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Malaysia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Declaration of Malayan Independence, Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 1957, 1957-08-31

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/96
Scope and Contents 203 x 155 mm. Showing the Duke of Gloucester, as representative of the Queen, making a speech at the Independence ceremony. Behind him on the platform are seated: Tuanku Syed PUTRA (1920-) Raja of Perlis and Yang di-Pertuan Agong 1960-1965; Sir Donald MacGILLIVRAY, last High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya; Tuanku Abdul RAHMAN (1895-1960), Yang di-Pertuan Besar of the Negri [i.e. Negeri] and first Yang di-Petuan Agong of Independent Malaya; Tuanku Abdul Rahman PUTRA (1903-),...
Dates: 1957-08-31
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

Declaration of Malayan Independence, Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 1957, 1957-08-31

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/97
Scope and Contents

203 x 155 mm. Similar to preceding print but showing Tuanku Abdul Rahman Putra receiving the Constitutional Instruments from the Duke of Gloucester.

Dates: 1957-08-31
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

Deepavali : Hindu Festival, 1965

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1965
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

Deliveries, 1945-01-13 - 1945-08-25

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/13/2/3
Scope and Contents

Records of the purchase and delivery of food, tobacco, medicine, clothing and other items (14 pages).

Dates: 1945-01-13 - 1945-08-25
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
 Series

[Departure of the First Malayan Special Force to the Congo, September 1960], 1960-09

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031K/138-153
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the farewell parade and embarkation. This force, sent at the request of the UN for peace-keeping duties, was 613 strong, comprising a Force Headquarters, three infantry companies of the Royal Malay Regiment, and one reconnaissance squadron of the Federal Reconnaissance Corps.

Dates: 1960-09
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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Departure of the Rev. K. Perry and family to Australia, Sept. 1965, 1965

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/5/80
Scope and Contents

158 x 104 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1965
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

Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A
Scope and Contents An album containing platinum prints, most measuring approximately 145 x 105 mm, with letterpress captions pasted beneath the prints. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The album is stamped 'Sarawak' on the front cover but contains no further publication details: the title here given is taken from Appendix II of Hose (1927).The...
Dates: 1884-03 - 1900
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).
 File

Detention and frustration of organised fifth column in Malaya 1941-42, 1942 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/2
Scope and Contents This is a large file of material provided by A.H. Dickinson, Inspector General of Police, Straits Settlements and Chief Security Officer, Malaya; R.B. Corridon, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Security Service; F.A.S. Caldwell, Police Intelligence Branch; C.W. Dawson, Secretary for Defence; Guy Madoc, Federated Malay States Police Intelligence; Forbes Wallace, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Federated Malay States; T.P.M. Lewis, Education Department, Federated Malay States; J.N....
Dates: 1942 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this item must be viewed on Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
 File

Diary, 1926-01-01 - 1926-12-31

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/5
Scope and Contents

This diary records Bell's social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. It describes the latter part of his extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 in greater detail than RCMS 36/2/4 (509 pages).

Dates: 1926-01-01 - 1926-12-31
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

Diary: 'Footloose in S.E. Asia'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 112
Scope and Contents

A diary of Le Sueur's experiences in South-East Asia, October 1998-April 1999, 270 pages, including 48 pages of photographs and 4 pages of maps. The areas covered are, in order, Thailand; Laos; Northern Vietnam; South Vietnam; Cambodia; Luzon, Palawan, Central Archipaelago and Mindanao (Philippines); Sabah (Malaysia); Brunei; Sarawak (Malaysia); Western Malaysia; Bangkok.

Dates: 1999
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).
 File

Diary of a civilian internee in Singapore 1942-1945, 1946 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/17
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of a detailed diary covering the fall of Singapore, Duncan-Wallace's imprisonment, and his liberation aboard a hospital ship bound for Madras (191 pages). The circumstances surrounding the diary's composition are explained in a preface.

Dates: 1946 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
 File

Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1960 - 1961

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/3
Scope and Contents

Copy of a diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay. The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4.

Dates: 1960 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
 File

Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1942-01-26 - 1961-06-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/21
Scope and Contents Diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay (69 pages). The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4. The file includes a note regarding the diary's provenance by Hugh...
Dates: 1942-01-26 - 1961-06-05
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
 File

Diary of Edward Victor Grace Day, 1945-10-22 - 1946-06-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/16
Scope and Contents

Diary covering many aspects of the post World War II administration of the states of Kedah and Perlis, including the regulation of food supplies and prices, the care of refugees, internal security, and public health (30 sheets).

Dates: 1945-10-22 - 1946-06-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
 File

Diary of M.C. Hay, 1960 - 1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/4
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of a diary describing Hay’s active service during the Malayan campaign, beginning with his joining the battery in mid-Dec. 1941. He saw action at Kuala Selangor and during the siege of Singapore. After its surrender, he escaped by ship on 16 Feb., reaching Sumatra on 21 Feb. and then Sri Lanka on 1 Mar. 1942. See RCMS 103/12/3 for another account of the same escape written by H.R. Oppenheim (21 sheets).

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
 Fonds

Diary of Thomas Taylor Russell

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 408
Content Description

Manuscript diary written by Thomas Taylor Russell, Deputy Public Prosecutor in Perak, Malaya, captured in Singapore in early 1942 and interned as a civilian at Changi and Sime Road; a privately printed transcription reproducing Russell's diary; a typescript copy of the Double Tenth investigation and other publications from 1945 relating to Changi.

Dates: 1942-1945, and [2020]
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[Digging plants], 1930 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/605
Scope and Contents

Showing a knife stuck into the waterlogged ground beside some vegetation.

Dates: 1930 - 1933
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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Dillenia indica, K. Bahru [i.e. Kota Baharu], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/365
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman beneath a tall tree, also known as an elephant apple tree.

Dates: 1937
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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Diospyros, Ranau, 1960-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1480-1481
Scope and Contents

A fern. The caption continues: 'leaf spray in book' which may refer to Corner's two volume published work: 'Wayside trees of Malaya.'

Dates: 1960-08
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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Discharging, Kota Bharu, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 14/10
Scope and Contents

128 x 76 mm. Showing sailing vessels unloading cargo at Kota Bahru.

Dates: 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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District Office , 1932 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/467
Scope and Contents

Exterior view.

Dates: 1932 - 1936
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

'District Officer extraordinary', 1960 - 1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/1
Scope and Contents

Reflections upon notable district officers Churchill encountered during his career, identified by annotation as C.F. Bozzolo and Hubert Berkeley, accompanied by a pen and ink sketch (2 copies, 26 sheets).

Dates: 1960 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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'District Officers - more or less ordinary', 1960 - 1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/6
Scope and Contents

Churchill's account of working during 1923-1924 as an Assistant to the District Officer of Kuala Kangsar, identified as R. Crichton in an annotation (2 manuscript and 3 typescript copies, 24 sheets).

Dates: 1960 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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District Officers' quarters, Port Dickson, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/6
Scope and Contents

A view from the garden looking towards the small, tile roofed bungalow.

Dates: 1906
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-sub-class

Documents connected with Changi and Sime Road Civilian Internment Camps, 1942 - 1945

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/3
Scope and Contents

This a large collection of documents gathered by Weekley concerning the organisation and administration of the camps; accommodation; camp discipline; relations with the Japanese authorities; work parties; diet, health and hygiene; food supplies, rationing and preparation; Red Cross parcels; the garden; recreation and leisure; the delivery of mail; and the repatriation of internees at the end of the war.

Dates: 1942 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8235.