India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
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[Copy of a painting of Pondicherry in 1754], 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022DD/6
Scope and Contents
219 x 145 mm. Copy of a somewhat damaged painting by an unknown hand showing the fort and waterfront buildings of the French settlement of Pondicherry.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of India
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Corner of a Toda mund [illegible phrase, probably reading: A Toda girl performing the act of prostration] to an elder, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022FF/4
Scope and Contents
279 x 213 mm. Showing a group of Toda men, women and children posed in front of a characteristic Toda house in a ‘mund’ or village near Ootacamund. The caption refers to the young girl posed in the act of placing her forehead on the raised foot of the eldest member of the group. The Todas, an Indigenous people of cattle rearers living on the Nilgiri plateau around Ootacamund, attracted a great deal of ethnologic study. For more details, see Y3022 DD/1. This print is reproduced in Edgar...
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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Coronation Dubar entry route, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/48
Scope and Contents
The Delhi State entry route for the Coronation Durbar, 1911.
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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Correspondence, 1955 - 1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/1
Scope and Contents
This file contains material mostly relating to Smedley’s early career and the diplomatic service. Not all contents have been listed, but items include an official copy of Smedley’s commission, signed by the Queen, appointing him as an officer of the Diplomatic Service, 21 April 1966; letter from Malcolm J. MacDonald, High Commissioner India, (1955-60), asking Smedley to come to Delhi to take up the post of Counsellor in charge of administration and consular affairs, 29 July 1957; copy of...
Dates:
1955 - 1977
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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Correspondence, 1957 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/10/4
Scope and Contents
This file largely contains letters to Smedley. Not all contents have been listed, but items include a letter from Ronald Belcher (diplomat, Capetown) on events in South Africa, 30 June 1958; Major-Gen. Alec Bishop (Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, 1957-62), 4 April 1959, 23 January 1961, 13 April 1962; from Office of Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay, 8 February 1962; from W.A. Camps (Senior Tutor, Pembroke College), 18 August 1958; from J. Chaplin (UK Information Service, Ottawa), 23 July...
Dates:
1957 - 1963
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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Correspondence, 1975-07 - 1975-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 6/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Lord Shackleton [Chairman of RTZ Development Enterprises] on his appreciation of AFB's mention of RTZ in his speech on labour relations in Namibia; [Kathleen] Nora Brockway (3) and Phyllis Brockway (3); Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on subjects including the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) (2); Roy Jenkins, Home Secretary, on subjects including a request from Father Patrick Fell...
Dates:
1975-07 - 1975-10
Conditions Governing Access:
File 3 closed as it contains sensitive personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Cotton shipping in harbour, Bombay, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/3
Scope and Contents
233 x 182 mm. View from one of the docks looking out towards shipping anchored in Bombay Harbour. The breakwaters in the foreground are piled with sacks of cotton in the process of being loaded onto small sailing vessels.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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 in Bombay
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Country dancing at CMS Girls’ School, Barharwa, Santal Parganas, West Bengal, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1948
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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[Couple at Agra], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/125
Scope and Contents
56 x 79 mm. A man and a woman seated next to a wall, possibly at Agra.
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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Courtyard of Palace, 1905-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs, 290 x 215 mm., mounted on card in a black leather-bound album with 'Views of Udaipur' and the Udaipur arms on the cover. The photographs have hand-written captions. Subjects comprise a portrait of the Maharana of Udaipur and architectural views in the state.
Dates:
1905-11
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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[Courtyard with plants in pots], 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Y/12
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains loose photographs (mounted on loose cards), 200 x 150 mm (unless otherwise stated) by K.B. Padhye. The collection sustained flood damage in 1980, the second such fate to befall this collection. Sixteen of the photographs were transferred from an album damaged by flooding in December 1974. Mounts and albums bore the name of K.B. Phadye, 'Photographic artist', Aurangabad. Mr John Wright and his colleagues at the Tropical Products Institute Library assisted in linking photographs...
Dates:
1908
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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Courtyard with pond containing a small domed building on a central island, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022II/7
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
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Cowdung fuel-vendor, 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/72
Scope and Contents
78 x 52 mm. A man with two ladened donkeys, probably in Delhi.
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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Cowry Moneychanger, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/612
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Chauk Bazaar, Lucknow. One anna equals 4 pice : 1pice equals 72 cowries. (Fisher).
Dates:
1908-01 - 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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Crawford Market Street, Bombay, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/2
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1021.
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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Crematorium, Kapurthala [i.e Kapurthala ?], 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/75
Scope and Contents
[Exact location untraced].
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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Cross in old church in Kottayam, 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/3/12
Scope and Contents
101 x 145 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1952
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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Cross in old church in Kottayam, 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/3/13
Scope and Contents
101 x 145 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1952
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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[Crowd at Jodhpur], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/106
Scope and Contents
133 x 84 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).
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Crowds at the Kumbh Mela on the dried up bed of the River Jumna [Yamuna] near the confluence with the Ganges River, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/23
Scope and Contents
83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Dates:
1966
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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[Crowds lining the roads], 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/97
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:
1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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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CSI Hospital, Nagari, 1968
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/1/74
Scope and Contents
Set of 26 36 mm. contact prints showing wards, patients, staff and operating theatre. The prints are numbered and listed.
Dates:
1968
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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CSI School for the Deaf, Kottaram: a lesson on the ‘Dhobie’ (laundryman), 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/2/20
Scope and Contents
79 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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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CSI School for the Deaf, Kottaram: children in the background, 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/2/22
Scope and Contents
79 x 119 mm. glossy print with 41 x 64 mm. negative.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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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CSI School for the Deaf, Kottaram: nature lesson, 1950 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/2/21
Scope and Contents
118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 64 x 41 mm. negative.
Dates:
1950 - 1969
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).