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Malaysia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

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Memorandum on labour in Kedah, 1947-03-27

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/8
Scope and Contents

Discussion of the post-war development of labour issues and trade unionism in Malaya (17 sheets).

Dates: 1947-03-27
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this item must be viewed on Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Addenda
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Memorandum on labour troubles in Kelang, 1941-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/11
Scope and Contents

Report by the District Officer, J.S.W. Reid, on the causes and course of labour disputes involving the Kelang Indian Union, with advice upon how the conflict may be resolved (4 sheets).

Dates: 1941-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Political and constitutional papers I
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Memorandum on state boundaries, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/16
Scope and Contents

This is a brief discussion of boundary issues between Malaya and Siam after 1909 (3 sheets).

Dates: 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this item must be viewed on Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Addenda
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Memorandum on the Malayan Emergency, 1948-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/2
Scope and Contents

A memorandum on the Malayan government's response to the insurgency, probably issued while Churchill was British Advisor, Kelantan. A list of planters and other officials who received it is appended (2 copies, 14 sheets).

Dates: 1948-08
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Recollections / Papers of William Foster Norton Churchill
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Memorial to Captain Light, Penang, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/53
Scope and Contents 62 x 88 mm. Showing the statue of Captain Francis Light (1740-1794), founder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1786. Light died of malaria on the island and was buried in the old Protestant Cemetery in Northam Road, George Town. The bronze statue designed by Frederick J. Wilcoxson, was originally sited in Fort Cornwallis and was unveiled in 1939. It was removed during the Japanese occupation and re-erected in 1946 in front of the High Court in Light Street. The only known...
Dates: 1930 - 1939
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 / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Straits Settlements (excluding Singapore)
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'Memories of Kemaman District, Terengganu, 1934-1936', 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/28
Scope and Contents

A description of the social life and customs, economic conditions, religious beliefs and recreation of the district's inhabitants (3 copies, 10 sheets).

Dates: 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Recollections
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Memories of Kuala Lumpur, 1962-02-10 - 1962-04-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/20
Scope and Contents

Two oral history recordings made by Mrs Dorothy Nixon:

1. The end of a road (Batu Road)
Nixon recalls changes in the architecture and occupants of the road during the period from the 1920s to the 1960s (14 minutes).

2. The constant green (Selangor Padang)
Nixon discusses the history of the green and the buildings located near it from its early years as home of the Selangor Club in 1884 to the 1960s (14 minutes).





Dates: 1962-02-10 - 1962-04-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Addenda
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Men poling my boat, seen from interior of boat, 1904 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/125
Scope and Contents

As captioned.

Dates: 1904 - 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 / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / J.B. Scrivenor collection circa 1904-circa 1910
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‘Menuba Ikan (Fishing with juice of the Tuba - Derris Elliptica)’, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/3/5
Scope and Contents

Coe’s account of sport organised in honour of the Sultan Alang Iskandar’s visit to Batang Padang, in which fish drugged with the tuba poison were caught with spears (3 sheets).

Dates: 1961
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Recollections / Recollections / ‘Some recollections of my tour of duty as District Officer, Batang Padang, July 1924 to Feb. 1927’
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Mersing road, 1931 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/613
Scope and Contents

Showing a straight, tree lined road.

Dates: 1931 - 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / E.J.H. Corner photographs / Johore [i.e. Johor]
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Military police inspecting identity cards, 1920 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/50
Scope and Contents

85 x 55 mm. Original.

Dates: 1920 - 1949
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 / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan and Pahang
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Military police inspecting identity cards, 1920 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/51
Scope and Contents

85 x 55 mm. Original.

Dates: 1920 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Missing June 2007.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan and Pahang
 Sub-sub-class

Minutes of annual general meetings, 1942 - 1945

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These records relate to various associations formed in Australia, India, Ceylon and South Africa by residents of Malaya displaced by the war. They provided information and assistance to evacuees, civilian internees, and prisoners of war.

Rules of the organisations, lists of members, minutes of meetings, memoranda, circulars, indemnity records and related correspondence (343 sheets).

Dates: 1942 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / World War II / Archives of Malayan Associations
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Miri, Sarawak, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035D/3
Scope and Contents

244 x 171 mm. Aerial view looking over the town of Miri, with the South China Sea beyond. Miri is situated 75 miles south-west of Brunei.

Dates: 1960
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 / Photographs of Sarawak, circa 1960
 Sub-sub-class

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1826 - 1827

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/28
Scope and Contents

1 Letter dated Penang, 20 July 1827, from Captain Lake regarding the article in the ‘Penang Gazette’ 4 pages
2 Letter regarding the article in the ‘Penang Gazette’ from A.D. Maingy. Undated, 4 pages
3 Duplicate of RCMS 65/4/28/1 above
4 Reply of Captain Burney, dated 11 Oct 1827. 4 pages
5 Letter dated 15 Sept 1826, from R. Fullerton. 4 pages



Dates: 1826 - 1827
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 / Henry Burney Collection / English manuscripts relating to the Malay States and Siam
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Miscellaneous nominal rolls and plan of Sime Road Internment Camp, 1942 - 1967-06-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/22/3
Scope and Contents

The file contains incomplete loose sheets bearing the names of internees and a plan of the Sime Road Camp, dated June 1945, accompanied by a key identifying locations (25 sheets).

Dates: 1942 - 1967-06-12
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Archives of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / World War II / Changi and Sime Road civilian internment camps: nominal rolls of internees
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Mixed bag on entertainment , 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/366
Scope and Contents

The 40 Thieves.

Dates: 1950
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 / Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Mixed bag on entertainment , 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/367
Scope and Contents

The 40 Thieves.

Dates: 1950
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 / Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Mixed bag on entertainment , 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/368
Scope and Contents

Weyeng Kuhr stage in my garden.

Dates: 1950
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 / Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Mixed bag on entertainment , 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/369
Scope and Contents

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp staged some months before H.E.'s visit and repeated with revised cast for him.

Dates: 1950
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 / Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Mixed bag on entertainment, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/370
Scope and Contents

The performance ready to start (orchestra sitting with back to the camera).

Dates: 1950
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 / Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Mixed racial group, Penang, 1880s, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/42
Scope and Contents

227 x 191 mm. Studio portrait.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: Missing from box, June 2007.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Straits Settlements (excluding Singapore)
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M.J. Kennaway's house, Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin [i.e. Tanjung Malim ?], about 1930, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/36
Scope and Contents

197 x 147 mm. Showing a section of the entrance to the house, with a flight of wooden stairs leading up to the covered verandah on the first floor. M.J. Kennaway is listed in the 1935 edition of the Singapore and Malay Directory as the General Manager of the Slim River Estate of Escot Rubber Estates Ltd. A pencilled note on the reverse of the print states that he was also involved in the production of Lowland tea in Malaya.

Dates: 1930
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 / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore / Perak
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Modern and miscellaneous prints, 1950 - 1969

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

Contains loose prints from the 1950s and 1960s, supplementing the main historical collection. The main subjects are 44-57, 63-70 Indigenous peoples; 93-109 ceremonies (including Merdeka, 1957, 96-98); 110-121 Gurkhas; 122-139 Sarawak; 140-179 Singapore (including official visits and formal occasions).

Dates: 1950 - 1969
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 / Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore
 Fonds

Modern Commonwealth photograph collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Dates: 1936 - 1980
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

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