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Singapore (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 494 Collections and/or Records:

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Tembesu trees, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/15
Scope and Contents

View of trees in the grounds of Government House.

Dates: 1931
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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Tembesu trees, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/16
Scope and Contents

View of trees in the grounds of Government House.

Dates: 1931
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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Tembesu trees in the paddock, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/13
Scope and Contents

General view.

Dates: 1931
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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Tembesu trees in the paddock, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/14
Scope and Contents

General view.

Dates: 1931
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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Tembusu, silpceles, Palm Valley, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/33
Scope and Contents

Trees and fauna.

Dates: 1932
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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Tembusu, silpceles, Palm Valley, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/34
Scope and Contents

Trees and fauna.

Dates: 1932
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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'The Chinese Protectorate', 1960 - 1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/9/2
Scope and Contents

An account of the work of the protectorate and one of its officers W.G. Stirling (13 sheets).

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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The cricket pavilion, Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/53
Scope and Contents

272 x 206 mm. View looking across the Esplanade with part of the Cricket Clubhouse at the left. The building seen here, a two storied construction of wrought iron was erected in 1884 and was the third clubhouse to occupy the site. It was rebuilt in 1907. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co.

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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The Double Tenth, 1960 - 1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/13
Scope and Contents Outline for a television screenplay set in Changi Gaol inspired by the Double Tenth incident. On 10 Oct. 1943, civilian internees were arrested and tortured by the Japanese military police, who mistakenly believed that they had helped to instigate a raid upon Singapore Harbour. Churchill had fought in the First World War and been imprisoned by the Germans. The file includes two caricatures, the first entitled 'Double Dose: a comparison in incarceration' which features a Japanese and...
Dates: 1960 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8227C.
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[The Esplanade], Cricket Club, Victoria Memorial Hall and Theatre, Supreme Court, Europe Hotel, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/7
Scope and Contents

300 x 100 mm. panoramic view of Singapore in the 1920s by F. Hill-Cottingham.

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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The Esplanade, Europe Hotel, Cricket Club, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/4
Scope and Contents

300 x 100 mm. panoramic view of Singapore in the 1920s by F. Hill-Cottingham.

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).
 Fonds

'The face in the mirror': autobiography of John Morley

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 44
Scope and Contents

The autobiography of John Morley, written during the 1970s, 122 pages.

Dates: 1970 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: The thesis may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of the author.
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The Fall of Singapore, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/1
Scope and Contents

Copy of a diary by Kitching describing the fall of Singapore and his internment.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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The fruits of Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/59
Scope and Contents

244 x 193 mm. Still life of an arrangement of tropical fruits. Photograph by G.R. Lambert &Co.

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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The General Post Office, Singapore, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/36
Scope and Contents

100 x 75 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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The government also builds flats for the middle-income group, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/9
Scope and Contents

The caption continues 'Those seen here are built on reclaimed land in the East Coast'.

Dates: 1982
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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The Harbour. [View from above, with Cavenagh Bridge to the left], 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/1
Scope and Contents

300 x 100 mm. panoramic view of Singapore in the 1920s by F. Hill-Cottingham

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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The heart of the city showing the old sprawling houses and the towering skyscrapers, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Singapore, including its 50-odd offshore islands and islets has a land area of 617.8km. Its population of 2.4 million comprises 77 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Malays, 6 per cent Indians, and 2 per cent of persons of other ethnic groups.

The pace of development has been rapid, especially in the last decade, and the people live in well-designed modern homes with ample educational, recreational and social amenities.

Dates: 1982
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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The internment of civilians in Singapore by the Nipponese authorities, Feb. 1942 to Aug. 1945, 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/11
Scope and Contents

This is a report describing the organisation and living conditions in the internment camps, including work regimes, discipline, diet, hygiene, health, recreation, and communication with the outside world. It was compiled by C. E. Courtney and approved by C. E. Collinge, the Men's Representative of the Camp; J. R. W. Collett, Commandant, North Area; John Weekley, Commandant, Central Area and M. H. Blacker, Commandant, South Area (12 sheets).

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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The King's Dock, 1946 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/21
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1946 - 1955
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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The last days of A.R.P. in Singapore, 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/7/6
Scope and Contents

Extracted from the ‘Changi Guardian’, no. 29, 13 Apr. 1942 (2 pages).

Dates: 1942
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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'The Malayan Times' 6 Sept. 1945, 1945-09-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/4/6
Scope and Contents

Two copies of the issue printing the proclamation to establish a British Military Administration in Malaya (2 sheets).

Dates: 1945-09-06
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8235.
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The Padang, with the War Memorial in foreground, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Singapore, including its 50-odd offshore islands and islets has a land area of 617.8km. Its population of 2.4 million comprises 77 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Malays, 6 per cent Indians, and 2 per cent of persons of other ethnic groups.

The pace of development has been rapid, especially in the last decade, and the people live in well-designed modern homes with ample educational, recreational and social amenities.

Dates: 1982
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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The Palm Valley, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/31
Scope and Contents

Trees and foliage.

Dates: 1932
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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The porch - hall, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/2
Scope and Contents

View inside Government House.

Dates: 1931
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).