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West Malaysia (division (national))

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1012 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Penang, Kedah, Singapore, Johore [i.e. Johor], 1939

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/1084-1104
Scope and Contents

Film negatives. The caption continues 'Miscellaneous snaps of persons and plants.'

Dates: 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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Penang Ladies Rifle Club, Penang 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/44
Scope and Contents

149 x 108 mm. Showing a group of European men examining rifles in the foreground, with the lady competitors seated beyond. The figures in the group have not been identified.

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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Penang Ladies Rifle Club, Penang 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/45
Scope and Contents

156 x 111 mm. Showing a group of ladies in the firing position, with spectators and judges standing behind.

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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Penang Swimming Club, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/50
Scope and Contents

283 x 207 mm. View looking down onto the beach towards the clubhouse.

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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Penang : the jetty, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/37
Scope and Contents

270 x 209 mm. A view looking north-east along the waterfront towards the jetty. With small sailing boats in the foreground.

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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Penang : the jetty, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/38
Scope and Contents

270 x 209 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).
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Penang view, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/46
Scope and Contents 280 x 208 mm. A view looking along a foreshore at Penang, exact location unidentified but probably the section running parallel to Northern Road. A number of houses can be seen among the trees lining the beach, the nearest of which is identified in a pencilled caption beside the print as House of Dr Glass. This is probably not a contemporary annotation and may refer to G.S. Glass who is listed in the 1925 edition of the Directory and Chronicle of Japan, China, etc. as Assistant Health...
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).
 File

Perak, 1875 - 1930

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

Contains loose photographs by various photographers including G.R. Lambert and Co., A Kaulfuss and Leonard Wray. This material includes prints from Sir Frank Swettenham's collection, and is of particular historical importance. Some items from the Langham-Carter collection have been included.

Dates: 1875 - 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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Perak Flying Club, 1937

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031D/1
Scope and Contents

115 x 75 mm. Photograph mounted in a greeting card of the Perak Flying Club, Ipoh. It shows the club hangar, with part of a biplane visible in the foreground.

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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[Perak group], 1875

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/43
Scope and Contents 301 x 217 mm. (mounted on board). A group portrait of Europeans posed in front of an atap house, and captioned on the print Pangkor 1874. This photograph has often been reproduced as a print taken during the signing of the Pangkor Engagement in January 1874 but this is certainly not so and there are several anomalous features which make a positive identification difficult. Beneath this copy of the print the figures are identified (l to r) as: Dr Anderson; Capn. Innes; Captn. Speedy; Sir...
Dates: 1875
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

Perlis, 1929-11

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/461-466
Scope and Contents

Showing views of trees, houses built on both banks of a river, and a rice field.

Dates: 1929-11
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

Perlis 1929 [illegible word] Malacca [i.e. Melaka] [illegible word], 1929 - 1933

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/438-538
Scope and Contents

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).
 Sub-Series

Perlis, general views of mountain, 1929

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/438-444
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
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

Perlis, general views of rice-fields, 1929

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/445-455
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
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

Perlis, Kampong

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/467-477
Scope and Contents

Showing views of buildings, trees and a river.

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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[Photograph of old map of Malacca], 1965

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A/23
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1965
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

Photographs of Malaya, 1936 - 1940

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 107/1
Scope and Contents

There are four main sets of photographs: jungle-dwelling Sakai men, a beach at Port Dickson, the Buckleys' bungalow at Swettenham Road, Kuala Lumpur, where they lived 1937-1940, and the Cameron Hills. These are followed by a number of individual photographs dating from the Buckleys' time in Malaya, with one taken in Australia. All of the photographs are in black-and-white.

Dates: 1936 - 1940
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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Pinanga, S. Dohol, Sedili River, Johor, 1932

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/612
Scope and Contents

(image missing). Pinanga palms.

Dates: 1932
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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[Pitcher plant], 1920 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/111
Scope and Contents

38 x 58 mm. Close up view of a pitcher plant.

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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[Plants], 1930 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/608
Scope and Contents

Showing a man beside some vegetation on waterlogged ground.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Police squad taking up guard duty, Negri Sembilan 1950, 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/72
Scope and Contents

80 x 129 mm. Showing a squad of police guards taking up position at a strong point at the top of the pass on the road from Seremban to Kuala Pilah.

Dates: 1950
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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Polo team, including son of Sultan of Johore [1921], 1921

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/5
Scope and Contents

193 x 145 mm (mounted on card). Showing three Europeans and the son of the Sultan of Johore seated on polo ponies. The son of the Sultan is Ismail (1894-) who became Sultan of Johore on the death of his father in 1959.

Dates: 1921
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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Pontoon bridge, Prai River, Penang, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/26
Scope and Contents

206 x 154 mm. A view from the river bank looking towards the pontoon bridge across the Prai River, Province Wellesley. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1884
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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Pontoon bridge, Prai River : steam launch Rosebud, 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/27
Scope and Contents

205 x 148 mm. A closer view of the pontoon bridge seen in the preceding print, with one section removed to allow passage for the steam launch Rosebud.

Dates: 1884
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 Dickson [? 1920s], 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/6
Scope and Contents

107 x 72 mm. A slightly blurred snapshot showing an unidentified woman on a beach at Port Dickson.

Dates: 1920 - 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).