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Singapore (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 456 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Singapore, 1890 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/94
Scope and Contents

269 x 204 mm.

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).
 Item

Horse Garry [i.e. Gharry], Singapore, 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/149
Scope and Contents

78 x 54 mm. Showing a horse gharry parked on the Singapore waterfront.

Dates: 1936
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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In a Buddhist temple, 1910 - 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/159
Scope and Contents

143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese priest standing beside a metal (? incense) bowl.

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).
 Item

In Singapore Harbour, 1904 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/94
Scope and Contents

River scene with a settlement and wooded hills in the distance. Precise location unidentified, but possibly showing Keppel or New Harbour.

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).
 Fonds

India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U
Scope and Contents

An album of albumen prints probably taken in the 1880s by varied photographers including Bourne and Shepherd, W L H Skeen and Co. and G.R. Lambert & Co. Numbers 1-39 are of India; 40-51 of Ceylon; and 52-59 of Singapore. Numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to the photographers' catalogue numbers.

Dates: 1860 - 1889
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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[Indian couple], 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/143
Scope and Contents

54 x 79 mm. Showing a young Indian man and woman seated beneath the decorated canopy seen in the preceding two prints. The occasion appears to be a marriage ceremony.

Dates: 1936
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

Indian temple, Singapore, 1924

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 15/1
Scope and Contents

152 x 100mm. A view looking along South Bridge Road, with the gopuram of the Sri Mariamman Temple in the foreground.

Dates: 1924
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

Inter-University Council Collection

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs (various dates, sizes and photographers) and slides with a few leaflets, a file of correspondence, and some title cards as described below. The collection appears to have been assembled chiefly for publicity purposes and there is a file of correspondence requesting photographic and other material. Some of the photographs are mounted on cards for display, but the majority are loose prints stored in folders. There are also a few albums. The main subjects are the...
Dates: 1946 - 1986
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

Inter-University Council Slides

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK
Scope and Contents A collection of coloured slides, 18 of which measure 40 x 40 mm, the remainder 35 mm, all mounted 50 x 50 mm, relating to Commonwealth Universities, with the exception of 33 of non-Commonwealth Universities which were, however, associated with the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (IUC). Many, though not all, were taken by Ian Maxwell, formerly Deputy Director of IUC. Though some have minimal identification, others have substantial annotations on the mounts. ...
Dates: 1946 - 1991
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

[Interior of Chinese temple, Singapore], 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/118
Scope and Contents

90 x 149 mm. A view looking across a room towards a wall crowded with images of Buddha, with two rows of low seats in the foreground.

Dates: 1936
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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Interior of the Church of Good Shepherd, Singapore, 1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/136
Scope and Contents

120 x 80 mm. A view looking along the aisle of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore's Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1843 and 1846.

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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Interior view of the fully-computerised control tower, 1982

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E CO/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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Istana Tyersall, Palace of the Sulatan of Johor in Singapore, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/21
Scope and Contents

200 x 149 mm. General view of path leading through ornamental gardens.

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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Japanese arch, Prince of Wales visit, (probably) Singapore, 1922, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/67
Scope and Contents

141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.

Dates: 1922
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

'Japan's uneasy hold on Malaya', 1942-11-07 - 1943-01-23

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/33
Scope and Contents

This is the cutting of a newspaper article from the 'Daily Telegraph', 7 Nov. 1942, accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of British Malaya, suggesting that its source, Harry Knight, might be contacted to help identify people who went missing following the Japanese invasion. The file also contains a note about the continued publication of Malayan newspapers under the Japanese (3 sheets).

Dates: 1942-11-07 - 1943-01-23
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library.
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Jean Batten on her record flight to New Zealand just landed at Singapore, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/140
Scope and Contents

143 x 92 mm. Showing Jean Batten (indistinct) seated in the cockpit of her aeroplane, with European spectators in the foreground. Jean Batten (b 1909) made her solo flight from England to New Zealand in 11 days in October 1936.

Dates: 1936
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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Johnstons Pier, Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/39
Scope and Contents

265 x 210 mm. A view from the quay side looking over the pier towards the shipping at anchor in the Singapore Roads. Erected around 1854 and named after the merchant Alexander Laurie Johnston, the pier was demolished in 1933 on completion of the Clifford Pier.

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).
 Series

Johore [i.e. Johor], Singapore, 1937 - 1938

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/972-987
Scope and Contents

Film negatives of mostly trees and foliage.

Dates: 1937 - 1938
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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Jurong Industrial Port handles bulk cargoes and has 10 berths totalling 1,792m marginal wharves, 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311E CO/6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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).
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Just a snack, 1910 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/158
Scope and Contents

143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated in the street on a wooden stool and eating with chopsticks from a bowl.

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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Kirain , 1932 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/445
Scope and Contents

A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.

Dates: 1932 - 1936
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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Kirain , 1932 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/446
Scope and Contents

A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.

Dates: 1932 - 1936
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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Kling Temple, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/26
Scope and Contents

140 x 99 mm. View of the Sri Mariaman Temple in South Bridge Road.

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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Klings' Arch, Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/66
Scope and Contents

141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.

Dates: 1922
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

Lady Swettenham collection (Malaya and Jamaica)

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C
Scope and Contents

Photographs by various photographers and three other items. They relate to the career of James Alexander Swettenham, who, after serving in Ceylon and Cyprus, became Colonial Secretary in Singapore in 1895. He was Governor of British Guyana 1901-1904 and of Jamaica 1904-1907. His period in Singapore coincided with the service in Malaya of his more famous brother, Sir Frank Swettenham. Their father was James Oldham Swettenham, Solicitor of Belper.

Dates: 1880 - 1953
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).