Malay Archipelago (general region)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Under many flags: my pilgrimage
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 15
Scope and Contents
An account of a journey undertook in 1953-1954 to Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Manila, North Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and the U.S.A. The volumes are undated, but the last entry in the epilogue is dated 1957.
Dates:
1957
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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University of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby August, 1974, 1974-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 PNG/2
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints with typed captions.
Dates:
1974-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Usukan Bay from pier looking east, 1909-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4284A
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. Men bathing.
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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V.E. Dawson papers, 1936 - 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/1/6
Scope and Contents
Material collected by V.E. Dawson during his work for the British Military Administration and the Malayan Civil Service.1. District Office work in Pinang.Copies of correspondence and reports relating to land policy, military government, law and order, tax collection, economic conditions, the fisheries, social events, and religion (circa 100 sheets).2. Police Stores Methods ‘Report of the working party to review police stores methods’ (Kuala Lumpur, 1956),...
Dates:
1936 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8222C.
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Verlengede Kerkstraat, Semarang, 1880 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/18
Scope and Contents
167 x 120 mm. View looking along the street, with the Protestant Church visible at the far end. With the Smarangsche Apotheek in the left foreground.
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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View from front of Rest House Jesselton, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4265
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [View over path in grass to railway line with houses and trees beyond].
Dates:
1908-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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View from the Sadong Coal Mine, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/54
Scope and Contents
Looking out over jungle.
Dates:
1904 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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View of Brunei, Borneo [i.e. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei], 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/41
Scope and Contents
271 x 203 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto the town of Brunei which consists of thatched houses built on piles on the mudbanks of the Brunei River. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert and Co.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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View of Jesselton Headquarters Barracks, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4377
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). From the terrace of Government House: B.N.B. Constabulary (sikhs and pathans) with field battery including the maxim that killed the rebel Matsuli.
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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View of Kuching, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035C/1
Scope and Contents
270 x 185 mm. View looking over the rooftops of Kuching towards the Kuching River, on the further side of which can be seen the Astana of the Raja of Sarawak, a two storey house fronted by a stone entrance in medieval style. On the near side near the river are the Public Offices. Numbered in bottom left hand corner on the negative '576 [376?] - View of Kuching' and blind (oval) stamp in bottom right hand corner 'GR Lambert & Co., Singapore'.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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View of Kuching, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035C/2
Scope and Contents
277 x 213 mm. Duplicate of Y3035C/1. Numbered in bottom left hand corner on the negative '568 [368?] - View of Kuching' and blind (oval) stamp in bottom right hand corner 'GR Lambert & Co., Singapore'.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[View on deck of steamer showing pakarangan], 1908-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4261
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The envelope contains photographs numbered in the range 4152-4310 (originally there were 150 in the album). Added numbers are: 4201A and 4284A; spoiled: 4190; not used: 4162, 4179, 4180, 4187, 4191, 4223-4225, 4239, 4281, 4304; missing 4156, 4160, 4166, 4197, 4198, 4245, 4247, 4252, 4257, 4288, 4294; discarded (because of water damage): 4151, 4173, 4182, 4184, 4189, 4194-4196, 4201A, 4202-4203, 4206-4208, 4211-4212, 4216-4217, 4219, 4221, 4226-4228, 4332, 4334-4336, 4241-4242, 4226, 4268,...
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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View on the Sembiling River near Brunei, 1908-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4256
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). A village of brass workers. [Houses on stilts above the water with palm trees on the banks].
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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Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents
The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Views of Kuching and Labuan, 1890s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035C
Scope and Contents
Loose albumen prints, measuring approximately 270 x 185 mm, captioned and numbered in the negative.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Item
Village in Sumatra [? circa 1900], 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/95
Scope and Contents
165 x 135 mm. View looking along the main street of an unidentified village in Sumatra, with thatched houses lining the road.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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File
Volume XIX : Borneo and Hong Kong, January 1909, 1909-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4312-4476 (originally there were 155). Added numbers are: 4340A, 4353A and 4462A; not used: 4322, 4381, 4394, 4396, 4401, 4415, 4418, 4425-4427, 4450, 4466 and 4467; missing: 4320, 4358, 4455 and 4456. Subjects covered in the album are: North Borneo: Kampong Binai and Tenon: sports; road making; tobacco growing; Dyaks; Penotal Gorge; Orang Outang; rubber planting: sago factory, Membakut; pitcher plant; Jesselton; Imanan...
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).
File
Volume XVIII : Singapore and Borneo, December 1908-January 1909, 1908-12 - 1909-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18
Scope and Contents
The envelope contains photographs numbered in the range 4152-4310 (originally there were 150 in the album). Added numbers are: 4201A and 4284A; spoiled: 4190; not used: 4162, 4179, 4180, 4187, 4191, 4223-4225, 4239, 4281, 4304; missing 4156, 4160, 4166, 4197, 4198, 4245, 4247, 4252, 4257, 4288, 4294; discarded (because of water damage): 4151, 4173, 4182, 4184, 4189, 4194-4196, 4201A, 4202-4203, 4206-4208, 4211-4212, 4216-4217, 4219, 4221, 4226-4228, 4332, 4334-4336, 4241-4242, 4226, 4268,...
Dates:
1908-12 - 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).
Item
Wahah Monkey (black), 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4398
Scope and Contents
Quarter-pIate. It has never been taken to Zoo.
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Washing the sago before drying, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4372
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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).
Item
Water brought by rail to Tawau, Sabah [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/28
Scope and Contents
203 x 156 mm. Showing villagers at Tawau drawing water from a large barrel which has arrived from the hills on a narrow gauge railway.
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Waterfall, Sirdang, Sumatra [? 1880s], 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/66
Scope and Contents
239 x 181 mm. A view looking upstream towards a waterfall on an unidentified river.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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File
'When Bunga Mas was offered to King Edward VII', 1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/2/12
Scope and Contents
Two annotated drafts of an article by Hugh Bryson describing how the tribute of golden and silver trees and flowers was sent from the Sultan of Kedah to King Edward VII in 1909, following the transfer of the suzerainty of Kedah from Siam to Britain. There is also a letter from Bryson to the Royal Archives at Windsor, enquiring about their location (7 sheets).
Dates:
1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
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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Women sewing mats together for baling, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4337
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
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).
Item
Wreck SS 'Band' on Reef, 'Cape Rivers', N.W. Celebes, June 26 1910, 1910-06-26
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/324
Scope and Contents
View showing the wrecked ship.
Dates:
1910-06-26
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).