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Asia (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Sun Building Canton, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/219
Scope and Contents

A view from the river showing business premises on the waterfront with moored boats in the foreground. The large Sun Building in the centre of the slide is presumably named after Sun Yat Sen.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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Sun-holiday Procession, Jeypur, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/62
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. No. 1809.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
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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Sun Temple, Gulta, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/50
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).
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Sunday morning Communion Service in St. Luke’s Church, Kanakari, 1953, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/3/24
Scope and Contents

203 x 157 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1953
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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Sunday School meeting Hangchow [Hangzhou], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/6
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

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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Sungei Bessi. A sand lake of residue, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/76
Scope and Contents

141 x 90 mm. View looking across an expanse of sand with tin mining plant in the background. The tin mining centre of Sungei Besai is situated in central Selangor.

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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Sungei Bessi. Chinese smelting works, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/77
Scope and Contents

139 x 89 mm. Showing excavated land in the foreground, with mining plant and houses beyond.

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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Sungei Bessi. European tin mine, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/78
Scope and Contents

141 x 104 mm. View looking down into the excavated area of an opencast tin mine.

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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Sungei Bessi. Puddling machinery, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/79
Scope and Contents

143 x 102 mm.

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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Sungei Bulch New Village: Catherine Penny outside the Maternity Home, 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/61
Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1960
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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Sungei Bulch New Village: Iris Fong, CMS missionary, 1960, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/58
Scope and Contents

110 x 152 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1960
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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Sungei Bulch New Village: St. Mark’s Maternity Home and Church, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/59
Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. Showing Grace Ong, Iris Fong and Abel Chung at tea in the garden.

Dates: 1960
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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Sungei Bulch New Village: St. Mark’s Maternity Home and Church., 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/60
Scope and Contents

155 x 110 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative. Showing Grace Ong, Iris Fong and Abel Chung at tea in the garden.

Dates: 1960
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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Sungei Bulch New Village street, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/62
Scope and Contents

35 mm. negative.

Dates: 1960
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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Sunlight in the Malayan jungle [? 1920s], 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/93
Scope and Contents

105 x 149 mm. General view of jungle vegetation. The caption is taken from Gilmour, O.W.(1943) Singapore to Freedom.

Dates: 1920 - 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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Sunrise with clouds in the valley, 1895 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/55
Scope and Contents

'No. 105' printed on reverse.

Dates: 1895 - 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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[Sunset], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/53
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm. Showing a view at sunset looking towards the sea. 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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Sunset at the back of an old British enclave near Quilon, Travancore, 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 77/5/3
Scope and Contents

A mounted watercolour.

Dates: 1940
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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Sunset Mussorie [Mussoorie], 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/128
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

Dates: 1902 - 1910
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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[Sunset off Colombo], 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/51
Scope and Contents 275 x 215 mm. View from the beach looking out towards the setting sun, with a fishing boat under sail silhouetted in the distance. The firm of Skeen & Co. made something of a speciality of pictorial and 'instantaneous' (viz., short exposures of around a second) views such as this, advertising from around 1880 pictures of 'The grandeur of the sea, breaking waves, and massive clouds, photographed instantaneously rendered with fine effect. These, with our MOONLIGHT SERIES, are studies in...
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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Sunset over mouth of Trengganu [i.e. Terenaggu] River, 1927 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/57
Scope and Contents

131 x 77 mm. A view looking across the bay, with moored fishing boats silhouetted against the setting sun.

Dates: 1927 - 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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Sunset over mouth of Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] River, 1927 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/59
Scope and Contents

123 x 78 mm. Similar to BAM 16/57, but with only one boat silhouetted against the sunset.

Dates: 1927 - 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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Sunset over mouth of Trengganu [i.e.Terengganu] River, 1927 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/58
Scope and Contents

123 x 78 mm. A similar view to the preceding, but of a different part of the river.

Dates: 1927 - 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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Sunset, Straits Settlements, Seletar, Singapore, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/111
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm. Showing a sunset, with buildings (possibly part of the naval station) silhouetted in the foreground.

Dates: 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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Sunshine sketches: a memoir, 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/21/9
Scope and Contents

This is a personal memoir by John Kelley describing his early childhood in Malaya, and his work and travels abroad during the era of decolonisation.

Dates: 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.