Scope and Contents 239 x 176 mm. Showing a group of Chin chiefs, wearing their distinctive woven blankets and white turbans, gathered on a raised courtyard, possibly the roof of a bungalow. Scott describes these woven blankets in his Gazetteer (Scott 1900, volume 1, part 1, p.468).During the punitive campaigns against the Chins groups of chiefs were taken to Rangoon several times, 'the sight of which it was hoped would ensure their loyalty' (Scott 1900, part 1, volume 1, p.443). A group from Tiddim...

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211 x 252 mm. Group portrait of seven Chin warriors armed with bows, with two girls squatting in the foreground. The men wear loincloths, have baskets slung over their shoulders and numerous necklaces.

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...

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Half-plate.

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...

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The face on the man appearing in the balcony above has been cropped out of this copy, but is visible in a duplicate print at Y3029M/45 'Conghis, Birharis Priests, Rangoon, Burma'.

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239 x 179 mm.

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...

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149 x 101 mm. View from the hillside above looking down on the military compound and barracks. Haka was the seat of the chiefs of Chin peoples and consisted of two villages, Kolun and Kotar. Situated in the Southern Chin Hills midway between Minkin and Yokwa, Haka was occupied during the Chin-Luchai Campaign on February 14, 1850, and became the headquarters for operations in the southern part of the Chin country.

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144 x 103 mm. View looking down on the fort at a slightly later date (than the preceding print) with more buildings erected, and a more substantial earthworks surrounding the compound.

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350 x 250 mm.

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98 x 71 mm. Showing a group of Burmese men towing a long canoe upriver against rapids.

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98 x 72 mm. Showing a group of Burmese men towing a long canoe upriver against rapids.

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Half-plate. [Showing family posed in front of verandah].

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...

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152 x 111 mm.

Scope and Contents Archives created by the British soldier and diplomat Henry Burney relating to his service in Burma [Myanmar] and Siam [Thailand]. The cataloguing of the collection has occurred in several stages. In 1921, the RCI Librarian Evans Lewin listed the main English language material in four series, assigning each a letter, A to D. In 1958, Dr D.K. Wyatt examined the Siamese material, including some as yet uncatalogued European material. He listed it in three sections, with the letters E, F, and...

Scope and Contents The following documents are copied into appendices:1 Reply, dated 26 Feb 1826, from the ministers of Siam. 10 pages 2 Memorial, dated 2 Jan 1826, to the ministers of Siam. 2 pages 3 Memorial to the ministers of Siam 10 Jan 1826. 2 pages 4 Note to the ministers of Siam. 16 Jan 1826. 1 page5 Memorial to the ministers of Siam. 19 Jan 1826. 2 pages 6 Letter. 4 pages 7 Suggestions respecting Siamese negotiations, 31 Jan 1826. 4 pages...

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...

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149 x 105 mm.

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10 pages. This memoir features in an article by D.G.E. Hall, 'Burney's Comments on the Court of Ava, 1832', 'Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies', vol. 20 (1957), 305-14.

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34 pages.

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124 x 173 mm. Chief of Tawngpeng (N. Shan State, Burma) 1896-. Full length seated portrait.

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Palm leaf manuscript in 13 parts, numbered variously, 490 x 60 mm, 9 lines to a folio, 380 mm long. The leaves have gilded and red lacquered edges, between a pair of black binding boards, gilded and lacquered on sides.

Parts 26-38 covering the period B.E. 1118-83 (1757-1821 A.D.).

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110 x 122 mm. The building was completed in 1894; the tower and spire seen in this photograph were built in 1913 from a legacy by Bishop Strachan (died 1909).