Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
File
Historical notes, 1946-02-13 - 1967-06-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/35
Scope and Contents
This file contains a note by Hugh Bryson on the rationing of rice in the civilian internment camps during 1945, a note by C.E. Collinge recording the services of the civilian internment camps' Men's Representatives, a letter regarding the Oxford Colonial Records Project, and an alphabetical list of guests for an Association of British Malaya dinner on 13 Feb. 1946 (5 sheets).
Dates:
1946-02-13 - 1967-06-12
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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Historical Society, 1933 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/423
Scope and Contents
Picnic in the Portuguese Fort at Kuala Linggi.
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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History of Adamson, Gilfinnan & Co., 1951-02-22
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/8/3
Scope and Contents
An account of the firm formed in May 1867 by three managers of the Borneo Co. Ltd., W. Adamson, D. Gilfinnan and H.W. Wood (7 sheets).
Dates:
1951-02-22
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons this collection must be consulted on microfilm reel MC 47.
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History of Selangor, 1960 - 1969
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/7/2
Scope and Contents
Extracts from the Klang and Coast Rotary Club Coronation Number, 26 Jan. 1939, and from F.W. Douglas 'Ancient history of the Royal House of Selangor' (9 sheets).
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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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History of the fortress of Gwalior, 1892
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/33
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Material collected during the Royal couple's two visits to India in 1905-1906 and 1911-1912 with a few items from other periods. There are printed books, many of them presentation copies, relating to India; programmes, orders of ceremonial and other items from the visits, many specially bound; and albums of photographs and other material presented to King George and Queen Mary or compiled by them as souvenirs of their visits. The material is in English with the exception of one item in...
Dates:
1892
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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History of the Girl Guide movement in Malaya, 1920 - 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/2
Scope and Contents
This file contains material on the history of the Girl Guides collected by Jean Cavendish, who was Chief Commissioner and one of the movement’s pioneers. It includes an essay ‘The early days of girl guiding in Malaya 1916-17’ written by Cavendish, ‘The history of the Girl Guide Movement in Malaya', probably published to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the guides in 1938, and ‘Pioneer Work in Girl Guiding’ by F.S. Muthu. There is also a small bundle of newspaper clipping chronicling...
Dates:
1920 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
Item
Hitam with peacocks and plovers, 1904 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/77
Scope and Contents
Showing a youth with dead birds slung on a pole over his shoulder.
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).
Item
Hkun Hsang Awan, 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/194
Scope and Contents
124 x 173 mm. Chief of Tawngpeng (N. Shan State, Burma) 1896-. 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).
Fonds
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Gan in the Maldives, 1972
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303099A
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose photographs, measuring 215 x 165 mm. All relate to the visit of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to RAF Gan in the course of a tour in South East Asia and the Indian Ocean, February to March 1972. The RAF base at Gan on Addu Atoll was set up under an agreement of 1960 and remained until 1976, though the Maldives became fully independent in 1965. In 1982, the Maldives became a Special Member of the Commonwealth.H.M.Y. 'Britannia' anchored...
Dates:
1972-03-15
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
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HMANNAN RAJAWAN (Hrnan-nan Ya-zawin) Glass Palace Chronicle, 1832-10-30
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/1
Scope and Contents
Palm leaf manuscript in 13 parts, numbered variously, 490 x 60 mm, 9 lines to a folio, 380 mm long. The leaves have gilded and red lacquered edges, between a pair of black binding boards, gilded and lacquered on sides.
Parts 26-38 covering the period B.E. 1118-83 (1757-1821 A.D.).
Dates:
1832-10-30
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
[H.M.'s 93rd Regiment at Sialkot, 1864], 1864
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/52
Scope and Contents
293 x 225 mm. Tentative caption taken from the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue.
Dates:
1864
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
H.M.S. Hyacinth Bombay : Rear Admiral Poe, 1905-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/19
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
Dates:
1905-11
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
H.M.S. Renown at Aden [i.e 'Adan]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/137
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).
Item
[H.M.S. Renown at anchor], 1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 11/16
Scope and Contents
340 x 290 mm.
Dates:
1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19
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
[H.M.S. Renown at end of pier], 1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 11/17
Scope and Contents
340 x 290 mm.
Dates:
1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19
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
Hôchhi chapel, Jan 21.95, dull, 8am, F.11, counted 30, 1895-01-21
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/48
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...
Dates:
1895-01-21
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
Hockey, 1932 - 1936
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/462
Scope and Contents
Malacca Straits Hockey XI.
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).
Item
Hoisting 1st bay inclined tie, Bukkur, length 80' weight 14 tons, 1888-09-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30244A/44
Scope and Contents
295 x 240 mm.
Dates:
1888-09-28
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Sukkur Bridge
Item
Hoisting 3rd bay inclined tie, Rori, 1888-12-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30244A/52
Scope and Contents
295 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1888-12-12
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Sukkur Bridge
Fonds
Holbrook Tea Estate, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303I
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 195 x 145 mm.
The Holbrook estate was established in the early 1870s and was situated three miles from Lindula in the Dimbula area.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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
Item
Holiday bungalow on Taiping Hill, Perak, 1926, 1926
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/19
Scope and Contents
105 x 61 mm. A view from the drive of a row of stone bungalows on Taiping Hill. The location is possibly Maxwells Hill where (F.M.S. Annual Report, 1926): there are eight comfortable bungalows at an elevation of between 3,400 and 3,650 feet. The Cottage (the bungalow of the Chief Secretary to Government) and The Box (the bungalow of the British Resident, Perak) are on two peaks at heights of 4,530 feet and 4,-76 feet respectively. The rainfall of the hill is high, but the flower gardens...
Dates:
1926
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
Holpea odoratua- "Chengal kamhong" at K. Trengganu [i.e. Kuala Terengganu], 1937-04
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/387
Scope and Contents
Showing a large wooden building beside a road with two trees growing through the roof (presumably the building was built around the trees). The caption is difficult to read, and may well be spelt incorrectly in part, here.
Dates:
1937-04
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
Holy Cannon at Batavia. Note the Incense Pot & Paper Umbrellas, offerings of 'hopeful' native women., 1919 - 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/171
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates:
1919 - 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).
Sub-Series
[Holy Land], 1900
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Israel/1-29
Scope and Contents
Loose tinted postcards showing views in the Holy Land. The collection contains several duplicates. The postcards are captioned at the bottom and the titles are displayed in a variety of languages. Several of the postcards seem to be part of a series and are numbered on the reverse.
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).
Sub-Series
[Holy Land], 1900 - 1910
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Israel/63-66
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous postcards of scenes in the Holy Land. No. 63 published by M. Meguerditchian of Nazareth, others unknown.
Dates:
1900 - 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).