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Address presented to Miss G. Croft, M.B.E., Principal of Vincent Girls' High School, Batticaloa (1922- 1948) by the public of Batticaloa, Ceylon on the eve of her departure to England
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 402
Scope and Contents
Typescript on oblong palm leaves, 55 x 255 mm in size, attached to the covers by a silver chain running through a single hole in each leaf. The covers are decorated in silver with inner linings of dark blue velvet. The upper cover is engraved, 'To Miss Gladys Croft M.B.E. in affectionate remembrance from the residents of Batticaloa Ceylon'. The volume is housed in a dark blue, clasped velvet box, lined with grey silk, produced by ‘Hemachandra Bros jewellers Kollupitiya.’The address...
Dates:
1948
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Aden, 1900-02-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/12
Scope and Contents
A view of the harbour and coastline, probably at Steamer Point.
Dates:
1900-02-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Cambridge University Library
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Mombasa to Mengo
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Aden, 1870 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/17
Scope and Contents
240 x 183 mm. A view looking down on to the settlement at Steamer Point with small boats moored in Ordnance Bay. On the hill overlooking Steamer Point can be seen the station flagstaff on a conical hill. The reference to the cast-iron shed in the extract above would seem to date this photograph to c. 1870-75: no covered-in shed can be seen, although there is a wall-less shed on the small landing point beyond the coaling stations. For a similar view taken a few years later, see Y308A/6. F.M....
Dates:
1870 - 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, 1870 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/18
Scope and Contents
240 x 186 mm. A view looking over part of the Crater with jagged hills in the background. The view is taken from the south-eastern corner of the town looking north-west with a row of cannon at the right of the picture and the Sappers’ Hospital towards the white buildings of the town.
Dates:
1870 - 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/19
Scope and Contents
234 x 185 mm. A view looking out towards Front Bay at the eastern end of the Crater and showing various army buildings with the Artillery and European Infantry Barracks nearest the shoreline in the background. The presence of the Protestant Church on a slight rise at the left of the print dates the photograph to after 1869, the year that particular building was erected.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, 1870 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/20
Scope and Contents
236 x 176 mm. A view showing the coastline at Steamer Point to the West of Ordnance Bay with the Post Office, the Police Court and two landing piers. The white building on the spur at the far side of the bay is the Residency and mess-house and quarters of the Royal Artillery.
Dates:
1870 - 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, 1870 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/21
Scope and Contents
230 x 186 mm. A view, probably in the Crater, showing large white houses (officers’ quarters) grouped around a central open space and surrounded by rugged hills.
Dates:
1870 - 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/3
Scope and Contents
273 x 202 mm. View from the east showing the western half of Steamer Point, with the coal depot on the headland at the right and part of Prince of Wales Crescent visible at the left.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden, coal wharf, 1900-02-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/13
Scope and Contents
View of the shore from Steamer Point showing coal wharves and lighters.
Dates:
1900-02-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Cambridge University Library
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Mombasa to Mengo
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Aden Constitutional talks end in London, 1962-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/1
Scope and Contents
205 x 155 mm. The Constitutional talks between the British Government and Ministers of the Federation of South Arabia and Ministers of the Government of Aden ended in London on Thursday, August 16. The talks were held under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Duncan Sandys.
Dates:
1962-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden Constitutional talks open in London, 1962-08-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/2
Scope and Contents
203 x 242 mm. The talks on the Constitution of Aden opened this morning at the Colonial Office under the Chairmanship of Mr. Duncan Sandys the Colonial Secretary.
Dates:
1962-08-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden from the sea?, 1902 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/86
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.
Dates:
1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden [i.e. 'Adan]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/141
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the rest of visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. Subjects include: visits to Aden, Cairo, and Corfu on the return journey to the U.K., with arrival in London on May 8, 1906. Appended are photographs taken during the visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Madrid for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (May 31,...
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/22
Scope and Contents
The men who fired the battery at Aden Nov: 27 1911. The first salute of 101 guns as a personal salute in the presence of the Soverign in history.
Dates:
1911-11-27
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11 - 1911-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/23
Scope and Contents
Flagstaff and the battery.
Dates:
1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11 - 1911-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/24
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates:
1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11 - 1911-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates:
1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11 - 1911-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/26
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates:
1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1911-11 - 1911-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/27
Scope and Contents
Camel Corps.
Dates:
1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1925-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011L/6
Scope and Contents
147 x 102 mm. Sepia wash.
Dates:
1925-05-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden [i.e. Adan], 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/25
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Dhows being fitted up for their annual journey to the East African Coast.' Presumably then, this photograph was taken in Adan, Yemen.
Dates:
1933 - 1947
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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Aden [i.e. Adan], 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/27
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'All sizes and many shapes of dhow are seen in the building yards of Aden.'
Dates:
1933 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden [i.e. Adan], 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/47
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. Finishing touches: carpenters complete their work on the poop of a large Arabian dhow ready for the annual trip to the ports of East Africa.'
Dates:
1933 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Aden [i.e. Adan], 1908 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/124
Scope and Contents
A view showing three men aboard a small motor launch with the 'Indrawadi' at anchor in the background.
Dates:
1908 - 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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?Aden [i.e. Adan], 1908 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/126
Scope and Contents
A view showing workmen unloading merchandise from the deck of the 'Indrawadi', probably at Adan.
Dates:
1908 - 1909
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).