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Malay Archipelago (general region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:

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Kleine Boom, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/22
Scope and Contents

170 x 118 mm. View looking along a canal lined with small steam vessels.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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K.P. [i.e. Kuala Pilah] morning cu [i.e. cumulus?], 1929 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/522
Scope and Contents

Showing cumulus clouds over a river.

Dates: 1929 - 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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Kuala Pilah Rice fields, Sago palms, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/459
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass and film negatives. The label lists at least four other places, which are illegible. Numbers 521-524 and 526 have camera specifications written in pencil underneath the captions.

Dates: 1930
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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Kuching, Sarawak, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035D/1
Scope and Contents

251 x 168 mm. General view of the harbour and waterfront area of Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, with mountains in the distance.

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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Kuching, Sarawak : Gunong Matang in the distance, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/48
Scope and Contents

General view looking along the Sarawak River towards the town, with Gunong (mountain) Matang in the distance.

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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Kudat, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4395
Scope and Contents

The Resident coming out in his boat. [Showing sailing boat with land in the distance].

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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Lalong by roadside, K. Pilah [i.e. Kuala Pilah], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/505
Scope and Contents

Plants growing beside the road.

Dates: 1930
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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Lalong by roadside, K. Pilah [i.e. Kuala Pilah], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/506
Scope and Contents

Plants growing beside the road.

Dates: 1930
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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Land Dyak longhouse, Kampong Pichin, Sarawak, 1960s, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/126
Scope and Contents

158 x 107 mm. View looking along the extended, atap roofed house.

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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Land just prepared for tobacco planting, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4348
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [A closer view than previous print].

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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Landing place on Deli River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/5
Scope and Contents

274 x 208 mm. A view looking across the river, with off-loaded timber, a bullock cart and labourers grouped on the open space in the foreground. The Deli River rises at Mt Sibayak in north-east Sumatra and flows northwards for 60 miles past Medan and Labuan Deli to the Strait of Malacca.

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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Lankat [or Langkat] River [Eastern Sumatra], 1880 - 1889

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

270 x 209 mm. A view looking along the Langkat River with houses on stilts in the left foreground and a few figures posed beside their boats at the water's edge.

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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Lankat River, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/10
Scope and Contents

278 x 207 mm. A view looking along an unidentified stretch of the Lankat River towards its junction with another river.

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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Loading the Borneo, N.D.L., with timber at Sandakan, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4417
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Using hook and chain pulley]

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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London-Dutch East Indies [i.e. Indonesia]-Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula]-Penang [i.e. Pinang]-Hong Kong. Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1935-09 - 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011MMM
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...
Dates: 1935-09 - 1935-10
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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Looking up a newly prepared valley, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4347
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Fields marked out though a few tree trunks remain].

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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Macassar [i.e. Ujung Pandang] Harbour, with private piers and British S.S. Ban Poh Guan in front, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333B/1
Scope and Contents

167 x 110 mm. View looking along the water-front of Macassar Harbour, with the steamer Ban Poh Guan moored at the pier in the foreground and sailing ships beyond. As the capital of the Celebes and a free port, Macassar was the busiest trading port in the archipelago.

Dates: 1900
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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Making a drain beside a road, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4334
Scope and Contents

[Showing Chinese labourer digging the drain].

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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Making a road through a jungle, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4333
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Chinese coolies.

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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Malayan police and the 1950 Singapore riots, 1950-12-15 - 1951-01-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/10/6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the response of the Malayan police to racial and religious riots in Singapore. The riots were inspired by a court ruling in the custody battle over Maria Hertogh, which was won by her Dutch birth parents over her Muslim Malay adoptive parents, who had educated her as a Muslim (16 sheets).

Dates: 1950-12-15 - 1951-01-22
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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Malayan students in Britain during the Malayan Emergency, 1949-10-13 - 1950-04-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/10/1
Scope and Contents

Material related to concern for the welfare of Malayan students in Great Britain, and their exposure to Communist influences, expressed by the Association of British Malaya. The file includes minutes of a meeting at the Colonial Office on 27 June 1950, the draft of a paragraph for insertion in the April 1950 edition of ‘British Malaya’, and associated correspondence (12 sheets).

Dates: 1949-10-13 - 1950-04-26
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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Malayan Union, 1965-05-18 - 1967-12-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/17
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and James de Vere Allen on the research and publication of the latter’s book, ‘The Malayan Union’, and on Allen’s research for an article on Terengganu during the early twentieth century. Several letters refer to Sir Edward Gent and the Malayan Emergency (21 sheets).

Dates: 1965-05-18 - 1967-12-23
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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‘Malaya/Thailand border operations', 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/7/3
Scope and Contents

Annotated script of a radio documentary broadcast during the Malayan Emergency (2 sheets).

Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8223C.
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Malaysia Day celebrations at Kuching, 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/132
Scope and Contents

154 x 104 mm. A view looking down on the Padang with figrues spelling out the word Merdaka (independence) across the stadium.

Dates: 1968
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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Malaysia Day celebrations at Sibu, Sarawak [1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/130
Scope and Contents

154 x 105 mm. Showing the Chief Minister taking the salute at a march past.

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).