India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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File
India tours, 1957 - 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/3/1
Scope and Contents
This file includes brief reports of official visits made by Smedley during 1957 and 1958 to Darjeeling; the Asansol District; Bihar; Dhanbad, Ranchi and Chittaranjan; Kalimpong; Puri; Panighata (to visit the speaker Sankar Das Banerji); Pathna and Katmandu; the United Provinces; Saharanpur, Amritsar, Dhariwal, Ludhiana and Patiala; a tour of South India in 1959; a visit to Rajasthan in 1960; newspaper cuttings from ‘Hindustan Times’, Jan. 1960; a map of north-eastern India; staff lists; the...
Dates:
1957 - 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).
Fonds
India Vol. 1, 1886-1887
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022YYYY
Scope and Contents
One Album (there is no 'Volume 2') of prints measuring approximately 230 x 185 mm or 210 x 130 mm, generally one to a page and each with typed captions. The photographs are arranged by region and are mostly of palace's, forts and temples. Subjects include:Rajpoontana:Rajah Jey Singh’s ObservatoryThe Towrie BazaarMaharaja’s PalaceAmber:The Sheesh Mahal (or Glass Palace)Aggra:The Khash MahallThe ZenanaThe Taj MahallTomb of Prince Etmad...
Dates:
1886 - 1887
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).
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Cambridge University Library
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India, work photographs, 1936 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 75/6/2
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white photographs of buildings and people, most labelled, but some undated. Many of the images appear to be connected to Pringle's work; they include photographs of social events and of visiting dignitaries, such as Sir John Anderson.
Dates:
1936 - 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).
Item
[Indian], 1933
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/139
Scope and Contents
50 x 78 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).
Item
Indian Army sentry, 1905 - 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/150
Scope and Contents
[Exact location untraced].
Dates:
1905 - 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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[Indian boats at waters edge], 1906-01-24 - 1906-01-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/147
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:
1906-01-24 - 1906-01-28
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).
Item
[Indian boats at waters edge], 1906-01-24 - 1906-01-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/150
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:
1906-01-24 - 1906-01-28
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).
Item
Indian children who wished to be photographed, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/193
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:
1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
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).
Item
Indian Club Swinging at Military Sports, 1905-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/47
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).
Item
Indian Clubs (Mungli), 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/803
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. At Amritsar police station. [Showing a man heaving one of these very large and seemingly heavy clubs].
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).
Item
Indian Clubs (Mungli), 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/804
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. At Amritsar police station. [Showing a man heaving one of these very large and seemingly heavy clubs].
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).
Item
Indian Coolies on board the Lindula in Bay of Bengal crossing to work on Burma paddy fields [historic title], 1907-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/288
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1907-12
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).
Sub-Series
Indian craftsmen at work, 1902 - 1910
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/282-294
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
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).
Series
Indian diaries, 1901-06-24 - 1901-09-19
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/3
Scope and Contents
Diaries written by Christy during his medical work and travels in India.
Dates:
1901-06-24 - 1901-09-19
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
Indian diary, 1901-06-24 - 1901-09-19
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/3/1
Scope and Contents
The diary (59 leaves) describes Christy's travels in India after he resigned his civil medical appointment at Satara on 26 June, and while he was seeking other work. He visited Bombay, Agra, Simla, Lahore and Quetta. It also includes 11 pages of clinical notes.
Dates:
1901-06-24 - 1901-09-19
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).
Item
Indian driving a small carriage pulled by a zebra, 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022II/23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of silver prints, originally in an album. No date or other details are known of the origin of the album. The photographs, of high quality, were taken by K.L. Syed, State Photographer, Palanpur, and show scenes in Udaipur, but there are no captions. Each print has a number preceded by 'V' on the back. Collections of photographs and published works have been used to caption these views of the complex of magnificent palaces and other buildings of and adjoining the Pichola lake,...
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Udaipur
Series
Indian figurines, 1935 - 1944
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ORCS.2.01
Scope and Contents
Three hand painted figures, two male and one female, approximately 60 mm in height.
Dates:
1935 - 1944
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).
Item
Indian goldsmith, 1862
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/97
Scope and Contents
201 x 159 mm.
Dates:
1862
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 India
Sub-Fonds
Indian invitations and menus, 1934
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/7
Scope and Contents
Mr and Mrs Fowler's invitations to banquets and other social occasions in India, with menus and table plans of these events. Most of the items relate to the banquet given by Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram in honour of Sir Malcolm Hailey, Governor of the U.P., and Lady Hailey, at Benares on 11 January 1934, and the state banquet given by the Maharajah of Benares in honour of the Viceroy and Lady Willington at the Mint House on 16 January 1934.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
Fonds
Indian irrigation works 1915
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022QQQQ
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs, 250 x 210 mm, of the Jumna (Yamuna) Canal System in northwestern India. On the inside front cover is a label inscribed 'Happy Christmas 1915. Hearty greetings and good wishes to Mrs. F.M. Purves from L. Jwala Prasad, SDO'. The album was, from an inserted note, apparently donated to the Commonwealth Institute by Ereth Marshall-Purves, the son of Ronald Frederick Purves (d.1906), who was presumably connected in some way to work on the Jumna Canal System.Some...
Dates:
1907 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Fonds
Indian letters of William Millar, 1874 - 1971
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/10
Scope and Contents
Three letters written by Millar in Dacca to his sister Louisa concerning his daily life and early administrative experience. The letters are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 175 (October, 1971), featuring the article 'A strut in the steel frame', which includes extracts from the letters. There is also an undated biographical note on Millar.
Dates:
1874 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
Item
[Indian man and wife] 15152, 1850 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/119
Scope and Contents
200 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 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).
Item
[Indian man at The Priory], 1933
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/145
Scope and Contents
51 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).
Item
[Indian man at The Priory], 1933
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/146
Scope and Contents
51 x 49 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).
Fonds
Indian metal-work
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022PPPP
Scope and Contents
Card portfolio containing photographs, all of items stocked by Soni Mawji Raghawji and Co., gold and silver smiths, of Bhuj in the Culch (Kachchh) region of Gujarat State, India. All the photographs are mounted on cards on which are entered the weight in tolas (1 tola The date is approximate. 11.66 grammes) and the cost in rupees of the various items.
Dates:
1900 - 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library