Singapore (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 456 Collections and/or Records:
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[Chinese temple,? Singapore], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/29
Scope and Contents
237 x 192 mm. A view looking towards the altar of an unidentified Chinese temple, probably in Singapore.
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).
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Chinese temple, Singapore, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/35
Scope and Contents
277 x 208 mm. A view, showing the Thian Hock Keng Temple in Telok Ayer Street.
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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Chinese traditional dance in a modern setting, 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E C/5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Owing to its multi-racial nature, Singapore has a diverse culture influenced by its three major ethnic groups - the Chinese, Malays and Indians. Schoolchildren have a choice of learning music and dance as part of their extra-curricular activities.
Dates:
1982
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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Chinese traditional dance in a modern setting, 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E C/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Owing to its multi-racial nature, Singapore has a diverse culture influenced by its three major ethnic groups - the Chinese, Malays and Indians. Schoolchildren have a choice of learning music and dance as part of their extra-curricular activities.
Dates:
1982
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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Chinese woman and child, 1910 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/157
Scope and Contents
144 x 195 mm. Showing a Chinese woman (with bound feet) with a young child slung on her back.
Dates:
1910 - 1929
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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?Clanorrhuea wallichii - roots [illegible word], Jurong, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/615
Scope and Contents
(image missing)
Dates:
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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Closing ceremony of Mass Media Conference, Victoria Theatre, Singapore, March 7, 1969, 1969-03-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/165
Scope and Contents
139 x 90 mm. A view looking over the audience toward the speaker on the platform.
Dates:
1969-03-07
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
Cochin
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022PPP-YYY
Scope and Contents
A collection of albums containing photographs, the majority taken by A.C. McKay but some by R.V. Kamath and by professional photographers.The collection consists of photographs mostly 85 x 60 mm, but with occasional enlargements, carefully mounted in large albums and described in some detail in clear white writing on the black leaves. Each album is numbered on the spine, and clearly formed part of a larger collection than has been received.McKay was a prolific photographer,...
Dates:
1928 - 1939
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Coco - nut plantation, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/16
Scope and Contents
207 x 136 mm.
Dates:
1907
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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Coconut palms, Singapore, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/133
Scope and Contents
129 x 81 mm. A general view of a village set among coconut palms.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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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[Coconut plantation, ? Straits Settlements], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/78
Scope and Contents
269 x 208 mm. A view looking along a village street set among coconut palms. Exact location unknown.
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).
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Collecting latex, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4209
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [Three workers collecting latex while man in boater hat supervises.]
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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Collyer Quai, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/2
Scope and Contents
144 x 95 mm. View looking along Collyer Quay, Singapore.
Dates:
1907
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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Collyer Quai, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/24
Scope and Contents
272 x 214 mm. A view looking north along Collyer Quay towards Johnston's Pier and the Exchange buildings, with rickshaws parked and plying their trade in the roadway.
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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Commercial Square [Fullerton Square], 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/21
Scope and Contents
214 x 272 mm. A view looking across the crowded square towards the Collyer Quay waterfont, with boats anchored in the harbour beyond. Dominating the square are the buildings of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The offices were completed in 1892 on the site of A.L. Johnston's building and stood until 1919 when they were demolished to make way for newer premises which were completed in 1925. Commercial Square is more correctly Fullerton Square, Commercial Square being the...
Dates:
1906
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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Commercial square [Fullerton Square], 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/22
Scope and Contents
269 x 208 mm. A similar view to BAM 1/21 but showing a band and company of Indian soldiers marching through the square. These are identified in 'Singapore retrospect through postcards' (Tan, 1982, p. 119) as being members of the Madras Infantry marching through the square after an official reception in 1906. The exact occasion is not identified but, judging from Straits Settlements Reports for 1906 (cd. 3729-4) the most noteworthy official visit was that of Prince Arthur, Duke of...
Dates:
1906
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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Commercial Square [Fullerton Square], 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/23
Scope and Contents
273 x 214 mm. A view from the sea looking towards Fullerton Square, with Johnston's Pier at the left and the offices of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation beyond. At the back of the square are the Chartered Bank Buildings which replaced the premises of McAlister and Co., and at the right can be seen part of the Exchange Buildings, built between 1865-1870. With sampans in the foreground.
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).
Fonds
Commonwealth in Focus Slides
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011GGG
Scope and Contents
Collection of 35mm colour slides of countries of the Commonwealth. When the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition was being prepared it was felt that the strong emphasis on the historical aspect, and the fact that the only section on the contemporary Commonwealth dealt with broad issues and organisations rather than individual countries, made some additional material on contemporary developments desirable. Accordingly it was decided to have a continuous slide projection of contemporary...
Dates:
1982
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Commonwealth Seminar on changing patterns in the organisation and conduct of foreign policy, Singapore March 9-14 1970, 1970-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/172
Scope and Contents
139 x 89 mm. Showing the delegates seated in the conference room.
Dates:
1970-03
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).
Series
[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1986
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2
Scope and Contents
Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.
Dates:
1946 - 1986
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).
Series
[Commonwealth Universities], 1946 - 1991
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/1-434
Scope and Contents
Includes material on Universities throughout the Commonwealth of Nations. Many, though not all, of the slides were taken by Ian Maxwell.
Dates:
1946 - 1991
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).
Series
Communications, 1982
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E CO
Scope and Contents
Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.
Dates:
1982
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Life in Singapore 1982
Series
Communications, Commerce and Industry, 1982
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311C/5-20
Scope and Contents
A series of photographs relating to communications, commerce and industry in Singapore.
Dates:
1982
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Singapore 1982
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Computer science is taught at 'A' level in junior colleges, 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E E/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Education in Singapore is tailored to meet the needs of the people as well as the economy. It caters for the inclinations, aptitudes and interests of pupils by streaming them into academic studies, vocational training or apprenticeship schemes.The school curriculum stresses bilingualism (English plus mother tongue is compulsory), science, mathematics, moral and social values and extra-curricular activities.There are 297 primary schools, 116 secondary schools, 22 full schools...
Dates:
1982
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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Computer science is taught at 'A' level in junior colleges, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E E/3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Education in Singapore is tailored to meet the needs of the people as well as the economy. It caters for the inclinations, aptitudes and interests of pupils by streaming them into academic studies, vocational training or apprenticeship schemes.The school curriculum stresses bilingualism (English plus mother tongue is compulsory), science, mathematics, moral and social values and extra-curricular activities.There are 297 primary schools, 116 secondary schools, 22 full schools...
Dates:
1982
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).