Skip to main content

Asia (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Kuala Kangsar. The Residency, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/117
Scope and Contents

205 x 96 mm. View from the Perak River.

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).
 File

'Kuala Kuba Bharu: the birth of a town', 1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/31/3
Scope and Contents

Cutting of an article written by Walter Stark from the 'Straits Times', Jan. 1928, describing the relocation of the town to a new site because of flooding.

Dates: 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
 Item

Kuala Kubu (Resthouse), 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/80
Scope and Contents

226 x 111 mm. General view of resthouse and grounds at Kuala Kubu at Bharu, about 30 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.

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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur. Church, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/67
Scope and Contents

205 x 95 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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur, circa 1882, 1882

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/1
Scope and Contents 265 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking down onto the Klang River and across to Welds Hill (still at this period heavily wooded) with a sprinkling of Malay houses with atap roofs clustered around the river. The area in the foreground was later to be the site of the Government Offices and cricket ground. The view looks eastward from a point a little to the south of the confluence of the Klang and Gombah Rivers. The photograph dates from the period just after the British centre of...
Dates: 1882
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

Kuala Lumpur, circa 1882, 1882

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/2
Scope and Contents

266 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view, taken from a similar location to the preceding print, but nearer to the Klang River, looking across towards Weld's Hill, with atap houses in the foreground.

Dates: 1882
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

Kuala Lumpur, circa 1882, 1882

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/3
Scope and Contents

264 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking towards Welds Hill with atap houses in the foreground. A photograph probably taken from a spot near the east bank of the Klang River.

Dates: 1882
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

Kuala Lumpur, circa 1882, 1882

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

266 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking towards a street of atap houses facing onto an area of open ground. This photograph also shows part of the area which was later the site of the Government Offices and cricket ground.

Dates: 1882
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

Kuala Lumpur, circa 1882, 1882

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/5
Scope and Contents 265 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view from just above the west bank looking down onto the Klang River, with the atap houses of Kuala Lumpur on the far side. Beside the road in the foreground is an open-sided atap house where a number of carpenters are planing wood to form planks. The note in Swettenham's hand on the reverse reads: 'This is the point from which, in 1882, just to the right of the picture, the road started to ascend the hill on which were the Residency and all other...
Dates: 1882
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

Kuala Lumpur, [circa 1883-1884], 1883 - 1884

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/6
Scope and Contents

264 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view looking across uneven, partially cleared scrubland towards (on the left) the square, two storey wooden quarters of Captain Syers, and (on the right) the Police Barracks, a series of long single storey buildings raised on brick pillars. Gullick (1955, p. 27-28) provides a detailed description of the buildings.

Dates: 1883 - 1884
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

Kuala Lumpur. Clark Road, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/66
Scope and Contents

205 x 97 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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur flood, November 30, 1902, 1902-11-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/25
Scope and Contents

289 x 232 mm. A view from the steps of the Railway Office looking across the Padang towards the Selangor club, with rickshaws and bullock cards in the flooded roadway in the foreground. A note on the back of the print states that the water rose over a foot after this photograph was taken.

Dates: 1902-11-30
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

Kuala Lumpur from Police Barracks [circa 1910-1920], 1910 - 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/18
Scope and Contents

155 x 112 mm. A view looking eastwards from the Police Barracks towards Weld Hill. The town, which lies in the intervening valley, is largely obscured by vegetation in the foreground, although the tower of the Government Offices can be seen at the right.

Dates: 1910 - 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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur. Museum, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/68
Scope and Contents

205 x 108 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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 1956: the Duke of Edinburgh talking to Rev. Roland Koh, priest in charge of the Chinese Church, 1956

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/32
Scope and Contents

152 x 111 mm. glossy print with two copies.

Dates: 1956
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

Kuala Lumpur. The Garden, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/69
Scope and Contents

206 x 89 mm. View of the ornamental garden near the Residency.

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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur. The Lake Club, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/70
Scope and Contents

206 x 87 mm. View looking across the public gardens towards the club premises. The Lake Club was founded in 1891.

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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur. The Residency, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/71
Scope and Contents

206 x 90 mm. View of the Carcosa from the ornamental gardens.

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).
 Item

Kuala Lumpur to Pudu road [circa 1900], 1900

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/41
Scope and Contents

162 x 132 mm. A view looking along the unsurfaced road, probably near Kuala Lumpur, with a wooden bridge over a river leading to houses in the background.

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).
 Item

Kuala Pilah Rice fields, Sago palms, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/459
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass and film negatives. The label lists at least four other places, which are illegible. Numbers 521-524 and 526 have camera specifications written in pencil underneath the captions.

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).
 Item

Kuala Sedili, Johore [i.e. Johor], 1932

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/649
Scope and Contents

View looking across the trees and out to sea.

Dates: 1932
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

Kuala Sedili, Johore [i.e. Johor], 1932

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/650
Scope and Contents

View looking across the trees and out to sea.

Dates: 1932
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

Kuala Telemong after flood, 1926

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/56
Scope and Contents

142 x 84 mm. Similar to preceding print but showing a different, largely undamaged section of coconut plantation.

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

Kuala Trengannu, about 11 a.m., December 19 1926, 1926-12-19

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/50
Scope and Contents

155 x 101 mm. A view looking along a flooded street in Kuala Trengannu [i.e. Terengganu], with the Public Works Department Offices (where the water level rose six inches above the floor in the store at the far end) at the right.

Dates: 1926-12-19
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

Kuala Trengganu, 1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/97
Scope and Contents

194 x 60 mm. Showing the waterfront at Kuala Trengganu, with fishing vessels at their moorings.

Dates: 1920 - 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).