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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Government House [Singapore]., 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/26
Scope and Contents 293 x 245 mm. A view looking up from one of the driveways in the garden towards Government House. Singapore's first gubernatorial residence had been the house build by Raffles on the summit of what was to become Fort Canning and for a period after the building of the Fort, the Governor lived in rented accommodation in the town ( Buckley, p. 675). As with St Andrews Cathedral, Government House was erected under the supervision of J.F.A. McNair, using largely convict labour, and was ready...
Dates: 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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Government House, Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/28
Scope and Contents

275 x 207 mm.

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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Government House, Troodos (Cyprus), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/61
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 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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Government House, Troodos. Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/62
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 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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Government House with the snows in the distance 7140 feet above sea level, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/4
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Government Offices, Bangalore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/100
Scope and Contents

269x186mm. View looking across Cubbon Park (laid out in 1864) towards the Government Offices. This massive range (over 500 feet long) consists of arcades of double columns above a rusticated, arcaded ground floor.

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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Government Offices in Fort, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/88
Scope and Contents 287x189mm. View looking across Fort Square towards the Secretariat in Fort St George, a three storey building with a terrace roof and rusticated ground floor and with pedimented pavilions at either end. The central Tuscan portico is segmental in shape and rises from above the arcaded ground floor. This portico is of whiter stone than its surroundings, possibly indicating later construction. Originally the site of the East India Company's factory, parts of the central portion possibly date...
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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Government Offices, Ipoh, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 15/9
Scope and Contents

144 x 92 mm. A view looking across gardens towards the Government Offices, a two storey complex in white stone with a pedimented façade facing the road. The exact date of construction has not been determined, unless these are the Town Hall Offices which were built 1912-1913.

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).
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Government Offices, Kuala Trengganu, 1920 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/100
Scope and Contents

104 x 63 mm. Showing the rambling, single storey buildings, with clock tower of the Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] Government Offices.

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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Government Offices, Kuching, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/40
Scope and Contents

View looking across a grass compound towards the government offices, a row of single storied whitewashed buildings with verandahs and tiled roofs.

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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Government Offices, Kuching, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/46
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains gravure prints (probably selected from a larger series). The majority have captions in pencil on the reverse, which have been recorded as found, and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions for untitled prints composed for this catalogue, and other interpolations are enclosed in square brackets. The views mainly show scenes in Selangor, Perak and Pahang, with a...
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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Government opium shops in Singapore, 1963-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/6
Scope and Contents

Cox's account discusses the sourcing, manufacture, packaging, retailing, consumption and regulation of opium in Singapore. The file also includes a letter to the British Association of Malaya (5 sheets).

Dates: 1963-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Government Place E., looking S., 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/51
Scope and Contents 287x227mm. View from Old Court House Street outside the Great Eastern Hotel looking S. along Government Place. At the right are the gardens of Government House, with the E. gate largely obscured by trees, and at the left commercial premises. In the left foreground on the corner of Waterloo Street are Ezra Mansions, housing Cuthbertson & Harper, and J.C. Hanhart & Co., jewellers; beyond this are the premises of Frederico Peliti, Davis, Leech & Co., Tailors, and the old premises of...
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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Government Place E., present day, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/57
Scope and Contents

293x203 mm. Photograph taken from a similar viewpoint to Y3022AA/56. The most notable changes are the increase of trees in the grounds of Government House and on the Maidan, the building of Esplanade Mansions on the site of Scott Thomson's Corner, the new premises of Francis, Harrison and Hathaway & Co. and the overhead power lines for electric trams. The porch of Federico Peliti's restaurant is visible at the extreme left. (Photographer unknown, probably Johnston and Hoffman).

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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Government Place E. showing Scott Thomson's Corner, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/59
Scope and Contents 306x186mm. View looking N. from the corner of Government Place East and Esplanade Row. The premises seen in Y3022AA/58 are visible in this photograph, with the addition of R. Scott Thomson's Medical Hall and Walter Bushnell's optician's shop on the corner in the right foreground. The firm of Walter Bushnel was founded in 1901. With the rebuilding of Scott Thomson's Corner the business moved into Grosvenor House at 21 Old Court House Street. A photograph taken after 1902 (when electric trams...
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).
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Government representatives and consuls entering the cathedral close, 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/46
Scope and Contents

168 x 120 mm. glossy print. Taken during the consecration of Canon Najib Atolla Cubain, first Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop in the Anglican Communion, in St. George’s Cathedral, 6 Jan. 1958.

Dates: 1958
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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Government Treasury, Kuala Lumpur, 1882-1883., 1882 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/19
Scope and Contents

241 x 165 mm. A view showing the single storied brick building with tiled roof, nearing completion. Scaffolding is still in place and piles of builders rubble lies in front of the building. The Selangor Annual Report for 1884 lists the completion of quarters for the Treasurer, although this building is evidently a public office rather than a domestic residence.

Dates: 1882 - 1883
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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Governor and High Commissioner Sir Hugh Clifford at Parit 1927, 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/55
Scope and Contents

193 x 144 mm. Showing an Indian soldier and other figures on the verandah of an unidentified building during visit of Clifford to Parit. Clifford, in Malay costume, is in the centre.

Dates: 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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Governor of the Province of Takuathung to Burney, 1829-01-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/5/19
Scope and Contents

Kradat phlao, ca 310 x 255 mm. (Left margin defective).

Letter to Burney suggesting the encouragement of trade between Tavoy and Takuathung.

Dates: 1829-01-23
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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Governor taking salute near Railway Offices, Kuala Lumpur [? 1927], 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/51
Scope and Contents

127 mm. Showing the Governor of the Straits Settlements (probably Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard) taking the salute during a march past of troops or policemen. A photograph possibly taken on the same occasion as BAM 4/31.

Dates: 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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Governors' conference, Singapore, 1946, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/103
Scope and Contents

147 x 122 mm. Showing a group of officials seated round a table. The figures are identified as: Walker (Secretary); (Sir) Alexander Theodore NEWBOULT (1896-1974), Chief Secretary, Malayan Union 1946-1950; Sir Gerald [i.e. Gerard] Edward James GENT (1895-1948), Governor, Malayan Union 1946-1948; Hugh Patterson BRYSON (1898-1977), Assistant Secretary, Singapore 1956-1949; J.S. DUMERESQUE, Head of Broadcasting; Sir Franklin GIMSON (1890-1975), Governor of Singapore 1946-1952.

Dates: 1946
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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Governor’s page, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/17
Scope and Contents

91x142 mm.

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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Governor’s peon, 1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/78
Scope and Contents

57 x 100 mm. Half length seated studio portrait (in uniform) of one of the Governor’s guard.

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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Govind Singh, Maharaja Sir 1886-1951), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/49
Scope and Contents

124 x 174 mm. Maharaja of Datia 1907-51. Full length seated portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Govt. [i.e. Government] Excavations at Shahjikidheri near Peshawar, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/822
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). The view is taken from a raised mound, believed to be over the site of the stupa of Kamshka, supposed to have been the most lofty and important stupa in all India. Trenches following the lines of buildings near the stupa of Kanishka/one end of the monastery (Fisher).

Dates: 1908-02 - 1908-03
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).