95 x 106 mm. View looking across the Dal Lake towards the further shore, with a boat and clouds reflected in the water. Photograph by Bourne, no. 690.

238x177mm. View looking north-east across the old Dhurrumtollah Tank (later filled in) towards the junction of Esplanade Row, Corporation Street and Chowringhee Road. The Mosque of Prince Ghulam Muhammad, built c.1840, is in the centre of the print, with the premises of Lawson & Co. at the left and the Chowringhee Hotel at the right.

Quarter-plate. British Concession, Canton. Coals to Newcastle : the diabolo being a very old Chinese game. [Showing European girl playing the game].

Appointment diaries for the years 1951, 1953-62, 1966 and 1970-75; and personal diary for 1955 .

Diaries of hunting expeditions in Burma, a letter regarding Williams' death and biographical notes about the Williams family. The papers are accompanied by correspondence between G.H. Williams and the R.C.S. Librarian regarding the gift of the collection, with a biographical note concerning Frederic Williams.

Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.

Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.

This diary records Bell's social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. It describes the latter part of his extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 in greater detail than RCMS 36/2/4 (509 pages).

Prominent subjects include Bell's social life, interests, travel and personal affairs, including a serious illness caused by heart disease; the Caribs of Dominica; attendance at the Exposition Coloniale Internationale; the Manchuria Crisis and the League of Nations; and press articles on colonial cinema, the Union Coloniale Française, France's aid to her colonies, the cultivation of bananas in West Africa, hospital transportation and Charles George Gordon (circa 100 sheets).

The diary describes Brewster’s official duties, which included administration, legal affairs, finance, surveying construction and agricultural projects, visiting isolated communities, and commanding the constabulary. Brewster also gives a brief account of his colleagues and social life (100 sheets).

Extracts from a large desk diary, 13 July-29 August 1935, covering Diana Hartley's tour from Calcutta to Baroda (see RCMS 77/1/2), and thereafter to Poona and Miraj, 17 November-2 December 1935.

A diary of Le Sueur's experiences in South-East Asia, October 1998-April 1999, 270 pages, including 48 pages of photographs and 4 pages of maps. The areas covered are, in order, Thailand; Laos; Northern Vietnam; South Vietnam; Cambodia; Luzon, Palawan, Central Archipaelago and Mindanao (Philippines); Sabah (Malaysia); Brunei; Sarawak (Malaysia); Western Malaysia; Bangkok.

Letters written by Fisher to Halford Mackinder describing his travels (circa 2,000 pages).

This is a copy of a detailed diary covering the fall of Singapore, Duncan-Wallace's imprisonment, and his liberation aboard a hospital ship bound for Madras (191 pages). The circumstances surrounding the diary's composition are explained in a preface.

Copy of a diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay. The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4.

Diary covering many aspects of the post World War II administration of the states of Kedah and Perlis, including the regulation of food supplies and prices, the care of refugees, internal security, and public health (30 sheets).

This is a copy of a diary describing Hay’s active service during the Malayan campaign, beginning with his joining the battery in mid-Dec. 1941. He saw action at Kuala Selangor and during the siege of Singapore. After its surrender, he escaped by ship on 16 Feb., reaching Sumatra on 21 Feb. and then Sri Lanka on 1 Mar. 1942. See RCMS 103/12/3 for another account of the same escape written by H.R. Oppenheim (21 sheets).

150 x 100 mm colour print.

98 x 147 mm.

Landscape format. Wei hai Wei. [Showing men using picks to cut chunks of ice from the frozen river].

Landscape format. Wei hai Wei. [Showing men using picks to cut chunks of ice from the frozen river].