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Singapore (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 494 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, Jan. 1971: table and delegates from above, 1971

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/708
Scope and Contents

120 x 95 mm. colour transparency.

Dates: 1971
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, reception at the Penthouse Negara, 16 Jan. 1971: Julius Nyerere with Mr and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, 1971

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/696
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1971
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, reception at the Penthouse Negara, 16 Jan. 1971: Lee Kuan Yew and Edward Heath, 1971

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/699
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Two copies.

Dates: 1971
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, reception at the Penthouse Negara, 16 Jan. 1971: Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kaunda with Mr and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, 1971

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/697
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1971
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, reception at the Penthouse Negara, 16 Jan. 1971: Mrs Toh Chin Chye, wife of the Minister for Science and Technology, Kenneth Kaunda, Hastings Banda and Edward Heath, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/700
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Two copies.

Dates: 1971
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Singapore, reception at the Penthouse Negara, 16 Jan. 1971: Sir Seretse Khama, H.A. Busia, Forbes Burnham, Milton Obote and D. Arap Moi, 1971

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/698
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1971
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

Commonwealth Universities

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 401
Dates: 1949 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Communism and subversion, 1948-08 - 1970-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/5/7
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the spread of communism and the outbreak of the Malayan Emergency, including letters by A.H. Dickinson, Rene Onraet, H. Fairburn, A.S. Haynes, Shenton Thomas, J.C. Barry and Hugh Bryson. The file also includes the following articles: Blythe, W.L., ‘’The interplay of Chinese secret and political societies in Malaya’, ‘Eastern world’, Mar. and Apr. 1960 (typescript)‘Communism in Malaya’, ‘London tidings’, 6 Mar. 1948‘Communism in Malaya:...
Dates: 1948-08 - 1970-12
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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Constitution and rules, 1943

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/30/1
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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Corner House, 2014

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS/374/3
Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs and sketches relating to a 2-story black and white bungalow built in 1910 to the west of Singapore's Botanical Gardens. Corner lived there between 1929 and 1942 while serving as Assistant Director. It was designated a Conserved Building in 2008.

Dates: 2014
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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[Corner of Collyer Quay and Battery Road], Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, James Motion & Co, Jeweller, Watchmaker & Optician, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/11
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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Correspondence, 1968 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/4/2/3
Scope and Contents

The file contains a list of correspondents, including A. H. Dickinson and Hugh Bryson.

Dates: 1968 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8329.
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Correspondence, 1951-07 - 1952-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/13/1
Scope and Contents

This is a small file of letters discussing archives which Jarrett donated to the University of Malaya (7 sheets).

Dates: 1951-07 - 1952-02
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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Correspondence between Shenton Thomas, A.H. Dickinson, S.W. Kirby, L.H.N. Davis, Arthur Milverton, E. Bagot, Harold Fairburn, Noel Barber and Hugh Bryson concerning the war in Malaya (73 sheets)., 1955 - 1972

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/3/1/6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Dates: 1955 - 1972
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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Correspondence, notes and newspaper articles, 1968 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/4/2/1
Scope and Contents

This section relates to specific statements contained in the extract from the original draft of Ivan Simson's 'Singapore: too little, too late; some aspects of the Malayan disaster in 1942', which forms RCMS 103/15/4/1. There is a list of correspondents, which includes Simson, Mrs. Muriel Reilly, H. Wiisburg, A. H. Dickinson, D. Gray, R. H. Oakeley, E. D. Fleming, Harold Fairburn and Hugh Bryson.

Dates: 1968 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8329.
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Correspondence, notes and newspaper articles, 1968 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/4/2/2
Scope and Contents

The file contains a list of correspondents, which includes Simson, Mrs. Muriel Reilly, H. Wiesburg, A. H. Dickinson, D. Gray, R. H. Oakeley, E. D. Fleming, Harold Fairburn and Hugh Bryson.

Dates: 1968 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8329.
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C.S. 'Colonia' off Pasir Panjang. Singapore, 1920 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/89
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: 1920 - 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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?Dalmey gate entrance, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/22
Scope and Contents

View of trees and foliage at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens.

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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Deliveries, 1945-01-13 - 1945-08-25

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/13/2/3
Scope and Contents

Records of the purchase and delivery of food, tobacco, medicine, clothing and other items (14 pages).

Dates: 1945-01-13 - 1945-08-25
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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Detention and frustration of organised fifth column in Malaya 1941-42, 1942 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/2
Scope and Contents This is a large file of material provided by A.H. Dickinson, Inspector General of Police, Straits Settlements and Chief Security Officer, Malaya; R.B. Corridon, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Security Service; F.A.S. Caldwell, Police Intelligence Branch; C.W. Dawson, Secretary for Defence; Guy Madoc, Federated Malay States Police Intelligence; Forbes Wallace, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Federated Malay States; T.P.M. Lewis, Education Department, Federated Malay States; J.N....
Dates: 1942 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this item must be viewed on Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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Diary, 1926-01-01 - 1926-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 36/2/5
Scope and Contents

This diary records Bell's social life, interests, personal affairs and travels. It describes the latter part of his extensive tour of the Far East during 1925-26 in greater detail than RCMS 36/2/4 (509 pages).

Dates: 1926-01-01 - 1926-12-31
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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Diary letters, 1907 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/1
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Fisher to Halford Mackinder describing his travels (circa 2,000 pages).

Dates: 1907 - 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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Diary of a civilian internee in Singapore 1942-1945, 1946 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/17
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of a detailed diary covering the fall of Singapore, Duncan-Wallace's imprisonment, and his liberation aboard a hospital ship bound for Madras (191 pages). The circumstances surrounding the diary's composition are explained in a preface.

Dates: 1946 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1960 - 1961

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

Copy of a diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay. The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4.

Dates: 1960 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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Diary of an escape from Singapore in Feb. 1942, after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, 1942-01-26 - 1961-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/21
Scope and Contents Diary by Oppenheim describing the retreat of the army to Singapore, the city's surrender and his escape initially by sail boat to Sumatra, Sri Lanka and then Bombay (69 pages). The diary is anonymous, but Mortimer Hay, who also participated in the escape, has identified its author as Oppeneheim, based upon internal evidence and comparisons of its manuscript with Oppenheim's handwriting. For Hay's account see RCMS 103/12/4. The file includes a note regarding the diary's provenance by Hugh...
Dates: 1942-01-26 - 1961-06-05
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.