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Asia (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Hyderabad, Sind : the Talpur tombs

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 5/60
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints measuring approximately 210 x 160 mm mounted in an album bound in padded red leather and inscribed on the front cover VM [Victoria Mary] surmounted by a coronet. The end papers have a label 'Bourne and Shepherd : Artists, Photographers and Publishers. Calcutta, Simla and Bombay.' This album deals with architectural views in Gwalior, Orchha, Lucknow, Mandalay, Rangoon, Trichinopoly [i.e. Tiruchchirappalli], Tanjore, Madura, Ellora, Ajanta, Benares, Nepal, Palitana,...
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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Hydraulic cutting at Sepian, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/98
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm.

Dates: 1907
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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I go on a shikaring expedition for Blackbuck [Horse-drawn cart on the road], 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/82
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1899
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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I shoot a record head for Surat. length of horns 22 and a half inches, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/84
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. Photograph of group of Indians by the cart with dead blackbuck on ground.

Dates: 1899
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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I shoot a record head for Surat. length of horns 22 and a half inches, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/85
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. Photograph of group of Indians by the cart with dead blackbuck on ground.

Dates: 1899
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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I spent two months here on plague duty in 1899 and inoculated 8,000 persons with Haffkine's Plague Serum, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/79
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1899
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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Iban longhouse on Julan River, Sarawak, 1960s, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/127
Scope and Contents

154 x 106 mm. View of the atap roofed longhouse from the river.

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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Ibrahim Mahammed Khan, Nawab Sidi (c 1886-), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/117
Scope and Contents

94 x 135 mm. Nawab of Sachin 1907-. Head and shoulders 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

I.C. Redwood Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042E-J
Scope and Contents A collection of albums containing prints, in addition to a further 4 albums of photographs and postcards of World War I not listed here. The majority of the photographs are stuck in the albums, but there are also 69 loose ones. Many of these are Redwood's own enlargements from his smaller photographs, and have been removed from passe-partout framing and, in most cases, inserted in the album containing the smaller versions. There are some captions, but these vary in detail and it has been...
Dates: 1891 - 1964
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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Ice cave in the glacier, the source of the Buspa, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/32
Scope and Contents 297 x 240 mm. View looking towards the ice cave at the foot of the glacier, with the Buspa stream issuing from it and mountain peaks in the distance, ‘The stupendous glacier in which the Buspa has its source fills up completely the head of the valley - an enormous block of ice hundreds of feet in thickness and several miles long (as far as I could judge, probably ten or fifteen), but I did not explore it. The stream issues at its foot (a full-blown river at once) out of an immense ice cave,...
Dates: 1866
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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Ice House Road, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4458
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Close to Battery Path. [Showing open space in foreground with tree at near end of the road, with rickshaws].

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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Ikao [Ikaho], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/168
Scope and Contents

261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
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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Ikao [Ikaho] [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/167
Scope and Contents

261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
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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Ikebukuro Welfare Centre, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/27
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Ilanun wedding, 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/23
Scope and Contents

Arrival of guests on horseback, several carrying parasols.

Dates: 1904
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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Ilanun wedding. Arrival of bridegroom's contribution to wedding feast, 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/25
Scope and Contents

Showing a procession of Ilanun men bearing richly decorated parasols and wedding gifts.

Dates: 1904
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).
 Series

[Illegible words] S. Sedili [i.e. Sungai Sedili], 1941-07

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1151-1172
Scope and Contents

Film negatives showing views of a river and surrounding foliage, some including the Corners.

Dates: 1941-07
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

'Illustrated' 6 Oct. 1945, 1945-10-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/4/2
Scope and Contents

Contains the article 'Women's green hell of Singapore' reporting on the experience of female internees (3 sheets).

Dates: 1945-10-06
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8235.
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'Illustrated' 20 Oct. 1945, 1945-10-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/4/3
Scope and Contents

Contains the article 'No kid gloves for Japan' discussing the treatment of military and civilian internees by the Japanese (6 sheets).

Dates: 1945-10-20
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8235.
 File

'Illustrated' 29 Sept. 1945, 1945-09-29

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/4/1
Scope and Contents

Contains the article, 'Dramatic highlights of liberation' (6 sheets).

Dates: 1945-09-29
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8235.
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Illustration from ‘The Graphic’ depicting the bridge over the River Ool, and the rolling and weighing of tea leaves, 1883-11-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/6
Scope and Contents

230 x 155 mm.

Dates: 1883-11-03
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).
 Fonds

Illustrations of China and its People

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377G
Scope and Contents

A volume measuring 36 x 48 cm containing plates with illustrations of various Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macao.

John Thomson (1837-1921) was a distinguished photographer and traveller, and this is volume I of his magnum opus, published in four volumes in 1873-74. It contains excellent Woodbury-type reproductions of his photographs taken in the early 1870s, and substantial notes on each illustration.

Dates: 1873
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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Ilo-Ilo [i.e. Iloilo], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30394A/5
Scope and Contents

212 x 170 mm. General view of the port of Iloilo on Panay Island 290 miles SSE of Manila, with the Iloilo Strait and Guimaras Island in the background.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Ilo-Ilo [i.e. Iloilo], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30394A/6
Scope and Contents

214 x 141 mm. General view of the port of Iloilo on Panay Island 290 miles SSE of Manila, with the Iloilo Strait and Guimaras Island in the background.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Image of Buddha near Pagan, 1903 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/18
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing photographic prints and coloured reproductions. Prints 2-62 are coloured reproductions from Kelly, R. Talbot (1905) Burma painted and described, London : Adam and Charles Black. The remainder are original photographs by Thomas Harry Goldsworthy Stevens. The prints mainly measure approximately 100 x 75 mm, although some are larger. The album is interleaved with sheets on which are typed captions, up to print 261. Photographs beyond this point are uncaptioned. The...
Dates: 1903 - 1921
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).