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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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In Colombo Harbour, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/23
Scope and Contents

Approaching the landing stage [taken from small boat].

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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In Colombo Harbour, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/24
Scope and Contents

Approaching the landing stage [taken from small boat].

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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In Filling, 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/15
Scope and Contents

455 x 305 mm watercolour by Sidney R. Fever. A quick study to have formed the basis for more detailed paintings illustrating the tea pioneer Charles Bruce’s discovery of indigenous tea growing in Upper Assam.

Dates: 1985
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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In front of Gua ?Minek, Kelantan, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/572
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives. The label lists three other places, which are illegible. Images are chiefly of Pahang and Kelantan.

Dates: 1931
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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In front of Gua ?Minek, Kelantan, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/573
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives. The label lists three other places, which are illegible. Images are chiefly of Pahang and Kelantan.

Dates: 1931
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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In grounds, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/107
Scope and Contents

136x92mm (oval print). View looking across a formal garden towards a bandstand.

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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In K. Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/89
Scope and Contents

View of Chinese houses in a Kuala Lumpur street.

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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In Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/142
Scope and Contents

View looking along a tree-shaded road in Kuala Lumpur.

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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In Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/86
Scope and Contents

Street scene.

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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In Kuching, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/36
Scope and Contents

View looking along a waterfront street in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak.

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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In Kuching, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/37
Scope and Contents

A street scene.

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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In Lefca Village, Cyprus. A Turkish boy, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1206
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing. The largest orange gardens in Cyprus are near here: people all Turks.

Dates: 1908
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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In Lefca Village, Cyprus. A Turkish boy, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1207
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing. The largest orange gardens in Cyprus are near here: people all Turks.

Dates: 1908
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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In Madras Harbour, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/286
Scope and Contents

Going out to British India steamer Lindula. [Rowing boat with steamer in background].

Dates: 1907-12
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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In my office, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/145
Scope and Contents

General view of office with desks, looking towards verandah

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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'In my opinion the Malayan Civil Service has failed lamentably in making adequate preparations for war'. Duff Cooper's case against the Malayan Civil Service reconsidered, 1994-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/17
Scope and Contents

Master of Arts dissertation submitted to the Department of History, Royal Holloway, London University.

Dates: 1994-09
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this item must be viewed on Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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In Peking, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/24
Scope and Contents

272 x 213 mm. View looking across gardens and an ornamental lake towards the tower of a temple.

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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In Singapore Harbour, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/94
Scope and Contents

River scene with a settlement and wooded hills in the distance. Precise location unidentified, but possibly showing Keppel or New Harbour.

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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In the Abbots garden at Kikko (The White Monastery) near Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1168
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. On the left, Abbot of Kikko (Hierasimos by name). On right the Archimandrite of Cyprus.

Dates: 1908
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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In the Akaba, the main pass, Aden [i.e. 'Adan], 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/1011
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1908
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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In the Bazaar, 1906-03-10 - 1906-03-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/215
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1906-03-10 - 1906-03-16
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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In the bazaar at Bhamo, 1903 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/44
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).
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In the bazaar - the Vegetable Market, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/383
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. In Mandalay.

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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In the Botanical Gardens, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4462A
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Path with beeches on the left and trees showing large white building in the distance and three people in the foreground].

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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In the Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong Island, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038E/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A series of thirty-two photographs taken by Douglas Moore in 1949, depicting views and aspects of the lives and conditions of the inhabitants of Hong Kong. The photographs were printed and mounted for an exhibition at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in the 1980s. The average size of each print (inner mount measurement) is 290 mm x 360 mm. The photographs are each individually captioned on the reverse and are accompanied by Mr Moore’s introductory caption for the exhibition:Hong...
Dates: 1949
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).