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Singapore (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 493 Collections and/or Records:

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The Reservoir. [Showing embankment], 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/9
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 Reservoir. [Showing water], 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/8
Scope and Contents

300 x 100 mm. panoramic view of Singapore in the 1920s by F. Hill-Cottingham. Backing Y30311B/7.

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 rhinoceros of Johore, 1960 - 1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/20
Scope and Contents

This is a memoir describing the composition, organisation, training, mobilisation and wartime service of the engineers from Aug. 1940 until the surrender of Singapore (two copies). The file includes a Christmas card to John Weekley, Mess Room D representative at Changi Civilian Internment Camp, dated Christmas 1942 (total 50 sheets).

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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'The Services newspaper of South East Asia Command', 1945-08 - 1945-09-14

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

Special Aug. edition commemorating the end of the war, and issues for 10 and 14 Sept. 1945 (two copies of each).

Dates: 1945-08 - 1945-09-14
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 side porch with Ficus religiosa, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1
Scope and Contents

View of the porch and neighbouring trees.

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).
 Sub-Series

The Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1929 - 1932

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/21-50
Scope and Contents

General views of trees and foliage within the gardens.

Dates: 1929 - 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 Singapore River and Shenton Way, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/2
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 Straights Times', 1945-09-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/15/4/5
Scope and Contents

Copies of the issues for 7 (two), 8 (two), 10 (two), 13 and 17 (four) Sept. 1945 reporting the surrender of the Japanese in Singapore and the release of civilian internees.

Dates: 1945-09-07
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 Straits Trading Company Limited, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/8/4
Scope and Contents

A prospectus published by the tin smelting company, which was founded in Singapore in 1887 (8 sheets).

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC47.
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The Supreme Court and the war, 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/7/18
Scope and Contents

Extracted from the ‘Changi Guardian’, no. 63, 22 May 1942 (5 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 twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/51
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1919
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 twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/52
Scope and Contents

105 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1919
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 twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/53
Scope and Contents

100 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1919
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 Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore [? 1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/148
Scope and Contents

139 x 194 mm. A view from a building on the far side of the river looking across towards the Victoria Memorial Hall and the War Memorial obelisk, with the river and part of the Anderson Bridge in the foreground.

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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The West Wharf, 1946 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/3
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 work of the Medical Auxiliary Services, 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/7/15
Scope and Contents

Extracted from the ‘Changi Guardian’, no. 51, 8 May 1942 (4 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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Those lost years: prisoner of war diaries of J.D.C. Noble, 2012

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 370/1
Scope and Contents

The diary covers the period from 24 July to 25 Oct. 1942, when Noble was interned at Changi, with a preface dated Apr. 1946 (30 pages).

Dates: 2012
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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To Bandstand hill, with [illegible words] from [illegible word] house, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/28
Scope and Contents

Trees and foliage.

Dates: 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).
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To those who laughed, 1963-09

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

A personal narrative of Churchill's experience at Changi and Sime Road, illustrated by a fellow internee, the prison officer Robert William Edwin Harper.

Dates: 1963-09
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8226C.
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Transcript of Le Fleming's Letters to Florence Le Fleming, 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/2
Scope and Contents This is a full transcript of the original letters made by Le Fleming’s son Stephen, retaining the original spelling and punctuation, with editorial commentary provided in italics or square brackets. The document is illustrated with reproductions of postcards, family photographs and some of Le Fleming’s art work. It also incorporates notes and extracts of letters from Rosalind Le Fleming to her mother, Beatrice Mary Lees, which have been reproduced in small print.Subjects include Le...
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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Transhipment cargo, 1946 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/10
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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'Twenty-five years in the Malayan Civil Service', 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/30
Scope and Contents

Report in 'The Singapore Free Press', 7 May 1936, of a talk given to the Singapore Rotary Club by Small reflecting upon his career.

Dates: 1936
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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Typical government low-cost flats built by the Housing and Development Board, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E I/8
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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Victoria Dock, 1946 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/24
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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Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall, Singapore [circa 1967], 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/155
Scope and Contents

89 x 142 mm. General view of main façade.

Dates: 1967
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).