Asia (continent)
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Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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'What Malaya did' and Comments upon the official history of the war against Japan, 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/3/1/4
Scope and Contents
In addition to these two memoirs, the file also includes a copy of 'The story of Singapore' by Sir George Sansom, and a note by Thomas stating that he had been ignored by the Official History Committee when it was preparing its final draft (83 sheets).
Dates:
1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-sub-class:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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'When Bunga Mas was offered to King Edward VII', 1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/12
Scope and Contents
Two annotated drafts of an article by Hugh Bryson describing how the tribute of golden and silver trees and flowers was sent from the Sultan of Kedah to King Edward VII in 1909, following the transfer of the suzerainty of Kedah from Siam to Britain. There is also a letter from Bryson to the Royal Archives at Windsor, enquiring about their location (7 sheets).
Dates:
1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
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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Where I hit panther
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/75
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the rest of visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. Subjects include: visits to Aden, Cairo, and Corfu on the return journey to the U.K., with arrival in London on May 8, 1906. Appended are photographs taken during the visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Madrid for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (May 31,...
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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Where the lads had dinner on one of the flag marches, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/154
Scope and Contents
104 x 60 mm.
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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Wickham Trollies during Emergency, approaching Gemas, circa 1950, 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/19
Scope and Contents
219 x 151 mm. Showing two armoured patrol trollies approaching Gemas from Rompin on the East Coast Line. Like the patrol trains seen in the preceding print, the Wickham Trollies ran ahead of passenger trains and also sometimes operated independently in anti-terrorist activities.
Dates:
1950
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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Wild buffalo in the forest, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/77
Scope and Contents
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'Wild buffaloes are found in all the low country forest. When caught young they can be domesticated'.
Dates:
1924
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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Wild elephant charging
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/365
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Wild elephant charging
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/369
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Wild elephants in kraal (Ceylon), 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/132
Scope and Contents
197x138mm. Showing a group of wild elephants inside the kraal, with a tethered animal lying in the left foreground.
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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Wildflower Hall, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/57
Scope and Contents
124 mm x 71 mm. 'Digger Trench, Mollie Kirschner, Doc. Smith, Ooloo Riley & M.' seated around a table in the Simla Hills.
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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Wildflower Hall - Simla Halls, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/49
Scope and Contents
129 x 78 mm. An exterior view of the hall.
Dates:
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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William Andrew Cuscaden, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/9/7
Scope and Contents
Biographical note on Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements, William Andrew Cuscaden (1853-1936) by his son (5 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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William J. Elmslie (1832-1872), first official CMS medical missionary to India, opened dispensary at Srinagar in 1864, 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/68
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1864
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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Williams & Tiger. Bali Island, 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/115
Scope and Contents
A hunter with rifle sitting beside a dead tiger.
Dates:
1923
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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[Willingdon Air Station] - Delhi, 1936 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/7
Scope and Contents
280 x 165 mm.
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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[Willingdon Air Station], Delhi Feb. 1936, 1936-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/5
Scope and Contents
285 x 90 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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Willingdon Air Station, Delhi - February 1936, 1936-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/2
Scope and Contents
210 x 155 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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Willingdon Air Station, Safdar Jung Aerodrome, 1936 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/6
Scope and Contents
205 x 155 mm. Copyright photo by Simla Studios, Simla and New Delhi.
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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[Willingdon Air Station, Safdar Jung Aerodrome], Delhi, 1936 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/8
Scope and Contents
290 x 140 mm.
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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Wilson College Bombay: Dr and Mrs Simmons entertaining two student friends, 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 23/88
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of 150 film negatives with 14 prints. Numbers 1-51, all from Kashmir, have clear inscriptions. 52-86 were sent by David George Stevens, CMS Regional Secretary in Bombay, to Miss Pamela Meister, CMS Photo Librarian, during the early 1960s. Canon Stevens (1912-1976) was a CMS Missionary at Nashik and Aurangabad between 1938-1960 and CMS Representative for the Church of India, based at Bombay, 1960-1963. 83-86 are listed, the remainder have descriptive captions. 87-135 are covered by...
Dates:
1962
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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Wilson College Bombay: Dr and Mrs Simmons entertaining two student friends, 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 23/89
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of 150 film negatives with 14 prints. Numbers 1-51, all from Kashmir, have clear inscriptions. 52-86 were sent by David George Stevens, CMS Regional Secretary in Bombay, to Miss Pamela Meister, CMS Photo Librarian, during the early 1960s. Canon Stevens (1912-1976) was a CMS Missionary at Nashik and Aurangabad between 1938-1960 and CMS Representative for the Church of India, based at Bombay, 1960-1963. 83-86 are listed, the remainder have descriptive captions. 87-135 are covered by...
Dates:
1962
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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Wilson College Bombay: Dr Simmons, 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 23/87
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Collection of 150 film negatives with 14 prints. Numbers 1-51, all from Kashmir, have clear inscriptions. 52-86 were sent by David George Stevens, CMS Regional Secretary in Bombay, to Miss Pamela Meister, CMS Photo Librarian, during the early 1960s. Canon Stevens (1912-1976) was a CMS Missionary at Nashik and Aurangabad between 1938-1960 and CMS Representative for the Church of India, based at Bombay, 1960-1963. 83-86 are listed, the remainder have descriptive captions. 87-135 are covered by...
Dates:
1962
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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Wind costume, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/40
Scope and Contents
175 x 231 mm. Full length studio portrait of a woman with an umbrella supposedly fighting her way against a storm. The illusion of wind and rain is created by scratches on the negatives (rain) and wires to hold her clothes in disarray.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Views of Japan
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Window Screen in Ruby Bastion, Ahmedabad, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/71
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1166.
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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[Wine bottles], 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/7
Scope and Contents
284 x 126 mm. A view showing rows of narrow bottles and vases, some with painted decorations.
Dates:
1881
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).