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West Malaysia (division (national))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

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Municipality, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/38
Scope and Contents

284 x 185 mm. View looking along the Esplanade at Penang from Court Cornwallis with the Municipal Buildings on the far side of the cricket ground, and the Town Hall (partially obscured by trees) to the left.

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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My bungalow, Port Dickson, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/1
Scope and Contents

A view from the garden looking up towards the verandahed bungalow.

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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Near Kuala Telemong after flood, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/53
Scope and Contents

141 x 83 mm. A view looking towards a river bank from the Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] River, with damaged trees and subsided earth.

Dates: 1926
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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Near Kuala Telemong after flood, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/54
Scope and Contents

141 x 84 mm. Similar to preceding print, but giving a closer view of the area of river bank most damaged by the floods.

Dates: 1926
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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Near mouth of Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] River, 1927 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/42
Scope and Contents

80 x 99 mm. Showing a Malay village situated among palm trees on the edge of the Trengganu River.

Dates: 1927 - 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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Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan and Pahang, 1900 - 1960

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

Contains 84 prints and 38 negatives by various photographers. There are 118 different pictures; 1-37, 71-117 are prints, with negatives of 34-37; 38-70, including 49a, are from the personal collection of Hugh Patterson Bryson presented to the RCS towards the end of his life, and relate to his post-war work as British Adviser, Negri Sembilan, from which he retired in 1951.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan - at Port Dickson, 1920 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/81
Scope and Contents

A view, framed in the foreground by a silhouetted tree, looking out to sea at sunset.

Dates: 1920 - 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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Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan State Council, 1931, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/86
Scope and Contents

139 x 106 mm. A seated group portrait, taken outside the Palace (Sri Menanti) of the Negri Sembilan State Council of 1931. The figures in the group are: Tuanku Besar BURHANUDDIN; Head of royal household and brother of Tuanku Muhammed; James William SIMMONS; British Resident; Tuanku MUHAMMED; Dato' Klana MAAMOR; of Sungei Ujong; Dato' ABDULLAH; of Jelebu; Dato' KAMAT; of Johol; Dato' WONG YICK TONG; Dato' ABDULLAH of Rembau; Hugh Patterson BRYSON; Clerk of Council.

Dates: 1931
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

Newscuttings on the Straits Settlements

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 325
Scope and Contents A scrapbook of cuttings from newspapers of the Straits Settlements concerning events in the colony. Much of the volume is concerned with Brown's involvement with the Legislative Council. There are articles regarding his disputed nomination by the Penang Chamber of Commerce in 1893, and his appointment to the Council in 1894 and 1897. There is also extensive coverage of the Council’s work, including newscuttings on the passage of bills regarding harbours, Indian immigration, liquor, opium...
Dates: 1882 - 1903
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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Nibong Tebal, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/129
Scope and Contents

274 x 197 mm. Showing a junk moored at a jetty at Nibong Tebal in Province Wellesley.

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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No. 50 cutting looking north [Gunong Pondok Pass, Perak circa 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/13
Scope and Contents

205 x 157 mm. A view looking along the line towards the cutting.

Dates: 1902
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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North Kedah, Island of Langkawi [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/22
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 mm. A view from the shore of the mainland looking towards the heavily wooded, hilly island.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Northern Road, Penang, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/59
Scope and Contents

274 x 208 mm. A view looking westwards and along Northern Road with the Lartut Road junction in the left middleground. The road leading off to the right probably goes to the Telegraph Office and the Penang Club.

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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Oak tree, Trengganu, [i.e.Terengganu], 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/374
Scope and Contents

Showing two children beneath a large tree.

Dates: 1937
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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Obeisance ceremony at Istang [i.e. Istana ?] of the Sultan of Selangor [1960s], 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/104
Scope and Contents

154 x 104 mm. Showing the Sultan of Selangor Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah receiving a gift presented to him in a traditional obeisance ceremony.

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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Offices and court, etc., Port Dickson, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/10
Scope and Contents

A view looking down onto the Port Dickson administrative buildings, with the sea visible in the background.

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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Official group, Kelantan, circa 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/14
Scope and Contents 286 x 237 mm. Showing a uniformed group standing on a parade ground, probably at Kota Bahru [i.e. Baharu], with spectators in the background. Figures identified in the group are: William LANGHAM-CARTER (1869-1940); Malayan; Civil Service 1890-1924; British Adviser, Kelantan (-15?); Herbert Alfred ANDERSON (1875-); Australian Army 1895-1905; Inspector of Police, Federated Malay States 1905; Assistant Superintendent, Straits Settlement 1910; Chief Police Officer, Kelantan 1913-circa 1917;...
Dates: 1914
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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Official palace of Sultan of Trengganu, 1920 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/99
Scope and Contents

104 x 60 mm. A view from the entrance driveway showing the front façade of the Istana of the Sultan of Trengganu, a two storey building in Renaissance style.

Dates: 1920 - 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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Old Hassau's house at " Tanjong ?Rumhitou", Johore [i.e. Johor], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/645
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass and film negatives

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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Old Relantoma in deserted rice field with bushes of ?Limau in background, 1932 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/408
Scope and Contents

The caption continues 'near Trengganu (i.e. Terengganu).'

Dates: 1932 - 1937
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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On Bukit Putus, the pass between Seremban and Kuala Pilah, September 29, 1950, 1950-09-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/75
Scope and Contents

Showing A. V. Harvey and A. T. Lennox-Boyd with soldiers on Bukit Putus. They appear to be trying on military equipment.

Dates: 1950-09-29
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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On Kemaman River, Trengganu, 1927, 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/61
Scope and Contents

104 x 61 mm. A view from the Kemaman River in north-east Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] looking toward a kampong on the bank. With a small sailing steamer in the foreground.

Dates: 1927
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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On river Chukai, Trengganu, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/1
Scope and Contents

215 x 128 mm. Showing a quiet stretch of the river, with palms and other vegetation overhanging the edge of the water. The town of Chukai, the second largest in the state, is situated at the mouth of the Kemaman River, 75 miles south-south-east of Kuala Trengganu,[i.e. Terengganu] close to the Pahang border.

Dates: 1926
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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On the Jelai, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/28
Scope and Contents

View on the Jelai River, with two slim wooden canoes moored in the foreground.

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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On the Jelai, Pahang, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/124
Scope and Contents

River scene.

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).