Scope and Contents The photographs are stored in two boxes:RCMS 371/5/1 Numbers 1-240RCMS 371/5/2 Numbers 241-5791 Alor Star, Jalan Langgar2 Alor Star, Kedah River3 Alor Star, Malay Mosque4 Alor Star, bull fight5-8 Batang Berjuntai, Sorfui's oil-palm estate 9-16 Batu Cave17-19 Bentong-Jelebu Road showing bridge20-21 Berang River22-28 Bras Mana Island (Thailand) boating scenes29-31 Bubu Mountain32-33 Bukit Tinggi34 Bukit Ketri35-54 Cameron...

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The draft of an article on William Alexander Pickering (1840-1907), the first Protecor of Chinese in the Straits Settlements, published in 'Malaya', Sept. 1963, 14-15. The file also includes two letters exchanged between Jackson and Hugh Bryson (7 sheets).

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

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...

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

Scope and Contents 1. Malaya Patriotic Fund Address by Chairman, Sir Shenton Thomas, 12 Feb. 1941This is accompanied by a note from Thomas outlining the leading role in the fund taken on by Lady Thomas.2. Shenton Thomas, ‘Memorandum on post-war Malaya’ (two copies).3. Cecil Clementi, ‘Plan for administrative reconstruction in Malaya and Borneo’This is accompanied by a letter from Clementi.4. Victor Purcell, ‘A Malayan Union: the proposed new constitution’ (2 copies).5....

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A letter to Hugh Bryson from Robert Austin containing historical anecdotes with Bryson's reply (6 sheets).

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Correspondence concerning the pre-1945 Malayan police and the Malayan Emergency between A.H. Dickinson, H. Fairburn, G.E.J. Gent and A.E. Percival. The file also includes a copy of A.H. Dickinson, ‘Memorandum on the organisation for the control of political intelligence in Malaya’ and a diagram illustrating the organisation of the Straits Settlements Police (25 sheets).

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Press cuttings relating to the liberation of Singapore and the Sime Road civilian internment camp, which were originally stored in a pocket of one of the camp nominal rolls, RCMS 103/12/22/2.

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This relates to a later stage in McKay's career than any of the other albums. Apart from its serial number 20, it is marked on the cover 'Album No 4' possibly of a collection of professional photographs made by McKay.

Scope and Contents A collection of prints produced by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 165 x 115 mm and have typewritten captions pasted onto the reverse. A sheet of paper with the prints gives the title: 'Progress in the Colonies. Rejected photographs'. This selection appears to be part of a larger series of prints -the captions are often numbered and frequently make references to 'Feature Sets'. The photographs illustrate post-war developments in agriculture,...

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

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...

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The caption continues 'The main berths can accommodate 5 third-generation container vessels at a time'.

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Transcripts of broadcasts by Michael J. Smee.

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116 x 165 mm. Showing an operator at the console in the control room. The caption on the reverse reads 'A Control Room - the broadcaster can be seen in the studio at the microphone'.

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91 x 139 mm. View looking along the length of Raffles Place, with the public gardens in the centre of the square (beneath which is an underground car-park).

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

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Trees and foliage.

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Trees and foliage.

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Peach’s account of his career as a teacher and missionary. Subjects include descriptions of his living and working conditions, the contribution of his wife Norah Nelson, standards of education, the contribution of Christian schools to Malay life, the growth of the school system and its Asian leadership, inter-faith cooperation, evacuation from Malaya during the Second World War, public health, political changes and the many friendships he formed with British colleagues (24 sheets).

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Three school exercise books containing records of purchases made by the Camp Quartermaster through the Japanese authorities or the neutral agent, H. Schweizer of Diethelm & Co., who was the Singapore Representative of the International Red Cross.

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This file contains papers relating to the release, contents and distribution of Red Cross supplies delivered in 1945, with details of two smaller consignments in 1942 and 1943 (67 sheets).

Scope and Contents A small file of copies of original documents accompanies the memoir. These include a telegram, a letter and the text of a radio message sent from William Ainslie to his wife Margaret informing her of his internment, and a postcard from another internee mentioning Ainslie. There is also a passenger list for SS ‘Nellore’, documents relating to the reception of Malayan evacuees in Australia, and a newspaper obituary for Dr Peter Chopping, who served with the RAMC and was interned in Singapore...

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A personal memoir of life in Malaysia from the 1890s to the late 1940s, including descriptions of social life and living conditions, and developments in economics, transportation, communications and government.