Malaysia (nation)
Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:
Watching school sports at Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan [? 1950], 1950
127 x 80 mm. Showing Tuanku Besar Berhanuddin (uncle of Tuanku Abdul Rahman), Chi Khatijah (wife of Abdul Malek, Chief Minister), and H. P. Bryson seated under an awning with other spectators at the school sports.
Watchman’s House. Penang, 1923
Water brought by rail to Tawau, Sabah [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959
203 x 156 mm. Showing villagers at Tawau drawing water from a large barrel which has arrived from the hills on a narrow gauge railway.
Water buffalo, 1904 - 1910
Showing water buffalo coming down to a river to drink.
Water buffalo grazing, 1930
Glass negatives. The label lists three other places, which are illegible. Images are chiefly of Pahang and Kelantan.
Watercolour of St Georges Church, Penang, 1830s, 1830 - 1839
164 x 110 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour by John Turnbull Thomson in the National Museum, Singapore.
Waterfall, 1907
118 x 178 mm. Showing part of the waterfall in the Botanical Gardens at the foot of the Penang Hill.
Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930
Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.
Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930
Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.
Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930
Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.
Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930
Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.
WDB, 1904 - 1910
European in white clothing standing by apparatus, perhaps for surveying, on a tripod. WDB is possibly Warren Delabere Barnes (1865-). He was appointed a cadet in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, becoming British Resident in Pahang, 1910-1911. He was at one time Warden of Mines in Pahang, which would have given him a common interest with Scrivenor.
Weaving, 1912
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
'Wee Chan, murderer and gaol breaker', 1960 - 1970
A narrative of the career of a notorious criminal during the early twentieth century (10 sheets; 3 copies).
Weld Quai, 1907
206 x 140 mm. View looking along the George Town water front, with boats moored along the length of the quay.
'What Malaya did' and Comments upon the official history of the war against Japan, 1954
In addition to these two memoirs, the file also includes a copy of 'The story of Singapore' by Sir George Sansom, and a note by Thomas stating that he had been ignored by the Official History Committee when it was preparing its final draft (83 sheets).
'When Bunga Mas was offered to King Edward VII', 1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
Two annotated drafts of an article by Hugh Bryson describing how the tribute of golden and silver trees and flowers was sent from the Sultan of Kedah to King Edward VII in 1909, following the transfer of the suzerainty of Kedah from Siam to Britain. There is also a letter from Bryson to the Royal Archives at Windsor, enquiring about their location (7 sheets).
Wickham Trollies during Emergency, approaching Gemas, circa 1950, 1950
219 x 151 mm. Showing two armoured patrol trollies approaching Gemas from Rompin on the East Coast Line. Like the patrol trains seen in the preceding print, the Wickham Trollies ran ahead of passenger trains and also sometimes operated independently in anti-terrorist activities.
William Andrew Cuscaden, 1960 - 1969
Biographical note on Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements, William Andrew Cuscaden (1853-1936) by his son (5 sheets).
Withstanding the winds of atheism, 1992
5 pages.
Woman machining Selangor pewterware [1960s], 1960 - 1969
205 x 158 mm. As captioned.
Women carrying traditional mourning tributes, funeral of Tuanku Muhammad, 1933, 1933
235 x 149 mm. Showing Malay women in the mourning procession.
Women sewing mats together for baling, 1909
Half-plate (landscape format).
Worship at a Buddhist shrine in a house, 1960 - 1962
Print and negative.
Worship at a Buddhist Temple, 1960 - 1962
Print and negative.