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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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[Hauling boat upstream], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/176
Scope and Contents

98 x 71 mm. Showing a group of Burmese men towing a long canoe upriver against rapids.

Dates: 1895
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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[Hauling boat upstream], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/177
Scope and Contents

98 x 72 mm. Showing a group of Burmese men towing a long canoe upriver against rapids.

Dates: 1895
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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Hauling logs on a sled over greased poles, Sabah, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1965
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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Haus Khas, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/20
Scope and Contents

79 x 55 mm.

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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[Haus Khas], 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/141
Scope and Contents

79 x 53 mm.

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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Haveli Kabli Mall, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022QQ/17
Scope and Contents

109 x 151 mm. Sullage discharged down parnala covered with rotting tin. Waterpipe entering property through sullage drain.

Dates: 1928
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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Haveli Mian Khan, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022QQ/11
Scope and Contents 151 x 110 mm. Cattle blocking thoroughfares. The solving of the problem of milk cattle belonging to gujars and private owners within the city. It appears to me that one cannot sweep away what is an obvious necessity unless a dairy farm can be started first to supply milk reliably and regularly to the city at a price no higher than that under the present system. My idea would be to provide, at various centres in the city, properly constructed and drained milking sheds under frequent...
Dates: 1928
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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Havildar Moung Kyin Co and family, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/396
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing family posed in front of verandah].

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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Hawa Mahal, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/6
Scope and Contents From the File: This album has a printed title page 'Souvenir of Jaipur' with the printer given as 'Ajmer: Scottish Mission Industries Company Ltd.' There is a 10-page printed introduction followed by a collection of excellent photographs of scenes and architectural features in Jaipur. Each page of letterpress and photographs has a decorative border, the album is bound in a lavishly tooled and inlaid vellum cover, and kept in a box. Unless otherwise indicated, the prints are approximately 220 x 210...
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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Hawa Mahal, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/7
Scope and Contents From the File: This album has a printed title page 'Souvenir of Jaipur' with the printer given as 'Ajmer: Scottish Mission Industries Company Ltd.' There is a 10-page printed introduction followed by a collection of excellent photographs of scenes and architectural features in Jaipur. Each page of letterpress and photographs has a decorative border, the album is bound in a lavishly tooled and inlaid vellum cover, and kept in a box. Unless otherwise indicated, the prints are approximately 220 x 210...
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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Hawkes bungalow, Sara, N.B.S.R., 1871 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/39
Scope and Contents

242 x 187 mm. Group portrait of engineering staff photographed in front of the Hawkes bungalow at Sara. Figures identified are: Mr Larkins; G. Hawkes; Mr De Vine; Mr Drury; Mr Tanner C.E.; F.A. Hawkes C.E.; Mrs F.A. Hawkes; Dr Halpin; Toots (dog); Colonel Lindsay R.E.; Captain Trevor R.E.; Mr Finny C.E.; Mr Braham C.E.; Mr Carter C.E.

Dates: 1871 - 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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Hawkes collection of Indian Railway Photographs

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S
Scope and Contents

An album containing albumen prints of various sizes by R. Phillips of Darjeeling, Samuel Bourne and others. The name of F.A. Hawkes, who was an engineer on the North Bengal State Railways from 1871-1879, appears frequently in it. The photographs include the construction of the North Bengal State Railway, scenes in Darjeeling, amateur theatricals, portrait groups and Sir Richard Temple's camp at the Delhi Durbar of 1877.

Dates: 1868 - 1894
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).
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Hawkes’ house, Parbuttipore, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/77
Scope and Contents

154 x 80 mm. View looking across a level open space towards a compound of bungalows. Parvatipur is 17 miles east of Dinajpur.

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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H.C. and G.B.F, 1905 - 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/49
Scope and Contents

Cust and ? Cdr Bryan Godfrey-Fausset

Dates: 1905 - 1906
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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Hd Qr Staff, Kandahar, 1879, 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022NN/27
Scope and Contents 264 x 201 mm. Group portrait of officers of the Headquarters Staff at Kandahar during the Second Afghan War. The figures in the photograph are identified as Capt. Edward Malloy (d. 1905), Bengal Army; A.A. G1 (Acting Adjutant General) Arthur Gore Handcock; P.M.O. Alexander Smith (1824 – 1898), Army Medical Department 1846 – 98; Br Gen. Charles Henry Palliser; General Sir Donald Martin Stewart (1824 – 1900); Col. Johnston, Royal Artillery; Captain G.L. Mcl. Farmer, 60th Rifles; Revd. T.L.J....
Dates: 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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H.E. Lord Kitchener, C. in C. in India, in his motor car, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/4
Scope and Contents

142 x 218 mm.

Dates: 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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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H.E. Lord Kitchener's study, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/13
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints by J and H King of Simla bound in padded red leather album inscribed on the cover: 'Presented to Her Royal Highness: The Princess of Wales: Rawalpindi Manoeuvres and Review 5th-8th December 1905.' The prints, 290-300 x 195-230 mm unless otherwise stated, are mounted on cardboard pages with printed captions.

Dates: 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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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H.E. [Sir Shenton Thomas] With Lady [Lucy] Thomas, 1932 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/461
Scope and Contents

Visits Alor Gayah.

Dates: 1932 - 1936
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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Head and shoulders mounted portrait in uniform : Col. Arthur Duff had marvellous escape 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/4
Scope and Contents

135 x 215 mm. Arthur Abercromby Scott-Duff (1874-1951) was A.D.C. to the Governor of Singapore 1898-1899. He appears to have been a friend of the Swettenham family as he appears in the group mentioned in Y3031C/13. In 1914 he served with the Gordon Highlanders in France but in December was appointed A.D.C. to the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada.

Dates: 1914
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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Head and shoulders mounted portrait of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (1853-1910), 1899 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/5
Scope and Contents

105 x 165 mm. Signed in English and Siamese. He succeeded his father Mongkut in 1868 and effected many legal and social reforms

Dates: 1899 - 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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Head and shoulders portrait of Rabindranath Tagore, 1890 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU/6
Scope and Contents

215 x 270 mm. On mount 305 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Head and shoulders portrait of Sir William Thomas Taylor, 1848-1931, 1899 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/3
Scope and Contents

170 x 225 mm. Taylor was a contemporary of Sir Alexander Swettenhams in Cyprus and Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements 1902-1904, Resident General of Federated Malay States 1905-1910.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Head Hpoongyee at the Incomparable Pagoda, 1890 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/35
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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Head of the Great Rapid in the Rejang River, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/67
Scope and Contents

147 x 102 mm. View looking along the gorge, with three long wooden dugouts approaching it.

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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Head of the lake, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/35
Scope and Contents

Looking towards a lake surrounded by trees and foliage.

Dates: 1930
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).