Sri Lanka (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1244 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Norwood, Dickoya, 1886
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/38
Scope and Contents
280x217mm.
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).
File
Notes for reminiscences, 1922 - 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/5/8
Scope and Contents
This file contains source material that Bell collected for the composition of his memoirs, drawn from his official career or travels during his retirement. It includes notes on memorable people, places and experiences, or subjects of particular interest. The file also preserves two poems by Bell, the text of a speech that he gave at a West Indian Club dinner in 1909, correspondence regarding his tour of the Far East during 1925-26, the text of a lecture ‘Some aspects of colonial...
Dates:
1922 - 1946
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-Fonds
Notes on Samuel Tolfrey, 1977
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/16
Scope and Contents
Articles, letters and other papers concerning Samuel Tolfrey, including information on other members of his family, notably William Tolfrey. There is also material concerning Balthazar De Saram and Johannes Henricus De Saram who were sent from their native Ceylon to be educated in England, where they were given to the care of Samuel Tolfrey. This material includes a photocopy of 'Notes on some Sinhalese families, part V, the De Sarams in England, 1811-1821' by P.E. Pieris, which includes...
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
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Nr. Polguella Station, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/77
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Scenery on the way to Kandy. The train rounding a curve. Taken from the train.
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).
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Officers quarters, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee], 1882 - 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/30
Scope and Contents
202 x 137 mm. Showing the compound inside Fort Frederick, which is situated on a promontory to the east of the town and protected by the northern approaches to the harbour. At the left of the print is the road leading to the main entrance, while at the right are the Officers quarters which back onto the sea. The road and quarters are separated by a tree-lined grass recreational area. Accompanying the print is a diagram listing the occupants of the various bungalows. Trincomalie was...
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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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On a double canoe on the Kela Gange river, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/150
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Starting from Ratnapura. [One European and other Cinghalese passengers]
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).
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On the road to Kandy, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/64
Scope and Contents
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'Kadugannawa Road, showing rock tunnelled in 1831'.
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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On the way to Kandy [letterpress] Sensation Rock, drop 1500 ft [ms], 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/90
Scope and Contents
154 x 204 mm. Head on view of a locomotive rounding the corner of Sensation Rock on the Colombo-Kandy line. See Y303B/53.
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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One side of open air market in the Pettah, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/43
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [No print]. Print missing.
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).
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Opening out a large new gem-pit, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/143
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. On mountain side in jungle some miles from Ratnapura. Yellowish sand-coloured rock, in blaze of sunlight. (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).
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Oreodoxa oleracea, avenue of cabbage palms, P.G. [Peradeniya Gardens], 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/167
Scope and Contents
104 x 141 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 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).
Item
Our ferns, Agri Horticultural Exhibition, Kandy, 1889, 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/112
Scope and Contents
199 x 153 mm. Showing a display of ferns at the exhibition.
Dates:
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
Outrigger canoe for fishing, 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/136
Scope and Contents
200x133mm. Showing a beached wooden fishing outrigger, with the crew posed beside it.
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).
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P and O. S.S. 'Nepaul' at Colombo, Dec. 12.89, 12.30 noon, sunny, F.32, 2 secs, 1889-12-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/4
Scope and Contents
Ship at anchor.
Dates:
1889-12-12
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
Packing chests (100 lbs) and half chests (50 lbs), 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/20
Scope and Contents
279 x 211 mm. Showing two workers packing crates of tea, with a third checking the weight of the boxes.
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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Packing tea in 1 lb packets, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/21
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. Showing three workers measuring out tea.
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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Padda boat, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/43
Scope and Contents
139 x 97 mm. Showing a flat bottom punt-like boat with living quarters beneath a thatched covering.
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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Paddy field - terraced, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/96
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
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
Paddy fields, 1886
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/34
Scope and Contents
275x212mm.
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).
Sub-Series
Paintings, 1907 - 1910
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5
Scope and Contents
Paintings created by Alfred Hugh Fisher for the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee. Fisher's titles and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate, but have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1907 - 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).
Item
Pandanus adoratissimus (screw pine), 1880 - 1920
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/68
Scope and Contents
211 x 279 mm. View of a screw pine tree with a man standing beside it as an indication of scale.
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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Pandanus palm, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/69
Scope and Contents
211 x 279 mm. General view of a pandanus palm with a figure climbing the tree.
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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Panoramic view of Colombo Harbour, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/39
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).
Item
Panoramic view of Colombo Harbour, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/40
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).
Fonds
Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10
Dates:
1907 - 1972
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