Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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Ghats at Benares [Varanasi], with priests under umbrellas, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/18
Scope and Contents
83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Dates:
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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Giant bamboos at Peradeniya, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/11
Scope and Contents
213 x 273 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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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[Giant bamboos at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/40
Scope and Contents
266 x 216 mm. Showing a huge clump of Dendrocalamus giganteus growing on the bank of the Mahawalia Ganga in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. A figure is posed at the base as an indication of scale. The largest of the bamboo family and attaining a height of 100-120 feet, this species is a native of Burma and was introduced into the gardens in 1858.
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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Giant Bamboos in Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/134
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Mrs Gilbert Dold, London. It contains a brief note and is signed 'GW' or 'GD'.
Dates:
1920 - 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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Giant bamboos, Peradeniya, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/45
Scope and Contents
264x215mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Giant bamboos [Peradeniya Botanical Gardens], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/41
Scope and Contents
275 x 215 mm. Close up view of the trunks of a clump of giant bamboos, with a figure posed beside the trees.
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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Giant creepers, Peradeniya, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/48
Scope and Contents
283x215mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Giant Lalang tree at Sekong, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4404
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). On the rubber estates. [Showing two European men dwarfed at the foot of the tree].
Dates:
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).
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Giant’s Causeway, Wat Chang, Bangkok, Siam, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/49
Scope and Contents
290 x 234 mm. View looking up the hillside towards the spire and part of the temple at the summit of Wat Chang or the ‘Golden Mountain’. The buildings are approached by a wide road that winds around the hill.
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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Giar ?, 1964 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/10
Scope and Contents
[From car].
Dates:
1964 - 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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? Giar cultivation from roof, 1964 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.
Dates:
1964 - 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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? Giar from roof, 1964 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.
Dates:
1964 - 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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Giar : street and crowd, 1964 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.
Dates:
1964 - 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).
Sub-Series
Gifts of Timber, 1934 - 1959
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/4/27
Scope and Contents
When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.
Dates:
1934 - 1959
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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Gigantic Buddha at Polonaruwa, 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/32
Scope and Contents
276 x 218 mm. Head on view of the colossal 46 ft long reclining Buddha at the Gal Wihare, Polonnaruwa. This rock shrine also contains two other massive statues and an inner temple carved from the brown granite. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Gigantic figure of hermit, 1870 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/74
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1870 - 1927
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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Gigantic figures of nats guarding entrance to burning ground. Central pyre being constructed in back-ground, 1890 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/27
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1890 - 1927
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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?Ginteng Simpah, Selangor, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/515
Scope and Contents
Tree canopy.
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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?Ginteng Simpah, Selangor, 1933-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/516
Scope and Contents
A car driving along a tree lined road.
Dates:
1933-11
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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?Ginteng Simpah, Selangor, 1933-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/517
Scope and Contents
A tree lined road.
Dates:
1933-11
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).
Item
?Ginteng Simpah, Selangor, 1933-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/518
Scope and Contents
Tree canopy.
Dates:
1933-11
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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G.I.P.R 1860s, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/41
Scope and Contents
209 x 119 mm. View looking towards an unidentified bridge under construction on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. The central girder span of the bridge has not been positioned.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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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Girl embroidering silk, Alor Star [i.e. Alor Setar] Arts and Crafts School [1960s], 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/87
Scope and Contents
153 x 207 mm. As captioned.
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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[Girl from east coast of Malaya, ? 1950s], 1950 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/75
Scope and Contents
81 x 154 mm. Full length portrait of a Malay girl standing on a sandy beach.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
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
Girl Guiding in Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula]
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031F
Scope and Contents
Collections of prints of various sizes. The captions have been recorded as found and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms.
Alexander Cavendish served in Malaya from 1901 to 1933 and became Director of Co-operatives. His wife, Mrs Jean Cavendish, had been appointed Organising Commissioner for Malaya by Lady Baden-Powell in 1920 and became Chief Commissioner in 1921, a post she held until retiring to England in 1933.
Dates:
1922 - 1933
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