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Malay Archipelago (general region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Perak proclamation, 1874

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/11
Scope and Contents

Unsigned, undated copy of a proclamation by Sultan Abdullah of Perak opening up the state to economic development, accompanied by a note concerning its provenance (2 sheets).

Dates: 1874
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
 Item

Phillipines - Manila Old City, 1908 - 1915

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/245
Scope and Contents

A view looking along an unidentified street in Manila with pedestrians and a pony trap in the roadway.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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

Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM
Scope and Contents The collection comprises some 1400 prints, chiefly gathered by the BAM. When acquired by the RCS, the collection was arranged for the most part geographically by state, with handlists outlining the scope of the material. Exceptions to this arrangement were some of the individual collections in the form of albums, and a few commercially produced items. This arrangement has been largely adhered to in BAM 1-6 which progresses from Singapore and the Straits Settlements to the individual Malay...
Dates: 1880 - 1969
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Macassar, circa 1900

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

Loose prints measuring approximately 165 x 110 mm, captioned on the reverse.

Dates: 1900
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).
 Fonds

Photographs of Sarawak, circa 1960

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

A collection of loose prints mounted on card, measuring approximately 250 x 170 mm, with handwritten captions on the mounts.

Dates: 1960
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).
 Item

Pitcher plant with pitchers 8 inches long, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4375
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. On the Lekas plain near Jesselton: the stick placed in ground measures 34 inches from the paper at its base.

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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Planters house, Lankat, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/2
Scope and Contents

278 x 208 mm. A view looking towards a small hill at the top of which stands a thatched bungalow. A lawn and neatly tended garden stand in front of the house, while a party of men is engaged in clearing land in the foreground. With a banana plantation at the right and jungle in the background.

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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Port of Sandakan, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4408
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). From verandah of the Residents House: note the English Church.

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).
 File

Professional snapshots. Malaya - Java [i.e. Jawa] - Bali - New Zealand. February - May 1939, 1939-02 - 1939-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022YYY
Scope and Contents

This relates to a later stage in McKay's career than any of the other albums. Apart from its serial number 20, it is marked on the cover 'Album No 4' possibly of a collection of professional photographs made by McKay.

Dates: 1939-02 - 1939-05
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).
 Item

Protestaantsche Kerk, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/21
Scope and Contents

170 x 120 mm. General view of the Protestant Church on Heerenstraat, with a well in the foreground. The main body of the church is polygonal, capped by an unattractive dome. The main entrance from Heerenstraat is in the form of two towers fronted by a portico.

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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Puente de Ayala, Manila, 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30394A/4
Scope and Contents

215 x 138 mm. View looking along the bridge, seen here in the course of construction. The bridge crosses the River Pasig in two arms which meet at the tip of an island in the centre of the river (probably the Isla Convalecencia).

Dates: 1890 - 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).
 Sub-Series

Radio Malaya broadcasts, 1952 - 1958

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/7
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of broadcasts by Michael J. Smee.

Dates: 1952 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8223C.
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Raft race : Ulu Mouruts, 1909-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4310
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Spectators on the bank with rafters on the water and three rafting in the distance].

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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Rajah Brookes Palace, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/39
Scope and Contents

Distant view looking across the river towards the palace.

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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Rapids in the Penotal Gorge, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4355
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing jungle along far side of the river].

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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Rapids in the Penotal Gorge, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4356
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing depth of wooded gorge].

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).
 Fonds

Reception for Queen's Day, 1952, Djakarta [i.e. Jakarta]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333C
Scope and Contents

175 x 120 mm. Photograph of the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Wilope, proposing the toast of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at a reception given by H.E. Sir Derwent William Kermode (1898-1960) British Ambassador in Djakarta on 5 June 1952. Photograph by Ipphas, Indonesia. With accompanying correspondence.

Dates: 1952-06-19
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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Rice field, K.P. [i.e. Kuala Pilah], 1929 - 1933

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/526
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: 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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Rice fields at Kuala Pilah, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/456
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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Rice fields at Kuala Pilah, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/457
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).
 Item

Rice fields at Kuala Pilah, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/458
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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Rice irrigation wheels, Kuala Pilah, 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/460
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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Ripe tobacco, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/22
Scope and Contents

354 x 268 mm. A view looking across a large field of ripe tobacco with jungle in the distance.

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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River Begomit, Lankat, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/3
Scope and Contents

278 x 209 mm. A view looking down on a river flowing through thick jungle. The group of men in and beside the river appear to be in the process of building a bridge. Exact location unidentified.

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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Ronding Semarangsche Rivier voor het Bandjir Kanaal, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/24
Scope and Contents

167 x 119 mm. View showing a bend in the Semarang River, with open country beyond. The Bandjir Canal presumably runs beyond the further bank along the line of raised level ground.

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).