Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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Off Mantani Islands. March 7th 1903, 1903-03-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/9
Scope and Contents
Printed from broken negative. A view looking from the stern of a ship towards a small vessel in tow. With land visible on the horizon.
Dates:
1903-03-07
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).
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Offerings to the Araban Pagoda, 1890 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/34
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
Dates:
1890 - 1927
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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Offerings to the omen-birds, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/130
Scope and Contents
142 x 104 mm. Showing a young man standing beside a wooden framework containing poles stuck into the ground. At their top end these poles are split and eggs have been wedged into the opening.
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).
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Office, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/39
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
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
Office diary of Hubert Berkeley, 1886-07 - 1919
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/2
Scope and Contents
A three volume diary kept intermittently during Berkeley's career in the Perak police and as District Officer.
Dates:
1886-07 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
Fonds
Officers 44th Assam Light Infantry Kohima: Naga Hills, 1883
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022WW
Scope and Contents
Modern copy of print (property and copyright of Army Museums Ogilby Trust, Aldershot). The size of the actual photograph as copied is 170 x 115 mm and the above title is written below it. There are some identifications below, but these have partly been cut off by the edge of the photograph. The original came from Captain Downie's album. The unit later became the 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles.
Dates:
1883
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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Officers at Nicholsons Monument, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/30
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints by J and H King of Simla bound in padded red leather album inscribed on the cover: 'Presented to Her Royal Highness: The Princess of Wales: Rawalpindi Manoeuvres and Review 5th-8th December 1905.' The prints, 290-300 x 195-230 mm unless otherwise stated, are mounted on cardboard pages with printed captions.
Dates:
1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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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Officers en route to Kala-Sarai, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/15
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints by J and H King of Simla bound in padded red leather album inscribed on the cover: 'Presented to Her Royal Highness: The Princess of Wales: Rawalpindi Manoeuvres and Review 5th-8th December 1905.' The prints, 290-300 x 195-230 mm unless otherwise stated, are mounted on cardboard pages with printed captions.
Dates:
1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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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Officers of 2nd Battn [i.e. Battallion] Welsh Regiment Quetta
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/98
Scope and Contents
The Prince and Princess with officers of the second Battalion Welsh Regiment and wives.
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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[Officers of H.M.'s 93rd Highland Regiment, Sialkot], 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/48
Scope and Contents
291 x 240 mm. Group portrait of officers of the 93rd Regiment posed with their rifles amongst a 'large array of hunting trophies including antelope horns, bear skins and leopard skins'. Bourne mentions travelling to Sialkot to photograph this group at this end of his nine month trip to Kashmir in 1864 (B.J.P. 8 February 1866, p. 474).
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).
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Officers of the 13th Hussars in India, 1908 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3026A/1
Scope and Contents
290 x 215 mm. Group photograph in which Edmund Stoneham appears on the extreme right of the front row.
Dates:
1908 - 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).
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Officers quarters, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee], 1882 - 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/30
Scope and Contents
202 x 137 mm. Showing the compound inside Fort Frederick, which is situated on a promontory to the east of the town and protected by the northern approaches to the harbour. At the left of the print is the road leading to the main entrance, while at the right are the Officers quarters which back onto the sea. The road and quarters are separated by a tree-lined grass recreational area. Accompanying the print is a diagram listing the occupants of the various bungalows. Trincomalie was...
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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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Officers Royal Welch Fusiliers, Agra
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/139
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...
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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Officers Royal Welch Fusiliers, Agra
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/143
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...
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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Offices and court, etc., Port Dickson, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/10
Scope and Contents
A view looking down onto the Port Dickson administrative buildings, with the sea visible in the background.
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).
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Official group, Kelantan, circa 1914, 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/14
Scope and Contents
286 x 237 mm. Showing a uniformed group standing on a parade ground, probably at Kota Bahru [i.e. Baharu], with spectators in the background. Figures identified in the group are: William LANGHAM-CARTER (1869-1940); Malayan; Civil Service 1890-1924; British Adviser, Kelantan (-15?); Herbert Alfred ANDERSON (1875-); Australian Army 1895-1905; Inspector of Police, Federated Malay States 1905; Assistant Superintendent, Straits Settlement 1910; Chief Police Officer, Kelantan 1913-circa 1917;...
Dates:
1914
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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Official palace of Sultan of Trengganu, 1920 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/99
Scope and Contents
104 x 60 mm. A view from the entrance driveway showing the front façade of the Istana of the Sultan of Trengganu, a two storey building in Renaissance style.
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).
File
Official programme of the presentation of chiefs in Selangor, 1941
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/14/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
From 1952 to 1967 the Secretary of the Association was Hugh Bryson. He organised the accumulation of two important collections of historical material through the BAM. In 1960, in cooperation with the Royal Commonwealth Society, Bryson initiated the gathering of original documents - memoranda, diaries, correspondence - and the writing of special reminiscences by those with first hand experience of the geographic area covered by the Association. Subjects of particular significance include...
Dates:
1941
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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Officials and beaters at Elephant Khedda, Mysore
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/315
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...
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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Officials of Singapore Cold Storage [? Company], 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/163
Scope and Contents
117 x 191 mm. Group portrait of company officials.
Dates:
1950 - 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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Ogi-goku - 'Mouth of Hell' - near Miyanoshita, 1870 - 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/132
Scope and Contents
256 x 186 mm. View looking across mountainous country, with steam issuing from craters in the middleground. 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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Oil Bunkering, 1946 - 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/16
Scope and Contents
Shows the refueling of ships at the docks with the 'Empire Halladale' in the background.
Dates:
1946 - 1955
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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Oil from Borneo, 1940 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/14
Scope and Contents
167 x 115 mm. General exterior view of industrial plant. The caption on the reverse reads '(See Feature Set No. 268). (2). A three-language signboard gives 'No Smoking' directions in English, Chinese and Malay (Jawi script) near the Lutong oil distillation plant'.
Dates:
1940 - 1959
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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Oji River Leper Centre administration buildings, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/16
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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O.K. Mudah‘s boat. Kuala Mengkabong. April 6th 1909, 1909-04-06
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/35
Scope and Contents
Showing a small houseboat on a river.
Dates:
1909-04-06
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).