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Asia (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:

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Opening by Lord Willingdon - Delhi, Feb. 1936, 1936-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/3
Scope and Contents

110 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1936-02
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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Opening by Lord Willingdon - Delhi, Feb. 1936, 1936-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/4
Scope and Contents

110 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1936-02
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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[Opening Ceremony?], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/84
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm. Showing a man ceremoniously pulling a ribbon from the nose of an aeroplane. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1937
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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[Opening ceremony?], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/85
Scope and Contents

150 x 105 mm. Showing a group of men, including Tymms, stood beside a table on which is tea and cakes. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1937
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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[Opening ceremony?], 1937-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/87
Scope and Contents

160 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1937-11
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).
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Opening ceremony, 1889-03-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30244A/63
Scope and Contents 275 x 230 mm. View of the dignitaries assembled for the formal opening of the bridge on 25 Mar. 1889, captioned from left to right: Bishop of Lahore, Commander in Sind, Colonel Wallace, Lady Reay, Lord Reay, F.E. Robertson and M.S.N. Hecquet.The bridge was formally opened by Lord Reay, the Governor of Bombay, who deputised for the Viceroy, Lord Lansdowne, after whom the bridge was named. Reay unlocked an ornamental padlock, designed by J.L. Kipling, Principal of the Mayo School of...
Dates: 1889-03-25
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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Opening ceremony, Princess Street, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/19
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.

Dates: 1905
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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Opening ceremony, Princess Street, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/20
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.

Dates: 1905
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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Opening Colonial Secretariat Canteen, Singapore, 1946, 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/104
Scope and Contents

145 x 109 mm. Showing a group seated round a table having a meal. H.P. Bryson is at the centre of the group.

Dates: 1946
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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[Opening of Jaipur aerodrome], 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/91
Scope and Contents

58 x 91 mm.

Dates: 1938
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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Opening of new houses at Barharwa School; infants’ greeting, 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Opening of St. John’s College, Agra, 1906 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/25
Scope and Contents

Colour. Originally opened in 1853, this event has not been identified.

Dates: 1906 - 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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Opening of St. John’s College, Agra, 1906 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/26
Scope and Contents

Colour. Originally opened in 1853, this event has not been identified.

Dates: 1906 - 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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Opening of Tabor Police Station, 1933 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/426
Scope and Contents

Lt Mohd Isa, Lt Salleh. L-R J.D. Dalley C.P.O. Trengganu, seated centre, Sheppard, Asst Advisor standing Centre Sulaiman.

Dates: 1933 - 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).
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Opening of the Agri-Horticultural Show, Alor Star, June 12 1936, 1936-06-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/36
Scope and Contents 100 x 140 mm. Showing Sultan ABDUL HAMID and suite arriving for the Agri-Horticultural show. Other figures in the group are: Tuanku KASSIM; Tuanku BAHROM; Tuanku MAHMUD (Regent); Tuanku YA'ACOB. The Kedah Annual Report (1936) states: "A very successful exhibition was held over a period of three days ---- in Alor Star, which provided for exhibits of agricultural products, rubber, livestock, village and school handicrafts, and commercial and departmental exhibits. In addition to these a...
Dates: 1936-06-12
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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Opening of the Cinnabar mines in Tegora Hill, Upper Sarawak, 1880, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/65
Scope and Contents

240 x 188 mm. A view looking down on Chinese gardens and labourers' house in a jungle clearing at the Tegora Hill Cinnabar Mines situated some 60 miles from Kuching. The houses raised off the ground are Malay houses. A note on the reverse states that the tree in the centre of the print is a Tapa tree and supposed to be upwards of 200 feet high with parasitic pine in branches.

Dates: 1880
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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Opening of the cinnabar mines on Tegora Hill, Upper Sarawak, about 60 miles from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak (Borneo), 1868 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035B/2
Scope and Contents 240 x 187 mm. View looking down onto the thatched huts of the labour force, with partially cleared jungle on the hillside beyond. The note on the reverse continues: ‘Showing Chinese gardens and coolie [i.e. labourer's] house. Those raised off the ground are Malay houses. The large tree in the centre of the picture is a Tapa tree & supposed to be upwards of 200 ft high with parasitic pine in branches. The Malay gardens are at the back & full of bananas or pisangs’. Duplicate at...
Dates: 1868 - 1890
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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[Opening of the First Meeting of the Second Session of the First Parliament, 19 April 1960], 1960-04-19

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031K/63-70
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the ceremony held at Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall by the Yang di Pertuan Agong II.

Dates: 1960-04-19
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).
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Opening of the Japanese Garden, Johore Bahru, December 2, 1936, 1936-12-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/7
Scope and Contents

130 x 81 mm. Showing a mixed European and Malay group seated in front fo a summer house beside an ornamental pool in the Japanese Garden. Sultan Sir Ibrahim (1873-1959) is seated with the Sultana in the centre of the party. Their son, the future Sultan Ismail (1894-) is seated six places to the left of the Sultan. No other figures have been identified.

Dates: 1936-12-02
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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Opening of Wan Mat Saman Bridge, Alor Star, 1926, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/30
Scope and Contents 200 x 116 mm. Showing Sir Abdul HAMID HALIM SHAH, Sultan of Kedah, on the point of cutting the tape to open the new bridge. Beside him stands Alwyn Sidney HAYNES, acting British Adviser. Other figures in the group include Haji Sir Mohamed SHERIFF; the Regent of Kedah, Tuanku IBRAHIM; Syed Jan (?); Syed Mohamed IDID; Tuanku Johamed JAVA; and Tuanku BADLISHAH, later Sultan. The Kedah Annual Report (1926) gives this description: "The Wan Mat Saman Bridge which crosses the Kedah River at...
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).
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Opening out a large new gem-pit, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/143
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. On mountain side in jungle some miles from Ratnapura. Yellowish sand-coloured rock, in blaze of sunlight. (Fisher).

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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Operating on casualties in hospital, 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/7/7
Scope and Contents

Extracted from the ‘Changi Guardian’, no. 31, 15 Apr. 1942 (2 sheets).

Dates: 1942
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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Opposite Pulai Musang, Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] River, after flood, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/57
Scope and Contents

141 x 83 mm. A view from the river looking towards a Malay house on the river bank, with a coconut plantation beyond.

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).
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Opposite Singapore [Rochore], 1870 - 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/68
Scope and Contents

272 x 205 mm. Duplicate of BAM 1/6. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert & Co.

Dates: 1870 - 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).
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Oranje Hotel. Soerabaia, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/28
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).