Borneo (island)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 291 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Stapling tobacco, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4335
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Making it into heaps for fermenting after it has been dried: shed is 250 feet long.
Dates:
1909
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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State Secretariat Building, Kuching, Sarawak, 1960s, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/124
Scope and Contents
108 x 157 mm. General view of the multi-storied modern Secretariat building.
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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Still higher up the Brunei River, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4237
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Showing thatched building on jetty in bay with trees and palms coming down to waters edge].
Dates:
1908-12
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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Student nurses, Sarawak, 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1965
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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Tabakang, Ulu Sadong, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/57
Scope and Contents
River view with canoes in the foreground and a thatched house on the further bank.
Dates:
1904 - 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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Tamu Inanam, 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/22
Scope and Contents
Showing a group of men and women gathered at Inanam, a few miles north east of Jesselton. The large baskets on the backs of the men possibly contain tobacco being brought in for sale.
Dates:
1904
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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Tapping six year old rubber trees on the Sekong Estate, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4406
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [A dark jungle scene].
Dates:
1909
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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Tattoo making in the Baram, Sarawak [circa 1960], 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/134
Scope and Contents
140 x 110 mm. Showing a young girl having her feet tattooed, with other children looking on.
Dates:
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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Tempasuk River near Kota Belud, 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/7
Scope and Contents
Showing the river in the foreground with flat grassland interspersed with woods beyond.
Dates:
1903
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 Corporal and the Costermonger, Borneo Malays. Cakes of gutta jelutong on the Malay schooner Banjerwangi, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/52
Scope and Contents
Showing two Malays squatting among sacks of rubber on the deck of the schooner.
Dates:
1904 - 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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The dispensary, Kuching, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/45
Scope and Contents
General view of the dispensary building from the driveway, with rickshaw drivers in the foreground.
Dates:
1904 - 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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The Doosen half of the village, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4383
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Doosens in canoe: Resident coming up the river. [Resident in typical district officers boat with oars].
Dates:
1909
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 English Church, Sarawak, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/43
Scope and Contents
263 x 207 mm. View looking up the hillside towards St Thomas' Church, Kuching, a small wooden building with bell tower, erected and consecrated in 1851. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert and 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 forests of Sabah, 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A/17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1965
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 gaol, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/44
Scope and Contents
General view of the gaol at Kuching, a complex of whitewashed buildings with a crenellated imitation castle, presumably the Governor's quarters at the left.
Dates:
1904 - 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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The Grand Stand at Yenoun Sports, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4325
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). These women include Javanese, Biscayas, Mouruts and Chinese.
Dates:
1909
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 picking, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4345
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [Showing supervisors in white suits and hats down a path between two fields of tabacco].
Dates:
1909
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 middle rapids, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4357
Scope and Contents
Penotal Gorge: Padas river not in flood.
Dates:
1909
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 Mosque, Brunei, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302D/9
Scope and Contents
192 x 200 mm. General view looking across the artificial lake towards the modern mosque.
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 mouth of the river Abai, 1909-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4285
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. Looking towards the sea. North of Usukan Bay in the West Coast Residence. Immediately in the foreground is a characteristic piece of swamp : alluvial deposit brought down by the river, covered with tropical jungle, and often stretching for miles on each side. Quite typical Borneo scene.
Dates:
1909-01
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 Penotal Gorge, Padas River, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4354
Scope and Contents
View taken coming down from Tenom by trolley.
Dates:
1909
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 Petrel, 1909-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4293
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Govt yacht : in front of Mt Kinabalu. [Mt Kinabalu not visible].
Dates:
1909-01
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 Resident of Kudat, A.C. Pearson, Esq, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4397
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. And his pet Wahah.
Dates:
1909
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 Sultan's Palace, Brunei [i.e. Bandar Seri Begawan], Borneo, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/44
Scope and Contents
272 x 206 mm. Showing a number of thatched houses raised on piles and connected by walkways. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert and 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 Tamu before the District Officer has given the signal to begin trading, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4385
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [D.O. not visible].
Dates:
1909
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).