Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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Reception of Kandyan Chiefs : the dais in the audience hall, Kandy, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/22
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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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Reception of Prince of Wales in Singapore, [March 31] 1922, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/62
Scope and Contents
127 x 78 mm. Showing the Prince of Wales being greeted in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall on his arrival at Singapore: The most noteworthy event of the year was the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Colony. The weather was perfect and the Prince received a most enthusiastic and sincere welcome from all classes of the community. All the races of Asia meet in Singapore and one and all joined in adorning the city for the visit. The Chinese, Indian, Ceylonese,...
Dates:
1922
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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Reception of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales by His Highness the Maharajah, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/4
Scope and Contents
140 x 100 mm (approximately).
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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Reception Pandal at Railway Station, 1905-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/1
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.
Dates:
1905-12
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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Reception tent, 1905-12-05 - 1905-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 16/8
Scope and Contents
200 x 143 mm.
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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[Reclining woman], 1870 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/81
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:
1870 - 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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Recollections, 1960 - 1969
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/5
Scope and Contents
Memoirs by Graham describing how the Selangor Club received its nickname of 'The Spotted Dog' in 1896 or 1897, the introduction of polo to Malaya in 1902, and the formation of town guards in 1915 (3 sheets).
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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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‘Recollections of a month’s duty in Lower Perak (June-July, 1911)’, 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/1/3
Scope and Contents
Coe’s account of his service assisting the District Officer of Telok Anson, Thomas Fleming, in charge of the sub-treasury and court. Subjects include legal affairs, a cholera outbreak and King George V’s coronation (3 sheets).
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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‘Recollections of Johore [Johor] - November 1929 to May 1931’, 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/5
Scope and Contents
Reflections by Coe on his service during this period as Commissioner of Lands and Mines (4 sheets).
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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‘Recollections of Kuala Kangsar (July 1911 to February 1912)’, 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/1/4
Scope and Contents
A description of Coe’s service as 2nd Assistant District Officer in charge of the sub-treasury and court, and of the District Officer H.B. Ellerton.
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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'Recollections of Kuala Lumpur', 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/2
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences by Coe upon his three periods of service in Kuala Lumpur.1. 2nd Assistant Secretary in the Federal Secretariat between 1912 and 1915, drafting papers and letters for the Under Secretary and compiling the Civil Service List and Annual Federal Estimates. Coe describes the working and living conditions of junior officers, the colleagues he served with, the suppression of gambling, and volunteering to serve in the First World War.2. This section describes Coe’s...
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
Sub-sub-class
'Recollections of Larut', 1961
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/1
Scope and Contents
Memoirs based upon Coe’s two periods of service at Larut: the first during 1910-1911 as a newly arrived, unpassed cadet, and the second in 1927 as District Officer and Secretary to the Resident.
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC47.
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'Recollections of thirty-five years as a missionary teacher in Malaya', 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/26
Scope and Contents
Peach’s account of his career as a teacher and missionary. Subjects include descriptions of his living and working conditions, the contribution of his wife Norah Nelson, standards of education, the contribution of Christian schools to Malay life, the growth of the school system and its Asian leadership, inter-faith cooperation, evacuation from Malaya during the Second World War, public health, political changes and the many friendships he formed with British colleagues (24 sheets).
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
Sub-sub-class
Records of purchases, 1942 - 1945
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/13/2
Scope and Contents
Three school exercise books containing records of purchases made by the Camp Quartermaster through the Japanese authorities or the neutral agent, H. Schweizer of Diethelm & Co., who was the Singapore Representative of the International Red Cross.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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Recruits, the 18th Lancers P.W.O., 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/729
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Near The Ridge Delhi.
Dates:
1908-02
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).
File
Red Cross supplies, 1942 - 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/13/3
Scope and Contents
This file contains papers relating to the release, contents and distribution of Red Cross supplies delivered in 1945, with details of two smaller consignments in 1942 and 1943 (67 sheets).
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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[Red Fort Delhi], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/125
Scope and Contents
75 x 50 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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[Red Fort Delhi], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/126
Scope and Contents
74 x 51 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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[Red Fort Delhi], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/127
Scope and Contents
52 x 75 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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[Red Fort Delhi], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/129
Scope and Contents
129 x 74 mm. A colonnaded building with cupolas, probably Red Fort Delhi.
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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Red painted Joss luck cross poles, etc, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4539
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Erected upon the site of new buildings before beginning construction. [Pile of poles and rubble beside the building site].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Red Temple in the Shay Dugan Pagoda, Rangoon, 1870 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/130
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:
1870 - 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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[Refreshment], 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/28
Scope and Contents
135 x 80 mm. Showing a man and a woman sat at a table outside, taking refreshment. The man waiting on them is stood in the centre of the photograph. There are sloping wooded hills and snow-capped mountains behind them.
Dates:
1941
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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[Refreshment under shelter], 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/80
Scope and Contents
150 x 100 mm.
Dates:
1936 - 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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Refreshments after the shoot, 1906-02-11 - 1906-02-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/182
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:
1906-02-11 - 1906-02-15
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).