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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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[Helmsman at wheel of steamer], 1895

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/152
Scope and Contents

99 x 71 mm. As captioned - blurred.

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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[Helmsman at wheel of steamer], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/154
Scope and Contents

99 x 72 mm. As captioned - some blurring.

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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[Helmsman's cockpit on steamer], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/137
Scope and Contents

100 x 73 mm. As captioned.

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).
 File

Henry Burney's Journal, 1825-10-08 - 1826-09-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/13
Scope and Contents The following documents are copied into appendices:1 Reply, dated 26 Feb 1826, from the ministers of Siam. 10 pages 2 Memorial, dated 2 Jan 1826, to the ministers of Siam. 2 pages 3 Memorial to the ministers of Siam 10 Jan 1826. 2 pages 4 Note to the ministers of Siam. 16 Jan 1826. 1 page5 Memorial to the ministers of Siam. 19 Jan 1826. 2 pages 6 Letter. 4 pages 7 Suggestions respecting Siamese negotiations, 31 Jan 1826. 4 pages...
Dates: 1825-10-08 - 1826-09-09
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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Her R.H., 1905 - 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/223
Scope and Contents

Princess of Wales on a camel. [Location untraced].

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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Her R.H., 1905 - 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/224
Scope and Contents

Princess of Wales on a camel. [Location untraced].

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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Her R.H. The Princess of Wales at the Review and inspection of H.H. The Maharajah Scindias Troops, 1905-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/31
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.

Dates: 1905-12
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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Her Royal Highness leaving station - Camel Corps escort in background, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/11
Scope and Contents

140 x 100 mm (approximately).

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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Her Royal Highnesses departure, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/13
Scope and Contents

140 x 100 mm (approximately).

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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Her Royal Highness's bedroom, Lallgarh Palace, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/42
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
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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Hermaphrodites, 1862

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/91
Scope and Contents

234 x 190 mm. Showing a group of dancers and musicians posed on the verandah of an Indian house. No. 1115 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue.

Dates: 1862
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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Hermit’s Cave-Muddun Mahal near Jubbulpore, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022CC/2
Scope and Contents

238 x 186 mm. View looking towards a pile of huge rocks, with two figures seated on a makeshift platform in the shade of a large boulder.

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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H.E.'s ship, 1930 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/470
Scope and Contents

Perahu Payang accompanying H.E. up river.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Hevea Congesta?, Confusa? Tree in Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1918

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/50
Scope and Contents

98 x 148 mm. Showing a Malay man standing beside the tree. On reverse of print: This tree produces an undesirable rubber. The tree was destroyed on orders by Mr I.H. Burkill, Director of Gardens, Singapore, sometime after 1918, when this photograph was taken.

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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H.H. at work, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 19/103
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints of two main sizes, circa 295 x 210 mm and 137 x 93 mm.,the latter are indicated by (S): other sizes are noted. They are mounted on card and bound into a lavishly decorated album with metal corners, lettered on the front cover Souvenir of Gwalior 1906 and with the inscription 'With most respectful homage from Madhorao Scindia, Gwalior 1906'. The photographs, which include hunting scenes at Singhpur and Raipur and also architectural views, have printed captions.

Dates: 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).
 Fonds

H.H. Davies collection on India

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q-R
Scope and Contents Two albums containing prints collected by Herbert Howel Davies (HHD), Principal of the Colvin Taluqdars School, Lucknow. It includes a number of professional photographs of places visited by HHD (notably Lucknow, Delhi, Benares, and Agra) and also many smaller amateur prints, presumably taken by him, of his life at the school and his travels, particularly to Kashmir. Y3022Q/52-60 are non-Indian photographs, presumably taken on leave.Sir Auckland Colvin (1838-1908) was appointed...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
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).
 Series

H.H. Davies, M.A. Principal C.T.S. Lucknow [Davies Indian Album II], 1902 - 1910

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R
Scope and Contents An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 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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H.H. Kapurthala’s rickshaw and dandy, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/25
Scope and Contents

Postcard view by T.A. Rust.

Dates: 1890 - 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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H.H. Maharaja Dhiraj Major-General Sir Pratab Singh Bahadur G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Hon. A.D.C. to H.M. The King Emperor, Maharaja of Idar State India, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/935
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Sir Pratap Singh (1845-1922) was Chief Minister of Jodhpur 1878-1902, Maharaja of Idar 1902-1911 (abdicated) and Regent of Jodhpur 1911-1922].

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).
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H.H. Maharaja Dhiraj Major-General Sir Pratab Singh Bahadur G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Hon. A.D.C. to H.M. The King Emperor, Maharaja of Idar State India, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/936
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Sir Pratap Singh (1845-1922) was Chief Minister of Jodhpur 1878-1902, Maharaja of Idar 1902-1911 (abdicated) and Regent of Jodhpur 1911-1922].

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).
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H.H. Maharaja Dhiraj Major-General Sir Pratab Singh Bahadur G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Hon. A.D.C. to H.M. The King Emperor, Maharaja of Idar State India, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/935
Scope and Contents

305 x 405 mm (mounted). Sir Pratap Singh (1845-1922) was Chief Minister of Jodhpur 1878-1902, Maharaja of Idar 1902-1911 (abdicated) and Regent of Jodhpur 1911-1922].

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).
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H.H. Sultan Alam Shah of Selangor greeting the Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan XI before the Malay Cup Final in 1948, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/47
Scope and Contents

127 x 79 mm. As described, with Hugh Bryson standing at the left.

Dates: 1948
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.H. Sultan of Perak , 1932 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/441
Scope and Contents

Sultan Iskandar (1876-1938).

Dates: 1932 - 1938
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.H. Sultan Sulaiman of Trengganu at his birthday parade, 1929, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/22
Scope and Contents

204 x 107 mm. Showing Sultan Sulaiman standing with the British Adviser Alfred John Sturrock (1879-) and the Commissioner of Police L.L. Mills on the parade ground, with a group of spectators standing in the background.

Dates: 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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H.H. the Chief of Nabha, 1908-02 - 1908-03

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/868A
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). And his chief ministers.

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).