Sri Lanka (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1189 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910 - 1911
Item
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).
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Postcard Collection
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1936 - 1938
Item
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
Item
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).
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
Item
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
Item
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
Item
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - 'Calling', 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/382
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Chief's daughters, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/346
Scope and Contents
A group portrait of eight young Singalese girls.
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] - C.P. Hayes' Est. Dikoya, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/381
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - C.P. Hayes' Estate, Dikoya, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/380
Scope and Contents
A view showing C.P. Hayes and (?) wife on a garden path.
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], [Devil dancers], 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/349
Scope and Contents
A view showing three devil dancers performing.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] Elephants, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/133
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Miss Gillian Dold, London. It contains a brief note and is signed 'Daddy'.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Fraser's Est; Factory, Matale, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/392
Scope and Contents
A view showing the factory of Joseph Fraser's estate at Matale. This slide is a duplicate of another in this box but has a contradictory caption. Maskeliya and Matale are situated at almost opposite edges of the central tea-growing area of Ceylon, Maskeliya on the slopes of Adam's Peak in the south and Matale in the north.
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] - Fraser's Est: Matale, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/393
Scope and Contents
A view showing a European standing among tea plants with estate buildings in the background. The man in the foreground is presumably Frederick H. Fraser who took over the running of the property from his father, Joseph, who had arrived in Ceylon in 1872 and become part proprietor of the Matale Estate in 1886.
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] - Hindu temple, Watagoda, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/350
Scope and Contents
A view showing the ruins of a small Hindu temple with an Englishman posed in front of it.
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] - Jaffna Run, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/385
Scope and Contents
A view showing an unidentified verandahed bungalow.
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] - Kandy Chiefs' Daughters, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/345
Scope and Contents
A group portrait of eight young Singalese girls.
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] - Kantalai Rest House, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/401
Scope and Contents
A poorly defined view showing the resthouse on the banks of the great artificial reservoir south west of Trincomalee.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalai Tank, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/402
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the vast artificial reservoir towards wooded hills on the far shore. These tanks, like the Minneriya Tanks were built by King Maha Sen, circa 335 AD.
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] - Kantalia [i.e. Kantalai] Tank, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/403
Scope and Contents
A view showing a party of Europeans and Sinhalese in a wooden canoe on the shores of the Tank.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalia [i.e. Kantalai] Tank, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/404
Scope and Contents
A view showing a wooden canoe in the shallow water of the Tank.
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).
Item
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Matale rest house, 1910 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/374
Scope and Contents
A view from the road of this attractive little bungalow with tiled roof.
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).