Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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R. Jordan from Allenby Ridge, 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham KK/30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Slides relating to the visit described above. Numbers 29-35 are of the Retreat ceremony in the capital. All the the slides are stamped September 61 and are arranged in two sequences - numbers 6-37 and 1-17. Numbers in the latter sequence have been altered to avoid duplication.
Dates:
1961
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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R. Kuwari. Gwalior Road, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/112
Scope and Contents
73 x 54 mm.
Dates:
1933
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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Race Course and Polo Ground - Calcutta, 1907-12 - 1908-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/479
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [View looking towards stands].
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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Race Course and Polo Ground - Calcutta, 1907-12 - 1908-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/480
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [View looking towards stands].
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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Race Course Mandalay , 1887 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/267
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1887 - 1895
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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Race Course, Shanghai [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/27
Scope and Contents
275 x 206 mm. View looking across the lawn at the race course, with groups of spectators gathered on the turf, towards the imposing grandstand. For earlier views of the course see Y30383A.
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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Race course, Shanghai, circa 1870, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377E/1
Scope and Contents
277 x 205 mm. View of the 'grandstand' of the race course, a small wooden pavilion with tiled and pyramidal hipped roof whose ridges project over the eaves and are curled upwards in Chinese style. Race-goers, officials and jockeys are posed for the photographer on the verandah and in front of the stand, while other spectators are seated in the background on the embanked slope overlooking the track. The first race course in Shanghai was on a plot of land known as the Old Park, with the...
Dates:
1870
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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Race Course, Shanghai, circa 1870, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377E/2
Scope and Contents
273 x 179mm. View looking across the race-track towards spectators on the embanked slope, with a group of sailors leaning against the wooden railings of the course, and the pavilion.
Dates:
1870
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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Radfan, Mukeiras, 1964 - 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham O
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Arranged in three groups as follows: N Abyan; O Radfan, Mudeiras and P Seiyun and Hadhramaut. These three groups numbered by JEM do not include any scenes in Aden itself. They cover a journey into Abyan, with scenes in Zinjibar and Giar (Ja'ar); a visit to the Radfan, including a military post and Mukeiras; a visit to the Hadhramaut, with several views taken in Seiyn (Saiun). Most of these journeys were by air. For convenience, a slide showing the visit to two Ministers of the Federation...
Dates:
1964 - 1966
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
Radio Malaya broadcasts, 1952 - 1958
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/7
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of broadcasts by Michael J. Smee.
Dates:
1952 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8223C.
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Radio Malaya broadcasts, 1954-12 - 1955-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/3
Scope and Contents
Material from broadcasts by Radio Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in which Michael Smee discusses the subjects of illiteracy and malnutrition. It includes three copies of the script for the programme on malnutrition, in which Smee interviewed Dr. I.A. Simpson and Miss E.B. Cheek of the Malayan Institute for Medical Research (35 sheets).
Dates:
1954-12 - 1955-02
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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Radio Malaya, Singapore, 1940 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/12
Scope and Contents
116 x 165 mm. Showing an operator at the console in the control room. The caption on the reverse reads 'A Control Room - the broadcaster can be seen in the studio at the microphone'.
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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R.A.F. flying boat, Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu], 1929, 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/55
Scope and Contents
138 x 79 mm. Showing a twin-engined flying boat moored in the harbour at Kuala Trengganu, with Malay fishing boats and canoes clustered around.
Dates:
1929
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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R.A.F. plane at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/38
Scope and Contents
85 x 55 mm. A closer view of one of the aircraft seen in the preceding print.
Dates:
1936-10
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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R.A.F. planes at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/37
Scope and Contents
86 x 55 mm. Showing two R.A.F. biplanes parked on the runway at Alor Star. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.
Dates:
1936-10
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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Raffles Museum, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/6
Scope and Contents
139 x 97 mm. View of the buildings (opened in 1887) at the junction of Stamford and Orchard Roads.
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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Raffles Place, Singapore, [circa 1967], 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/153
Scope and Contents
91 x 139 mm. View looking along the length of Raffles Place, with the public gardens in the centre of the square (beneath which is an underground car-park).
Dates:
1967
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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Raffles Square, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/20
Scope and Contents
273 x 214 mm. A view looking along one side of Raffles Square showing the premises of John Little and Co., with rickshaws and hack gharries in the roadway in front of the store. Francis Martin established a business in Singapore in 1842 which became Little, Cursetjee and Co., in 1845. Cursetjee left the partnership in 1853 and it was continued thereafter by J.M. and Matthew Little. From that date the company occupied the same site in the square, from the original modest building (for an...
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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Raffles Square [Singapore], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/31
Scope and Contents
277 x 208 mm. A view looking along the square with the premises of John Little and Co. at the right. At the far end of the square can be seen the shop of Geok Teat and Co. who, Makepeace (ed, 1921, ii, p. 197) says: have been in business since 1868, according to one directory. But that of 1868 mentions Locke Hong Ghee and Co. (late Geok Teat and Co) as having been established in 1863. Tay Geok Teat ruled for many years, and died quite recently.
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).
Sub-sub-class
Rafflesia mudai, 50 cm diameter, Ranau, 1960-08
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1437-1438
Scope and Contents
An image of the largest known flower in the world.
Dates:
1960-08
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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[Raft construction, ? Kalewa], 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/87
Scope and Contents
99 x 76 mm. A river bank scene with a Burmese man in the foreground constructing a covered raft.
Dates:
1895
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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Raft of bamboos on the Irrawaddy between Katha and Bhamo, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/341
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Upon such a raft, not more than 20 years ago, the Captain of one of the Irrawaddy Steamers remembered seeing the crucified victims of King Theebaw - who were drifted down the river pour encourager les autres. (Fisher). [Raft in distance: not clearly visible]
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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Raft of bamboos on the Irrawaddy between Katha and Bhamo, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/342
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Upon such a raft, not more than 20 years ago, the Captain of one of the Irrawaddy Steamers remembered seeing the crucified victims of King Theebaw - who were drifted down the river pour encourager les autres. (Fisher).
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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Raft race : Ulu Mouruts, 1909-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4310
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Spectators on the bank with rafters on the water and three rafting in the distance].
Dates:
1909-01
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).
File
'Rafting', 1960 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/9
Scope and Contents
A description of the different river craft used for pleasure boating and transportation in Malaya, with accounts of Churchill's most notable rafting experiences (2 copies, 40 sheets).
Dates:
1960 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.