell, formerly Deputy Director of IUC. Though some have minimal identification, others have substantial annotations on the mounts. ...
Dates:
1946 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
James D C Noble Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 370
Scope and Contents
After the outbreak of the Second World War, James D.C. Noble volunteered for military service in Sept. 1939. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with the rank of second lieutenant on 14 Oct. 1940 and sailed to Malaya, where he fought with its second battalion against the Japanese. Noble was captured following the fall of Singapore on 15 Feb. 1942 and spent the remainder of the war in Japanese prisoner of war camps, which included work upon the Thailand Railway. Noble recorded...
Dates:
2012
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Jim Chaplin slide collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022WWWW
Scope and Contents
Chaplin took many slides between 1957 and 1966, in Africa, Asia, and Europe. His Asian collection, stored here, is in a small filing cabinet of four drawers (three for India, one for India plus a journey to turkey), mostly uncaptioned. There is also a small box of twenty nine (uncaptioned) slides. Accompanying the collection is a micro floppy disk (filemaker PRO 2.1 for Apple Mac) entitled 'Chaplin slide collection - African section.' and also a CD-Rom which may contain an excel list of...
Dates:
1957 - 1966
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
John Abercromby Alexander: Papers on trees and woods
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 7
Scope and Contents
Tables, articles and other material regarding trees and woods in Ceylon, Fiji and New Zealand, and in general.
Dates:
1888-03-29 - 1925-06-10
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
John Donald Photograph Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031O
Scope and Contents
326 photographs of varying formats, many uncaptioned. The earliest photographs document James Donald’s life in Malaya during the 1920s, and include images of the Perak River Estate where he first worked, the Torkington Estate, the Batu Anan Club, and friends, colleagues, travel and recreational activities, including the Lower Perak Football Team of 1923. The bulk of the collection records the family’s years on the Arcadia Estate, and especially the period from John Donald’s birth in...
Dates:
1920 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
John Seymour Benson Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 364
Scope and Contents
Letters, diaries and photographs.
Dates:
1928 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Journal of a voyage to India
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 81
Scope and Contents
A journal of a voyage on the 'Frances Anne' from Liverpool to Calcutta, 42 pages. Mackinnon probably kept the account to send to his mother: the last page closes with greetings to her.
Dates:
1830-03-31 - 1830-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Journeys in Arabia
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 67
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters from John Goepel to his parents written during his time in Aden, April-November 1939, 38 pages. There are 11 photographs illustrating the text. On the inside cover are manuscript maps. The letters discuss Goepel's duties, which were complicated by rivalries between local rulers. They are preceded by an introduction dated 11 February 1984.
Dates:
1984
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
J.S. Smithson collection on Samoa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)
Scope and Contents
A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
Dates:
1903
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Jute Production in Bengal, circa 1900
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022KK
Scope and Contents
Collection consisting of 6 x 6 cm copy negatives from original prints. The original photographs are in four volumes, entitled; Jute (cultivation and preparation), Jute (assorting and baling), Jute (its manufacture), and Jute (baling for export). Original photographs by Johnston and Hoffman, copy negatives made by John Falconer.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Kandyan Chiefs 1874
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303N
Scope and Contents
Photograph, 200 x 150 cm, on mount 260 x 220 cm. The photograph shows a group of three Kandyan Chiefs in traditional costume, one seated, two standing, with two attendants, and a few spectators in the background.This is a modern copy of one of 1874 once in the possession of Colonel John Younger, R.A. He served in Ceylon from September 1872 to March 1877, chiefly in command of a battery at Trincomalee, but was A.D.C. to General Henry Renny, who commmanded the troops in Ceylon...
Dates:
1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library