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Malaysia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

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[Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s], 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/90
Scope and Contents

194 x 141 mm. General view looking along a road in the estate, with nipah palms growing on either side. The leaves from the palm are used in the construction of atap roofs in Malayan houses, the fruit in a preserve, and the juice extracted from the trunk fermented into a toddy. A note on the reverse reads: Main road and reserve for main pipe line to distillery, with main irrigation drains which supply subsidiary drains shown in other photograph. Nipah about 3 years old.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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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No. 50 cutting looking north [Gunong Pondok Pass, Perak circa 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/13
Scope and Contents

205 x 157 mm. A view looking along the line towards the cutting.

Dates: 1902
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

Nominal rolls of Sime Road Civilian Internment Camp, 1945-03-25 - 1945-04-18

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: From 1952 to 1967 the Secretary of the Association was Hugh Bryson. He organised the accumulation of two important collections of historical material through the BAM. In 1960, in cooperation with the Royal Commonwealth Society, Bryson initiated the gathering of original documents - memoranda, diaries, correspondence - and the writing of special reminiscences by those with first hand experience of the geographic area covered by the Association. Subjects of particular significance include...
Dates: 1945-03-25 - 1945-04-18
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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[North Borneo (Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak)], 1946 - 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 42
Scope and Contents

Collection of coloured and captioned slides.

Dates: 1946 - 1962
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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North Corner of Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur, from a Malay Cemetery [circa 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/42
Scope and Contents

153 x 112 mm. A view looking westwards across the Gombah River towards the Government Offices, only a small part of which are visible. In the foreground are tombstones in the Malay Cemetery situated just north of the confluence of the Gombah and Klang River.

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).
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North end of Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur [circa 1910], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/17
Scope and Contents 156 x 112 mm. A view looking across the Gombah River towards the Government Offices built between 1893-1896 to serve as the centre of administration for the Federated Malay States, which came into being in 1895. The original design of the building, by A.C. Norman, was for a classical building in renaissance style, but although the general layout of the Offices were accepted by C.E. Spooner, the State Engineer, he made Norman change the decorative features to the modern Saracenic style...
Dates: 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).
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North Kedah, Island of Langkawi [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/22
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm. A view from the shore of the mainland looking towards the heavily wooded, hilly island.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Northern Road, Penang, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/59
Scope and Contents

274 x 208 mm. A view looking westwards and along Northern Road with the Lartut Road junction in the left middleground. The road leading off to the right probably goes to the Telegraph Office and the Penang Club.

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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'Notes and recollections', 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/15
Scope and Contents

A memoir by Cantrall describing the living and working conditions on his rubber estate, the Malay, Chinese and Tamil labourers employed there, European acquaintances, and general impressions of Singapore and the Federated Malay States during 1908-1911 (5 pages).

Dates: 1959
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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Notes on Malaya, 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/4
Scope and Contents

This memoir contains Rosalind Le Fleming’s reflections upon her experience of British Malaya. The first section includes descriptions of the social life and customs of the British, Malay and Chinese communities. The second section, based upon her letters, narrates the Le Flemings’ extensive travel within Malaya and Indonesia, and has been incorporated into the transcript of Hugh Le Fleming’s letters at RCMS 371/2 (80 pages).

Dates: 2009
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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Notes on the Federated Malay States Government, 1961-07-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/8/2
Scope and Contents

A letter from D.F. Topham to Hugh Bryson discussing the government's willingness to consider unofficial advice, with examples from his experience of railway policy, customs practices, the leave entitlements of civil servants and banking (12 sheets).

Dates: 1961-07-02
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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Notes on the re-organisation of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces 1922-26, 1961-07-20 - 1961-08-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/10/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Hugh Bryson, Brigadier A. J. R. M. Leslie and Colonel F. R. W. Graham relating to the history of the Malay States Volunteer Regiment. The file includes a memoir by Leslie, ‘Some reminiscences of the M.S.V.R 1922-26’ (20 sheets).

Dates: 1961-07-20 - 1961-08-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Notes on the Second World War, 1945-12-14 - 1968-06-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/26
Scope and Contents 1. The Colonial Office: its policy in regard of officers who deserted immediately preceding the fall of SingaporeThis memoir was submitted by Dickinson in response to a request from G. E. Gent, assistant under-secretary at the Colonial Office. The file includes Gent's letter and reply, and a letter from Dickinson accompanying the memoir. 2. Histories of the Second World War in MalayaThis section of the file preserves reviews, notes and correspondence relating to...
Dates: 1945-12-14 - 1968-06-22
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8237.
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Notes regarding political status of Kedah, 1827-09-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/20
Scope and Contents

4 pages.

Dates: 1827-09-18
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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Oak tree, Trengganu, [i.e.Terengganu], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/374
Scope and Contents

Showing two children beneath a large 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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Obeisance ceremony at Istang [i.e. Istana ?] of the Sultan of Selangor [1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/104
Scope and Contents

154 x 104 mm. Showing the Sultan of Selangor Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah receiving a gift presented to him in a traditional obeisance ceremony.

Dates: 1960 - 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).
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Obituary, 1957 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/5/1
Scope and Contents

Obituary of S. E. Nicoll-Jones written by A.H. Dickinson, the inspector general of police who had invited her to Singapore. It is accompanied by a letter reflecting upon her report by H. Fairburn, a former inspector general of police.

Dates: 1957 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Obstacle race, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4329
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Over bamboos. [Showing boys scaling the smooth bamboo poles].

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).
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Obstacle race, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4330
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Through barrels. [Showing six barrels suspended from a pole by ropes with an umpire in white trousers, with jacket and hat standing by].

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).
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'Odd memories - wearing two hats', 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/14
Scope and Contents

Bryson's account of juggling overlapping duties during his administrative career in Kedah.

Dates: 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Off Mantani Islands. March 7th 1903, 1903-03-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/9
Scope and Contents

Printed from broken negative. A view looking from the stern of a ship towards a small vessel in tow. With land visible on the horizon.

Dates: 1903-03-07
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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Offerings to the omen-birds, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/130
Scope and Contents

142 x 104 mm. Showing a young man standing beside a wooden framework containing poles stuck into the ground. At their top end these poles are split and eggs have been wedged into the opening.

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).
 Sub-Series

Office diary of Hubert Berkeley, 1886-07 - 1919

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/2
Scope and Contents

A three volume diary kept intermittently during Berkeley's career in the Perak police and as District Officer.

Dates: 1886-07 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Offices and court, etc., Port Dickson, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/10
Scope and Contents

A view looking down onto the Port Dickson administrative buildings, with the sea visible in the background.

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).
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Official group, Kelantan, circa 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/14
Scope and Contents 286 x 237 mm. Showing a uniformed group standing on a parade ground, probably at Kota Bahru [i.e. Baharu], with spectators in the background. Figures identified in the group are: William LANGHAM-CARTER (1869-1940); Malayan; Civil Service 1890-1924; British Adviser, Kelantan (-15?); Herbert Alfred ANDERSON (1875-); Australian Army 1895-1905; Inspector of Police, Federated Malay States 1905; Assistant Superintendent, Straits Settlement 1910; Chief Police Officer, Kelantan 1913-circa 1917;...
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).