Sri Lanka (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1242 Collections and/or Records:
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[Bullock cart], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/125
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
Dates:
1903
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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Bullock cart at Colombo, 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/8
Scope and Contents
142 x 98 mm. View of a bullock cart with a thatched palm canopy. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Bullock carts, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards, mainly of Colombo scenes, published by W.H.L. Skeen and Co.
Dates:
1900
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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Bungalow of a Coffee Planter, 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/13
Scope and Contents
275 x 195 mm lithograph by E. Ransonnet depicting the bungalow of C.R. Cruwell, planter on Laymastotte estate.
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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Burmese priests, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/59
Scope and Contents
268x210mm.
Dates:
1886
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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By rail to Kandy : interior of Fort Railway Station, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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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Cabbage palms at Peradeniya, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/8
Scope and Contents
280 x 213 mm. View looking along the avenue of palms in the Botanic Gardens. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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).
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Caisson for Breakwater head foundation Sept 1883, 1883-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303C/7
Scope and Contents
258 x 208 mm. Showing the caisson, a watertight chest not unlike a huge cast-iron boiler, in position on the breakwater head. The caisson was lowered into position in December 1883 and by January 1884 it had been filled with concrete.
Dates:
1883-09
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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Cameron’s land, Dimbula, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/41
Scope and Contents
280 x 209 mm. View looking out over rolling hills planted with tea, with the estate manager’s house in the foreground. Charles Hay Cameron (1795-1881) was first in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in 1830, when he acted as commissioner to report on judicial procedures on the land. He later became a coffee planter. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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).
Fonds
Canada, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Aden [Adan] and Galle
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B
Scope and Contents
An album containing an excellent, if geographically eclectic, selection of views on prints of various sizes. The photographs are either captioned on the prints or more briefly on the mounts (with the exception of Y3062B/16 which is uncaptioned).The only two identified photographers in the album are both from the Canadian section:1-4, ?10 and 11-14 are signed by Alexander Henderson and 1-2 are also dated '1875'. Henderson (1831-1913) emigrated from Scotland to Montreal in 1855...
Dates:
1869 - 1875
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Cardamon cultivation, 1890 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/173
Scope and Contents
150 x 110 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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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[Cart pulled by oxen], 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/38
Scope and Contents
78 x 52 mm.
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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[Cart pulled by oxen], 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/43
Scope and Contents
79 x 56 mm.
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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[Carved boulders, Sigiriya], 1870 - 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/26
Scope and Contents
221 x 253 mm. Showing two massive boulders; the base of the left hand rock has a recess which appears to be man made. Photograph probably by Joseph Lawton.
Dates:
1870 - 1871
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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Carved tusks presented to Kandy Temple by Burma, 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/84
Scope and Contents
210 x 275 mm. View of the two elephant tusks inlaid with representations of the Buddha seated amidst delicate foliage tracery, and with Burmese inscriptions at the root, set on a carved wooden base. These were presumably presented in 1899, at the same time as the casket seen in Y303B/2. Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Dates:
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).
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Carving in granite at Anuradhapura [caption on plate: carved terminal to wing monastery, Anuradhapura], 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/30
Scope and Contents
213 x 270 mm. View of one of the dwarpals, or door guardians, which stand at the main entrance to the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) at Anuradhapura. This stone slab, with a sigmoid top similar in shape to an English graveyard headstone, is carved in deep relief with a full length figure flanked by two dwarf-like attendants. The Dalada Maligawa stands within the precincts of the Thuparama Dapada and was built to enshrine the left canina of Buddha which was brought to Ceylon in 311...
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Castilloa elastica, fruiting branch, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/141
Scope and Contents
111 x 148 mm.
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).
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[Catamaran], 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/89
Scope and Contents
204 x 150 mm. Showing Singhalese fishermen posed beside a beached catamaran.
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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Catamaran, Colombo, 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/10
Scope and Contents
143 x 96 mm. Showing an outrigger fishing boat in which six figures are seated. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen & Co.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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[Catch of fish], 1908 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/455
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified man in a pith helmet standing beside a catch of fish laid out on the grass. Location unknown, probably Sri Lanka.
Dates:
1908 - 1914
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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Centenary procession, Tinnevelly, 1900 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/38
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
File
Central and East Asia, 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/9
Scope and Contents
An undated 16 mm, black-and-white cinefilm, without sound. Written on the film can is ‘Bombay, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Karachi’.0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate...
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
File
Central and East Asia, 1931 - 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/19
Scope and Contents
0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate headdress, long necklace and tapping a drum-like instrument (?) whilst turning in circles.55sec - 59sec. River scene, with boats.59sec - 1...
Dates:
1931 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
Fonds
Central Office of Information photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises twenty-three boxes of photographs and thirty boxes plus one file of negatives. The majority of photographs are of Heads of Government, meetings and other conferences held in the U.K; conferences leading to constitutional progress and, in most cases, independence, of individual countries; visitors from overseas including those training in the U.K; and organisations, exhibitions etc., in the U.K. relating to the Commonwealth. Most were taken by COI...
Dates:
1948 - 1987
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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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).