Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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Spectators at football (? or rugby) match, Kuala Lumpur [1948-1949], 1948 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/49
Scope and Contents
133 x 81 mm. Showing row of seated spectators watching the match. Identified on the reverse of the print are: (?) Mrs CURTIS; wife of R.J.F. Curtis; C.P. RAWSON; The Raja Muda, later Sultan SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ (1926-); Sultan of Selangor 1960- ; Richard John Froude CURTIS (1897-); Malayan Civil Service 1920-1950; Chief Secretary 1946-1950; Lady GURNEY; Sir HISAMUDDIN ALAM SHAH (circa 1898-1960); Sultan of Selangor 1938-1960; Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy GURNEY (1898-1951); High...
Dates:
1948 - 1949
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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[Spectators in the elephant kraal grandstand], 1870 - 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/49
Scope and Contents
216 x 270 mm. Duplicate of Y3022L/128. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co., who advertise 'A series of photographs illustrating scenes and incidents of the elephant kraals of 1870 and 1882, including herds of wild elephants in the jungle (believed to be the first ever photographed)' in the almanac for 1885.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
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Speech to the Kelantan Planters' Association, 1945 - 1952
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/37
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of personal recollections of Malaya and Singapore.
Dates:
1945 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8228C.
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Speeches, 1975 - 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/11/3
Scope and Contents
This file contains notes, transcripts, correspondence, advertisements and guest-lists relating to speeches that Lady Smedley gave to the Sri Lanka Women’s Conference, June 1975; the Levin Plunket Society, October 1976; and the interprovincial conference of The Women's Division Federated Farmers of New Zealand, November 1976. Later speeches deal with her experiences as the wife of a diplomat and her book ‘Partners in diplomacy’ given to the English-Speaking Union, 19 February, 10 April 1991;...
Dates:
1975 - 1999
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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[Speeches - Karachi airport], 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/120
Scope and Contents
150 x 100 mm. A view of a man giving a speech, with others sat behind him. They are identified as: Sir S.N.Roy; Maharajah of Jodhpur; Sir Lancelot Graham - Governor of Sind; W.H.Watt
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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[Speeches - Karachi airport], 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/121
Scope and Contents
200 x 90 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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[Spider], 1920 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/112
Scope and Contents
58 x 31 mm. Showing a large spider placed on a piece of card, with a thimble beside it to indicate scale.
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).
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Spinning the thread, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035G/31
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
Dates:
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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Spinning wool in Agra Gaol, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/708
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
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).
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[Spire of building], 1937-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/62
Scope and Contents
80 x 120 mm.
Dates:
1937-04
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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Sponge-fishing boats, Limassol [i.e. Lemesós], Cyprus, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/101
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.
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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Sport, 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/113
Scope and Contents
78 x 53 mm. A soldier kicking a football, with other soldiers in the background
Dates:
1931
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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Sporting trophy, central India, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/26
Scope and Contents
238 x 188 mm. Still life of heads, horns, skins and guns.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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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Sports of 18th Prince of Wales' own Tiwana Lancers, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/24
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.
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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Spot of massacre, Cawnpore, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/35
Scope and Contents
230x172mm. Showing a plain stone cross surrounded by railings in the Memorial Gardens, marking the site of the Bibigarh. The inscription on the base reads: 'In Memoriam. On this spot stood the house of massacre. July 15 1857'.
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).
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Spot Reade Sigs, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/182
Scope and Contents
54 x 78 mm. Showing a European man sitting on the steps of a building.
Dates:
1934
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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Spreading out the beans to dry, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/37
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. Showing porters bringing in baskets of beans which other workers are spreading out on the drying platforms of ‘barbecues’.
Dates:
1880 - 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).
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Spreading out the leaf from the roller before firing, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/12
Scope and Contents
278 x 210 mm. Showing rolled tea (see Y303E/14) being laid out on long mats for fermentation before firing (see Y303E/15).
Dates:
1880 - 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).
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Spring landscape, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/62
Scope and Contents
67 x 108 mm.
Dates:
1949
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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[Square building with arches], 1936 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/33
Scope and Contents
130 x 80 mm. Exact location unidentified.
Dates:
1936 - 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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Sri Jaggat Siromani Temple, Amber [i.e. Amer], 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/31
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This album has a printed title page 'Souvenir of Jaipur' with the printer given as 'Ajmer: Scottish Mission Industries Company Ltd.' There is a 10-page printed introduction followed by a collection of excellent photographs of scenes and architectural features in Jaipur. Each page of letterpress and photographs has a decorative border, the album is bound in a lavishly tooled and inlaid vellum cover, and kept in a box. Unless otherwise indicated, the prints are approximately 220 x 210...
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).
Series
Sri Lanka, 1954
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 58/5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Paintings and drawings by school pupils in Africa and India and a selection of artwork from other countries, some mounted on cardboard. The collection includes work by pupils of George Stevens, a friend of Richard Carline, who taught at a school in Africa before the Second World War. A covering note by Unity Spencer explaining the origins of the collection is with RCMS 58/1.
Dates:
1954
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
Sri Lanka, 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/7/1
Scope and Contents
162 slides.
Dates:
1982
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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[Sri Lanka - Kantalai Tank], 1908 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/461
Scope and Contents
A view showing a wooden canoe in the shallow water of the Tank.
Dates:
1908 - 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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[Sri Lanka - Polonnaruwa], 1908 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/460
Scope and Contents
A view looking towards the Kiri or Milk dagoba.
Dates:
1908 - 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).