Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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Coolie raincoats : Hong Kong [historic title], 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4501
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Made of palm leaves. [Rather distant views of coolies pulling rickshaws, wearing their palm leaves raincoats].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Coolies at muster, Deltota Coffee Estate [historic title], 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/71
Scope and Contents
158 x 84 mm. Joined stereo pair showing a group of coffee estate labourers, with hills in the background. Deltota is in the lower Hewahetta District.
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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Coolies at work on irrigation channel [historic title], 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/1
Scope and Contents
Showing a line of Chinese labourers digging along the bank of a projected canal. Location unknown.
Dates:
1904 - 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).
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Coolies [historic title] 15164, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/131
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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Coolies on board the Lindula [historic title], 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/287
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Going out from Madras to work on Burma Paddy fields - collecting tickets.
Dates:
1907-12
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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Coolies on board the Lindula [historic title], 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/288
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Going out from Madras to work on Burma Paddy fields - collecting tickets.
Dates:
1907-12
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
Coomb River. Madras, 1918
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/13-16
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:
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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Coonoor, a Badaga temple, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/171
Scope and Contents
Showing a small octagonal, whitewashed pavilion with a domed roof, decorated with paintings of palm trees and animals.
Dates:
1901
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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Coonoor Church, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/27
Scope and Contents
284 x 190 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 202
Dates:
1870 - 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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Coonoor from Tent Hill, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/22
Scope and Contents
282 x 230 mm. Photograph by A.T.W.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Coonoor, from the church, looking west, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/25
Scope and Contents
281 x 190 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 212.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Coonoor from the Post Office, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/23
Scope and Contents
238 x 203 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 205.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Coonoor Ghat, a bend in the road, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/13
Scope and Contents
278 x 213 mm. View on the road leading up to Coonoor. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 230.
Dates:
1870
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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Coonoor, on a hillside, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/131
Scope and Contents
Showing cattle grazing in an enclosure.
Dates:
1901
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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Coonoor, the market place, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/120
Scope and Contents
View looking down onto the group of covered market stalls, with a busy throng of people and bullocks carts. In the background, on a higher level, are the houses of the town.
Dates:
1901
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).
Fonds
Copeland Diary 1917-18
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022IIII
Scope and Contents
An undated transcript of letters from Copeland to his mother describing his service in India, 1917-1918, illustrated with 101 photographs and 12 postcards of India and Burma, including architectural features, costumes and different racial groups. The majority of the images are either captioned or referred to in the narrative. Most of the photographs are circa 55 x 55 mm in size. The majority were taken by Copeland, but some are noted as the work of his fellow soldiers, and it is possible...
Dates:
1917 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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
File
Copies of three official letters to Government of India, marked `Rec'd 28 October 1795’, 1827 - 1838
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/45
Scope and Contents
1 sheet containing:
1 Reports appointment of Rangoon Collector of Customs in B.E. 1154 (1792 A.D.)
2-3 About a Royal Order of B.E. 1155 (1794 A.D.).
Dates:
1827 - 1838
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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Copra drying house, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/58
Scope and Contents
280 x 211 mm. Showing copra drying on wooden racks in an open fronted shed.
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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Copra making, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/62
Scope and Contents
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'The nuts after being husked, as shown on the left-hand side, are broken in halves and dried in the sun, after which they are smoked in the covered shed. The right-hand shed shows copra in the bags ready for export. In the background are coconut palms'.
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).
File
Copy of a letter from Doreen Kelley to her mother, 1942-05-27
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/21/3
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter describing the bombing of Kuching during the Second World War and Kelley's eventual evacuation to Sydney, following a trek through the jungle of Dutch Borneo (16 sheets).
Dates:
1942-05-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
File
Copy of a letter from Siam to Ava, about the British annexations, 1827 - 1838
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/46
Scope and Contents
1 sheet.
Dates:
1827 - 1838
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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[Copy of a painting of Pondicherry in 1754], 1870 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022DD/6
Scope and Contents
219 x 145 mm. Copy of a somewhat damaged painting by an unknown hand showing the fort and waterfront buildings of the French settlement of Pondicherry.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of India
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Copy of ‘Twice in a lifetime’, a UNWRA publication covering the Palestine refugee situation during 1947-68.
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/28
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
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
Corner House, 2014
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS/374/3
Scope and Contents
Copies of photographs and sketches relating to a 2-story black and white bungalow built in 1910 to the west of Singapore's Botanical Gardens. Corner lived there between 1929 and 1942 while serving as Assistant Director. It was designated a Conserved Building in 2008.
Dates:
2014
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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Corner of a Toda mund [illegible phrase, probably reading: A Toda girl performing the act of prostration] to an elder, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022FF/4
Scope and Contents
279 x 213 mm. Showing a group of Toda men, women and children posed in front of a characteristic Toda house in a ‘mund’ or village near Ootacamund. The caption refers to the young girl posed in the act of placing her forehead on the raised foot of the eldest member of the group. The Todas, an Indigenous people of cattle rearers living on the Nilgiri plateau around Ootacamund, attracted a great deal of ethnologic study. For more details, see Y3022 DD/1. This print is reproduced in Edgar...
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).