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Malaysia (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2963 Collections and/or Records:

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Reopening of the East Coast Line : special train conveying Sir Gerald Templer at Gua Musang, July 13 1953, 1953-07-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/20
Scope and Contents

113 x 90 mm. Showing the Golden Blowpipe Express drawn by the locomotive Coronation, carrying the High Commissioner Sir Gerald Templer from Kuala Lipis in Pahang to Kota Bharu [i.e. Baharu] in Kelantan on the first journey on the line since 1941, when the track was destroyed.

Dates: 1953-07-13
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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Report by Henry Burney, with enclosures, after his first visit to Kedah, 1825-01-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/1
Scope and Contents

1 Translation of a letter from the son of the Rajah of Quedah to the Hon. Robert Fullerton, Governor of Prince of Wales Island
2 Map of the Siamese States between Bankok and Quedah
3 Remarks on Siam, etc.

Dates: 1825-01-28
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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Report of the committee submitted at the annual general meeting held on 22nd September, 1943, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/12
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: 1943
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
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Report of the Police Mission to Malaya, 1949-1950, 1949 - 1950

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

Copy of the report which was published in 1950 along with submissions and correspondence regarding it from former Inspector Generals of Police, H. Fairburn, R. Onraet, C.I. Sansom, A.H. Dickinson and E. Bagot, Deputy Commissioner B.M.B. O’Connell, Chief Police Officer L.F. Knight, Secretary of State for the Colonies A. Creech Jones, Lord Milverton, Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, Sir Abu Bakar, Sultan of Pahang, A.S. Haynes and Shenton Thomas.

Dates: 1949 - 1950
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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Report on the Anglo-Japanese War, 7/8 Dec. 1941 to 12 Sept. 1945, 1946-01-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/18
Scope and Contents

This is a detailed memoir by Gutteridge describing his wartime experience. It is divided into three sections, covering his work as a Customs Officer, his service in the M.R.N.V.R. on a ship carrying evacuees to Batavia, and his capture and confinement aboard a ship in Singapore Harbour before being transferred to Changi Prisoner of War Camp (20 sheets).

Dates: 1946-01-31
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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Report on the investigation of the problem of prostitution in Singapore, 1940-05 - 1941-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/5/2
Scope and Contents

The report includes a synopsis and an appendix on proposed draft legislation for child actors.

Dates: 1940-05 - 1941-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
 Sub-sub-class

Reports of annual general meetings, 1944 - 1945

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/3
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: 1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reels 8237-8.
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Research and development, 2003 - 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 366/5
Scope and Contents

One file of material relating to the organisation of ‘The planter’s bungalow’ including draft outlines, proposals, and research plans. An index is included.

Dates: 2003 - 2007
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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Reservoir. Penang, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/121
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1923
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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Residency Kota Bharu [i.e. Baharu], Kelantan, June 1913, 1913-06

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

120 x 78 mm. A view looking towards the large atap roofed bungalow, set among palm trees and with a large raised bird house built in Malay style in the foreground.

Dates: 1913-06
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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Residency Kota Bharu [i.e. Baharu], Kelantan, June 1913, 1913-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/12
Scope and Contents

120 x 78 mm.

Dates: 1913-06
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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Residency Kota Bharu [i.e. Baharu], Kelantan, June 1913, 1913-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/13
Scope and Contents

120 x 77 mm.

Dates: 1913-06
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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Residency, Kuala Lumpur, 1883 [?], 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/13
Scope and Contents 163 x 110 mm. A general view of the Residency building, a two storey house with tiled roof and a colonade of pillars running round the house supporting the verandahs on the first floor. The pencilled caption is in Swettenhams hand, but there is some doubt about the date: it appears to be a later picture than BAM 4/8 which is dated (again by Swettenham) 1882-1883 and considerable alterations have been effected. The original Residency is recorded in the Selangor Annual Report for 1881 as...
Dates: 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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Residency, Malacca, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/65
Scope and Contents

170 x 199 mm (mounted on card). Showing an old well in the Residency garden.

Dates: 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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? Residency, Malacca, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/70
Scope and Contents

146 x 102 mm. Showing part of a garden, probably in the Malacca Residency, with open ended greenhouses on the left and garden seats at the right.

Dates: 1922
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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Residency, Penang, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/40
Scope and Contents

138 x 88. A view looking along the curving driveway towards the (?) east façade of the Residency.

Dates: 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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Review of George Netto, 'Indians in Malaya: historical facts and figures' (Singapore, 1961), 1963-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/7/1
Scope and Contents

Draft copies of Charles Wilson's review accompanied by related correspondence with Hugh Bryson (2 copies; 9 sheets). It was published in 'Malaya', Feb. 1963, 38-39.

Dates: 1963-01
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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Reviews of Frank Owen's 'The Fall of Singapore' (1960) by John Connell and A. H. Dickinson., 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/3/1/1
Scope and Contents

12 sheets.

Dates: 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-sub-class: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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Rice fields, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/48
Scope and Contents

115 x 95 mm.

Dates: 1920 - 1925
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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Rice fields, 1960 - 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 23/148
Scope and Contents

Print and negative.

Dates: 1960 - 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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Rice fields near Tumpat with mountains in Siam [i.e. Thailand], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/390
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of trees, most are of Terengganu, some of Kelantan. The photographs are in good condition and measure approximately 65 x 65 mm.

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).
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Rice fields seen from D. O. Jelebus house [1949], 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/47
Scope and Contents

58 x 43 mm. Wooded hillside in the distance.

Dates: 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).
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Rice planting, Rejang District, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/32
Scope and Contents

144 x 103 mm. General view of a padi field, with labourers at work.

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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Richard Offor Library Adviser Inter-University Council 1947-1960, 1947 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/1 Offor
Scope and Contents Album with panel on cover with title, originally containing 20 photographs of ten libraries but with 7 missing. The following list of libraries represented gives the number of photographs now in the album, with the original number in brackets:Hong Kong 1 (2)Khartoum 1 (2)Malaya (Singapore) 2 (2)Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) 2 (2)Ghana 0 (2)Ibadan 1 (2)Makerere 0 (2)Rhodesia and Nyasaland 2 (2)West Indies 2...
Dates: 1947 - 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).
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River bank at Kuala Telemong after flood of December 29 1926, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/55
Scope and Contents

142 x 84 mm.

Dates: 1926
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).