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Asia (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Century old plantation by the sea shore showing where 2 trees have grown from one nut, 1880 - 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/60
Scope and Contents

210 x 278 mm. View looking along a seaside road shaded by coconut palms. The third tree is a double growth.

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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Ceremonial carriage taking H.H. Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Abdul Rahman to the lustration on the occasion of the 3 yearly audiences : drawn by men chosen from surrounding villages, 1934, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/15
Scope and Contents

199 x 150 mm. A view looking across gardens, presumably at the Istana at Sri Menanti, showing a Malay crowd gathering around the decorated carriage in which Tuanku Abdul Rahman and his consort are seated on the way to the Menghadap or three yearly audience.

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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[Ceremonial event?], 1870 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/40
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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[Ceremonial event], 1885 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/220
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: 1885 - 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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Ceremonial traditional court dancers at Sri Menanti, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/114
Scope and Contents

197 x 148 mm. Showing the male dancers in the performance also seen in the preceding print. Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1895-1960), who succeeded Tuanku Muhammed as Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan in 1933 can be seen at the left of the central group of spectators.

Dates: 1932
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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Ceremonial traditional court dancers at Sri Menanti, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan, 1932, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/113
Scope and Contents

197 x 148 mm. Showing two female dancers performing in an enclosed courtyard at Sri Menanti, the astana of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. With spectators in the background.

Dates: 1932
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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Ceylon, 1955 - 1986

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1955 - 1986
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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Ceylon, 1946 - 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/4/27/16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.

Dates: 1946 - 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).
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Ceylon : bamboos and plants

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 25/8
Scope and Contents From the File:

Album containing panoramic photographs, 300 x 115 mm (actual print surface 290 x 105 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.

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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Ceylon Branch, 1959 - 1974

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/12/19
Scope and Contents

Correspondence.

Dates: 1959 - 1974
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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Ceylon : Cinghalese [i.e. Sinhalese] elephant

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 24/11
Scope and Contents From the File:

Album containing prints, of a total size of 300 x 185 mm. (actual print surface 260 x 165 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.

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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Ceylon - C.P. Hayes' Bungalow, Dikoya, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/379
Scope and Contents

A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path. No information has been traced concerning the identity of this man.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon Garrison Artillery, 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/57/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

British propaganda posters from the Second World War, printed in England by A.C. Ltd, listing the countries comprising the British Empire. At the centre of each poster is the face of a soldier from a particular colonial force.

Dates: 1942
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/27
Scope and Contents

75 x 120 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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/28
Scope and Contents

125 x 75 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).
 Series

Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1910

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

Postcards showing views in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Dates: 1895 - 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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/383
Scope and Contents

Showing a lady sitting in a rickshaw pulled by a young Sinhalese. The woman is probably Maude, wife of PCA.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/389
Scope and Contents

A view showing a verandahed bungalow, probably the rest house seen in Y3011B(LS)/387.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/419
Scope and Contents

A photograph of a map of Sri Lanka.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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).
 Fonds

Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1886

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P
Scope and Contents Album of prints measuring approximately 275 x 210 mm. or 210 x 265 mm., generally one to a page and each with a typed caption. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The photographs show groups and portraits of people in Ceylon, especially Kandy, and views of the outlying country, including surf boats, fishing canoes, railways, Buddhist...
Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: 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

Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1910-11, 1910 - 1911

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/327-419
Scope and Contents

Includes a number of photographs of tea estates.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Alton Meet, 1911, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/394
Scope and Contents

A view looking down onto tennis courts, with a game in progress. Exact location unknown.

Dates: 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Boer Camp from St Leonards, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/418
Scope and Contents

A view looking out over wooded country. The buildings that are visible bear no resemblance to other photographs of the Boer prisoner-of-war camp (the nearest are certainly tea estate buildings). An interesting photographic record of the camp at Diyatalawa entitled 'Illustrations of Life in the Boer Camp' was made by A.W. Andrée, a Colombo photographer, in 1901.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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

[Ceylon i.e. Sri Lanka - British Empire Exhibition], 1924

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/56-77
Scope and Contents

Monochrome gravure postcards of Ceylon, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Buddha, Polonnaruwa, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/339
Scope and Contents

A view showing a huge statue (about 24 feet high) of Buddha carved from a rock face at the Kalu Gal Wihara, or Black Rock Cave.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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).