Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Corypha, Perlis, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/478
Scope and Contents
Tall trees.
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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Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm), 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/63
Scope and Contents
279 x 211 mm. Showing a tall specimen of the talipot palm growing among other trees.
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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Corypha umbraculifera, talipot palm, over 80 ft high, 1890 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/159
Scope and Contents
72 x 144 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
File
Cosmological diagram in Siamese, 1825 - 1827
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/7/7
Scope and Contents
304 x 431 mm. Four concentric rectangles, and a half a circle within a rectangle, on a single sheet. It appears to represent the Thai-Buddhist universe.
Dates:
1825 - 1827
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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Cotton-picking - Yaramis - Abyan, 1965 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3021B/10
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing scenes in the Federation, probably by official photographers. Most of the prints measure 210 mm x 160 mm, though a few are slightly smaller, and all are excellent photographs.Between 1959 and 1965 sixteen states and the British Colony of Aden joined to form the Federation of South Arabia. In 1965 Sir Ralph Hone and Sir Gawain Bell were appointed to make recommendations for a constitution for the Federation. They reported early in 1966, but the constitution...
Dates:
1965 - 1966
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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Cotton shipping in harbour, Bombay, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/3
Scope and Contents
233 x 182 mm. View from one of the docks looking out towards shipping anchored in Bombay Harbour. The breakwaters in the foreground are piled with sacks of cotton in the process of being loaded onto small sailing vessels.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views in Bombay
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Cotton Textile Mill of Adamjee Industries, Karachi, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30222B/4
Scope and Contents
255 x 205 mm. International Finance Corporation.
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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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Scenes in Pakistan 1960s
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Cotton trees, River Jelai, Pahang, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/123
Scope and Contents
View looking across the river towards cotton trees on the farther bank.
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).
File
'Counting our chickens', 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/11
Scope and Contents
A letter written by Churchill in response to an article in the 'New Daily' of 16 May 1963 reflecting upon the formation of Malaysia.
Dates:
1963
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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Country dancing at CMS Girls’ School, Barharwa, Santal Parganas, West Bengal, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1948
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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Country scene, Central Borneo [Kalimantan Tengah ?], 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302D/11
Scope and Contents
195 x 140 mm. View looking along a river towards distant mountains.
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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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[Country scene in Malaya], 1920 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/115
Scope and Contents
147 x 104 mm. A view looking across swampland towards a Malay house.
Dates:
1920 - 1939
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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[Couple at Agra], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/125
Scope and Contents
56 x 79 mm. A man and a woman seated next to a wall, possibly at Agra.
Dates:
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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Court House, Penang, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/47
Scope and Contents
280 x 208 mm. Showing western façade of the Court House, a two storey building with a prominent portico containing an entrance stairway. A group of mixed races stands at the base of the Tuscan orders at the front of the building. The court buildings were situated in an area of land bounded by Light Street, Farquhar Street and Pitt Street.
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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Court house, Taiping, 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/9
Scope and Contents
243 x 185 mm. (mounted on card). A view showing the Court house and adjacent offices, a mainly two- storey building (with a further storey above the main entrance section) raised on brick piles with a verandah running the length of the first floor, and with a tiled roof. The court house was completed, after various delays, in 1881, and the photograph was likely taken soon after.
Dates:
1882
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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Courtyard of a farm, 1954, 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/7/1
Scope and Contents
157 x 111 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. Location unidentified.
Dates:
1954
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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Courtyard of Palace, 1905-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs, 290 x 215 mm., mounted on card in a black leather-bound album with 'Views of Udaipur' and the Udaipur arms on the cover. The photographs have hand-written captions. Subjects comprise a portrait of the Maharana of Udaipur and architectural views in the state.
Dates:
1905-11
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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Courtyard of the temple of the Goddess of Heaven, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4118
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). In the foreground a group of stone tablets erected to the memory of widows who remained faithful to the memory of their first husband. [Showing carved tablets standing in front of trees with buildings behind].
Dates:
1908-11
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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Courtyard of the Young Men’s Clubhouse, 1951, 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/107
Scope and Contents
158 x 115 mm. glossy print with 58 mm. negative.
Dates:
1951
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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[Courtyard with plants in pots], 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Y/12
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains loose photographs (mounted on loose cards), 200 x 150 mm (unless otherwise stated) by K.B. Padhye. The collection sustained flood damage in 1980, the second such fate to befall this collection. Sixteen of the photographs were transferred from an album damaged by flooding in December 1974. Mounts and albums bore the name of K.B. Phadye, 'Photographic artist', Aurangabad. Mr John Wright and his colleagues at the Tropical Products Institute Library assisted in linking photographs...
Dates:
1908
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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Courtyard with pond containing a small domed building on a central island, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022II/7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of silver prints, originally in an album. No date or other details are known of the origin of the album. The photographs, of high quality, were taken by K.L. Syed, State Photographer, Palanpur, and show scenes in Udaipur, but there are no captions. Each print has a number preceded by 'V' on the back. Collections of photographs and published works have been used to caption these views of the complex of magnificent palaces and other buildings of and adjoining the Pichola lake,...
Dates:
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
/
Udaipur
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Cowdung fuel-vendor, 1940
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/72
Scope and Contents
78 x 52 mm. A man with two ladened donkeys, probably in Delhi.
Dates:
1940
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
Cowry Moneychanger, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/612
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Chauk Bazaar, Lucknow. One anna equals 4 pice : 1pice equals 72 cowries. (Fisher).
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-02
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).
Item
C.P.R. Steamship Empress of China at Woosung, 1908-11 - 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4000
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
Dates:
1908-11 - 1908
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
C.P.R. Steamship Empress of China at Woosung, 1908-11 - 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4001
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Closer view].
Dates:
1908-11 - 1908
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).