Sri Lanka (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1243 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Colombo, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/41
Scope and Contents
Showing sailing vessels moored in Colombo Harbour.
Dates:
1909
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/29
Scope and Contents
'Coolies [labourers] going to work, 7 a.m.'
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/30
Scope and Contents
'Coolies [labourers] working at road breaking for tram lines, [2nd Street] Maldene.'
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/31
Scope and Contents
My first servant, [John, a Madrassee Tamil]...in rickshaw.
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/32
Scope and Contents
Bullock cart in street near Railway Station. [Loaded with barrel marked Trieste].
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/33
Scope and Contents
The Royal College.
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/34
Scope and Contents
The Royal College.
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/35
Scope and Contents
Woman selling betel in the street
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/36
Scope and Contents
Singhalese girls in street. Notice mans couloured tortoiseshell comb pushed into his hair. Girls skirts are printed coloured patterns; bodices white. (Fisher). [Carriage and steam roller in background].
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/40
Scope and Contents
Quarter- plate. Main street in the Pettah - trams and rickshaws. Pettah is business part of native quarter, Colombo. Bell tower is of gray stone; roofs are of red tiles; red tiles on distant building. (Fisher)
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/42
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. C street near the foregoing (near view in 40) with small bullock cart.
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/113
Scope and Contents
272x213mm. View looking south-west across the harbour towards the Fort area from Mutwal, with a coconut plantation in the foreground and shipping at anchor in the bay. Prominent on the further side of the harbour are the Customs House (the pedimented building to the right of centre), Queen's House (behind and to the left of the Customs House), and the lighthouse and clock tower in Chatham Street.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/25
Scope and Contents
Outside the old cemetry. [Showing bullock cart].
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/26
Scope and Contents
The old cemetry. Colour of Arab [arch?] old [grey] stone roofs red. (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/27
Scope and Contents
Woman washing child in street.
Dates:
1907
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
Colombo, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/28
Scope and Contents
Seats of a native theatre at side of a road. Green palm leaves used for the roof. (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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
[Colombo and Kandy], 1900
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/1-12
Scope and Contents
Coloured postcards of Colombo and Kandy, published by The Traveller's Mart, 14 York and Baillie Streets, Colombo.
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).
Item
[Colombo beach], 1932
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/35
Scope and Contents
78 x 55 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).
Item
Colombo Breakwater, 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303G/1
Scope and Contents
270 x 214 mm. View looking along the breakwater during the South-West Monsoon, with waves breaking along its length and shipping anchored in the protected waters of the harbour beyond. For a more detailed account of the breakwater, see Y303C.
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).
File
Colombo, final reports, 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/7/4
Scope and Contents
This file includes a report by Smedley, ‘Maldives: annual review and valedictory’ detailing the removal of Prime Minister Zaki by President Nasir, as well as reflections on the Maldives’ economy and the British decision to withdraw forces from the staging post at Gan; a report, ‘Good-bye to Sri Lanka’ by Smedley with his opinions on the state of politics, economics, and religious and ethnic divisions; correspondence between Smedley and his successor David P. Aiers (Deputy HC Australia,...
Dates:
1975
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
[Colombo harbour], 1932
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/40
Scope and Contents
67 x 49 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).
Item
[Colombo harbour], 1932
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/41
Scope and Contents
66 x 51 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).
Item
[Colombo harbour], 1932
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/42
Scope and Contents
79 x 54 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).
Item
Colombo Harbour, 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303G/3
Scope and Contents
274 x 208 mm. View from the water’s edge looking across the harbour, with small boats and lighters moored in the foreground and larger craft beyond. The view appears to have been taken from beside the passenger jetty just north of the Grand Oriental Hotel.
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).
Item
Colombo Harbour, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/11
Scope and Contents
Dug out canoe and boys diving for coins.
Dates:
1907
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).